Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-07
ton in Aroostook county. Read and assigned

ton in Aroostook county. Read and assigned
Mr.. WOODBURY. from the Committee on
Railroads, on petition, reported bill an act to
amend the charter of the Saco River railroad
| Company. Read and assigned.
READ AND AssIeNED.-An act to amend
sec. IA of chap. ZIG of the Revised Statutes
relating to the taxation of costs; an act to
incorporate the Oriental Powder Mills.
! PASSED TO BE ESGRossED.-An act to in
| corporate the Aroostook Steam Boat Compa
ny; an act to make valid the doings of Had
! ley Fairfield as a Justice of the Peace :;
bill an act to incorporate the Association of
the New Jerusalem church in the State of
Maine; bill an act to incorporate the East
Sangerville Cheese Factory; bill an act to
regulate the sinking fund of the Portland &
Rochester Railroad Company bill an act to
incorporate the Ticonic Company bill an act
to change the name of the town of Grant Isle
an act to change the punishment tor burglary
| and rape; an act to incorporate the Castine
Ellsworth Railroad Company; an act reat-
ing to cases where demurrers are overruled
| an act to incorporate the Casco Manufacturing
| Company.
| PASSED TO BE ENACrED.-An act to amend
an act creating the Oxford Village Corpora
| ton, and to make valid the doings of the
same bill an act limiting the provisions of
| chap. 535 of the special laws of 1852, relating
river; an act to authorize the construction of
| private railway in Biddeford. Bill an act to
| incorporate the Trustees of the Hallowell
Classical and Scientific Academy on it pas
| sage to be enacted was tabled on motion of
| Mr. WILSON of Thomaston.
Bill an act to fix the compensation of the
! Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court on its
| passage to be enacted, was tabled on motion OF
| Mr.. PERRY of Oxford.
| IA n
| bers who were absent yesterday-to reconsid-
er the vote whereby the House indefinitely
| postponed the bill to repeal the law authoriz-
| ing bounty on wolves and bears, and Mr..
| CARLETON moved that the motion lay upon
| the table and Wednesday at 10 o'clock be
assigned for its further consideration.
Messrs. Perry of Oxford, Lebroke, Keegan,
Stevens and Clark opposed reconsideration,
and Messrs. Carleton and Millay spoke in
| favor of the motion.
The House refused to reconsider.
| On motion of Mr.. WILSON of Thomaston,
bill an act to authorize the Portland, Saco
| and Portsmouth railroad company to con-
| struct railroad from kttery to Bddeford,
| was taken from the table, the question being
| on passing the same to be engrossed.
| MIR. WILSON moved to amend by striking
out the following: provided, however, tina,
| nothing in this act shall authorize said COM
| pany TO discontinue or cease from operating
| their road from kttery to Biddeford, over the
| present line of its railroad" He said he did
this for the reason that the provision was per-
fectly useless, as this road if it ever wished to
! discontinue any portion of its line, would
have to come to the Legislature for authority
1t is useless expense of printing to the
| State, and he took pride in clean legislation
| Mr.. Snow hoped the provision would not
be stricken out. The committee had given
the bill careful consideration, and had put the
amendment in of their own accord. The
| President of this road has been before that
committee, and he said that they never had
any idea of taking up that track, either now
| or at any other time, and that they only asked
for this RAILROAD as double track. 1t is one
of the best paying railroads in the State, and
| they do not come here to day and propose tc
take up that track, but the time was coming
he feared when they would come to ask au-
thority to take that track up. He hoped the
motion to amend would not prevail, for if it is
as the corporation says that they do not wish
to take up this track. it can do no one any
| harm.
| Mr.. WILSON had no feeling in this matte,
other than to avoid useless legislation. II
| this bill enabled them to take their track up
he would not go for striking out, but it does
| not. They must come to the Legislature for
| authority if they wish to discontinue any por-
| ton of their line.
| Mr.. CARLETON said the provision was in
troduced in the committee by way of an
amendment by the gentleman from Portland
| (Mr. Fessenden). 1t was stoutly resisted
but was adopted. He regretted that it had
| been offered for he regarded it as scare
| crow to drive away capital, and drive away
| those who are disposed to assist this new line
| from kittery to Biddeford The law of the
State is already settled that no railroad COM
| pany can take up their track or cease to OPP
| crate it without the consent of the tribunal
| which created it. 1t was clear re-enact.
! ment of what the law now is, and he, there
| fore, hoped the provision would be stricken
( out.
| Mr.. FEssENDEN remarked that the expense
| printing would be but trtling, as there
| were but three lines to the provision. He
could not agree with the gentleman from
| Thomaston Mr.. Wilson, in regard to the eff
| feet of the amendment When the bill was
| presented to the committee there were re-
monstrants from towns along the line of that
| road, that contended that something should
| be introduced into the bill preventing that
| road from taking up their track from those
towns, and they presented what seemed to be
| very good reasons for such an amendment.
| The President in behalf of his road did not
| oppose this view of the remonstrants, but
| stated distinctly that the company had no in
| tention OF disseminating the present line. He
also stated that they had no power to discon-
tinue its line without special authority from
| the Legislature. But the committee found
the bill carelessly drawn, no doubt in such a
manner as to imply the right of this company
| to take up their track. This was the reason
the amendment had been introduced. He
thought it prevented the company from taking
up its track, and he thought, moreover if it
we're not for the amendment they would pro.
coed at once to take it up. Therefore he
| hoped it would not be striker out.
Mr.. WALKER of Newport favored the
amendment to strike out for he saw nothing
| in the bill that authorizes the company to take
up this track. He thought the provision neg
atory, and for this reason he favored the
| motion to strike out.
| Mr.. PERRY of Oxford favored the amend
ment. AS he understood it, the Portland,
Saco and Portsmouth railroad company ask
| for leave to alter their travel running from
Kittery to Biddeford, and the main reason
l hafp no hot