Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-20
So the bill was passed to be engrossed.

IenopscOt tripe OF 1nulans, came up On US
passage to be engrossed.
Mr.. Lothrop moved to amend by striking
out "Sl 200 shall be expended for agricultur-
al purposes; $500 for bounties on crops, also
$3.50 to pay competent persons to be employ
ed by the agent to assist and instruct said In
dams in their agricultural labors as follows:
S75 on Oldtown island, $3.50 on Olamon and
Hemlock islands, and S37.40 on Sugar and
Mattaanwcook islands on the same conditions
aa required by chap. &C of the resolves Of
1867"
Mr.. LoTHRor said:
l introduced an order some time ago rela-
tive to the distribution of the shore rents Of
the Penobscot tribe of Indians, with view to
lessen the annual expense Of that tribe to the
State and in order by other action of the State,
that tribe might ultimately be raised from
their dependent condition, to q higher level
in the scale of being. As long as we keep
| them under the leading string, Of an agent,
by doing out few thousand dollars to be d.
| vided among them. they viii be likely to hang
| on to their tribal condition, and wait for the
| little pittance granted them by the State, and
never seek a more Independent condition.
| For the past twenty years that tribe has
cost the State S72,72G or S2G3G year, be-
sides the amount paid them under treaty stip-
ulatlons, being about $500 year. We now
allow them most Of the shore rents, being
about $4,000 to be divided among them, which
with the interest upon their permanent fund,
| S73, 1913; interest thereon S4429.GS. Now
these several sums being about Sll 900 with
the several islands in the Penobscot river,
wherein they have many good farms, ought
| to be sufficient for that tribe of only 800 per-
| sons.
Mr. Ann said he had been informed that
this question of shore rents was taken into
| ~Lo Il hat. la
shore rents were TO be divided per capita, as
he understood it. He favored the bill as re-
ported.
Mr.. MAY opposed the adoption Of the
amendment.
The amendment was rejected, and the bill
passed to be engr ossed.
An act imposing penalty On the Portland
and Oxford Central Railroad corporation tor
abuses of its privileges and franchises, was
read twice, and under suspension of the
rules, was passed to be engrossod.
An act in relation to the fees Of the judges
of the police court of the city of Gardiner,
and the municipal courts of the cities of Hal
lowell and Augusta, pending its passage to be
engrossed, was tabled.
Mr.. MAY, from the Committee on Towns,
reported an act to amend the charter of Fair
{ field Village Corporation. Read twice and
passed to be cngrosscd, under suspension OF
the rules.
The act in relation to the establishment OF
the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth railroad
in Cape Elizabeth and Portland, was called
up by Mr.. BUTLER, who, after Withdrawing
his amendment, moved to strike out all after
the enaeting clause, and inserting the follow
ing, as substitute for the bill, which he be-
lieved, if adopted, would be acceptable to the
. citizens of Portland:
Section /. The Portland, Saco and Ports
mouth Railroad company is hereby author
lied to extend, locate, construct and main
tain Its railroad from some convenient point
on its present line in Cape Elizabeth or Port
land, so as to enable it to secure such suita-
BILE and convenient terminal faculties and de-
pot accommodations as it shall find to be nec-
essary in the city Of Portland as far as Union
street in said city. And said company is
authorized to take, acquire and hold such
lands as may be Necessary for said purposes;
provided however, that nothing herein con-
| tanned shall authorize said railroad corpora
| ton to take the land of another railroad
within the limits Of thei. actual way location
acquired by purchase or otherwise, or their
necessary depot grounds, without the writ
ten consent of said companies except in case
of crossing said road, except as pro-
vided by the general laws of the state. And
it is further provided, that said company shall
any Railway Company from having suitable
and convenient access TO the wharyes, nor
shall any track be laid across the wharves
and docks in said city below the head of such
2 docks or slips; and nothing herein shall au-
thorize said company, to increase the num-
Der of tracks now authorized by law upon
any portion Of the highway and county bridge
leading from Cape Elizabeth to said city of
Portland, unless said company shall contract
a suitable overhead bridge from some point
on the Portland bridge to Bracket street
easterly of the Boston and Maine location
with a way for heavy teams to pass from Com
mercial street to and upon said Portland
bridge, at grade, the same to be acceptable
to the county commissioners Of Cumberland
county.
Sect. .. Said company is allowed three
years III which to locate according to the
terms herein. Contained, and the right to SO
loca'e is hereby limited to such time.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when
approved.
4 Mr.. BuRcEss objected to this matter OF
proceeding, and also to the remark of the
Senator from York, (Butler, THAT his amend
Portland. In consultation with those gentle
man who have at heart the safety OF travel in
the streets of Portland, the bill as it passed
last Friday was acceptable.
All we ask is, that the principles Of gener-
al railroad law should apply to the P. S. & p.
railroad as well as any other railroad.
We do not want that road to build an ad-
ditional track as is proposed, without the
consent of the city council OF Portland. We
only ask for the protection Of our rights
across State street and Commercial street,
and at Cape Elizabeth bridge, that is all. The
Senator read the bill that was acceptable, and
explained the difference betweeD that bill and
the one as proposed TO be amended by the
Senator from York.
Mr.. BUTLER relieved himself OF the impu-
taton tina: he spoke for the citizens Of Port
land. lie was surprised TO see that so many
amendments had been offered, and that SO
much had been made out of a "mole hill 1"
The T. S. & p do not ask TO 60 in or pass
along Commercial street. They only pro-
pose to pass over their own land and proper
ty. The amendments which have been Of
tered have been mere yerbiage. This bal as
he proposed to amend il, providcs that the
p. S. 6 7. should go over their own land,
should not obstruct any railroad at docks or
wharves, and should construct roadway ac-
ceptable to the city authorities of Portland
If he was correctly informed. He should not