The Republican journal., 1910-02-17

Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belfast
post office for the week ending February 18th:
Mrs. Chas. Champman, Mrs. Marg Spencer, H.
T. Andrews e letters, Onsville Gray, Amos W.
Simonton, Harrison Wallace.
telephone message was received Sunday
from Greenville, to ascertain if possible the
name of Belfast attorney who had a case of
"Gero'' vs. Fred Aver of Bangor man who
had evidently been employed in the woods
came to Greenville very ill and just before he
died he told those with him of this case. A
canvass was made of the local attorneys but
nothing could be learned in regard to it.
To AID THE HOSPITAL. An offer has been
made to the trustees of the Waldo County
General hospital of yearly subscription of
$500 for five years for the support of the in
stitution, provided like amount is subscribed
by individuals. The person making the offer
to subscribe $500 annually for five years, said
that the condition was made because the hos
pital is local one and all should be interested
in its support. If the people respond and the
conditional $500 per year is raised. he will con-
slider giving several thousand dollars for i'm
provements Immediately. The name of the
person is withheld by request. The directors
have had blanks printed and circulated for
signature, as follows:
"Know all men by these presents, that in
consideration that a wealthy individual has
offered to subscribe $500 per annum for a
period of five years, on condition that an equal
amount be raised by subscription and in fur
Their consideration-that said amount be so
raised, pledge myself to pay-per annum for
the term of five years to and for the use and
maintenance of the Waldo County General
Hospital, provided said Waldo County General
Hospital shall be maintained on proper moral
and ethical basis during said period. The pay
ment for 1910 due and payable Immediately,
hereafter on the first day of January each year.
Dated this--day of-------19l0
signed Observation-Disclosures.
1t is reported that many subscriptions have
been received and that those engaged in
vass of the city and vicinity feel much en-
couraged.
STEAMER NOTES. The Eastern Steamship
Company's steamer Ransom B. Fuller has been
sawed in two and heightened by the insertion
of a section 40 feet long amdships, thus
bling her to carry many more passengers and
good deal more freight than heretofore. The
work of enlargement took just 70 days, at the
hands of about 80 workmen on an average, and
at an expense of 100000. Her original length
was PIT feet. Her gross tonnage has been in
creased from 1862 to 1000 TONS She will in
the Bay State will run opposite her on the same
route. The Bay State will not be length
ened, but the alterations will furnish accom-
modations for more passengers, as many new
staterooms have been built on the hurricane
deck, while others have been added around the
paddle wheel boxes, which have been made
smaller by installing paddle wheels of the
latest design. The Bay State was built at
Bath in 1885, and the Fuller was built at Bath
in 1902. The turbine steamers Belfast and
Camden will run on the Bangor division and it
is probable that the Governor Dingley will go
on the International. division with the steamers
Calvin Austin and Governor Cobb. New York
parties are negotiating for the steamer Ruth,
owned by Capt. Ben Arey and Fred G. White,
and laid up at this port. The steamers Bel
fast and Camden are to begin daily trips May
End, which is earlier than usual.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Kennebec, which dis
charged cargo of coal last week for the Bel
fast Fuel Hay Co., was nearly month on the
passage from New York. -. Capt. F. p Whit
tier has sent The Journal post card showing
his schooner, the John Bossert, handsome
four-master, at sea under single reefed lower
sails. The schooner is owned by Lewis Bossert
& Son of New York. is 492 tons net, was
launched at Bath in December 1904, and has
since landed in New York so cargoes of hard
pine lumber on owners account-at an average
of $50 NJ, 27,500,OOO feet-and has rounded
Cape Hatteras 101 times Capt Whittier
writes from Georgetown, S. c., under date of
February 9th: 81 have made % trips in her and
the last passage out was the worst have ever
made" $50. The revenue cutter Androscogpin
made brief call at this port last Thursday.
The fishing schooner T. M. Nicholson. Capt.
Lester Gilley, one of Capt T. NJ Nicholson's
fishing feet, arrived in Gloucester Friday fore
noon from the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland
with full cargo of frozen herring. The
four-masted schooner Pendleton Brothers fin
ished discharging a cargo of railroad ties at
oHtlhiIu ioct Ootu1uay 0Au ooiltu lueSQAy 1Or
Sparrows Point, Va, to load railroad iron for
Brunswick, Ca. with Capt. Jerre Hayes in
command. The Pendleton Bros. had been in
tending to send new captain to Portland to
take the schooner on this trip, having promot-
ed Capt Hayes to the position of shore cap
tain, but telegraphed Capt. Hayes to make one
more voyage in her. after which he will prob
ably quit the sea and enter upon his shore duty
at New York.. The schooner Pendleton Sis
tiers, from Fernandina January 9th, for Port
land laden with railroad ties for the Grand
Trunk. put into Hampton Roads about ten days
ago, after rough passage up the coast, during
which she had her rudder disabled. At last
advices she had not sailed from there. :. Capt.
J. L. Coombs Of the schooner Ffontenac, who
was quite badly injured BY falling into the
hold Of his vessel. 10 recovering in Boston
| hospital.