Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-31

Mr.. PERKINS remarked that there were
members IN ,he House who see in this loan
bill nothing more than other grand consolida-
ton schemes of last year. The bill is soon to
come up, and he thought that gentlemen
would see the pertinency of his order at this
time. F-r his part he wished to know wheth-
er he was voting for consolidation or not. He
believed the bill to be the important question
that had been before the House; and he HOPED
that his order would have a passage, that tn,
House might get the information he asked tol
before further action was taken upon the loai
bill.
MIR. WILSON replied that the gentleman
| (Mr. Perkins, could get the information ht
| desired at the Secretary of States office
! where the annual returns of all the railroads
| in Maine are made. If the gentleman de
| sired to take some OF the bonds let him g
down there and get his information; he ap
| pretended that the House as n general thing
would not take many. In regard to the ques
ton OF consolidation, he SAID that this road
has done just what the legislature of late
| years and past years has authorized II
| to do. What harm is there in one
| road leasing to another? 1t is true thai
these roads asked to be consolidated dnG
were refused They then went back TO III.
| legitimate point named. Their various char
| tiers authorized them to lease TO one and the
| other. What is asked now? Simply to unite
| under their leases for the purpose that thet
| contemplate-of a more thorough railroad
| system. They ask it to pay off their OLD
| debts by joint bond and Joint mortgage oi
| the several roads. And yet some gentlemen
| spring up here, and under the old ureaa OF
| consolidation say that this is consolidation
| They ask this simply because by uniting, they
can get much better bargain in New York
and Boston-their bonds will sell better in
the market. If gentlemen buying those bonds
wanted to know how much these roads were
owing, let them go to the Secretary CT State S
office.
Mr.. CARLETON of Whitefeld rejoined and
said: Mr.. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
House, Il regard this proposition not only a
stab in the dark at the Maine Central, but an
insult on the House. When ever a member
! of this house has been DESTROYS of giving a
speedy and impartial trial to any applicant
upon subjects proposed, and thereon render
| ing Just judgment without delay, he has been
| assaied by that Shiny sheet, the Portland
| Press, and branded with the label of Mol
| losk,' which being translated .means colos-
| sal, soft, shabby, four-footed beast without
backbone. And now comes another chapter
| from that same western direction in the Shape
| of morbid overflow of their contaminated
| sewers, so much so that their whole system is
| saturated to stopping over of Shiny stencil
| They have walked up the wrong passengers
| and too many of then-a load which wher
| placed upon their sore backs will make them
| scringe worse than they do now. My advice
| to them, therefore, is that they had better
| pick up their dud, and double. quick get out
of the range of the peoples guns.
Mr.. HOLDEN remarked that it ought to be
borne in mind that this is merely an order of
inquiry. He believed the House had been
generally willing to receive all light that can
be obtained in any matter before it. 1t is
said we may obtain this information by going
to the Secretary of States Office, but it would
be much better to have the facts brought be-
fore the House. He hoped no inquiry asked
for would be smothered. When he read the
loan bill of the Maine Central it struck him as
singular, although he voted against its in
definite postponement, that that there was No
sum named which this road asks to borrow.
He thought there should be a sum named,
and believed that the gentleman from Auburn
(Mr. Perkins had made good point in that
regard. If there was anything covered up in
this bill let it come out.
Mr.. LEBRoKE hoped the order would be
indefinitely postponed. The improvement OF
the Maine Central Railroad is for the accom-
mediation Of the public. Itnow approximates
right upon the heels of Massachusetts in rail-
road progress. This bill is for its further i'm
provement. He cared not how much the
Maine Central owed, only he hoped they did
not owe but little, for their own prosperity
He said the bill was properly guarded; these
several roads are not required to 60 into this
arrangement without a vote of their stockhold
ers. If they only wish to pay up their debt.
and at the same time facilitate the transport
alton of passengers and freight, and he under
ha thoir into no ,nr
| speed them. With all due Difference to the
| gentleman from Auburn, he hoped the order
would be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. WEBB remarked that the railroad CON-
| panies made an annual printed report fol
each year, and if he remembered right, he hat
| seen the last report containing all the inform
alton asked in this order.
| The order was indefinitely postponed.
The Maine Central loan bill was taker
from the table, and Mr.. CARLETON moved
| and the House seconded the call and ordered
the main question which was upon passing
| the bill to be engrossed.
| Mr.. PERKINS of Pennington, moved ant
the House ordered the yeas and nays, whicl
being taken resulted in giving the bill pas
sage, as follows
| Baker, Barker Bliss, Bragdon Briggs of Hudson
| Briggs of BroAnville, Brown, Bureigh, Burrili
Bennett Butler, ButtcruelQ. Carleton, CARL, Camp
| bell, Churchill, Clark, Cook, Coombs, Counce
| Cornish Crandon Decring, Erskine of Palermo
| Estes, Evans, Fessenden, Fields, Fogg, Foss Eos
ter, Getchell. Glidden. Cooling, Haines, Hamilton
| Hanson, Harmon of Buxton, Harmon of Lube c
| Haskell, Holbrook of Knox, Holt rock of Madison
Humphrey, Hunt Jepson, Keegan, King Lambert
| LebrOke, Lord of Detroit, Mcintre MilHken Mitch
| ell, Moore Palmer, Partridge, Paul. Perry of OK
ford Phillips, Pierce, Pike, Porter, Prescott Ran
| dali, Ray, Reed of No. H. Richardson Rogers
| Rundlett, Seey, Slsby, Snow, Sprague, springer
Stanley, Stevens. Tabbut, Talbot, Thing, Thomp
son, Tibbetts of BROOKLYN, Tbbetts of (Ireenbusb
Titcomb Webb, Wells, Weston, White of Dxmont
Whitmore, Wilson of lIallowell Wilson of Thomas
ton, Wood, Woodbury., Wyman-96.
NAYs.-Messls. Bailey, Erskine of Newcastle
Farrar, Farwell, Gray, Griffin, Hahn Hayes, Hol
den uolbrook of Freeport, Humphreys, Jordan
Knight Nckusick, MiIlay, Nash Perkins of Po
land, Perkins of Pennington, Perkins of Auburn
Perry of Brdgton, Potter of Webster Potter OF
Woolwich Preble Prince Reed of Waldoboro'
Robinson, Sawtelle Smith of WAYNE, Stuart Tor
! ~, TrefetEen, TUFTS, Turner, Wentw ORTIZ Winston
| 80.
On motion of Mr.. PERRY of Oxford, the re.
solve in favor of the Normal School at Cas-
tine was taken up, the question being upon
reconsidering the vote whereby the same was
passed to be engrossed.
The House refused to reconsider its vote
20 to 81.
On motion of Mr.. PORTER, bill an act tc