Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-20

Maine Gossip

I, President Hyde of the Bath Iron
| Works has closed a contract with the
officials of the Maine Central Rail-
road for new steel steamship, which
VIII be practically sister ship of the
beautiful twin screw steel steamer
Moosehead, which was built by the
Iron Works and launched May 4, 1911.
ana represented a cost of upwards, of
$I3o,oo0. The Moosehead was built for
the Mt. Desert route on Frenchman's
Say ana has proved a great success,
being a faYorite with the Bar Harbor
travel. Just what route the new
steamer is TO run is not yet announc-
ed. The Moosehead is one of the very
tlnest passenger steamers on the At
lants coast, being really a palace
afloat The new boat will be similar
in its appointments and build and will
have the very latest equipment and
construction in naval architecture.
The new flyer will be ready for ser
vice the 18th of May and will repre-
sent an outlay of upwards of $4,000
More than $500 people attended the
dedication of the new shoe factory at
Springvale, among them many shoe
and leather men from Massachusetts.
r ii. Dexter of the Springvale Advo-
cate presided, and interesting address,
es were made by Rev. II. f. Huse and
Rev j. Il. Ranger. The program also
included lunch and dancing. The
building. which was erected as an
addition to the plant now occupied by
tie Springvale Shoe Works and owned
by Sears Roebuck & Co of Chicago,
has five floors and a basement, and
will employ about 600 hands The
money to build the factory, about $20,-
000, was raised in Springvale. by sub
scription. From SO people 5000 was
contributed, which will give one an
idea of tho spirit of the Springvale
citizens. The Sears, Roebuck COM
pany gave the $1,000 lot. They took
$500 worth of stock. They will pay
9 per cent. interest on the money put
in, The pay roll of the first shop is
$4,000 week, or S250,600 year The
new shop will pay double these
amounts. 1t means 100000 year to
Springvale.
The Biddeford Journal says that
Thomas Clapperson of Saeo has
flock of biddies that is fully 20 years
ahead of the times, since its members
insist on laying in the ice house, thus
placing its product in cold storage at
the earliest possible moment Mr..
Clapperson is at loss to explain this
preceeity on the part of his feathered
friends as he states that in so far as
he knows the matter of cold storage
eggs has never been mentioned in the
presence of these birds, hence his loss
to know how they became conversant
with the cold storage principle. The
fact, however. remains that despite
the provision of first elass-hen house
with the latest device in nests, the
birds insist on laying in the ice house,
the only inference being that the bid
dies are thereby trying to follow out
the latest device for the preservation
of their product. as
The Kingfieid correspondent of the
Pennington Chronicle rejoices in the
fact that new industry in that town
will soon be forthcoming, in the shape
of a spool and bobbin mill. Concern
ing the project he SAYS: 1.-THE Huse
mill at Cafrabasset is being taken
down and will be shipped to this town
by Huse Bros. On the site of the
Jenkins & .Bogert Cos. saw mill r. c.
Huse will rebuild at once spool and
bobbin mill. Mr.. Huse, who is an ex-
pert machnist, has lately moved from
Pawtgeket. Il. L., to this, his former
home. and as a citizen he is warmly
greeted, and the new industry to be
established by him is learned of with
interest by our townspeople.
notwithstanding that two young
men lost their lives last May in at