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Middletown transcript., 1916-10-07
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A new method Of utilizing coal in
competition with Oil fuel Is being tried
at Vancouver. 1t is said that crushed
coal can be supplied to steam-produc-
ing furnaces by the same method that
oil Is utilized. The new process is of
special interest to British Columbia. as
It Is proposed to apply 1t for smelt-
Ing purposes in the big mining plants
Of the province. It is asserted that
seven tons of copper ore can be smelt-
ed with one ton of coal by this process,
Whereas formerly the ratio was a ton
of coal To ton Of ore.
Russia and Serbia, also Austria. may
allow young women to fight in their
armies, but Canada will not, although
according to recruiting officer in Win
nipeg. several have applied, and two
could hardly be kept from join
Ing by force In response to call for
"stenOgraphers for the second service
unit of the Nineteenth battalion"
Refining nickel by a new process is
reported as having been discovered In
Canada. The claim Is that 100 pounds
OF matte can be converted into 80
pounds Of metal In 49 hours, and that
the low-grade iron ores Of the Lauren
tan hills near Ottawa can be used.
In British Columbia half of the in
dustrlal capital is invested in the lum-
bering and woodworking business. half
the pay roll of the provinces is de
rived from the forests and 81 per cent
Of the annual wealth production is at
trlbuted to the same source.
The geological survey has estimated
that the Colorado river in an average
year discharged into the gulf Of Cali
fornIa 338,OO0,OO0 tons of silt and salt.
equal to 20 tons for each square mile
OF land the river drains.
For the eight months ending with
last February the oversee trade of
Australia showed a gain of $SS, 49,
525 when contrasted with the COM
monwealth's foreign commerce Of the
previous year.
Because of the war, chlcory Is SELL
ing high in England-at from $125 to
$40 a ton, whereas in normal times
It csn be bought for $50 to $40 ton.
India's rice crop Of the year is es-
timated at 76,792O0O acres, slightly in
excess of the acreage Of the year be-
fore. The total yield is expected to
be q per cent greater than last year.
Estimates for both area and yield are
the greatest on record. :.
The ducks Of ]. A. Andrew Of ShiF-
land tract. California. are supplying
him with valuable nuggets. the giz-
zard of one having two gold nuggets
and two platinum nuggets, and anOth-
eF a gold nugget
New Brunswick, N. J., in October.
win celebrate the one hundred and
aftieth birthday OF Rutgers college.
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HIGH FOOD COST HITS NAVY.
Many Firms, Unable To Meet Con-
tracts, Fail To Bid.

Many Firms, Unable To Meet Con-
tracts, Fail To Bid.
Now YnrI+.-Bids for food supplies
for the United States Navy, just re-
Ceived here, are much higher than
those Of last year. Some Of the items
called for, such as beans and corn,
are so scarce that many firms which
usually bid on these contracts did not
compete. Only two firms bid ON the
string bean contract and offered to
Ill only part Of the order Of 50O.e00
pounds. One firm offered to supply
27O.O0O pounds for $22,12o. The low
est bid for 1,140,0oO pounds OF canned
corn was $S5.174, while 2,SO5,000
pounds of canned tomatoes were Of
fered for &112,o45. One Of the largest
items on the list was $4,000 pounds
Of canned peaches, which were 09-
1ered at $61,319.
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BANDITS HEAVY
Loss IN BATTLE
villa Followers Killed in Fight
at CusihuiriaChiC.
CARBANzIsTAs ALSO SUFFER
An Appeal For Surgeons and Medical
Supplies Is Made BY General
Ramos-BaudeIio Tribe Is
Taken Prisoner.

Chihuahua City, Mexico.-Over
hundred Villa followers were killed,
the bandit leader, Baudelio Uribe was
taken prisoner and heavy casualties
suffered by Carranza forces in a ter
rife fight at Cusihuiriachic, an i'm
pOrtant mining center, about so miles
southwest of Chihuahua City, accord
ing to a message received by General
Trevino from General Matias Ramos,
who was himself slightly wounded.
Details of the fight were few and
were appended to the request Of Cen
eral Ramos for surgeons and medical
supplies. A hospital corps detach-
ment was accordingly rushed to the
scene by train.
It is stated that the garrison at
Cusihuiriachic co-operated with the
forces of Ramos, but whether they
were attacked Or Of had been the aggres-
sors does not appear.
Baudelio Uribe, leader Of the band
and Villas chief lieutenant, was the
originator of the idea of cutting of
the ears of captured government sol
diers. Many others of his command
are reported to have been made pris-
oner.
News Of the fight was also received
here from the telegraph operator to
Santa Isabel, who added nothing to
the report Of General Ramos. The
Generals official report was sent by
way Of that town, to which the hos
pital train has been dispatched.
Santa Isabel is 33 miles by train
from Chihuahua. The Mexican North
western Railway makes a loop to
Cusihuiriachic from Santa Isabel,
while the direct distance between the
two towns is about IS miles.
Troops continue to pour into Chi
huahua City from the south to partici-
pate in the Villa hunt.
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VILLA COURTS AMERICANS.
Invites Mining Men To Resume Work
In Chihuahua.

