Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-30
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AROUND THE CITY

work. The object cf the wall is to
hold up the bank along the river
which supports the electric car
tracks. The work was necessary
this year. It is an expensive Job
but 1t will be a lasting one, This
stretch Of work will complete the
job which was started five years. ago.
Then about fifteen hundred yards Of
concrete were put along to a point
Just south Of Gold street. The wo.k
now being done will cost $4,000. BY
way Of comparison. 1t is interesting
to note that the present work is
costing almost four times as much
as did the fifteen hundred yards five
years ago.
The biggest. garage that the city
has. ever known will soon be erected
on upper College avenue, If certain
plans Of some men of the city sue
coed. The garage will be 100 by $50
feet. 1t will be used for storage AMI
sales. Waterville is much in need of
a storage garage and this will I'LL a
long felt want.
The City Market idea ID growing
slowly but surely. One farmer who
has much influence in the plan has
been to market each morning and he
d1sposes of his wares in a most sat-
isfactory manner. The idea Of split
ting the profits. as the city market
upholds. is meeting with success
both from. the farmer and the house,
wife. There is no reason why in a
short time that many housewives
should not include a morning visit
to the city market in their daily
work. The haying ieason has been
holding up the farmers to a certain
degree but from now on more gard
en- goods will be offered.
City Engineer Crawford says that
the crawling on the State road up
to the Sidney line will be in tip top
shape within three weeks. The top
coat will lie placed and the steam
roller put into action and then that
delightful stretch Of road will he
opened to the public once more.
The new Packard three-ton truck
which the city is using in road work
is early demonstrating that in two
years time it can pay for itself. The
truck has done the equivalent in
work in a day of what Is double
horse teams with drivers would ac-
complish. The time of working has
also been shortened.
The State Highway Commission
has promised the Waterville depart.
ment another three-ton truck, u
Peerless. to finish the Job. Trucks
are daily demonstrating that horses
cannot keep up with them.
The cold storage plant in this city
is not an idle dream. At the present
time Waterville man is in Boston
and is viewing plants in that place
with the idea Of starting one in this
city. Three or four men are inter.
ested in the plan Of such a plant N
the city.
A travelling commercial man whose
business takes him to all the large
cities Of New England paid a fine
compliment to Waterville this week
in saying that in al, his travels he
has never yet found a city which
keeps its sidewalks and roads in
such good condition as does the city
OF Watervtle. Five carloads of
Tarvia, about 200 barrels to a car.
have been placed on the city streets
this season and the city government
has been most liberal in its dispen-
sations. This Is about the most
practical way to keep public thor
oughfares in good condition.
The main sewe- just below the Lock.
wood mill 10 being extended about a,
feet out into the river The Job ia be.
ing done by Bath parties. The reaso,
for the extension is that the Lockwood
mill 10 filling in that ravine lust south
OF the mill with the dirt which ia be-
ing taken from where the dam IN be.
ing renovated. The sewer extension u
obviously made to reach under the dirt
pile.
Very few people in waterville. except
horse owners, realize that at the pres.
emit time there are but three places
within the city limits where horses NAV
be >shod. 1t was Sut a few years ago
when the city was smaller, that u siops
did Remembering. One slippery morning
last spring when it was absolutely
necessary that horses be sharp shod.
owing to illness there was but one
blacksmith doing business The report.
er interviewed q delegate to the horse
shoers' convention Tuesday who saws
that in the near future the horseshoe my
proposition will be more acute than AT
the present time.
Young men Of today are learning
trades that do not require az much hard
manual labor as does horseshoeing. Ten
years ago 80 per cent Of the horses that
came into the blacksmith shops weigh
ed between 500 and HOO. Today horses
Of the working class average 1900 20
1900 pounds.
One blacksmith close to watervilIe
who has been in business for several
years has arranged q strap-iike con.
trivance that holds up the horses les
while the hoof is being shod.
supporting the aise-your-own.rrain
idea. one farmer near waterville states
that last year he raised 1900 bushels Of
cattle srain ana that this year he WIN
raise. II he has good luck, fully 9son
bushels Of cattle grain. One day last
winter he had occAsion to 70 to a near.
oy miu Tor grain at his grinding ma.
cninery was out Of order. His bro.
oucuon OF milk fell on ons-third in two
Gays. Cue to the inferior grade Of rrain
purchased. He advises farmers to
raise their own.
The swimming tank ON Messslonsk..
stream should by all means be move6
t. . point above the Center strsef
bridge. The good fun that small bows
ana larger ones ~ well just cannot helm
from keeping quie: while enjoying the
sport 10 annoying to residents of that
vicinity. The police department has