Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-02-20

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h..1.r...t ,.art of Which or, oo.u.d in tL.
,.;,,. ,,,,,.,r rb. 4,l. .yunli 1a l.ti t3 . !l1
i, n.i,.d condiiion and tb.. cr,ditc,. ,..ulI
t,, themselves in % n,,y >ituat;nu VE. ar.
~nment, relative Il, GRADED .rhools paycd
.trects and cyce.,;,, cNr,n.,~ all tail !!
rb,rr was s44 ooo Interest +, a.. naid annual
Il, The railroad debt upd tla. war d,l,t ,,,r,
contracf.d bv the unit.d towns. TIN, rlil-
ROAD .labt was Si55p.o. and N, un1.r. food
tl.tI.t tyyn ppr.ou. IN Ward SAu vote.
ao.in>t This cnt,rl1i>r when il va. uio;rY.I-
en- MANY tnwn> alone hi, railroad Wunld
be- ula,l to rot rid ol the burden Assumed in
order that ii miYht hr built. The i.mou-
stranrc, against ;hr separation Of the city.
plainly showed that citizens of Warl Seven
were nut injured but helped hy h,iug = pat
of Rockland. They shared in all the h,urft,.
TEcir children had the advantages of hi,E
schools. and thi. was a benefit .rrat,r tv ten
im,. than any inrry that could hc received
The city pruptr opposes Til, division hccat>c
it will harm it, general hu,inc,s. When Ii.
the cit, was granted charter some tlia-,
Wrrr implied a, we'll as written. ans
one wa, that it should be protected
trom needless and Unnecessary division.
The city debit j. nearly $1,000. .nUo and va, con.
tractcd hv the whole city. and il was q uu, Sc
tiou IL the division cnulI take place if il
CHANGED the situation If the contracting uar-
tie. or disturbed vested int, rests. WHY not
wait ttll Inc debt il raid and then divide IN,
tity: There was up sincerity in the rcupl,
desiring the division. because thcr wan,r,
all of the Gu lrri,> to belong in thcir part. uo!
h,ine .ati, ii II with q port IA and because
they would not listen to the offer of Rockland
to return to town condition or t. make 9th
or charges that might be- desired. rhyv wcr
not ,inccrc and there was .nInc ones u. r>oIts'
ambition at the bottom of it all
Mr. TnoMr~oN of Knox. took tic other
side of th, question: and lac >ai that thc r,-
marks of the Senator from Aroo-took
only showed what 4 strong laH,cr could dc
with il lal case. The idea that ..al Cover
mcnt, Il rive their Just powers from tn,
consent of the governed" lac trusted had lest
none of il, Significance during the century
OF or national existence. and applied with
equal force to corporation, or even inli, id.
ual> a. we'll As nations Whenever thi>
grand y 'iuciplc was ignored contentious in
cyitahlv arose corresponding to the abuse or
in prop 1rtion to the interests involved. The
question before the Senate did not contcm-
plate the carping criticism of some dis>ati>-
fed taxpayer. but was based on the colossal
grievances of an entire community whose
interests and pursuits are di,~iulgr to those
of the city proper. 50 di>siinilar that the,
canno. well he rcconcivi. The Seventh
Ward j. cnphatieally an agricultural comnu-
munit% opprc- Scd by excessive taxation ON
account of il alliance with Il city whose cx-
pcnsc> il i unable to support. The area t.
be Set OF contained $50 acres. or almost
three times aS much A. the citS proper. while
its whole valuation is N2nu.0tO. ur mach
more than many good sized towns. Tie
number Of poll, is ~. The rate OF taxa
tion ON Il farm partly Situated in Rocklan,
and partly in Camden j, so to the $1,000 H.
the latter place. and N;I to the $1,000 in IT,,
former; or IN lhoma>tun where the railroad
also burdens the people, the tax j. only - t on
the $1,000. In Isl the taxes amounted
to - 81. and IN lN11 they were Sl23.112 ::
or an increase of S9S.939 in twenty wears,
The expenditures from l>li to ISIS in
which Ward seven had no interest. foot up to
<2No953. For the year ending March. 80.
the taxes assessed for purposes that are Of NO
use or benefit To the people of Ward seven
amounted to ~lN.G2l. This new town would
assume it, proportion Of the debt. The
charter asked for should have been granted
long age. Ihrce-scYcnthN of the limc-rocE
used in RoCkland last wear came from Thom-
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