Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-05
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the foremost engineers in the United

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the foremost engineers in the United
States.
Old Town people have hopes that the
proposed cotton mill, which has been
promised the city for several months
provided 4 suitable guarantee could be
secured from the residents, IS TO be a
reality. At meeting of the promoters
and so prominent citizens last week
the latter agreed to either take the
amount of stock which the promoters
say must be placed here or to pay the
new mill when in operation a sum
equal to the interest on 100000 for
five years. They also drew up set
OF resolutions calling on the city to
admit the new plant to a valuation OF
100000 for the first five years, the
plant to he built at a cost of $1,000, 900.
| Ralph j. Patten, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. NJ. Patten of Topsham, has sent
home from Pioneerville Idaho, as
Christmas presents for his sisters.
some unique and valuable articles. Be
sides some gold dust that he found
himself While prospecting, ne sent a
button of pure gold, showing the
metal as it appears after the gold dust
| has been refined by the quicksilver
process. The button is worth about
so. Another present is an Indian
bracelet, made of hand hammered sill
| yer.
The historic Congregational church.
a landmark not only of kittery Point.
but of the whole State, looks the same
today on the outside as it did a month
| ago, but the large auditorium is I'd sor-
| ry sight at present. The other even
ing soon after the lamps had been
placed in the chandelier, 1t gave way
near the ceiling. and came down with
eight of the l. large lamps lighted.
setting fire to the floor and six prws.
which were directly under it. With
| their usual courage and tidelity. this
snail parish will soon have their house
of worship in good shape again. The
handsome chandelier, which has been
| admired by many. was presented t.
the church in 1913 by Mr.. Thomas Il
| summer visitor there, who also gave
the carpet, which was DONG duty ul
| to the present time, but which was
ruined by the fire. The Congregation
al church was organized Nov. 4, 1114
| with the Rev. John NeWnarch as pas
| tor. OF the old records, only part OF
| the pages now 50 historically precious
remain dcciphcrable. Many eminent
and scholarly men have served this
church as pastors in the 1874 years OF
LIE AZ the nraSant tin)t
there is no settled pastor and the Rev
| James a. Donahllc of kittery, pastor
Of the First Christian church, breaches
on Sunday forenoons
| Just so the outside world may have
some idea of the important battles il
Bangor's now long -protracted library
! lot war, the News summarizes the lead
ing engagements for 1908, as follows
| On February 18th, the law court dis
missed the Hayford appeal for greater
| damages in the library lot litigation
its decision being that since Mrs. Lau-
ra B. Hayfcrd, the appellant. was dead
the case could be 10 further prosecut-
ed. AS the same court had already
ruled that the original taxing was le-
| Sal, NttS S'-iiCl ShilS oQppOSSu Liz
matter was ended; but 1t wasn't The
days grew into weeks, the weeks into
months. and the old building still rear
ed their WCather-stained walls on the
much coveted site. Finally, early IF
June, serious effort was made to pay
| Mrs. Pierce the amount awarded fol
| The land-$45.000. The Eastern Trust
d Banking Company, on order of the
| city, received from Boston. via the
American Express Co. $4,000 in treas
TRY certificates; and the city clerk. ane
| the city treasurer, and the assistant
| treasurer. and the city solicitor, anc
the inspector Of police. took charge o.
| 1t. Imagine. then group of sedatt
IGffirialS, sitting firmly and belligcrent-
| ly on the rear seat of q big rcd auto
| mobile, and bearing between them al
| S0-pound bag cf gold and notes, chug
| chuging up to the Pierce residence
And imagine. furthermore, the happy
| facial expressions when Mrs. Pierce
sent word that to the city fathers, ant
| the red automobile and the cisht>
pounds of gold. She was not at home
Well, they tried again little later
This time preparations for the trl
/ "NiI NoiIihNtt'l very 'lultliS-So L
ly, in fact. that everybody knew al
about it two hours before the process
sion started. But Mrs. Pierce WAS still
'out" to her official visitors, and tn,
money was deposited on her account
| in the bank. On June ~ the nrst sniIl-
| gle was removed from one of the old
| buildings on the site and on June 81 q
temporary injunction restraining the
city from taking further posse ssion was
granted the Haylord attorneys by Jus
| ticc King, Arguments We're made Au-
gust % before Justice Savage. who, N
Il writ which concisely reviewed tho
entire proceedings. dissolved the in
junction on September 49, From his
decision the Hayford attorneys at one,
appealed to the Law Court. asking if
| in effect to reverse its own opinion OF
six months before: the appeal was al
gued and the decision is still pending
| And so on, al inhntum