The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-11-28
THE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER % 1912
The schools closed Wednesday for the -.
mainder of the week. the Thanksgiving re-.

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Under bush on city lawn was found the
other day bundle of perhaps Is handoills cd.
vertlslng an Introduction Sale," and that ia
not an uncommon find due of course to faith
essness on the part of the distributors.
FIRE ON NoRTHPoRT AVENUE. The ont.of.
town alarm last Friday afternoon was for .
fire at the home of Edward H. Knowlton IN
Northport avenue, formerly the Howard Mn.
ply place. Mr.. Knowlton was doing Soma
work on the roof of shed and had nlaced
four quart can OF tar on the kitchen stove 10
heat. 1t exploded damaging the wall in rear
of the stove and running the new finishing on
the kitchen. Mr.. and Mrs. Knowlton wera
alone at the time, but were equal to tho
emergency. The doors were closed into adj.
Joining rooms rugs were used to smother the
flames, and Mr.. Knowlton used the Garden
hose with good effect When the fire denar+.
mated damage is about 5000.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The work of repairing tho
schooner Frederick Roessner is PROGRESSING
favorably under the superintendent of Cant
]. 0. Hayes. A new forward house has been
built and her new masts are nearly comple ted
This schooner was dismasted and abandoned at
sea, and was picked up and lowed into port hv
revenue cutter. Her cargo of lumber was
sold and Pendleton Bros bought the vessel.
The schooner is 406 tons gross, was built at
Bath in 1890. and her hull is in good condition.
There is to be more litigation over the proper
ownership of the schooner J. S. Glover, with
prospect that the attending expenses will
equal the value of the vessel. The Glover is
o. tons net, was built at Ipswich, Mass, in
1858 and hailed from Machias About two
years ago she turned turtle and was, apparent
ly, abandoned Capt. l. E. Archibald lowed
her into Marsh island and later repaired her.
He claimed the schooner became his as re-
suit. Last week Alphonso Perry, former own
er,Was in Portland consulting with an attorney,
in an effort to establish his claim to the craft
..Sch. Brigadier is at Atlantic wharf, Rock
land, for general overhauling. The schoon-
er Woodbury. M. Snow of the Snow fleet Rock
land, has been bought by Capt. Tibbetts, for
merly of the schooner Red Jacket, who will
use her in the lime trade. The Shows cargo
OF lime took fire in Boston harbor some weeks
ago and all attempts to smother the flames
proved unavailing. The vessel was brought
back to Rockland where the fire was eXtin-
guished and the cargo discharged by Capt E.
| K. Nash, retired seafarer..... The schoone,s
Elizabeth N, Capt. Forbes, and the T. M.
Nicholson, Capt. Lester Giley, both of Capt.
I. M. Nicholson's fishing fleet, have cleared
from Bucksport for the Bay of Islands, Mild,
for cargoes of herring Sch. Lavinia NJ
Snow, cleared from Bucksport Nov 23rd for
New York with 12,000 bushels of potatoes, all
grown by farmers in Bdcksport and Orland
THE CONSUMERS FUEL COMPANY. October
2, 1911, The Consumers Fuel Co., a corpora
ton, took over the wood and coal business of
the Swan & Sibley Co. Its officers are as fol-
lows: President, Clyde B. Holmes; secretary
and treasurer, William H. Widdefeld; drec-
tors. Messrs. Holmes, Widdefield and William
Swan. The company succeeded one of
the Oldest business concerns in the city. In 1869
Hon. William B. Swan, who had been in the
grain, flour and feed business for ID years as
member of the firm of Marshall & Swan,
bought the present stand at the foot of Main
street, anu WIN a. SuLler 0lDley as partner,
founded the firm of W. B. Swan & Co. In 1877
Edward Sibley was admitted to the firm and
its name changed to Swan & Sibley Bros. Mr..
A. c. Sibley retired in 1878 to engage in the
manufacture of shoes, but the firm name was
not changed until 1891, when it was incorpor-
ated as the Swan & Sbley Co., of which Mr..
| c. S. Bickford was member. On disposing of
! tbo md hror ob - %l,o;,,
/ Edward Sibley retired and the Swan Written
! Bickford Co. was Incorporated to continue the
flour, feed. and grain business, the new mem
Der being Mr., Frank Written, formerly of the
grocery firm of Y, hitten Bros. In taking over
the wood and coal business The Consumers
/ Fuel Co. came into possession of the wharf
and all the buildings of the Swan & Sibley Co.
on the water side of the railway track, and
they have just completed extensive repairs
and improvements, including the moving of
the wood saving and splitting plant to build
ing specially arranged for it, with every IA
cility for receiving the cord wood, nlanufac-
turing it and sending it out to customers. A
new splitting machine, the best in the market,
has been installed and power is furnished by an
SiSSehtS AAioeoA' A'Siy pASNootio' HdS peSH
taken to guard against accident and by pulling
a cord the power may be shut off instantly. 1t
may be said here that all the buildings are
lighted throughout by electricity and there are
outside lights as well to guide the teams when
employed after dark. All the buildings have
slate or metal roofs. The main building is'very
strongly constructed. The coal is received
from vessels in building on the north side of
the wharf and wheeled through an overhead
passage into the third story of the main build
ing to be dumped into bins below. One bin has
a capacity of 700 tons and another of 300 TONS
There are scales on this floor for weighing coal
that is to be shipped. A nice stable has been
fitted up on the ground floor of this building
! for the horses used in the business; we'll
warmed. lighted by electricity and supplied
with city water. All over the plant there is
place for everything and everything in its
place, SO that no time is lost when anything is
wanted The coal is run through shoots and
screened at the same time, thus reducing the
cost of handling it to a minimum, and it can be
loaded directly into cars from the building
The Consumers Fuel Co. intends tc live up 70
the deserved reputation of the Swan & Sibley
Co. for square dealing. to sell as low as the
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