The Portland daily press., 1885-02-21
Other Important Railroad Legis-
lation Asked for.
The New Temperance Bill Formulated
by the Committee.
Another Hearing Upon the Cap
Elizabeth Ferry Matter.
Wants to Submit the Portland & Ogdens.
burg Bill to the People.
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the officers of the company operating the road
to the chairman of the board of Railroad Com
missioners, who shall, If he deems the public
interests to require it, cause an investigation to
be made at once by said board by one of its
number and a full statement of the accident
shall be made in their annual report. The ex-
pense of such investigation shall be paid from
the State Treasury.
Another railroad bill that was reported pro-
vides that no passenger train shall be run ov-
er any new railroad or over any railroad in
process of construction until the Railroad Com
miSsioners have made an inspection of such
railroad and granted a certificate of its safety
for public travel. Any person or corporatlon
violating the act forfeits to the State 500 for
each offence.
The act TO amend the statutes relating to
railroad crossings, provides that railroads may
cross highways or town ways, but cannot pass
along them without leave OF the town. The
conditions and manner of crossing shall be first
determined as provided by section 81, chapter
1S of R. S. No crossing of street in a city,
not highway, shall bs made without the
written consent of the mayor and aldermen,
stating the manner and conditions thereof. to
be recorded in the records OF the commission
ers. Crossings not so made are nuisances and
may be 80 treated, and the directors making
them are personally liable.
MILITARY MATTERS.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Thayer of Water
vile, amends section 45, chapter 225, SO that it
will read: To each brigade there shall be one
brigadier general, one medical director with
the rank of lieutenant colonel, one assistant
adjutant general, one brigadier inspector, each
with the rank of major, one quarterna aster and
commissary and one aid-de-camp, each with
the rank of captain, one aid-de-camp with the
rank of first lieutenant and one hospital stew
ard.
COOPERATIVE BUTTER ASSOCIATIONS.
The petition for cooperative butter associa-
tions comes from Charles w. Deering and 9th
erS of Gorham. They consider dairying ons of
the most important industries and CO operative
butter associations are needed. They ask the
Legislature to appropriate 81 500 TO be paid
equally in each county in which shall be estab-
lished butter association or factory, and that
the board of agriculture see that the money is
justly applied.
INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS, sc.
The bill reported in the House, establishing
and regulating the inspection of steam boilers
and the licensing by the Governor and Coun.
Gil, in each Congressional district of an inspect
or of stationary and portable steam boilers in
each district as often as once each year, and
make return of the same to the Secretary Of
State. 1t also provides that the inspectors
shall notify the owners of any boiler OF any de-
fects foand upon any examination, with rec
concentrations for repairs, and if his advice is
disregarded by the owner the inspector shall
call in the inspector from an adjoining district
and it they agree that such boiler is not in a
safe condition to run, they shall give written
notice to the owner not to use it until such re-
pairs are made. The ices for all inspections
shall be paid directly to the inspectors by the
owners of the boilers inspected Immediately
after the inspection is completed. The four
inspectors in the State shall be a board of ex-
aminers to determine the qualifications of ap.
plcants for licenses as engineers of stationary
and portable engines and boilers.
CUMBERLAND FARMERS CLUB.
The Cumberland Farmers Club wants its
name changed to Cumberland County Central
Agricultural Society, and an act was reported
in the Senate to that effect It is invested
with all the powers of agricultural societies in
the towns OF Cumberland, Windham, Gray,
New Gloucester, Pownal, Freeport, Yarmouth
and North Yarmouth. Capital stock not ex-
ceeding $4,000.
THE PORTLAND & oGDENsBURG.
Whenever the Portland & Ogdensbrrg Rail-
road bill comes into the House Gen. Mattocks
will offer an amendment to the bill to have ii
submitted to the people. 1t was at Gen. Mat
tocks' instance that the Clark g. Chaplin
ice bill was tabled today for the purpose of
having inserted a provision that it shall be
submitted to experts as provided by the vote of
the mayor and aldermen. Gen. Mattocks is
not in Washington, as many of the newspapers
have reported, although he has been there ON
flying trip.
COOPERATIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES
A debate took place in the Senate on the bill
regulating cooperative insurance companies,
requiring them to put up $4,000 as a deposit
with the State Treasurer. 1t was conceded
by the amendment that this bill should not ap-
ply to Masonic or other fraternal orders The
debate that then ensued was on the question
that this bill shall not apply to cooperative in
surance companies now doing business in the
State. The debate was warm one. 1t was
participated in by Messrs. Cutler and Weeks,
who were for the amendment, and Messrs
Lambert and Simonton for the original bill.
COMMITTEE HEA RINGS
Mr.. Dyer of Baldwin, from the committee
on revision of the statutes, which was in
Etructed by the Legislature to consider the
communication of Charles w. Goddard, ex-
commissioner on the revision of the statutes,
will report tomorrow an act to amend the
statutes, a work which took nearly three years
for its completion. Since then Judge God
dard has found inconsistencies in the old
statutes which had been overlooked, and that
in the final preparation and printing of the
text of the new revised statutes few omissions
and changes had inadvertently occurred,
which Judge Goddard deemed it his duty to
call to the attention of the Legislature, in
order that in the one case contradictions may
be reconciled, and in the other that the otigi-
nal law may be restored or made plain, If
such should be the legislative pleasure.
THE PEaPLE's FERRY.
The Committee on Interior Waters gave
third hearing to parties interested in the Peo-
ple's Ferry, between Cape Elizabeth and
Portland. The opposing faction, this morning
at o'clock, took time by the forelock, with
out notice to those interested in tie charter,
and secured the adoption of the following
amendment:
Sec. 9.-And it is hereby expressly provided that
said Peoples Ferry Company shall, for all the pur
poses aforesaid and contemplated by this act
only donble-end team boat or boats.
This afternoon notice of the amendment hav.
ing been brought to the attention of the friends
OF the bill, they secured hearing, and the
committee unanimously adopted the following
amendment as substitute for the previous
amendment, which will be withdrawn:
The amendment is as follows:
SECT. 8. And it is hereby expressly provided that
tnls act shall be void unless said corporation shall
pace upon said ferry route, double-end ferry
podt suitable Tor the carras of teams within three
months after the date of its organization.
The friends of the measure have every rea-
son to believe that their bill as amended will
be given passage in both branches.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
The bill authorizing railroads to aid in con-
structing and equiping branch and connecting
roads reported in the Senate provides that any
railroad corporation, wholly organized under