Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-28

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cation Of this indebtedness wouI1 ~ ss
ssssct mon other towns Who will pc LOT
@..s.d shout incurrine liabilities: THOSE
ss;,;ss .nd towns with large debts VIII pc -
NM. .lone The shore upoa which osners 60
IcoE snd avoid similar consequence
~. Jrvrrr Of Richmond opposed the Or
-. ne AID not believe the order vou!d
I've authority to the valuation co0nfssion -
SS.S.rd 81 municipal oflces statement OF
Ill ansncial condition. In addition to tnst
.ho.s having large debts had burdens enough
80 near without having the facts puoiisneo ~
The world thereby further inJurlng 'nef
credit
Rill an act to amend chap. III OF tine re
vised statutes relating to new triais ior c.Pis
tai offences came up on its nrst rea1Ing' SUI
"a - three several readings under sus-
pension of the rules.
NJ HrrCurxsoN of Lewiston remarked
that since the abolition of the death penalty
re have no capital cases, strictly SPEAKING;
.rd ho moved to amend so that the Dill snaii
s.rlv to cases capital or formerly capital, -,
rhe amendment was adopted and the Dill
passed to be engrossed.
Bill an act to incorporate the Steam fleat-
inv and Power Co. being on its passage 10 DC
enacted. the vote passing the same to be en-
crossed was reconsidered on motion OF MI;
VxRRILL of Portland, who offered severai
amendments which were laid ON the taoie 10
be printed Tuesday next was assigned ioF
its further consideration on motion OF the
same gentleman.
Rili an act granting permission to John r.
perlev- Vim. s. Perry, and others to locate
and construct railroad from Bridgton to
some point on the line of the Portland and
Oedensburg or Portland and Rochester, r.
R.. not nearer Portland than Saccarappa,
came up bv special assignment. the question
being on its passage to be engrossed.
Mr.. BRApsrREEr, of Bridgton Before
the vote is put on this matter would like to
offer one or two amendments. There is
verbal amendment in the fifth line of the bill
to be made. where it should be Geo ;:
Farnsworth instead of Geo. G. Then would
like to amend by adding to the first sec. the
following prOviso:
ton and Presumpscot River Railroad shall
connect with the Portland & Ogdensburg
Railroad if such connection would be as adj
yantageous to the Bridgton 4 Presumpsc"t
River Railroad Company. rs a connection
with the Portland 4 Rochester Railroad
would be. And in case enlargement be-
tween any of the parties interested the mat
ter shall be decided by the railroad commits
sioners who are hereby made the judges; and
they shall decide the matter at the request of
either of said three railroads"
MY reason for offering this prOvisO is this
Although Il sense Of this House in regard
to this bill was indicated to me quite distinct
" Yesterday, felt that the people of Port
land did not really understand the exact po-
sition which We took in regard to the interests
EH1,o ne ov,.ls 4 n.r1o oh,,vn
course, from a business point of view, being
nearer to the Ogdensburg road than to the
Rochester. other things being equal, itwOuld
be our desire to connect with the Ogdens-
burg, as it would be for our interest to do SO.
And this proviso makes certain what We
mean. The representatives of Portland and
those interested in her welfare having had
explained to them that we have no opposing
interest whatever to theirs, but only wish to
be left free to make q fair business arrange
ment, are not so dissatisfied as before.
do not wish to take up the time of this
House in remarks upon this question unless
there is to be opposition to it. But wish to
state briefly what we ask for and why We ask
it. I shall not attempt to argue the merits
or dement's unless opposition Is made. 1t is
proposed to connect our road with the Port
land Ogdensburg in which the city of Port
land is a large owner. The bill gives us
right to connect with the Rochester or the
Ogdensburg. We simply desire that it may
be left so that we may connect with either
road that we may not be bound to any single
road and to exorbitant terms. I presume
neither Of the companies would exact such
terms. But at the same time, do not feel
that it would be just business arrangement
to compel MS to connect with any one road
regardless of terms.
Oua hO ia oCuua ;o<o 18th L. .:x...
ton of the towns through which this road
will pass, and with their business i'm
portance, the water power which may be de-
veloped, will agree with me that if the road
can be built without costing too much, and
without burdening the people too heavily it
should be done. Such a road is needed at
the present time. Our business now poes To
the Ogdensburg, some IL or l3 miles, and
when we reach there we are miles further
from Portland than when we started from
Bridgton. On the line of this proposed road
IS as good water power as there is in the
State We have felt the disadvantages un-
der which we have lab0red on account of hay-
ing no railroad communication. know that
in 1874 and 1875 much capital would have
been invested by parties in Massachusetts in
our water power, and they would have inn
proved it if there had been reasonable COM
munication with the outside world.
Now Portland is well supplied with railroad
facilities, and her prosperity is very largely
due to this fact. And We only ask that orr
water power interest may not be pent up and
crushed out, but that we may have an opnor.
tunity to develop it if We are willing to nav
for the luxury.
The amendments were adopted and the hill
passed to be engrossed.
On motion Of Mr.. DrcxEY of Fl. Kent
bill an act to abolish the land Office va. taLen
up and the same gentleman moved its indef.
mite postponement. He could not see how II
was possible to abolish the Office and entru.t
its large and important interests to n cierk
and county commissioners. 1t looked tn him
like throwing the affairs OF the Office to The
four winds. '"e
Mr.. vERRrLL Of Portland opposed the mo.
uon. TWAS the opinion of the present and
former land agents that the Office could no
dispensed with and the committee mani.
mously came to the same conclusion.
The bill was discussed BY Messrs. H;u no
Corinth, Dickey. Verrill and Others.
Inc motion to indefinitely postpone va.
Mr.. DrcxkY moved to amend 40 tho A.,
IN 'ake efiect six months from its approv.