Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-28

SION. IL 10 fur the committee and the leSisla-
.are to modify that line in just such way -
!. shall see ct, if they ind in any respect any
equality in the operation of the line asked
FOR, and the petitioners will be content with
our action That | say once for all Ii
applies TO ali branches Of this case. Ii sp-
plies TO the proposed line IS drawn
Nov then, What further would be estab-
lished if the division were granted A. prayed
for substantially ? We find that the town
properly consists of four elements or things.
Ia the first place there is the to~n farm.
That is situated in the CID town the divi-
s;oual line proposes That is proposed BY
he petitioners themselves. and certainly
that is not inequitable on their part. That
part of the properly is proposed to be
left within the limits OF the old town
The ,own house, where the meetings
of the Old town have been held, is located
10 the old town and is TO be left there. The
hearse house, which is an adjunct, is also
located there, ami that is left within the
mits of the old town. What is called the
common" of the town is in the old part
and is of course there to be left. Then
there is soldiers monument which has been
built al considerable expense. 50 500 was
paid for it, ami that 10 Inch the town has Ia
ken, of course, some pride, Is located and to be
left within the limits of the old town. The re st
Of the property which | have described is
valued BY the witnesses at about s. 500. the
monument at SO 600. making somew here
about 81, 100 of property, all the property
50 far as il appears, that is owned by the
5Iwn of Boothbay and BY the line of divi-
.ion, as suggested and prayed for by the pc
TONERS themselves, every dollar of that
property is nos, and is to remain, within the
mrs of the old town. Does the counsel
suggest any particular, or has he, in which
that is inequitable to the old town.
What as to the roads: Why, it appears,
add glance at the map would show that
it appears that the larger proportion of the
roads are in the old Town, But on the other
l. and there are over 20 miles of roads IN the
ii-w town ont of about 20 leaving about 81
IA the old town But on the o'hsr hand. OF
course roads depend not only upon
their mileage length. but also upon
heir character. AMI most importantly
90 the ground of travel that goes over them
! Many of you gentlemen have been municipal
officers of owns. You know that the cross
road, the back road, where perhaps only one
ar two individuals, or half dozen, traverse
| ia a day or possibly in a week. has not to be
| kept in the same state of repair as the road
!
thoroughfare road. And the majority of al
| The roads in the old town are of this sparsels
travelled nature. So then, while the amoun
of mileage in the old town exceeds that OF
the new town, in point of expense there vii
not be the same prJportIonate difference
/ The witnesses who have testified to you as t.
how the expense relatively falls and have pu
1t as for guess at 81 in the old town and t.
in the new have based their testimony solel,
upon the question of mileage, and have lef
out entirely of their estimate because il il
oHly an estimate, not the actual expense
he important point of the exceeingl,
greater travel, and therefore the great exten
of repairs needed In the new town. Thee
have further left out of consideration thi
important fact, that there are i'll the old tow
all the roads that will be needed for a lon,
period of time. 1t ID not great community
1t does not desire, apparently, growth. II i
not situated to invite growth. They har
got the roads and the thing for them is t
get people. The other part must nav
new roads. If they would get in ne,
people it must be by the devel )pment of ne,
parts and places in their town, by the bring
. ing in of summer residents, and they mu,
have new and good roads for them, kept i
goo repair. So that the roads of the p,
are in the old town. but she roads of III
future will be in the new town and GROWN
every year,
Now as to bridges Ii appears that
present there is little cluster Of bridges u
by llodydon's Island, and that they aggreyat
some 1900 feet in length, sni one wtne.
said he thought 1t would take four of nv
hundred dollars year to keep them in RI
pair. it appears, on the other hand, that i
the new town, even as at pre- sent constitute
there is a single bridge that costs two hut
bred dollars a year 10 keep in repair. An
/ then il is proposed by the ciiizens of the ne,
town and southport 10 build long bridg
between those two sections. 300 feet i
length. and the construction and repairs q
that is TO be borne. not by the Old town /
any part, but by Southport and the new tow
of Boothbay. 1t is not only To be repaired
but constructed or ginally at an expense @
MARY thousands of dollars. And the wi
nesses have told you that there is here be
fore this Legislature, OF to be submitted to il
a proposition and request for AN ament
ment of an existing charter for such brldg
50 as TO make it buillabie and maintaiuahl
by the vote of the new town of Boothba
and Southport.
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