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

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nan remain a.. IN iss ,h.,k y,n gen,le-
man far the courte.v and natienc. ina,
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k"'n''' VI nv" W. ~ "aAei 'N''H
Zoth, 1883, before the Com nitteo on Towns,
il favor of the division of the town of Booth
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gwen h most Iaththi attention. ana most
pa''eh'' eA,niust.'t nearing No ee"t'e"lah
On e'tneF '!ie Vi '''iS queseo"' Ut 'i'eres'eu
every 'h'hs 10 co'''heh"' III tne actioh OF 'n's
committee. Inc question mere Is rs 10 inc
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purposes My orp'ief suggests though IL Is
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COUNSEL VIII "tci'ne 10 recognize "heh they
arr r'Pea'e" anu ht sees 'he"i AS tiey are
MI iHr''' II II inc last one shal' con
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e''a"li'ne" ny 'he legislature, nAed oy stat
ue' io""s are cfeaeeu W suusei, t
csttaln Pur "'es iney are most Valuable
ans so long as they 10 serve those purposes
lheS are nov unlike creed MI 'halrnhah'
"hen "ey cease 10 suosef'e those purposes
ne Hhle III haIht mas eAisNu rs Htae
neafi' seFehtF years, hach legislature that
mas a'Sehioien mere mas suppose chahge
the p"uhnhtles OF somewhere from Two To
touf a year OF theae no longer pol-estao-
hshed town lines In seventy years II 1t was
oniS TWO III year 'here "ohlu ne some ~
ne" towns created ana nave no doubt the
actual statistics "onid sho" much larger
NUMBER presume there are few gentle
men mere upon ,ilis committee few posi-
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upo" '''' uinP " 't'e Gu ''''e' i"eie are
uoN "iiee ,n'aS ~ 'ie soNn' an" que Vi
IN ,''t Ia W. ~" uPo" '''e a'e'
.,ii Ntt ot 'le "ugteus Vi 'ue new Town
~ Vi '''' me .he ''e " W. ie'' ="
f'OP"'''' III 'ns VI" ''"
How Will 1t divide the town upon the
point of popnlAhonf The town nov has
about 1000 people and 1t Will give TO the
new town ABOUT l'oo and leave IN the old
town about 200. That is not inequitable.
How will the population of the two towns, If
thus constituted, eompare~iththato of the aver
age towns IN the county OF Lincoln ~hs re this
town Is. and IN the STATE or Maine at large:
That is not uninterestin2 for us to know.
The statistics are at hand, carefully COM
piled 1t is found Mr. Chairman and gen
temeu' that the average popuistlou of all
the towns In the state OF Maine leaving ont
all plantations ana ciues OF course IS ll6s
Inc proposed new town WIN nave l'Oo and
over Inc proposed oid town VIII have
Z<oo anu over me on town theh WIN DE
"lce Tue ,iIe Oh 'ne average town OF the
Sea'e OF Name, as mas appeared sood IN
lhe Judgment OF al the past Legislatures OF
'his STATE 10 create towns
In point OF valuauoh Oh properly now VIII
II compare! Inc present aggregate vaiua-
t'oh OF Tie TWO towns Is ABOUT one million. II
IS proposed oy the suggested line to divide
them IN 'uch way tha' there viii be about
soo".oup OF properly IN the new town and
aoout sto""" W 'ne GU to"n' now Will
the aggregate 'aiuS'ion OF each OF the pro-