Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-13
COMMITTEE BEARINGS.
Legal Affairs

gave a hearing yesterday to the petitioners
Tor q change III the charter OF the city o
Diddeiurd reducing the number of the Com
mon Conucil ami School committee, and
giving the minority represe ntatIon on the
school board, assessors and uyerseers Of the
poor.
Judge Lucas of Biddeford appeared for
the petitioners and Rel reseniatIves Cote aud
Chadbourne made vigorous remonstrance.
Voted 10 report favorably on the petition
of the seiec men of Passport, allowing them
10 maintain pubic drains. Ii MAS voted that
the ACT making only one service Oh trustee
process permissible ought not % pass.
Voted To recommend that the doings of
the North Plttston L. metery A. ISOLATION be
ma lie valid.
Voted that All act TO prevent the blacklist
ing OF discharged employees and al act pro-
viulng Tor the termination of teLautcies At
Will, ought hot to pass.
Voted that al act In relation to the election
of school committee in the town of Deeiing
and an act IN relation to the election OF The
trustees of Van Buren, colk &c ought to pass.
The Committee On
Commerce
voted that a charter should be granted to the
Creek Bridge Co. of Mt. Desert, allowing
them to construct bridge across otter Greek
provided 1t contained draw IS feet in width.
L Il. Webb and l. 5. Bangs of Wstervilie
appeared in behalf of the clause providing
tor a draw.
Voted that an act TO authorize j. NJ. Ham
iltOn ct al to extend their wharf on Cne-
beague island into tide waters ought to pass
An act TO incorporate the Mt. Desert and
fremont Steam Ferry Co, Bar Harbor,
ought 10 pass.
Interior Waters
There was hearing before the Committee
on Interior waters on the question of chart
ering log driving company to operate upon
the Androscoggin.
Mr.. Newell, of Lewiston, opened the case
for the petitioners, and outlined the import
ance of adopting this method of driving logs
on rivers where there are several different
mills He considered this method both the
practical and the modern method of driving
logs under these circumstances.
Hon. J. Manchester Haynes spoke on the
operations of such log driving company
doing business on the kennebee river. He
considered the existence of such corpora
ton an advantage to the log owners On the
river. His own experience had convinced
him that such was the case.
Elias Milliken testified that he was en-
gagged in the lumber business on the kenne-
Zee that he had had much experience in log
driving and believed that by the existence OF
the log driving companies his logs were
driven cheaper and earlier than they could
be individually. He did not know of any
case within twenty years where the parties
taking the contract to drive the logs had
made al. thing like $4,000 or $4,000. He
had not heard OF any such amount being
male.
Ira ID. Sturgis stated that
he considered that log driving company
properly managed good thing but he did
not consider that the proper men had been
chosen at the head of the kennebec compa-
ny. He thought that the driving of logs
should be let and not driven BY the company.
The p .tice in Grafton on the K,nisec
was variable sometimes the driving vas let
by the job, at other times not. He always
found the expenses of driving were greater
when the job vas not let.
Alvin Re .ord stated that he vas engaged
IN the lumber business upon the Androscog
gin river. He spoke of the operations car |
red on by the mills along the river. As a
iumberman on lat river, he considered (
that log driving company would make the |
drives earlier and the expense less and
would be sn advantage 10 all the lumbermen /
along the river.
Mr.. Plummer of Lisbon also appeared for
the petitioners. He c ,nsidered that the ex-
istence of a log driving company would be
great benefit to lumbermen doing business
on the river.
Ex-senator Gilbert Of Franklin, said that
he had had experience in loy-iriving not only
on the Androscogyin, but upon other rivers.
He considered that . log driving association
or company would diminish the cost of driv-
ing to each log owner very much. He stated
that the present methods Of log driving on
the river gave rise to more or less litigation
every year.
Mr.. Gibson. Heasursr Of the Otis Falls
Pulp II II. was In favor Of the bill, but con-
sidered it might be even better IL il couli Be
extended 20 a. to include the lakes. This
would require an additional charter from the
State Of New HAmpshire. !,