The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-05-18
VIM. A. Decrow has installed new and
more powerful engine in his launch. the Louise.

The Waldo county teachers convention will
be held in Searsport tomorrow. May 10th. The
program is printed in full on End page.
The public is cordially invited to attend the
dance, with music by Reyes orchestra, in Sea.
side Grange Hall tomorrow, Friday, evening.
The Senior class of the Belfast High schoo
will give a dance in Odd Fellows Hall this
Thursday, evening with music by Reyes Or.
chestra
In writing to order the discontinuance Of
his advt. W. M. Randall, proprietor of Pine.
land Poultry Farm says: Gam very nearly
sold up on stock for the season."
The Juniors of the Belfast High school or
dered their class rings of Chase & Doak They
are IA carat, heavy signet rings with the
figures IL engraved on the top. The rings
have been received and are very handsome.
Howard B. Small, we'll known horseman
has opened stable in Belfast and will train
several well known horses for the track
Among the horses ALREADY under his care are
Masconome, Jr., owned by G. Osborn Lord,
and Zelpha, owned by F. c. Pendleton of Isles
boro.
George Parker Grandin, the young man who
played the jocky part in the Black Beauty
Co. here last Thursday night, is the grandson
and namesake of George Parker of Togus,
who has often visited his nephew, S. A. Parker,
in this city. Young Grandin is New York
boy is but 20 years old and has already had
quite successful career on the stage. While
I iy,p o1E l.
Parker at their home on Miller street. The
company went from Belfast to Boston, where
they will disband.
The annual meeting of the Masonic Temple
Association was held May 9th and the old board
of officers were reelected as follows: Presi-
dent, Robert P. Chase; treasurer, Fred 7.
Chase; secretary, Albert c. Burgess; directors,
Robert P. Chase, Charles F. Swift, Nathan F.
Houston, Robert Burgess, Albert c. Burgess
| 1t was voted to put fire escape on the build
ing and to have the doors at the main entrance
and those at the head of the stairs leading to
the second story changed to open outward.
The contract for the fire escape has been
| placed with a Dexter firm.
THE STANDARD OIL Co Last week Mr..
Joseph A. McKeen, the local agent of the
! Standard Oil Co.. moved the big oil tank from
its former position near the end of the lower
bridge to the lot recently bought by the COM
pany at the foot of Main street The tank
weighs over eight tons, but was parbuckled
onto fiat car and run down the track to the
place of destination and there hoisted onto
the three brick piers that had been built to re-
ceive it. The tank had rested on foundations
/ that kept it on a level with the ground and in
| filling the oil wagon it was necessary to pump
the oil from the tank. 1t is now at such an
elevation that the cart can be backed up under
faucet at the end. Similar piers will be
built on which to place the gasolene tank, now
just above the lower bridge, and when COM
peted that will be moved. A building for an
office is to be built on the property and later
it is expected that the supplies of oil and gaso-
lene will be brought here by water. The
Standard Oil Company now has steamer that
supplies Rockland and the islands down the
bay. The fishermen all use gasolene in
their motor crafts, and it is in increasing de-
mand for automobiles, woodsawing outfits, and
stationary engines.
BUSINESS BOOMING ON THE BELFAST BRANCH
At the meeting of the Board of Trade last
Thursday evening, Mr.. o. E. Frost of Mathews
Bros. said that the other day he wanted three
cars, and when told there were none to be had
he went over to the station to see about it, as
it was the first time in the thirteen years he
had been in business here that he could not
get car when he wanted it. He was told at
the station that 20 cars had been ordered for
Belfast, but had not arrived and he thought
that indicated there was something doing
here. Mr.. Frost said that the Pike Bros. had
told him that their business would call for 500
cars year, in and out, and the corn canning
factory will also contribute largely to the
business on the branch. The shipments by
the Coe- Mortimer Co. large and the bulk
of their business is done before the sardine
and corn factory outputs will be ready to ship.
General freight business on the branch is also
growing and the need of more yard room is
apparent to every one. With the additional
trackage needed much time and expense would
be saved in shifting, and it would seem to be a
economical move for the Maine Central to fill
in what was formerly known as Puddledoek
This could be expeditiously done by bringing
rock and gravel on cars from up the road.
This has been talked of for years, and now is
the time when something should be done.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Pendleton Bros have
bought the schooner Mary E. H. G. Dow of
the William T. Donnel feet of Bath. The
schooners Independent, Clara A. Donnen and
Samuel Dillaway of this fleet, sold to close an
estate, were bought by Rogers & Webb of
Boston. The Dow is 1907 tons net and was
built at Bath in 1894. Capt. Ferdinand ".
Stackpole died at Washington, Kan, recently
at the age Of 6s years. He came originally
from Thomaston, Me-, and in the eighties COM
handed the ships Manuel Llaguno and St
Nicholas in the New York California trade. -.
The Bangor schooner Alice Lord. which sailed
from Jacksonville April eth with CSC, 600 feet
of cyprus lumber and arrived at Boston May
18th. had had weather from the start April
10th. when off Block island she encountered
northeast gale that continued for "a houss
The schooner's rails were torn away, decks
started and about 1000 feet of her deck-load
was swept off, The cabin skylight was smash
ed in and the cabin Quilted. Then came an
easterly hurricane, and when that abated the
schooner was 24O miles south southeast Of
Cana Hatteras. .Sch,T M Nicholson of Bucks