Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-20

INTERIOR WATERS

t;,;nr 'tee gave hearing on the De-
. .".on 70 prevent the throwing Of refuse and
TO- INTO the Kennebec river The petit
onr keneraiiy favored by the ice men and
opposed by the lumbermen. Amona ~ 1 ~.
augusta; H. W. Jewett, Gardiner. Jn.h,,
gray Gardiner; o. Moulton, Pittston. n
.o1man, Fairfield; C. E Duren. Fairfield
nnuohg the lcemen were Col. j. M. HAYNES
non. geo Z: Weeks, Augusta; Hon. ] r
az I1u~eli: Hallowell; Capt. Rich, Farming
oale; messrs Geo. e. Yeaton, S. S Brown
enu =. w. Whitehouse appeared as attorneys
lor the lumber interests; ATTORNEY Gane..l
Orviiie d Baker for the ice men
non. ). NJ. Haynes addressed the committee
IN favor OF the petition. He held thar saw
aust and debris from the mills above thrown
ihto the river fioated down the current in the
GUNNER and was cast upon the banks below
" "aterVllle, as the water fell. Shortly before
u'e cioslng IN OF winter rain usually falls
raises the river. floats off the sawdust down
upon the Ice fields below, where It works the
nos' serious damage One year ago the ice
helds were planned from one to three times To
remove the accumulated saw mill debris. AT
cost OF $50 an acre, and there was a total
expenditure for removing this of over s5o
oOO, which would have been. obyiated had
there been law preventing the throwing of
sawdust into the river.
Mr.. HAYNES made very clear statement
as 10 the Importance of the ice industry tn
the state. lie stated that while the forests.
from which the logs which feed the mills are
derived, exhaust she soil and are loss to the
state when removed, ice costs nothing but
the labor expended in harvesting it. Furth-
ermore, the latter preduct is marketed almost
entirely out of the State. the proceeds
OF the sales all being baought into the State.
Mr. haynes held that the refuse dumped
into the river, injured the stream for nayipa-
ton and had prevented Congress from max
ing appropriations for dredging its bed The
witness was before the committee two hOurs.
Mr.. Oh pin Of Portland. who Is interested in
Richmond ice company, testified Can't.
VIM Blanchard of Gardiner stated To the
committee that the refuse from the mills
injured the river for navigation Mr.. Brown
OF Bowdolnham stated that the sawdust drift
ing In the river inj ured the fisheries Capt.
Arthur Berry of Gardiner, Hon. Geo. E.
Weeks and other well known ice men testi-
fed.
At six O'Clock the ice men rested their case
and IN the evening the hearing was contin-
ued, the lumbermen opening. 1t was urged
by them that the sawdust did not materially
lnJure the quality of the ice; that the river
was not damaged for navigating purposes :;
that the expenses of disposiug of the refuse
otherwise than dumping into the river would
b. very heavy. and the erection of furnaces
for consuming it would add to the insurance
rates. II. w. Jewett. Joshua GRAY, Gardi-
ner; Oliver Moulton. Pittston; Albert Nye,
Fairfield, and others testified. AT a late
hour Geo. {. Yeaton, ESQ.,, and Attorney
General Baker argued the case for the re-
linz,
RAILROADS.
| Referred to subcommittee, petition of
the New England Telephone and Telegraph
Co for rights in the State; charter for the
| DirigO Telephone Co. /; charter for the Maine
telephone and Telegraph Co.; charter for
the White Mountain Telegraph and Tee-
phone Co. Voted to refer to the next legis-
lature all matters in regard to tariff and
/ fir, light rates on railroads. ought to pass on a
bill to enable railroads to aid in the construc-
ton OF branches same on paying the railroad
commissioners $1,000 annual salary, instead
of per diem: ought to pass or the petition
extending the chartsr of the Skuwhegan &
| Athens Railroad: ,u NJ to pass on the bill
extending the Garter of the Portland &
| Ogden,barg Railroad dill as amended. In
effect the amendments provide that there
shall be no lease or transfer of the road with
! out the consent of the CITY Council of Port
| land. An additional amendment was en-
grated in the bill at the request of certain
creditors of the road, providing that before
any new corporation is formed under the
provisions of the bill. the floating debt at the
time the receiver was appointed, to the
amount of SIS, 900, shall be paid.
JUDICIARY.
Voted ought not TO pass on bill relative
to the registration of voters in cities; ought
to pass on a bill to provide for commissioners
| of cemeteries in Portland same on a bill re-
curing coroners to file with the clerk of
courts copy of testimony at inquests: ought
not to pass on bill to provide that fees in
poor debtor disclosures shall be paid by coun-
ties; ought to pass on a bill giving stenO-
graphers authority to take dispositions; ought
to pass in new draft bill regulating posts
for electricity; ought to pass on bill author
iziEg the licensing of detectives; same on a
bill to amend the insolveut law same on an
act authorizing the recovery of penalties
from treasurers of corporations; ought not to
pass on a bill for special taxation OF costs in
civil cases: same on q bill to authorize at
tachment after entry of case IN court; Ought
TO pass to incorporate the East Side Water
Co.. in Augusta; same to elect one selectman
eACn wear Oukiit hot " pass 'S'"sA'S ~ ~
sonal property held in common ought to pass
on a bill to exempt from arrest in foreign
claims, the body of a discharged insolvent
debtor; leave to withdraw on the petition OF
,be Crank Trunk Railway for exemption from
State taxation the order relative to dynamite
was referred to the Committee on Legal
Affairs,
LEGAL AFFAIRS.
The committee gave hearing on the bill
to incorporate the Long Pond Water Com
panv of Sullivan. l.. c. Cornish, Esq, o.
Augusta appeared for the petitioners, Mr.
Geo. c. LYMAN of Sullivan for the remon
strauts Bill to revive the charter of Water
vile Water Co. was also given hearing. Hon
f. F. Webb spoke for the petitioners and h.
c. Cornish, Esq, for the remonstrants
Voted to refer to the next legislature the
nroposition to tax real estate only; ought moi
70 mass on bill to prevent double taxation OF
mortgaged estates same on bill authorizing
I selectmen to keep record ofpeople moving II
and out of town.
FINANCE.
Nine petitions wee received for an appro
nriation for the New Orleans Exposition
Voted TO recommend an appropriation OF
$500 for the contingent fund OF the IN
surance commissioner; also $500 for clerk
of the library A House order relative to
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