The Portland daily press., 1885-01-28
FROM AUGUSTA.
A Large Amount of Business Be-
fore the Legislature Yesterday.
Bill Concerning the Proposed Board Of
Health for Portland.
Railroad and Other Legislation OF
Interest Asked For.
Special to the Press.)

matters for private and special legislation ex-
pires on the 3lst inst The lawmakers are now
fairly at work. Twelve bills are now in pro-
cess of engrossment.
Mr.. Dyer of Baldwin introduced bill to in
corporate the White Mountain Telegraph and
Telephone Company with capital stock OF
$500,000. The incorporators are Tobias Lord,
Frederic o. Bailey, Robie Blake, George
Wilson, Daniel T. Richardson and Charles e.
Hubbard. The line is to run from Portland to
Cornish and Bridgton and ultimately to the
White Mountains.
The bill introduced in the Honse to incor-
porato the East Side Water Company is for
the purpose of supplying the people of Augusta
on the east side of the river with water. The
incorporators are Henry M. Harlow, Orville d.
Lambard and Leander Titcomb Capital
stock $4,000.
The bill introduced in the House to prevent
frauds by insolvent debtors provides that who
ever shall borrow money with an intent to de-
fraud the lender by becoming an insolvent
debtor shall bs guilty of a misdemeanor and
upen conviction shall be punished by imprison-
ment not less than three months or more than
one year in the county Jail. The bill was pre-
sented by Mr.. Beale of Sanford
Gen. Mattocks of Portland introduced bill
in the House authorizing theAdjutant General
to provide suitable places for the parade,
target practice and drill of the militia.
A petition was introduced from the York
Counts Fish and Game Society asking for
general law to prohibit the introduction of
sawdust, coal oil, dye stuffs, waste from tan
neries or any matter poisonous to fish into our
rivers and streams which may be stocked with
eCible fish; and suitable penalties to be provi-
ded for violations.
Representative Hale of Portland introduced
city council of Portland to elect board of
health whose term of office shall not exceed
three years. The other requires oAe school
committee man in Portland to be elected in
each ward Both of these bills were unani-
mously recommended by the city council of
Portland.
The Grand Trunk Railway Company ask
for amendments to their original charter
making them liable to the public and relating
to the sinking fund so as to authorize the COM
missioners of the fund to insert the moneys
pAlu AutO ~ ia sale bcVUrIbieS.
The first and only bill that has passed the
legislature and received the signature OF the
Governor is the act reducing the capital stock
of the Lewiston Gas Light Company
A charter was asked for the Maine Benefit
Association, for charitable and BENEVOLENT
purposes with capital of $25,O0O. The incor-
porators are Geo. G. Wing, Wallace Fl. White,
Sewall @. Strout, Nathan W. Hainss, Stephen
A. Lowell, Milton F. Kicker, Sylvester Oakes,
Seth M. Carter, Louis j. Martel, Geo. D.
Bisbee, Joseph II. Manley, John P. Swasey,
Archer Lee Talbot, S. Clifford Belcher, Frank
A. Hart, e. Adson Cannon, Wallace K.
Oakes, james A. Hall, Albert R. Savage,
Augustus F. Moulton, John B. Redman, Ruel
T. Mcclellan, Charles II. Gilbert and Charles
Hamlin.
The bill introduced in the Senate by Senator
Ray of Cumberland, relating to the Bridgton
and Presumpscot railroad, amends the charter
of tho company so that the road shall be con-
structed from Standish or Windham (instead
OF Bridgton) near the outlet of Sebago Lake,
and that the road shall bs completed before
Feb. /, 1887.
The State Treasurer is obliged to give bond
of 100000. The gentlemen who are on Mr..
Burlegh's bond are Parker P. Burleigh, AL
bert A. Burleigh, s. A. Holbrook, Llewellyn
Powers, r. B. Shepherd, ). R. Bodwell and
W. B. Hayford.
The bill that is pending relating to the iuris-
diction of municipal and police judges and
trial justices in prosecutions for violations of
the fish and game law has only one section and
provides as follows:
In all prosecutions under chapter thirty,
Revised Statutes of the State of Maine, of 1888,
rela ing to moose, deer, caribou and other
wild game, and Of chapter forty, relating to
fish and fisheries, and all the acts amendatory
or said chapters, municipal and police udges
and trial justices within their counties have,
BY complaint, original and concurrent jurisdic-
tion with Supreme Judicial and Superior
courts.
The hearing on the project of bridging
Moosehead Lake by the Megantic railroad will
take place tomorrow. A large delegation OF
citizens from Bangor in opposition to the
scheme are already on the ground, and more
will be here tomorrow from the Queen city and
from Piscataquis county. The remonstrants
will be represented before the committee By
Frank H. Clergue and Charles P. Stetson of
Bangor, and A. M Robinson of Dover. Geo.
Yeaton and Wilson & Woodward of Bangor,
will probably represent the Megantic company.
The Bangor people oppose the bridge project
because. as they say, it is in conflict with their
interests, and will work injury. Bangor
has investments in the bonds of the Ban
gor & Piscataquis railroad to over one million
of dollars, and 1t is claimed that the Megantic
company agreed to connect with that road at
West Cove, near the foot Of Moosehead Lake,
but this the Megantic folks deny and declare
that their object is to cross the State by the
shortest route, and to dc this requires the
bridging of the lake. 1t is claimed that the
Megantic will have favorable report from
the committee, and this seems to be the preva-
lent opinion, as 1t looks tonight from disin-
terested standpoint, The fight bids fair to be
! the lveliest one OF the session. The Maine
Central is taking no part in the contest.
The Democratic State Committee will meet
| on Thursday evening, for the purpose of re-
organizing. There is every indication of 4
hot contest over the Craftsmanship of the COM
mittee. The fight is between Simon S. Brown
| Of Waterville and William Cromwell, the
present chairman. Cap'n Chase of Portland
| is here, and doing his level best for Brown.
| The State Central Temperance Committee
will meet tomorrow. The temperance con-
vention on the following day promises to draw
| a large attendance
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
| The Committee on Military Affairs gave a
hearing this afternoon to John G. Richardson
and Col. Chas. B. Merrill, who favored an APP
| preparation for the Bath military and naval
orphan asylum. The committee decided to re-
port an appropriation of $1,000 annually for
1856, for current expenses, and $4,000 for re
pairs and improvements, making total ap
preparation of $16,500 for 1856. Also to re.
port bill amending the act incorporating the
asylum, 30 that the inmates shall be restricted
to children of soldiers and sailors who served
in the quota of Maine during the rebellion.
The committee on enlargement of the State
House gave hearing to Hon. James W. Brad
bury of Augusta, who favored the project
The committee voted to inquire of Mr.. Fassett
what the cost would be of an extension from
the Representatives Hall, on the west side o
the building, in addition to the proposed VIM
| rQnninQ walt fronn tho ooutb uopt ond