Invites Mining Men To Resume Work
In Chihuahua.
Ell Paso, Tex.-Villa told the Mexi-
can mining men at San Andres, Chi
huahua, after capturing that town from
Carranza troops September "a that he
had no enmity toward the Americans,
and asked them to notify their Ameri-
can friends to resume work at their
mines in Eastern Chihuahua, as he
would give them all guarantees, two
Mexican mining men who arrived from
San Andres reported.
Villa, in an innpassiOned address to
the tOwnspeople, declared he was fight
ing 'Only the traitor Carranza," they
said. He announced that Santa Ysabel
and San Andres that he would return
ia a few days, and any male resident
Of these towns over the age Of IA who
was not ready to take up arms with
him would be put to death, the mining
men state. Villa got 100 recruits at
these two villages before marching TO-
ward Cusihuiriachic, they said.
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John Anti has instituted suit at Ha-
gerstown against the Cumberland Val
ley Railroad Company for $4,000 dam
ages for personal injuries received one
year ago while working at the COM
pany's ice house in Hagerstown. He
fell into a cavity in the layers of ice
and was seriously hurt.
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COVERED WITH RosIN; BURNED.
Mrs. Email Yves First Killed, PhysI-
clans Decide.

Mountain View, N. H.-An examina-
ton By Medical Referee Horne and
Uther physicians led to the discovery
that the body Of Mrs. Florence A.
Small, which was found in the burned
ruins Of her home in Ossipee Friday,
had been covered with rosin after abe
had been shot, beaten and strangleS.
Frederick L. Small, the woman's hus-
band is in the ossipee jail, charged
with murder.
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October 5. 1915.

Allies ministers to Bulgaria
demanded their passports.
Greek premier Venlzelos re-
signed.
Lord Derby made director OF
recruiting in Great Britain.
Germany disaVowed sinking
Of Arabic and offered reparation
to America.
German submarine sank two
British steamers.
More allied troops landed at
SaIonikl.
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October q. 1915.

Russians retook many VII.
Iages, driving back Teutons In
north and south.
Russia presented uItlmatum to
Bulgaria, demanding break with
central powers.
Germans gained ground In
counter-attacks near Lens and
GIVenchy.
Austrian submarine sank Brit
Ish steamer off Greek coast.
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The Circuit Court has given the Ale
gany County Commissioners permis.
sion to borrow $4,000 for the use Of
the Road Directors of the county, to
meet requirements on roads and
bridges, the fund at their command
having run low. The amount is to be
provided for in the next levy.
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The reassessment Of Washington
county property will begin Monday, Oc-
tOber 9. The assessors recently ap-
pointed by the County Commissioners
have been ordered to appear on the
date and receive instructions.
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HURLED FORTY FEET BY AUTO.
Girl Stepped From Trolley Track In
Front OF Machine.

Cumberland, Nd.-Viola. 9-year-Old
daughter of B. L. Moreland, was hurled
40 feet on the National Pike, near the
Six-Mile House, when struck by an
automobile driven by F. NJ. Blowers,
of Rice's Landing. The child is at the
Western Maryland Hospital, where
hopes are held out for her recovery.
She was out with her parents gather
ing chestnuts.
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October 2, 1915.

