The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-07-03

The Sewing Circle of the Women's Hospital
AID will meet in Room 2 Masonic Temple next
Saturday at 2 80 p. m.
The June meeting of the school committee
was not called for Monday evening, but was
postponed to some date next week.
The regular meeting of the Improvement
Society will be held at the home of Mrs. H. H.
Johnson. Upper High street. Monday after
noon at 80 o'clock
At the close of the morning service at the
congregational church last Sunday the young
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bertrand L. Davis was
christened-H Hugh Tallant.
! Thirty-seven members of the Universalist
Sunday school. including few invited guests,
had their annual picnic last Tuesday. going by
buckboards to Temple Heights. They left the
church about O'Clock and arrived at the
Heights just as the shower struck. They
were generously given the use OF the pavilion
and piano and passed delightful day in this
charming spot The children had abundant
opportunity to play and enjoyed every minute
of the time. The party returned home at
about $50 o'clock.
"THE PLAYS THE THING" Lovers of good
plays, properly presented at popular prices,
| should be interested in the coming of the
Whiteside- Strauss Company, which opens
weeks engagement at the Colonial Theater
Monday, July 7th. The repertoire of this COM
pany includes some of the best class of plays
obtanabe for travelling companies, and as
they carry their own sixty foot baggage car
packed with scenery of every description they
are able to make each production on a par
with the $15O productions seen in the larger
cities The acting co npany is high grade in
every respect, and to make the attraction COM
plete the management promises some extrav-
agant vaudeville features between the acts.
No attraction playing at popular prices offers
the theater going public more for their money
than does the Whiteside-Strauss company.
The opening play will be "The Girl from
/ Texas" Cecil Spooner's great success, without
doubt the prettiest and strongest play ever
written.
! STEAMER NoTES. The steamers operated
by the Eastern Steamship Corporation cover
on their regular trips 2,4o7 statute miles, as
follows The distance covered by the Metro
politan Line between New York and Boston is
337 miles; that of the Maine Steamship Com
pany between New York and Portland is 800
miles; Boston and Portland Line, ITO; Portland
and Rockland Line, rs miles; Portland and
Boothbay Line. As miles: kennebec Line, $50
miles; Bath and Roothbay, Is; Bangor Line
220; Mount Desert and Blue Hill Line, rs;
Frontier Line, 80; International Line, 670
miles; and Boston and Yarmouth, 24O miles,
The steamers operated by this company num-
Der 81 and they take passengers and freight
from So landings When the Cape Cod canal
is completed the Metropolitan and Maine Line
steamers will doubtless use it, thereby saving
approximately SIS statute miles between New
York and Boston and 40 miles between New
York and Portland, reducing their runs by
three hours. :. The Boston boats had to make
extra trips to clean up the accumulation of
freight; leaving Bangor Sunday for Boston
and arriving from Boston Monday morning.
BOARD OF TRADE. A special meeting of
the Belfast Board of Trade was held last Mon
day evening, having been called ITO submit
proposition to the Castne Line & Irvine Co.
to locate in Belfast" In the absence of Secre.
tary E. B. Gichrest. Maurice W. Lord was ap.
pointed Secretary pro tenn After brief re.
marks on the matter for which the meeting
was called President West called upon O. E
Frost of the Committee on New Industries
who reported the results of a visit of Mr.. Car
penter of the Irvine Co. to Belfast; of having
viewed with him various possible factory loca
tions; and of suggestions of Mr.. Carpenter al
to what plan would be acceptable to him
After general discussion it was voted: Tha
in consideration of the friendly relations which
have for years existed between the townspeo
pie of Castine and Belfast, and in order to per
petuate such relations, that proposition b.
submitted at this time to the Irvine Co. to 10
cate in Belfast; provided, however, that in tn
event of said company finally and posi-
lively deciding not to locate IN Castlne, tina
the Belfast Board of Trade would be yer,
glad of the privilege of then taking tn
matter up and submitting a proposition
The matter of State-road trunk line from
Belfast to Augusta was discussed and Oh
motion it was voted: That the president AM
secretary be authorized and instructed t.
memorabilia the State Highway Commission
and communicate with the governor an,
council and automobile associations in al
effort to influence the expenditure of tn
atate-road funds apportoned for Waldo Count,
on the proposed trunk-line from Belfast to
ward Augusta. Mr.. J. H. Howes Of the com
mittee on transportation reported progress il
the matter of establishing better steamboa
service between Islesboro and Belfast o.
motion it was voted to continue payinl
wharfage of the steamer Marjorie, amounting
to SIS per month, to the Frenchboro Land
Fisheries Company, until further notice.
BASE BALL. The opening game in tn
Eastern Maine league took place on the Con
gress street grounds in this city last Saturda.
afternoon, when the Easterns of Brewer wer,
defeated by the newly organized Belfast team
by score of IA to g. Neither team scored il
the first inning, but in the second the scor,
stood to 8 in favor of the Easterns, and Bel
fast did not gain lap until the fifth inning
when it tied the score, and then forged ahead
The ground was rough and high wind wa.
blowing, making anything like clean work i'm
possible, but the game was enjoyed by larg,