Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-24
STATE HOUSE.
Vassa|boro Is Granted
Change in State Road, {
Bids Again Opened for Rock
Iand-Rockport Trunk Line.
Forest Fire Loss Bids Fair Ia
Be Small.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
|. Tuesday, June %, at p, M.

"ohihs lof change of location of
State road from that designated by
the county commissioners, the first of
Whlch was held Monday afternoon at
Bradieys Hotel in Vassalboro. This
petition was signed by David B. Gates
ana 329 others, legal voters of the
town of Vassalboro and asked that
the following named road be desienat
ed as State road, to wit: the road be-
ginning at the Four Corners near
the center of East Vassalboro viii
iaee. thence running westerly to the
road locally known as the Quaker
Lane road; thence southerly along
Salu last mentioned road to a point
near the residence of George H Pope
thence westerly through the new Pope
road so-called. tC the corner near the
residence of Albert p Robinson;
thence southerly and westerly along
the only existing road to a point near
the residence of ]. p. Gardner: thence
westerly and southwesterly to the
River road so-caIIed. near the resi-
dence of Mrs. Martha Getchell
thence southerly to the Augusta town
line. After due hearing and consid-
ering the prayer of the petitioners
was granted.
The hearing on the second petition
was held at the Town House in Wa
terford Tuesday afternoon. This peti-
tiCn was signed by George c. Wheeler
and 146 others. legal voters of the
town. and asked that the following
named road be designated as State
road. to wit: the road beginning at
the Town house in the village of Wa
terford and running in a southerly di-
rection to the bridge over Mill brook
near the chair factory building in the
village of South Waterford This pc
titi"n was not granted.
Announcement was made at the Of
flee of the commissioner yesterday
that bids We're opened for the third
time Wednesday for the construction
of tine trunk line highway between
Rockland and Rockport. Coleman
Eros. of Boston. Mass. were the only
bidders. although two other ccntrac-
tors were present and examined the
work. The bid of the above firm for
the Rockland work was $500 and for
the Rockport work $34.S00. making a
total of $4,000 which is great deal
lower than the lowest bid at the last
opening. Commissioner Sargent will
hold the hid under advisrment for a
few days before rendering his decision.
'''The fire damage to Maine timber
la nds this season bids fair to be less
than has been known in this State for
"a long term of years" said the Hon.
Edgar f.. Ring. state forestry commits
sioner today. "The worst is over al
la forest tirpS Will
not be at it's height again until fall.
And no man. of course. can tell what
conditions will prevail in the woods
at that time.
"Our most disastrous wild land fires
usually come before the season Is as
tar advanced as it Is now" contin-
ued Mr. Ring. I'VE have been paftlc-
ulariv fortunate this year and not a
single conhagration has AS vet been
reported. This is due, in large
me assure to the heavy rainfall WllicI'
Maine has had during the spring ana
early summer. The ground has oe-
come thoroughly soaked and. even II
a fire did start. it would be almost
impossible for it to gain much mead
way. -.
80 favorable are the conditions all
through the state that very sinall
proportion of the fire wardens nave
as vet gone on duty. They are ready
and willing to report at the first sign
of danger, however. and week OF
two Of dry weather would see tnen'
all starting to their stations "A CON
siderable saving has already peeii
made to the state and it is hoped tha'
the cost of protecting the TIMBER
lands will be reduced to minimum
this wear From indications up 10
date the season seems likely to es-
tabIish a record in this respect.
"Jt is likely that most of the hre
wardens will go on duty before long
now" continued Mr.. Ring. THE clear
irgs are already beginning to dry up
and renorts from my men indicate that
there is an unusually large aiiioon'
of underbrush in the woods. rms IS
ALWAYS a source of danger but we al
wavs feel that the worst is now over
until autumn. at least
"If September and OCTOBER sh"uiu
he unusually dry it is possible that
ue NAV have some destructive nres
This fall But every possible precau-
t,on will he taken against them ana |
am hopjng that the season VIII eho
~, weII as it has begun.
The fishing all over Maine 'his
snr;ns has been better than for sew
oral wears past. in the opinion OF Com
missioner Ring. This fact clearly ~
Iic:tes that the plan of stocking t,'e
lakes and rivers with fish. wn'ch '',e
came commission. has adopted Is
rrovins it's worth. Mr.. Ring also pc
I;eves that more people are going IN
to the Maine woods this season thah
ever before in the history OF '''e
State.
It is learned at the once ., ',e
state superintendent of public schools
that one of the leading social iea'ui.s 20
of the convention of teachers " po
held in Boston July 2-s VIII De 'l,e
general reception to be given oy a.
the New England States at genera.
headquarters in the old Art museum
ON Tuesday. July 5th between the
hours of four and six. The SIX New ',
ENGLAND states will hold this receplioi,