Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-11
NORTHERN MAINER.R.
The Present Standing and Pros
poets Of the Company.
Burglar Gilman Breaks jail al HoaIton
But Is Rseaptafsd.
Aroostock Crops-Pairfisid Races
Morscn Slate QaarTy-circus Day.


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PEgssuE islg, Aug. 9.-The delay in
the commencement Of the wosk Of con
s;rnetion of the Northern Maine railroad
i eausiRg much uneasine.s and ,,issasisf &C.
tion in Areossook eogay, a3d those wh9
have oesn prominent in The matter Of en-
eoursg NJ the enterprise and Of aiding to
| secure the pledge Ct si60 900 called for by
the projectors, are just nos subjected TO
misconsrae,ion of mo ives and to charges
ef unfaiibfnlRsss to AroOstOok's interests.
That the delay Is most unfortunate must be
admit tied by all, but that this delay is the
result Of bad faith on the part Of anyone
| engaged in the enterprise, is charge. we
.ciieve. wholly unfounded Unfortunate
as the delay il for Asoo,took's interests,
| those Who are go ready to declare that the
project has been absnioaed. tba. the d.
reetors have sold cut, and that the road
will never be built, are adding much to the
apparent misfortune Of the present situation
We knox OF many enterprises under con
temptation, awaiting the commencement of
this road, and there are many yoang men
IN Aroostook who are he.iting to decide
determined we're they assured that this road
would be built. For these reasons the
talk of eer'sin persons and certain news
paper publishers in Aroostook, who are
confident in their assurances that the pro-
iset has either been abandoned or sold
oct. is calculated 10 work much injury 10
the country.
Let us glance at the situation as i. at
pYa tlrxf LAT M. 81 lie 8
Aroestook that the project has not been
abandoned. that nobody has sold out, an
thar every effort is now bsiag made to se-
cure the construction Of the direct line.
Three years ago the assurance was made to
the people of Aroostook that if the sum of
Sl0oO00 should be pledged 10 its aid the
read would be built as speedily as possible.
This assurance was made and has been en-
phatically reiterated by Mr.. Wescoit and
his associates whose personal and business
int gritty are above question or suspicion.
At the time this assurance was first given
1t was not supposed that il would require
80 long time to raise the require ed amount
and we are confidently assured that had
the sum called for been fully pledged last
year the work would have been put under
contract during the summer of 1889. 1t
was work. however of considerable mag
tade to raise this amount as large part
of il had TO be made up by individual sub |
script Ms. IL was necessary to awaken
public enthusiasm and confidence in the
enterprise aud large amount of mission
ary work was required 10 wake the people
up to sense of the Importance of aysilpg
themselves Of this opportunity to secure
direct raj roai communication with the
markets Of the world. Many of the towns
were already debarred by law from adding
to their bonded debt and in these towns in
diyidu Il subscriptions were solicited and
were generously pledged. Other towns
tock the matter up at their annual meeti1gs
and in most instances voted the amount
asked of them in aid of the enterprise 1t |
was found. however, that the votes taken |
hy most of the towns in the spring of 1859 |
were defective or faulty in detail t, such |
an extent as to iendcr the amounts voted
not legally available.
THIS neesssi ated delay of another |
year, though the company continued the |
survey and have expended large amount
in locating the line of the rosd At the |
annual meeii0g last spring the towns in
most cGses took the necessary acticn 10
render their votes legal aud IN the carly /
part of the prossft summer it was an
uounced that the required amount was fully /
made up Il was the II onddently expected |
by the people of Aroostook that work would |
be commenced the present summer and
would be vyorously pushed until the road |
was completed. Emphatic assurances had
been given by the projectors of the enter
p'isr thst this wouli be the case, and we
have no doubt but that these assurances |
we're honestly given srd with the full con
ti1ence that they conlh be carried out |, !
was exrecte1 that the Maine Central COM |
psny would take hold OF the work or would |
ut least consent TO lease the road when com |
pleted.
For some reason thst company has quite |
recently Withdrawn from all neg )cist.ons |
ia regard to building the roau and the di- |
rectors of the Northern Maine are forced |
to look elsswhcre for capital to continue |
the enterprise We are assured that they |
sre usirg every possible means 10 bring
about the dciired results aud as they are
men of unlouht q business int tsgrity, it |
would seem - be only fair to take them at
their word ami to believe that they are hon
es ly working for the success of the enter
prise. until there is some tangible evidence
that they have been untrue to Aro 1sto1k's
interests In the meantime the Canadian
Pacific Go. has obtained control of the
Ntw Brunswick railway and no doubt viii
use their powerful influence to prevent any
other line being built into Ar0ost ok
Whether this foreign corporation can for
ever coItrCl the interests of Northern
Name ard deprive Aroosfook of the bene
fl of direct rslroad communication re-
mains to be seen. We have faith to be-
iieye, however, that some way will be
fonnd to break the present deadlock and
also that the projectors of the Northern
Maine railroad are honestly and persistent
ly sndeavoripg to bring about this desired