Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-16
MADISON
Standing Committees of Board
of Trade Are Appointed at
Regular Meeting ~ Fire in
Great Northern Paper Mill
South End Citizens Want
Brick School Building

The regular meeting Of the Madison
Board of Trade was held Wednesday
evening in Firemen's hall. The first
item or interest to come up after the
routine business was the appointment
Of the following standing committees:
Manufacturers, William F. Scott:
membership, NJ. NJ. Spear, Ralph
Brown, John Hamilton; real estate and
taxation, II. A. Johnson, F. L. Hard
ing and G. D. Perkins; insurance, Ber-
nard Gibbs. K. c. Gray and f. G..
Burns: finance, c. 0. Small, c. H.
Clark and George II. Viles; improve
ments. w, G. Sawyer. r. A. Derby
shire and A. NJ. Holden: railroads and
transportation. H. c. Prince. ]. P.
Lancaster and A. B. Willis: water.
telephone and electric light rates. f.
NJ. Fletcher. T n. Spear and f. w.
Adams; streets and highways. B. F.
Burns r. c. Weston and Stanley Re-
nier: retail trade, S. F. Waldron, J. r.
Waldron, j. r. Emery and H. S. Dyer.
In reporting for the committee APP
pointed to see if the Firemans hall
could be obtained for justice of the
peace trials, Mr.. Scott called of D. NJ
Nichols and ]. c. Randall, who explain
cd to objections Of the corporation as
SCISSORS and fire department in regard
to the matter After a short discussion
it was voted to have an article in
serted in the warrant for the annual
town meeting to see if the town would
not provide a suitable room for such
trials Messrs w. F. Scott and w. S.
Milliken were elected delegates to at
tend the semi-ennual meeting Of the
State Board Of Trade in Portland on
March 10. 1t was voted to hold spe-
for the purpose of discussing articles
nual town meeting.
An event Of much interest to the
members of Bomazeen Uniform Rank,
Knights Of Pythias, Wednesday eve
ming was the visit Of Colonel Warren
e. Riker OF Lewiston. Following the
regular lodge meeting the members
adjourned to the S. W. Curtis restau-
rant where banquet was served
An alarm of fire was sounded at II. 40
O'Clock Wednesday evening for fire
in the paper machine room at the
whistle was first sounded and was fol-
lowed by the village alarm. The fire
department was considerably hamper
ed by dense clouds of steam but after
a fight Of three-quarters of an hour
the blaze was under control. The
wooden rolls, clothing and hoods of
the machines were burned. Repairs
were rushed so that one machine was
started at o'clock Thursday morn
ing.
A meeting of 81 citizens Of the south
end Of the town was held Wednesday
evening in the Garfield schoolhouse in
Arson to discuss matters that will
come UP at the annual town meeting.
The meeting was organized with Geo.
II. viles as chairman and b. F. Por-
ter as secretary. After considerable
discussion it was voted to appoint Mr..
Porter a committee of one to have
an article inserted in the warrant for
TIE annual town meeting to erect a
brick schoolhorse on the lot recently
given by the Great Northern Paper
Co. and to cost in the neighborhood
Of $4,000. 1t was also voted as the
sentiment of the meeting that a new
Town hall should be erectAe to take
the Mace Of the one recently burned
bu+ ar a different location. A lot on
ny.;n street can be had for the pur-
nose An appropriate article viii be put
=, ,ha town warrant. and Messrs. E.