Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-07

tenn. 1t will be opened Dec. Is and
remain open until April IS. Mr.. TIL
ton is one of the best known of the
younger hotel directors of New Eng
land. During the past five years he
has been one of the principal owners
of the Hotel Wentworth at Ports
mouth, n. H., which has been oper-
ated under his personal management.
For IL years prior to his assuming
the ownership management of the
Hotel Wentworth he was associated
| with Hiram Kicker and Sons at Po-
land Spring. where he gave his un-
divided attention to the Mansion
House which is open all the year
During the summer of 1919 he was in
| charge of the Poland Spring House.
Lewiston's per capita Indebtedness
jumped from $30.56 in 1922 to s55GS in
1928, according to financial statistics
relating to the city government of
Lewiston, just compiled by the Depart
| ment of Commerce at WaShinGto on
LewiSton's expenses. interest and out
lays for the fiscal year ending Feb IS
1928 amounted to $S79.174. or $2G3!
per capita for that year. OF this total
S363.S22 represents the expenses of OPP
Grating the general departments Of the
| city government; s4G,314. expenses OF
operating the public service enter.
priseS. such as water works markets
and similar enterprises; S56.47i inter
est on debt; and s2l2.564. OUTLAWS fol
permanent improvements including
those for public service enterprises.
| Discussion of the possibility of East.
,, port becoming the greatest hydro
electric power center in the world fea
. tured the annual meeting of the East
; port Chamber of Commerce last Frida,
night. 1t was the general opinion tina
If the immense tide power project, fol
which extensive surveys are now be
ing made. is carried out. there is not
place on the face of the earth which
will rank with that city for furnishing
electricity for Industries and lighting
The business situation was also talked
over at length, and the prospects fol
the coming Year are good. Tn,
chamber has just completed an un
usually successful year under the guild
ance of President Burr. Among the
accomplishments were the building oI
a much needed municipal landing Al
the market dock. the preparation of al
excellent tourists camping ground ant
the wide advertising of the city as Al
industrial center and good place fol
visitors to Maine to come to. Edgal
NJ. Cherry was unanimously elected
president for the coming year JOIN
Frost was reelected treasurer and Eu
gene Cassidy recording secretary.
! Business men, of Maine are mucl
! elated to find that they now have the
I big relief in Transatlantic shipping
| rates for which they have been strivins
FOR over two years. Portland now has
, the same rates as those accorded t.
/ Boston ana the long desired conditi or
! was obtained through the efforts Of q
! Bangor man. James q. GulnaC former
! head OF the State Chamber of Com
merce.
| Mr.. Gu!nac said: "Thc only export
rate that Portland has ever had was
given by the Grand Trunk Railway
and then only in materials shipped
from Canadian points.
! "Formerly' continued the former
head of the State Chamber of Com
merce. Boston enjoyed an export rate
on overseas shipments routed through
there, while freight sent by the way of
Portland had to pay the higher domes-
/, tic rate. This naturally prevented
many concerns from considering any
other port but Boston, and thwarted all
hopes of the Port of Portland ever be
coming much of port for export and
import business. "-Houlton Times.
ME Cos