Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-24
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1, has 1anspirsd in this hearing ,hAs they !
rave just one hope down there. You know
Mr.. Green IN starting out sxid be wanted de-
veiopment. Brother Cornish said in eject
North of that line they are all Old fogies-
south of it my brot,e. kenniston says
here is young and vigorous blood. They
fant to push matters" sWe will show
lin that there is as COED blood
icrth of the line as south, and there is good |
enough blood south.
But how are they going to develop: They
re going TO have summer resort down
mere. 1t is beautiful spot for one have
% doubt. But suppose the summer resort
ioesn', stop there. Suppose it goes to some
,ih-r town. Every coast town in the State
.hrri-hes this same idea. They are all going
{, have summer resorts. and hope the most
Of them will. But when Boothbsy has ex-
ended this large sum of money which they
talk about, there is no more assurance that
-umrner tourists will pitch upon them as
Ne place where they want to go than upon
any other town. The development of
hitch they spoken in connection with their
An 4 company, and various other interests,
simply and purely speculative. 1t may
co ne aad il may not. We all hope for the
Odd of the town that it may.
Now 10 call "
just one remark male by the
ounsel when he opened for the petitioners
IL says: ''Non-divlsion means bad feeling,
gnation and business depression for both,
while division means good feeling, prosperity
and progress" That sounded we'll. But
here is the evidence To subsIantiate a thing
aat j. contained in that sent.nce Ii is
imply rhetoric, which my brother Knows SO
seIl how To use and | imagine it will have
Iust the effect upon ynn, gentlemen, which
il ought To nave iH connection with this
"a alter.
Now this Is simply aad pdreiy IA question
# whether the public demand this division.
il should not be divided because it Is de.
.ired by few Individuals who are interested
ia this enterprise or that enterprise, in this
cheme or that scheme, or THIS hope or that
nope TO develop their town ard build II up
INTO grand watering place, That has moth
ing to do with il The question is. do the
various interests of Boo:hhAy demand it.
Freeman Boynton called Tor the rsmon-
s,rants, testified AS follows:
| reside in Buothbay aud have been there
for thirty years, AM am al present superlh-
tendent of schools there. Was one of the
commute 10 make investigations As 10 the
standing and feeling in Boothbay, and have
ma lie canvass of district No. l. One hun
bred aud tifty of the remonstrants hive IN the
proposed new town. In about every instance
they were opposed to division. was at the
March meeting of 1887 and before that time
| think had seen the charter of the Booth
bay Water Co. and was some.hat familiar
with its provisions. In the afternoon OF the
first day the question of giving the aid of the
to IN was discussed and On the morning of
Al 4 L l.. ,t ,fal mot
To give assistance The day of May Is was
very stormy, but there was a fair representa-
ton of The voters in town. The vote was
taken with check lists.
The people of district No. wanted to
know something about the manner of putting
in water plant and what it would cost, be-
fore they voted an appropriation. Was pres
ent at both the meeting of July IA, IS, and
May 7. Was present when the committee
was raised TO confer with Judge DaufJrth
have had conversation with citizens living
in the territory of the prJpos lew to""-
rhey would not be opp Ised 10 the ntroiuc
ton of water with a good solid company back
of it and the proper set OF IN II
to handle it, if the new cohtrtc'
well out of the way. There was no contest
after May Is as to the town assisting in
paying + n water for Boothbay Harbdr. The
contract when i, appeared did aot correspond
with the vot4 of the town | Under, TODD at
the meeting of May Is, lsS1, that 1t was
proposed 10 take the Waer from Adams
Pond. We have Ii districts i'll town. 10
case the division is made No. II would be
IN the south, No in the north aud No. 10
in the north There is no such district AS
No. I. Our districts are we'll arranged and
i'll case of a division it would be difficult
matter to make i Encouragement.
Quite a number Of those in the northern
section of the town 60 10 sea some are sea
captains ami quite a number Of the young
men a Q masters of vessels Many OF them
are turner's \ number also are carpenters
East Boothbae i, small, but second III Impor-
lance 10 Boothbay Village. 1t has the only
.hpbuildiny int =. ST 10 the town. There Is
more push there than in any part of the
town.
Mr.. Pierce here stated that there were
557 in town AMI sixteen non-re,iCents owning
property in that town, who have signed in
remonstiance which came to he table today.
Mr. Boynt0u continued: | am one of the
remonsrsuts and thick it is not wise to hi
vide the t0Nn Of BJpthbay. because its so
cial relations AMI the business interests
would be severed. The proposed new toxin
a. it nos stands constitutes about one fourth
of the whole town, Judge In regard TO
NY Po'i'ioh' '"ousn' '"'' ~ vas o''''' 40
'ie p'oP"si'io' ih'" -
"hoie 'o"h' anu 'e' Tue ''' NV eos'
Oh an cary ieh'". ""t
put ~ M" INA. '"e oo't "a P.'',
"ou'" w. III 'uly - 1900 '"-'' ae"''''
we proposition 10 put IA vail a va"
ciAihien 'iiat INC o'i cohifas' "'' s,'' II, "a
''tehce NY 'o'e was MOI ues'x'e " VIZ an
oppos'iou 'he i''u''''' Vi
MI hehi's'on was present III u'e N''ei''.
per ntetlhg: Al lhe heephg "tit vas ;"
ihuch coniusio" anu n'i''n'e e''I''"S 40 "
tue way lhe 'o'e was "''"e 'Ne" III"
s'oo" up " u'lfo' Nit ~
VT hehhls'oh saih az ipa' n'''""R '"''
"ou inaie tue oi' low Vi po''"ody anu
bounded II on me norm ~ E'geGo'"o' on
tue east ny the ba'haf's'o''a Oh u'e SCUM
o! une -Auah'ic ocean ava on 'he Nes' ny
the oheepsc"t river ana 1t "iis tfhe more
.han water TO diVide 'he town OF hoo'hoay
linen ne "eht up 10 'hr eierA anu sa'' III
me on record that | VIII! never ia'or ''ie III
VISION OF hoo'hoay nh'et an! e'fcum'
stances
The division would create stctlo al feeling
and perhaps cause the introduction of line
of steamers from Bath to East Boo,hbay.