Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-12

beth, House document No. 20 an act in rela-
ton to the Clark Chaplin Ice Co., was taken
from the table, and, upon motion of the same
| gentleman, the same was recommtted to the
| Committee on Interior Waters with a new
draft.
] Resolve in favor of the Maine Central In
stitute, on its passage to be engrossed was
tabled on motion of Mr.. Dickey of TT. Kent.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to establish a standard weight for a
barrel of potatoes; an act to authorize the
town of Brownville to remove the bodies of
deceased persons from the old burying ground
to the new burying ground in said town, and
to convey the interest of said town in said
burying ground lot.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
An act to incorporate the Boston and Maine
Express Company; resolve in aid of the Chill
dren's Home at Bangor; an act to amend
chap 204 of the special laws of 1888 entitled
an act to establish Municipal Court in the
town of Westbrook; an act to increase the
capital stock of the Presumpscot Water Pow
er Co. an act to make valid the acts OF tine
First Congregational society of Summer; an
act to authorize the Dennison Paper Manu-
featuring Company to issue bonds; an
act to authorize the Lewiston and Auburn
Horse Railroad Co. to make a loan
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
| An act to change the name of Charles
Dudley; an act to provide for notice of spec
ial legislation for the protection of fish: an
act to legalize the acts and doings of the Sc
lectmen of the town of Enfield.
FINALLY PASSED.
| ~
in favor of the temporary home for women
and children; resolve in favor of the Joint
| Standing Committee on Reform School: re-
solve in favor of c. H. Porter, agent of the
Passamaquoddy Indians; resolve in favor of
the Joint Standing Committee of State Agri
cultural College and Mechanic Arts.
| On motion of Mr.. Case of Rockland, House
document No 81, an act to amend chap. 54l
of the private laws of 1871, entitled an act
to incorporate the Penobscot and Lake Me-
gantic Railroad Company, as amended by
chap 65 of tn private laws of 1881, was
taken from the table.
Mr.. Case then said that, an amendment
had been prepared by the gentleman from
Augusta, Mr.. Heath to be offered at the
proper stage of the bill, and which would be
satisfactory to the minority, he would. there
fore. withdraw the minority report.
On motion of Mr.. Heath it was voted to
suspend the rules.
Mr.. Heath said that on Monday he had
| given notice that he would offer an amend
| ment to the bill which would now be found
with House document No. OIL. He now found
there should be three changes in the amend
ment, one to correct the language, one to
give the International Company authority to
build the proposed branch line, and another
change which he would explain later. The
amendment had not yet been offered; he had
simply given notice on Monday he should
offer an amendment. The first change is
as follows: In the fourth line of
the amendment. strike out the word ''buid."
and insert in its place the words CONSTRUCTED
and completed" so that the sentence shall
read, land provided, also, that said bridges
shall not be constructed and completed. until
there be constructed and completed a rail-
road" etc The other two changes are at
the end of the amendment. In the llth line.
change so as to read, such branch line to be
constructed IN manner equal to that of the
main line of the said Bangor and Piscataquis
Railroad" instead of ''the main line of the
International Railway" and then add at the
end, land said International Railway Com
pany is hereby authorized to construct said
branch" Mr.. Heath said that the question
had been raised that there was nothing in the
construct this branch line, and he had added
that clause to remedy the objection. Mr..
Heath explained the effect of the changes
made in the amendment, and thought that
they were satisfactory to both sides.
Mr.. Heath said that he did not wish
to occupy the time in any discussion,
but would like to meet one objection which
he had heard raised in the various dis
cussions outside of the hall of legislation in
regard to the matter.
Probably no other matter before the legis-
lature has occasioned so much discussion
among the members as this matter of bridg-
ing Moosehead Lake. The proposition to re-
quire the building of branch line was not
one which had ever been laid before the Com
mittee on Railroads by either side, and was
not one considered by that committee. so that
no discourtesy was shown them. This is a new
and an independent question. In common
with every member of this House, whose aim
is to legslate for the interest of the State, he
had listened to these discussions and had en-
deavored to obtain for himself what iuforma-
ton he could to enable him to arrive at a wise
and inst conclusion. He recognized that
there were important arguments on both
sides he recognized the fact that the city of
Bangor had the right to ask some protection
from this Legislature. He could but recog
nize, too the great fact that this corporation
was knocking at the west line of the State for
admission, and asking for permission to build
great trunk line across this State. He had
weighed the arguments upon both sides, and
had come to the conclusion that this
amendment is fair, that it is just,
that it is right, and certainly is all the
city of Bangor can ask. The argument has
been used that the bridging of the lake would
interfere with the numbering interests in that
section. We can well pardon our good friends
of Bangor for making their arguments as
weighty as possible. He did not think the
numbering interests in that section would
object to the bridging of the lake where it was
proposed to bridge, for but little numbering
is done there now So that the only argu-
ment Bangor had to rest upon, was its claim
to right to have its railroad connection.
Mr.. Heath referred to the heavy debt in
CURED by Bangor and surrounding towns
in constructing the Bangor and Piscataquis
road to Greenvile, relying upon the Megan-
tic road to fulfil the moral obligation con-
tanned in its charter to meet them there, and
spoke of the relations existing between the
two enterprises. The object of the Megantic
road was to obtain the shortest and most
direct route 1t was not a question of expense
with them, but question of distance, in or