Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-31
Urges Greatest Savino,

marizes the fuel situation in New
England by admitting it is certainly
dangerous"
| Shipments of coal to this part of
the country by water are far behind.
Moreover, the outlook is discouraging
as the fuel administration admits that
New England's demand for ships has
become matter of competition with
the commander of Americas expedi-
tionary forces overseas" In his official
warning, Fuel Administrator Storrow
says New England consumers must
save coal, as industries must be pro-
tected next winter. Shipments of coal
during the months Of January, Febru-
airy and March were far below esti-
mated requirements. The New England
reserve coal supply is completely
wiped out The shipping tonnage
Mr.. Storrow declares, is hardly ade-
quate to meet current soft coal re-
quirements.
| The Gloucester, Mass, fishing
/ schooner Good Luck justified her
name when she landed at the South
Boston fish pier the other day 10000
pounds Of mackerel picked up on the
way home from Southern waters The
mackerel sold for and 9 cents q
pound Captain John Morash re-
ceiving a check for $500, which he
said was like finding money. The
Good Luck spent the Winter fishing
between the Virginia Capes and Cape
Hatteras. Early this week she start
ed for home to outfit for the Cape
shore fishing. South of Nantucket
she ran into a school of mackerel.
Employees and owners of the ship
yards of l.. H. Shattuck, Inc, Ports
mouth, N. H., are feeling pretty proud
Of the record being made in the yard
in the framing of wooden ships, Gov
eminent Ferris type, for as the days
gy by the machinery is moving faster
tand faster and the ninth ship turned
out made a record which, though re-
markable in itself, will be surpassed
quickly. The yard has a contract for
IS ships and the ninth has just been
completed. When the first was
tackled it took almost a month to
frame it but the ninth's frame was
completed in 3'1-2 days.
Figures compiled by the Boston
Chamber of Commerce committee
which is pushing the war savings and
thrift stamps compaign in the business
district, show that the down town
section of Boston alone has purchased
stamps to the value Of $1,098,511, or
more than 20 per cent of all the stamps
sold in the state. The sales in the
down town section during April
amounted to $2S7,247, an increase of
1876 per cent over the sales in March.
This squirt, more than any other fact,
has boosted the per capita throughout
Boston to $2.35, as compared with the
per capita figure of $1.36 for the state
at large.
Rear Admiral Wood, commandant Of
the first naval district has ruled that
yeowomen should salute naval officers
and that officers must return the sa-
lutte. Some of the yeowomen had
complained that salutes were not &C
knowledged by officers and commit
tee waited upon Admiral Wood in re-
gard to the matter. The admiral was
inclined to think it was not necessary
for the young women to salute, but
they insisted that as regular members
of the naval forces they were required
by the regulations to salute their SUI
periors and that they were entitled to
have the salutes returned.
At a recent meeting Of the Ports
mouth IN. H., city government repre-
sentatives of the Atlantic corporation
who have taken over property at
Freeman's Point for the purpose of
building steel ships, submitted plans
to the members of the council in rela-
ton to the laying out Of streets and
erecting houses for the occupancy Of
the workmen. 1t is stated that it was
the intention of the government to
erect houses that would cost from
'S2, 100 to $4,000 their construction to
be principally of brick and stucco.
Miss Mary Steele Patton, nurse
with the American expeditionary
forces in France, is at home on
seventeen days furlough. She has
been for several months in base hos
pital No. 6, and has been honored
with an appointment as a first lieu
tenant. She is at present visiting
friends in Waltham, Mass, Miss Pa
ton was for some years nurse to the
late Rev. J. w. Wellman, who lived
in Maiden.
The maximum price Of ice for the
coming summer to householders OF
Massachusetts was fixed by the state
food administration at 80 cents for
100 pounds delivered, rs cents for 30
pounds, Is cents for 30 pounds, 10
cents for 20 pounds and cents for 10
pounds. For the smaller quantities
the maximum prices are the same as
last year and the prices for 100 and 30
pounds are only lightly in excess OF
the 1917 prices.