Austr0 Germans, 100000
strong, forced the passage Of
Danube, Save and Drina rivers
and ertered Serbia.
Russian cruisers boEnharded
Bulgarian port of Varna.
Lord Bryce told parliament
100000 Armenians had been
massaered by Turks.
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IMrERNED SHIPS SAIL
!. 8. Warships Convoy Germans From
AR.eaTl. r. 0hi1aI~1.Lf.

u. 8. WarshiPS Convoy Germans From
Norfolk To Philadelphia.
Norfolk, Va.-The interned German
commerce raiders KrOnprinz Wilhelm
and Prinz Eitel Friedrich left the navy
yard here under convoy Of American
warships for Philadelphia. The con-
voy consisted Of the battleships Mime
sofa and Vermont, the destrOyers Nc
Dougal and Tanning and the tugs
Sonoma, Ontario and Patapsco. Addi-
tions to the navy yard here neees-
STATED the transfer.
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American canned salmon is favor
@biy known throughout the entire
world. The exports Oe It amount to
s7.e0o.OOO a year.
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Natives of Porto Rico make a fair
" permanent yellow dye for textiles
from the roots Ct tumeric, which
grows wild over q considerable por-
ton OF the island.
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October 6, 1915.

VNbV9VI % IVIVa
Russians attacked Austrians
along Bessarabian frontier.
French captured Tahure In
Champagne.
Austro-German invasion Of
Serbia begun.
zalHis became Greek minis
ter.
Middletown transcript., 1916-10-07

Henry Seward, who, it is alleged,
shot and killed Maud Dorsey, wife Of
Alexander Dorsey, at Liverpool, in the
southern part of Charles county, is be-
lieved to be hiding in the swamps along
the Mattawoman creek, near Pomun~
key. The sheriff deputized large
posse to scour the woods and swamps.
but no trace Of Seward was found.
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MARYLAND NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest Happenings Cleaned
From All Over the State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS

Mrs. Myrtle Miller, Of ClearsprinS,
heard a rObber attempting to break
into her house on Wednesday night.
She fired through a window at the
burglar, who escaped.
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Electric massaging apparatus which
emanates violet rays has been invent
ed fer lmparting q general tonic effect
70 the scalp and face.
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Arrangements are being made By
which St Michaels, its business houses
and residences will be lighted by cleo
tricity furnished from the municipal
electric plant at Easton. The town Of
Royal Oak too probably will be lighted
with electricity furnished in Easton,
as well as private farmhouses on the
line which is to be built between Eas'
ton and st. Michaels.
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TO sTANDARDIzE GASOLINE.
Department Of Commerce To Protect
Motorists.

Washington. = Constant complaint
that automobile users are receiving
adulterated gasoline from dealers has
prompted the Department Of Com
merce to undertake standardization of
the oil. The subject was discussed to-
day by Secretary Re6field and DR.. w.
S. Stratton, director of the Bureau of
Standards, and it was agreed that DR..
Stratton should appoint a committee
of experts from his bureau to define
specifications for standard gasoline.
Later the department will devise meth
DDS by which the standard can be
made more effective.
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The Anne Arundel County Commis
sioners have appointed the tax as
SCISSORS for the several districts, in ac-
cordance with the edict Of the State
Tax Commission and the provisions OF
the general reassessment law passed
at the last session of the Legislature.
which was upheld by the Court OF
Appeals.
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A Californian has invented a tough
glass hood for automobiles that per-
mits the owner to watch the engine
while the car is running.
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Sparks from a traction engine de-
stroyed the barn of Washington King
and the straw shed on the farm Of
John Dell, near Silver Run. All the
hay, straw, wagons and a number OF
farming implements were burned. The
barn on the Dell farm was afire sew
eral times, but was saved by bucket
brigade.
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The Montgomery County Commits
sioners have appointed ]. Hampton
Jones and William J. Umstead to re-
assess all real estate in the towns Of
Garrett Park and Kensington, respect
lively, as part Of the plan for a general
reassessment of all real estate in the
State ordered by the State Tax Com
mission.
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MEDICINE CAUSES WRECK.

EN1NO SAhNSs ShsSSHCS'SNS hSssS fhHI
Overdose OF Headache Tablets.
York. pam automobile ran up a
bank on the Wrightsville pike and
turned turtle when the driver lost con-
sciousness after taking an overdose of
headache tablets. William L. Bare
and his son, Erwin L. Bare, the driver,
were injured. The younger Mr.. Bare
Is suffering from concussion of the
brain. His father was cut and
bruised.
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October 8, 1915.

Serblans checked Austro-
Germans, inflicting heavy losses.
French made more gains in
Champagne.
Russian armies attacked along
whole eastern line.
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MANUFACTURERS PROTEST.
WoOlen and Worsted Men Want Dye
stuffs Report Announced.

Washington.-The American AssO-
citation of Woolen and Worsted Manu-
facturers teelgraphed the Department
Of Commerce protesting against the
holding up of the census report on dye
stuffs. Secretary Redfield replied that
the report on dyestuHs was being with
held temporarily to afford proper
privacy to transactions of dye i'm
porters.
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MOB KILLS TWO NEGROES.

