The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-02-05
NJ aine Legislature.

accounts after six months The Senate
rcceded and concurrcd with the House on
order providing for State prison investi-
CATION. The act to establish an industrial
school for girls was passed to be engrossed.
ln the ll0IsE an unlayorable report was
made on order relating to railroad fences
and favorable on act TO exempt cemetery
lots The act to amend an act to incor-
porate the Pcnobscot Central Railroad
Company was passed to be engrosscd.
Petition of ID. Knowlton and & Co.. for
authority to extend wharf into tide waters
OF Camden Harbor Referred to the Com
nittee on Interior Waters.
Petition of Mrs j G. Dickerson and l23
others Of Belfast, tor removal OF political
disabilities of women Referred to the
Judiciary Committee There Were also
thirteen other nulnerously signed. all re-
l2ting 10 the same from all parts OF the
State presented and referred same day.
In the SENATE Thursday, Jan. 20, an
action relating to protection OF Holsters
was read and assigned Act relating to
protection of alewives was passed to be
eugrossed i petition was presented TO
increase the capital stock Of the saco
Water Power Company from $500, 900 to
>O,o"O,0o0. Passed to be enacted, an act
10 authorize c. j. Hall to extend 4 wharf
INTO the tide water of MI Desert
Ia the House, orders passed inquiring
what legislation is necessary to facilitate
The construction Of a marginal railway
around the city of Portland looking to
amendment of laws relating to railroads
- that the court may appoint receiver
o. take possession of roads and operate
tle same where corporations fail to do SO
THAT the joint Special Committee on IN
Nt>tigatioM be directed to proceed al one
and he authorized to employ steno-
grapher and all necessary assistance, and
report On or before February 2lst.
In the SENATE Friday. Jan. 30, the act
prohibiting the catching of Holsters while
lG diseased state was reeommitted.
Legislation ineXpedient was reported on
tAe order relating TO protection OF fishes
and birds. Petition. We're presented for
change in the State pension laws, with
hill, relating to allowances to widows !;
act to facilitate issues of fact in criminal
cases; to incorporate the Lincolnville
Railroad with bill
Petition Of Joseph Ellis ct ais of Brooks,
to be Incorporated into a Cheese Manutac-
turmg Company Referred to the Com
mjttee on Manufactures,
LA the lloUsE, petitions were presented
tor an act relating TO railroad connections
tol amendment OF laws of 1872 relating to
savings banks; relating to filling attach
ment> for repeal of free high school law
Passed to be engrossed, act granting
further time to the Castine and Ellsworth
Railroad to locate; to incorporate the
Hancock Publishing Company.
Petition Of f. IL Smith ct ais, that tie
Vote Of the town of North Haven in re-
terence to paying for fences on certain
highways, be made legal, reported refer
cncc to the Committee on WAYS and
Bridges.
Bill an act to incorporate the Searsport
Savings Bank Referred to the Committee
on Banks and Banking
Petition OF James Z. White ct ais. OF
Belfast t. be incorporated as Marine In
~nrance Co, with bill Referred to the
Committee on Mercantile Affairs and
Insurance.
Petition OF James Calderwooi ct ais.
oi Ninalhaven, for an act to legalize the
doings OF said town. Referred to the
Committee on Legal affairs.
In the SENATE Saturday, Jan. 81. legis-
aS to eNpediency of amending chapter 1874
revised statutes, relating to challenging
jurors Petition OF W. G.. Turner and
II others CT Isle au Uaut praying to be
sci off from Deer Isle and Incorporated
INTO town. Referred to Committee on
Towns.
In the HousE, an order passed looking
To a change in the law, making the pay
ment of poll tax requisite to the priv
lr@r Of voting Legislation ineXpedient
was reported on order relating to protec-
lion of birds and fishes Leave to with
draw was reported on petition for enlare-
ing jurisdiction of trial justices. Resolve
relating to the annual report of the State
Treasurer; act to incorporate the Lewis
ton Benevolent Association; 10 exempt
cemetery lots from attachments relating
la appointment of guardians; to incorpo-
rate Brooklin Masonic Hall Association,
were engrosSed
Read and assigned an act to incorporate
the Lincolnville Railroad Company
An act to make valid the doings OF the
town OF Warren passed to be engrossed.
The RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. Messrs.
:. II. Blake, A. w. Wildes and John +.
Anderson have published Il rather spicy
report They say the railroads, now
measuring 800 miles. are in 4 very fair
condition and tolerably will managed
The unfinished condition of the roads ex-
ending beyond comparatively unimport-
ant matters, exposes them to Just criticism
None are absolutely complete In fact.
The whole railway system in the country
Is radically defective, as is shown by the
SIrible and frequent disasters. Officials
are derclict in the discharge of their
duties; railway ''accidents'' are most
always traceable to a fault or a crime, and
those who are responsible should be held
10 strict accountability. Not only the en-
p.oyers, but the manufacturers of poor
material entering into the construction of
the rolling stock or road, should be held
accountable. The public tastes have di-
Nerted the resources Of the companies
from expenditures to provide safe and
comfortable tram into sumptuous eXpendi-
TIRES for pure luxury and display. Pom
derOus apartment cars have been tugged
over the rails of Name at a constant loss
IL the railroad companies, these needless
cars being run by parties not amenable to
the laws Of the State. A train of ten
passenger ears could be reduced in weight
thirty tons, and in cost So, 900 below
those in present use, with positive gain
both to stockholders and passengers The
commissioners again urge upon railway
managers the value and eXpediency of
decreelng rewards for extra merit in the
several grades of the service. The Port
land and Oxford road is the only road with
which the commissioners find fault with
out any extenuating circumstances in its
favor, injunction after injunction has been
placed upon it, the commissioners have
requested the company to repair the road,
hut still the road remains in shocking
bad condition-'a stumbling block in tie
way of the travel and the traffic of the
country through which it passes, without
income to its owners and without benefit
to anybody
A Daring Robbery.
ST LOUIS, Mo, Feb. l. A most daring
robbery was committed last evening on
the Iron Mountain Railroad A. the train
which left here at 3 40 yesterday morning