Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-04-28
STATE HOUSE.
Webber Pond Telephone Co
Of Vassa|boro Organized.
Educational Department Issues
Pamphlet for Rural Schools.
Maine Corporations Vote to In
crease Capital Stock.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Friday, April 20, at 10 A. M.

Among the corporations which have
this week filed their certificates of or
eanization at the office of the secre-
tary Of Stale is the Webber Pond
Telephone Co., which was organized
at the office of Heath & Andrews in
Augusta on Saturday. April %, and
the certificate of which was filed Tues
day. April 26.
The purposes of the corporation are
the construction and operation of a
telephone line within the limits of the
tcw1 of Eassalboro, in the county Of
kennebec ana State of Maine, and
anything that may be necessary, in
cidental or ancillary thereto. The gen.
eral rout Of said telephone line and
the points to bc connected thereby
are follows:
Beginning at said Vassalboro, on
the River road, at or near the juno
ton of the Abbott Hill road. and run
ming easterly on said Abbott Hill road
to the Cross Hill road, with branches
leading from said Abbott road caster
ly to the Grange hall, and from said
Abbott Hill road northeasterly to
Riverside. and from said Abbott Hill
road southerly on the Church Hill road
to the line of the city of Augusta,
leading northerly from said Abbott
Hill road. up TO the Webber pond road
to the Small schoolhouse, so-called,
and leading westerly from said Web
Der pond road on the Barrows road,
so-calicd. TO the River road. and on
the cross road next northerly of the
BarrowS road, to the River road.
This company may connect its line
or lines with those OF any other tele-
phone company, and may sell or lease
its lines or property in whole or in
part to any other. telephone company,
or may purchase or lease the line or
lines. or the property in whole or in
part to any other telephone company,
or may purchase or take and hold, as
for public uses, land necessary for the
construction OF it's lines. all in accord
ance with til" provisions of Chapter
IS of the Revised Statutes of Maine.
The capital stock of the corporation
is 5000. all oi which is common stock,
of which nothing has been paid in, and
the par value of the shares is $40 each.
The narl"s and residences of the
share holders. each Of whom owns
one share of stock. are as follows;
Orrctt J. IIussoy. Charles w. CroWcll
and Willard IG. strong. all of Vassal-
boro. The number of shares unsrb-
scribed and in the treasury is 497.
The president of the corporation is
Orrett i. HuSSoy, tn" treasurer Is
charles W trowcll aud the directors
are MessrS. tlusscy and tr"Well. The
clerk of corporation is Charles l.. An
drewS of Augusta.
A pamphlet has just been issued by
the educational department for diStrl-
button amrnG the rural schools cnti-
tied "Exercises in Elementary Agrl-
culture for Main" Rural schools,
which was prepared for the depart
ment bv James T.. McClintock and
T.. u. Waid Of the College of Agricul-
ture. T. OF NJ.
The exercises contained in the
pamphlet are suggested as ones which
may be found helpful and practical
to carry out in the rural schools OF
Maine 1t is assumed that the work
will be done by teachers who nave
not had the advantages OF a course III
Agriculture and in schools where lttle,
IL any special equipment is provided.
II Is also understood that the duties
of the teacher in the rural schooi are
so manifold that additional classes
NAV seem a burden. However. the eN-
ercises herein given are merely Sug-
gestivc. and the time to be devoted
to each or the number to be used is
not prescribed. but is left entirely 10
the discretion of the teacher. The eN-
ercises given are such that the VIDE
awake teacher may modify them TO
suit two n.cdS of pllpilS in anV grade