The Portland daily press., 1883-01-30
AUGUSTA.
A Plan of Apporti0nment Agreed
On by the Committee.
HEARING IN THE OLD ORCHARD
SEPARATION CASE.
Bills in which Portland is Interested.


lSPoNA0i DoSPdpoH W tHo TIe5S.l
AUGUSTA, Jan. 90.
Committee on congressional apportionment
held session in the Judiciary room tonight
with closed doors. There was full attend
ance and quite heated debate 1t was voted
to constitute the four districts as follows:
First District York and Cumberland.
Second District-Oxford, Sagadahoc, Frank
lin. Androscoggin, Knox and Lincoln.
Third District-Somerset, Kennebec, Waldo
and Hancock.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures, Piscataquis,
Washington and Aroostook.
This action is preliminary subject to re-
consideration at a meeting appointed for to-
morrow night. A minority report will also be
submitted to the legislature.
PROPOSITION TO sET OFF OLD ORCHARD.
Committee on town gave public hearing IN
the hall of representatives this evening to par
tiesinterested in the proposition to set off a
part of the city of Saco into the town of Old
Orchard. Messrs. A. A. Strout and Hiram
Knowlton of Portland, appeared for petition
ers and Judge Tapley. city solicitor, for Saco.
Mr.. G. Smith, landlord of the Central House,
testified that insurance could only be placed
on property at Old Orchard with great difficult
ty and at exorbitant rates, there being no ia
cilities or apparatus for extingnishing fires.
Repeated applications had been made to the
city authorities for steam fire engine, reser-
voirs and for new streets and sewerage which
have not been granted. Old Orchard derives
no practical advantage from the police depart
ment of Saco. nor from the street lighting sys-
tenn. Within ten years large settlements have
sprung up along the Beach. The proposed
town will contain about 125 voters and have
valuation of $450,000. Mrs. Manson, landlady
of the Augusta house, formerly proprietor of
st. Cloud Hotel at Old Orchard corroborated
the testimony of Mr.. Smith. After her hotel
was burned she had plans drawn for another,
but was deferred from erecting it for fear of
fire, and so purchased a hotel at Augusta.
Other witnesses were examined in the inter
ests Of the petitioners
AT the next meeting of tho committee repre-
sentatives of the city of Saco will appear
against the proposed division
soTHER MATTERS.
The city of Portland is considerably inter-
ested in bill presented this morning to enable
the Portland Water Company to issue bonds
Tor the payment or reminding OF its indebted
ness, and for the further construction of its
works, the same to be secured by mortgage
deed of trust of the franchises, property and
estate Of the corporation. The city of Port
land is also authorized to make such contracts
with the above company as it may desire, and
to relieve from public burdens the property
and stock of the company for such a term of
years as may be mutually agreed upon. The
sportsmen of Cumberland county have asked
for charter of the Casco Bay Game Society,
for the preservation of wild fowl in the waters
and upon the shores of the great pond in Cape
Elizabeth for the period of ten years. Ii
granted, the company will plant wild rice
about the shores of the pond, and otherwise
provide for the safety and propagation of such
game.