Breaks Tennessee Jail and Shoots
Alleged Murderers.
Nashville, Tenn.-TwO negroes ar
rested In connection with the murder
Of Bud Burns at GardOnsburg. were
taken from the HohenwaId jail by Il
mob and shot to death against trees
on a nearby hill
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BILLY SUNDAY 70 GOTHAM.

To Campaign There Next April, May
and June.
New York. = Billy Sunday, the
evangelist, will preach in New York
during April, May and June Of 1917
Announcement Of the definite date for
the revival was made by James NJ
Speers. chairman Of the campaign. An
auditorium with seating capacity Of
2eOOo viii be erected.
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Mrs. George Keith, As. and her son,
Thomas Keith, II, near Point of Rocks.
were drowned in the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal at Point of Rocks when the
mother plunged into the canal to save
the life Of the boy, who tumbled into
II fest Of water while intoxicated.
Two sisters Of the youth, Sadie Keith.
Il, and Ethel Keith. 10, stood on the
bank Of the canal and saw their mother
and brother go to their deaths.
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A vaccination certificate Is no longeR
necessary for children entering the
public schools Of Washington county.
The county School Board has passed
an oE3er to that effect
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COL. r. W. ROE, U. s. A., SUICIDE.
Son OF Late Admiral In 90 Health
For Three Years.

Port Orange, Fla.-COl. F. w. Roe,
U. S. A. (retired), son Of the late Ad-
miral Roe, shot himself here and died
instantly. He is survived by an in
valid widow here and mother in Wash
ington, where the body will be taken.
He had been an invalid for three
years.
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TO BRING MEMPHIS SURVIVORS.

Transport Hancock Will Leave san+o
Domingo Tomorrow.
Washington.-The transport Han
cock left Santo Domingo Sunday for
the United States with about 800 mem
bers of the crew of the wrecked cruiser
Memphis, officers Of the court of in
quiry who have investigated the dis
aster and guns and other valuable
equipment which have been salvaged.
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LONDON TO MOVE CLOCKS BACK.

Oayllght-saVIng System DIsearded Fer
! old-Tlme Plan.
New YOrk.-Legal time in Great
Britain was put back one hour. be-
ginning A. NJ, October 1. This
means that British time from October
/ win be the same as it was before
the daylight-saving system was inaU
gurated on the morning Of May 81.
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An electric fire alarm system is to
be installed in Easton. There will be
boxes located in different sections or
the town. The key to unlock the box
is already in the lock, but is inclosed
within small housing with glass
front. To open the box to send In the
alarm the glass must be broken and a
switch thrown, which sends the alarm
to the engine house.
Middletown transcript., 1916-10-07

Luxemberg. has an area Of l.Ooe
square miles.
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George FitteEy, of Big Cove Tannery.
while hunting raccOOns with Wiltey
Mellott fell 30 feet from a tree and
sustained. besides two fractured ribs
serious eOntusions about the head.
body and arms He lay exposed to the
cod for some time before four men
carried him to his home, four miles
distant
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Although no official record has been
kept, Mitchell Lingo, of Trinity, claims
to have the champion eggIayer OF the
wsrld ia a 2-year-Old hen. The hen
has laid in the same spot in the barn
all year, and Lingo declares, backed
by the rest of his family, that she laid
365 eggs last year. The hen is
Rhode Island Red and her eggs are so
different from those laid by the rest
Of the fowls that Lingo says he has no
trouble IN knowing that she did the
laying
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THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

October 2, 1918.
Russians gained on the Wilma
front.
Bulgarian forces massed on
Serbian frontier.
German attempt to cross DAN
ube at semendrIa repuIsed by
Serbians.
Germans made fierce counter
attacks on west front.
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october 8, 1915.

October 3, 1915.
Seventy thousand French
troops landed at Saionikl.
Russians rolled back Hlnden-
burs's armies.
Germans retook greater part
of HohenzolIern redoubt from
British.
Russians advanced In region
Of Van In the Caucasus.
French aiPmen bombarded
German depots In Luxembourg.
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1t is reported that Indian Head soon
willhave two banks, branches of the
Eastern, Shore Trust Company and OF
the Southern Maryland Bank OF La
Plata, Directors of the latter institu-
tion met a number Of citizens Of the
town recently and plans for establish
ing the branch were considered. The
payrolls Of the Naval Proving Ground
and the Naval Powder Factory are
nearly $1,000 a week and there is no
banking facility within 15 miles
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-24
chesterviIle Grange.

