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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
8
The Bath area includes Memorial Day events in Boothbay and Nequasset, a new daily in Portland The Evening Post, the opening of New Meadows Inn for the season, and various civic notes from voters enrollment to pension filings. Activities span church meetings, high school issues, and social gatherings across Sagadahoc County.
In Bath a proposed change to the state road location from Brunswick road to North street prompts petitions by the mayor and aldermen and letters from prominent citizens. Supporters urge continuing toward Brunswick, while opponents warn against diverting funds from city streets and delaying completion of the trunk line. A hearing will be held with the State Highway Commissioner, a city representative, and a county commissioner to decide the proposal.
Local notes from West Bath report progress on the New Meadows boat clubhouse with contractors W. H. Larrabee and J. B. Neiley. Residents build a sidewalk to the electric car waiting room and preparations for summer activity include new hotel prospects and raspberries plantings by Henry Rose and sons. The town also reports improvements to roads, a potential sale of a Schoppe property hotel, and community support for Elmer Williams recovering from pneumonia.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Jouett departed Bath Iron Works yesterday morning at 7:30 bound for the navy yard at Charlestown where she will be handed to the department and go into commission. The Jenkins, a sister ship, on a five hour trial ran five times over the Rockland course at 31.26 knots, with a top pace of 33 knots, exceeding the contract speed of 29 knots. The Jenkins arrived back Wednesday night and will be prepared for delivery.
H. C. Baxter of Brunswick keeps his cruiser Kanawha at anchor in the New Meadows and plans extended time aboard this season. The yacht has an on board electric system. when not in use the plug is pulled and the phone wire remains tied to a pier on old Bull Rock Bridge.
Colorful ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a sixty year cure all for children. It claims to calm the child ease pain soothe gums cure wind colic and diarrhea and declares the product harmless and priced at twenty five cents a bottle.
New rules require lifeboat accommodations for every passenger on the Belfast and Camden. Built at Bath Iron Works, the ships must add a superstructure to house the extra lifeboats. Inspectors will enforce strictly, making compliance costly and temporarily limiting steamer capacity due to boat shortages.
Preparations move ahead for a new box shop plant at the old Shaw mill site. Buildings and property have been cleared this week as architects draw plans for the forthcoming structures. A liquor-influenced out-of-town man tried to enter a Washington street physician’s home Wednesday night and was taken into custody by police.
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