Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-07
Tuesday Evening Session.

| The evening session was well at
tended Ey leading farmers and dairy
men from al over til" Stat" as well
as b. Il SosG nunier Of th. citizens
OF Augusta. .,lncnG those noticed were:
Commissioner of .\aricuitur" \. w.
| Gilman of FoAcro:t, president. ". G.
Hunton OF Readficid. vice president,
F. S. Adams Of Bowdon, treasurer
Kutillus Alden, Winthrop; c. f. Trip
OF Ripley, Il large and successful
farmer: l.. =. McIntire of Waterford,
one OF the progressive Oxford county
farmers: f.. l.. Jones of Corinna, DIR.
II. NJ. Mnulton of Cumberland, one
of tn.. best known Jersey breeders Of
the STATE; Benjamin Tucker If Nor
way. d life long oxford county farmer:
John Pease of Cornish and Dr. George
NJ. Twitchell of Auburn. president OF
tie State Pathological society, who
three years ago first offered a series.
of prizes for COWS raised by boys un
der Is, Tor the first time that such q
lplan was adopted III New England
a number If the professors Of the
University Of Maine and the students
as wen We're also conspicuous both in
the hall and the exhibition rooms be-
low.
Tho Divine blessing upon tie rN-
ercises OF tie evening was invoked
by Rev. l.. ". CoOns, pastor of the
Winthrop Street Tniversalist church
and orchestral selections were fur
ns&;ed ing the evening by Dennis
Orchestra OF seven pieces. The
dair4lner were warmly welcomed in
behalf of the business interests OF
Augusta by Eugene c. CARL. presi-
dent of the Augusta Board of Trade,
who SPOKE rs follows.
Gentlemen of the Maine Dairymen's
Association and of the Maine Seed I'M
proyement Association: | take great
pleasure N rendering to you the vel
come OF the Augusta Board of Trade
and of the. commercial interests of the
Capital City of Maine. Others Will
speak for Capital Grange with its
splcnqiG membership. and for the
City of Augusta.
Spcaking for the Board OF Trade. |
Welcome you to our business street
ond 70 our nlerchantile and manufact-
urinE establishments, assured that You
viii find prosperous and progressive
business men. Cotton and shoe manu-
fact ,irinG, pulp, paper ana iuElper
mills all have had recent increase ut
capaoity and up-to-date Improvements
and more are under way. Ike con-
st,uctior contracts completed in Au-
| gusta in 1910, Including the state
House, ,Rines Hill crossing. Postoiilce,
lrsanp Hospital. improvements at Ed
wards Manufacturing Co and extern
s;ve mercantile ard dwelling cCnstruc-
ton amount t" S10n.oco.
our two great publishing houses
have nearly 100 employees and cir
eulation of S.200Ooo copies per month.
AT the present time the Augusta post
office is dcspatching four full car loads
of their publications day. Eighty
million pieces of mail pass through
our 'postoffice each year. making 1t one
OF the largest offices in the country.
Two great institutions. The Maine In
sane Hospital and the National Home
at Togua. each viii, population equal
To q good sized town, help swell the
citr's trade.
An important factor in Augustus
prosperity are her great banking in
sti,utions. Two National banks, two
Trust companies. and two Savings
banks nave resources per last state
tnents of nearly Is is million dollars,
| a showing few cities of our size can
boast. We are especially favored in
Transportation by water and rail. The
electric cars that pass our door make
the longest direct run of any in New
|England-56 niles. The entire L. a.
l. Lone I, ri
| ing ample passenger service and
freight ana express service tWico,
day. Augusta is central in this great
system.
Nothing can promote our CONNER
cial welfare more than prosperous ag-
riculture. Business depends upon
crops, He who makes two blades of
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