Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-25

hear Mr.. Heath | gas opposed TO having
the committee make q eontrsses- | never
made any nation or amend nent Whereby the
Harhor people might have water, or heard
any of the remonstrsnts.
Mr.. Pierce then Introduced the town rec
ords and other documents and rested his
case.
Mr.. Baker Introduced in rebuttaI the con-
tracts male BY the water committee and cali
ed SIR. Green who said there ~e-e l49 re-
monstrsnts rom the new town on the petition
have compared the names on this list with
the valuation of the seleetrien- -Four OF
them have no real estate, 70 no personal
property, IS pay only poll tax, sni one
has been ia TIE insane Asylum for some
time. The real estate of the remonstrants
in the petitioners district is valued at Sl5,-
529 and the total amount of personal prop
esty OF tue remonsErants in the pe,itioning
district Is SIT ,a69.
Mr. Poole was a representative from Booth
hay 10 1857 He said: talked with DIR.
Croker and Mr.. Harlow about road on
Ocean Point. Crooker said the seleetmen
didn't help him any and he wanted my aid
helped him all could. Nearly all the
Harbor people voted for the road There
was not Inuch opposition. The damage TO
The actual cost OF the road was $3.50, |
think
Mr.. Thos. Boyd testified that he circulated
the petition for the May meesng in Eas,
B0othbav and secured but one name. He
said: interviewed q lumber of people.
There were only two names from East Bo 9th-
bay on the petition. The meadow road is
overh0wed during freshets which Va sh II
away- Som four wears age We thought Of
oi'ing the road and busliins II up lie then
made an able defence of the water commit
tees course, saving tusr it hal alssys been
the custom ia Bo1thbay town meetings for a
motion to be maize to consider matter be
fore il VS. b gu ht befors he house. The
chairman of the water committee naturally
waited for such motion 10 be male b fore
making his report. Instead of any motion
of such nature it was moved and voted to
dismiss the article.
1t was agreed not 70 open Judge Danforth :
opinion Till the hole committee met. IL
came to Mr. Kelley and he imme lately broke
il open and read to the North Boothbay peo-
pie such parts of its contents as suited him
Mr.. Race interpreted it in his osn way to
the people in East Boothbay The two took
it TO Portland and consulted an attorney
there about it, The statement that told
Mr.. Kelley II he threw cold water on the
scheme We would get the legislature To dl.
vide the town, is false.
Crosse xaminatiOn-l have attended all the
town meetings for forty years. | didn'
think it would be in good taste TO move 10
hear my own report, so / made no such
motion.
Mr.. Kelley said never saw the change
in the 18th article ill it was published in The
paper. The agreement made concerning the
judges opinion was that We should make DC
talk about it before it arrived Mr.. Boyd
made the statement which he denies.
Cross Examination-l said could favor
the contract if the l4th amendment were
changed. He closed the testimony and the
hearing was adjourned till this evening al
80, when Mr. Pierce will make the closing
argument for the remonstrant, and Mr. Ba-
ker for the pc itioner..