The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24

Thomas H. Marshall Circle, G. A. K,
will observe Mckinley day at their regu-
lar meeting next Tuesday afternoon
which will be held in the Post room in
Memorial building.
Sheriff Frank A. Cushman has an
nounced his intention of being candi-
date for reelection before the June pri-
maries His record is unprecedented in
| this county or in the State.
Miss Lucina Ide, R. N, gave a demon
stration in elementary bandaging and in
first aid to the Camp Fire Girls at the
Unitarian parsonage Monday afternoon.
This is part of the required work of this
organization,
A CITY GOVERNMENT MEETING. A
special meeting of the City Government
was held Saturday evening to take action
in regard to placing sewer and city
water pipes on Field street for the use of
| Fuller & Sullivan, the Boston clothing
company who are to use Seaside Grange
hall under the direction of Mrs Belle L.
Gates. After discussion the following
order was passed: That the committee on
sewers be instructed to at once employ
a suitable person to construct the sewer
from High street to the hall at cost to
the City of Belfast not to exceed seven
ty-five cents per running foot for labor,
and in addition thereto suitable water
| pipe be installed in the trench for fire
protection and flushing purposes; the
water pipe installation to be at no addi-
tional cost to the city,. The report of
the committee on the fire department in
vestigation was received and new evil
dence having been found since the inves-
tigation, the report was returned to the
committee after a conference with Chief
Engineer S. S. L. Shute "A letter was
read from the Belfast Water Company in
relation to increasing the rates to the
city and decreasing the rates to the other
water takers. It was voted to refer the
matter to the committee on city proper
ty.
THE DISTRICT SCHOOL. COMMITTEE
MATTERS. A special meeting of the dis
trict school committee was held last Fri
day evening in the Memorial building
port presiding. Mr.. T. D. Hartshorn,
master of the Grammar grades, who had
been elected superintendent to fill the
unexpired term of William B. Woodbury.,
ending in July, 1918, declined to serve
unless he was elected to July, 1919. The
present board cannot elect for more than
this six months term so they elected
Vinal H. Tibbetts. He has been super
intendent for two years at Mattawam-
keag and is graduate of Colby College
with two years experience in teaching.
Mr. Tibbetts was notified by phone dur
ing the meeting and said he would reply
later. Monday he notified the commit
tee that he did not care to accept The
matter of the annexation of Islesboro to
the Belfast-Searsport district was dis
cussed and it was thought advisable to
take the case to the Governor and Coun-
Gil if necessary Tuesday communica-
ton was received from State Superin-
tendent Augustus o. Thomas saying that
Islesboro would not be added to this dis
trict. He said that Islesboro was in the
district with Castine and that in making
out the classification for the papers he
had made mistake in placing it with
Belfast and Searsport. Mr.. Woodbury.
was notified Monday that this district
was without superintendent and that he
would be notified if he was needed here.
ICE IN THE HARBOR. Last Thursday
the harbor was a solid sheet of ice out to
the monument. Friday morning the East
Hampton, a mine layer from the Navy
Department at Boston, arrived and cut a
channel to the clear water at the Coe-
Mortimer Co.'s dock. This allowed the
tug Wyoming to bring in one of the Coe-
Mortimer barges and take out two that
were ready for the return. Morris l..
Slugg superintended the raising of the
draw at the lower bridge for the moving
of the barges and found it in such bad
condition that it was risking mems lives
handling it. He notified Mayor Hanson
that the Coe- Mortimer Co. will not oper-
ate it at their own expense until suitable
repairs have been made. The tug Pejep-
scot also arrived FRIDAY with a barge and
has been doing excellent work to keep
the channel clear during the rest of the
week at the company's expense. The
East Hampton is ON the beach below the
Eastern Steamship wharf and Leroy A.
Coombs is repairing the planking on both
( isdes of her bow which she had broken
open in ice cutting here and at Searsport.
The repair wor TX will take several days.