A pleasant and profitable meeting of
Grange was held Saturday
evening. The attendance was not large
but much interest was shown. Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland Lowell and Mrs. Anna
Butterfield were appointed a commit
tee to arrange for an entertainment
to be given in the near future. The
following program was given during
the Lecturers hour: Music, Grange;
reading, Ned Butterfield; paper. Influ-
ence Of Good Literature in the Home
j. B. NJ. Lovejoy. Mr.. Lovejoy gave a
very instructive and entertaining pa
per on this important subject. Corn
Tassle Tattler, edited by Anna Butter
field; question, Does not the hen furn-
ish as much profit for the farmer as
the dairy COW, according to the money
invested? opened by Dexter Hiscock
and Roland Lowell. followed by others.
The next number was a surprise fea-
ture in charge Of Mrs. Carolyn Keyes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-24
CERTIFICATES FOR
NURSES IN MAINE

The members of the State Board of
Examination and Registration Of
Nurses, which consists Of John z.
Wadsworth NJ. D., of Skowhegan,
Miss Carolyn +. Kelley Of Augusta,
Miss Eleanor Griffin of Portland, Miss
NJ f. Taylor of Lewiston and Miss
Annie NJ. Peabody of Houlton were in
session at the State House Thursday
engaged in issuing certificates to nurse
who had either passed the examina-
tions or who were entitled to them,
according to the law. Approximately
900 of these certificates were issued.
The act creating this board was pass
ed at the last session Of the Legisla-
ture but was not operative until 50
days after it became a law. which I'M
Ger the referendum was not until the
first Of July, and It requires that four
members Of the board must be nurses
and one a physician. The nurses must
be graduates of a hospital OF good
standing and must have had at least
five-years experience in nursing. The
board. under the law may register any
person who shows by an affidavit or
otherwise that he Is a graduate of a
training school for nurses, without an
examination If he graduated before the
law went into effect. and any per-
son who has been registered in anoth-
er state will be given certificate by
this board without an examination.
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Snow and Water

George C. Danforth, assistant engi-
neer Of the Public Utilities Commits
sion, on Thursday made measurements
of the snow on the ground and some
interesting estimates Of the amount of
water contained therein. He found 1873
inches of snow on the level and tests
showed that it contained 3.06 inches
Of water, about one-f1fth. an extraor-
binary amount, when it is realized that
the average amount Of water in that
amount Of snow would have been only
one-tenth.
The drainage area Of the Kennebec
watershed is about 5000 square miles
say, for the illustration. Surprising
rain sets in and continued about two
DAYS. which is not at all unlikely. and
we got about 4 inches Of rainfall. That
would mean about 100000 cubic
feet of water. or again. it would mean
GAS. 900 second feet for one day for this
entire area, or 10S second feet per
square mile.
Compare this with the highest run
off-cubic feet per second-on record
with the above. The book shows 151,-
ooo second feet, or 35.7 second feet per
square mile during the flood time OF
December. 1901, in the Kennebec river
at Waterville.
These figures are approximate SIM
,,,,, rsad to illustrate what might
happen should heavy ralnIaii HlaA"
nm its mind to visit US with the pres
ent amount Of snow on the srouhu'
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York Water Co. to Sell Bonds.

A petition was received at the Office
Of the Public Utilities Commission
from the York county Water Co. Of
Kennebunk asking authority to sell
s3O,50O worth of the first and refund
ing five per cent mortgage treasury
bonds Of that corporation dated July
Is. 1915, and due October 81. 1885. at
not less than 90 1-2 and accrued inter-
est and $13,500 worth Of six per cent
preferred treasury stock at not less
than "a IL and accrued dividend. A
hearing will be held on the petition at
the office Of the commission at the
State House, Augusta, at 10 A. NJ. on
Tuesday. March %.
In its petition the company states
that it wants authority to sell these
bonds and stock for the following pur-
poses:
Filter plant contract, for contract
and apparatus, New York Continental
Jewell Filtration Company, $4,000; 12-
inch pipe connections and valve for fill
tiers. 1915; brick filter building, IS feet
by II feet, slate roof, $4.614.30; brick
addition to pumping station and set
ting boiler, $2.714.15; new boiler. 60
inches, high pressure, s1,17s.5S; piping