Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-03-04
Hin of Hancock. Lord. Nutting. Parcher. sanborn

| Go the amendment was refused passage.
| On motion of Mr.. FLINT, resolve in aid OF
a road from the forks of the kennebec rlver
| in Somerset county, TO Shirley Mills IN
Piscataauis county. was taken up
| Mr.. EMERY said: He was opposed to
having the money of the State, the earnings
of his constituents used for such purpose
The law provides that when any body OF men
can convince the county commissioners oi
the necessity of road it is competent for the
county commissioners TO lay out that ROAD
and compel the owners OF the land TO paw lor
its construction. If these petitioners can
not convince the county commissioners OF
the necessity of such a road they ought not
to come here Those Commissioners are the
| proper and fit tribunal to decide whether the
road is needed or not. When the proprietors
purchased those lands they were aware un-
doubtedIy of the legal obligations. They are
not paupers, and if the road is necessity
they are the ones to build il, and should be
forced TO do it. If they can buy and hold those
lands they are able TO perform their legal du-
ry He would Offer this amendment If they
wishej,-le the owners give up those lands
to the State, then he would favor an appro-
priation to build the road.
Mr.. FLINT said The County Commission
ers had laid out the road. but since they laid
/ IL out the ldilu> az
road was public benefit, and as such should
receive the support and help of the State
/ The proprietors of the land are willing
to sell the land at one dollar an acre, and
| if the state should grant this appropria-
| ton of So 900 the friends of the road must
make a further outlay for it would cost
much more than this appropriation. 1t would
open UP some Of the best farming land in the
section and shorten the distance of travel
| from a Journey of So miles around to - miles
across the country.
| Mr. PATrANGALL said: He noticed that it
was the practice to pass any bill which would
enable the people to thrust their hands into
the state treasury. As duty to himself, his
constituents, the people at large, he was
opposed to such measures. If the land was
so valuable the owners of those lands should
be compelled to open the road as the law
requires The county commissioners of
Washington county had compelled owners Of
land in that county to build road twenty
miles long through virgin forest which axe
had never touched. These men never
asked for any help. If the principle Is to
grant this help then it should be allowed all.
| Mr. MoRTLAND said: Under the present
provisions of the bill, if the State should
build this road, there is nothing which shall
force those land owners to sell their land
for a dollar an acre They may say that the
road enhances the price and ask more for
this land.
Mr. BAKER said He thought it would be
for the interest of the State to build the road
and that by building it they would make an
opening for many of our young men who
would settle on those lands.
Mr. FLINT then offered an amendment to
cover this objection of the Senator from
Knox (MoRTLAND,) and moved the bill and
amendment be laid on the table until Wednes-
day next at IL o'clock. The motion was
lost.
Mr.. DINGLEY said He firmly believed that
the great benefit from building this road
would be to the land owners and that they
were well able to build the roads themselves.
Mr.. MoRrLAND said He thought the
land was owned by few persons that they
would be most benefited although it might be
great convenience to those persons who
lived on opposite sides of this route. If he
could be convinced that it would be the
slightest help to the young men he would
heartily support it. He did not think the
amendment of the Senator from Piscataquis
(Flint) covered his former objection to the
bill. 1t was possible for the owners of the
lands TO say to the young men who desired to
purchase ''the road has enhanced the value
of nv land and will not sell it for a dollar
an acre
Mr.. EMERY moved to indefinitely postpone
the bill.
Mr.. FLINT, pending this motion, moved to
lay the bill on the table until Thursday next.
In the mean time he would frame an amend
ment satisfactory to the Senator from Knox
(Mortland).
This motion was lost
On motion to indefinitely postpone the bill
!
of Mr.. BEATTY, and resulted as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Beatty, Coffin, Cornish. Dingley
Dudley, Emery, Hill of Hancock Lord Mortland
Nutting. Parcher, Pattangail, Taber. Wakefield
N,Ys.-Messrs Baker, Bisbee Brewer, Fernald
Flint, Sanborn Walker.
Mr.. PATTANGALL moved to reconsider ;
motion lost.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to provide in part for the expenditures
of governments an act authorizing ten or more
persons to construct and maintain free
bridge across the Georges river; an act to in
corporate the Maine State Bar Association
an act for thc navigation of Cobbossee-
contee Lake in the county of kenne-
bee; an act for the better protection oil
life in buildings used for public purposes
an act to incorporate the Auburn bank an
act to amend sec IL chap. - of the public
laws of 1873 relating to the taking of smelts,
entitled IAN act to regulate and protect fish.
cries and the propagation of fish," an act tc
enforce returns and publications of state
ments by corporations.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
An act amendatory to chap. 247 of the
: public laws of 1880; an act to amend
sec. of chapter IS of the revised statutes
concerning manufacturing, mining and
quarrying corporations: an act to incorporate
the Maine Shore Line Railroad Co. an act tc
amend chap. 6. sec. 10 of the revised stat
utes; an act to incorporate the West End
Railroad Co.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An act to confer certain powers upon the
inhabitants and officers of the town of Eden
an act to amend an act to establish mum
cipal court in the city of Biddeford: an ac,
to incorporate the Eastern Telegraph Com
pany; an act explanatory of sec B. chap. IS
of the public laws of 1873 relating to .ramps
an act to authorize the city of Bangor to make
an agreement that a part of the net earnings
of the Bangor & Pscataquis railroad may be
appropriated each year to pay the interest on
the cost of extending said road to Moosehead
Lake, and for sinking fund to pay the cost
of such extension (under suspension of the
rules.)
On motion of Mr.. FLINT.
Adjourned.