The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-21
MORE CAPITAL FOR BOSTON & MAINE,
A Proposition To Increase II by
5000, 900.
Rumselling Apothecaries Must Sell
Out Now.
The Strong Fight Of tho Order Of the
Iron Hall.
lSpecial to the Press l

& Maine Dill ana tnhC Telatlng TO tne fyLnl-
an Hall Association are measures of e.
pecial interest.
To Increase Boston & Maine Capital
Last spring the Boston & Maine Railroad
Company secured from the legislature OF
Massachusetts the right to increase its capt.
tai stock by S5.0OOOOO. It.now desires that
the legislature of Maine should concur in
the action of the Bay State lawmakers and,
for this reason, Mf. Chadbourne of Bidde-
ford introduced in the House today the fol-
lowing bill, which was referred to the rail-
road c0mmiitee:4
section 1.-The Boston & Maine Railroad may
increase its capital stock, in addition TO all
exceeding S5,0OO,UOV. The new stock hereby
authorized shall be issued from time TO time, In
accordance with the laws existing at the time Of
such Issue, and the proceeds thereof shall be ap-
piled to providing additional property aud equip
ment f. the railroad OF said company, 10 the i'm
proyement OF said railroad. and OF other property
owned or leased by 1t. to the construction Of such
additional railroads as 1t may be authorized by
law to construct and to the pay lent of IFS debts.
This act shall not affect nor impair the rights,
powers and privileges granted TO the Boston u
Maine Railroad by the act approved March l6,
1887, entit ed AN act relating to the Boston &
Maine Railroad"
Section 2-Thls act shgll take effect on approx
al.
A statement of fact, signed by Hon Will
liam l.. Putnam, as attorney for the compa-
ny, was presented with the bill. MIR. Put
nam slludes to the acquisition OF other lines
by the Boston 81 Maine, and the action of
the Massachusetts, legislature in granting
the increase Of capital now asked Of the
Maine legislature. de then says that the
following improvements are now In progress
or about to be commenced:
Double tracking Saugus Branch......s 1Oo. 900
Dover to So. Berwick. 100000
Ipswich TO Salisbury. 100000
Exeter 10 South New
market Junction.. 100000
Lynn passenger station. ................ 10000
Land purchased for same ............. 10000
Land Tor same to be purchased (esti-
Land for freight yard at Lynn. .......... 1000 O
New rolling stock contracted tor...... 6S0.O0O
s1,7IO,oOo
Aside from the double tracking already
authorized the executive officers of the road
are satisfied that as soon as practicable they
must double the track thiIty-five additional
miles on the We,tern Division, completing
the double tracking Of that division at cost
of about $7O0. 900, and about sixty four miles
on the Eastern Division, completing the
double tracking of that division at a cost of
about 81, $4,000 making total of 81. $50, 900.
"The foregoing figures demonstrate" says
the stat .ment, that this additional stock re-
quested Is only for the legitimate purposes
of meeting liabilities and making improve
ments in which the public Is as much inter-
ested as the railroad corporation, and we be-
lieve the bill Is SO drawn that the stock can
no. be diverted from the uses which the leg
islature would justly approve:
1T is no harm to state in this connection
that the people Of Maine are interested in
the success Of this corporation in various as
poets. They hold 8149 shares of its capital
stock. distributed among more than $50 per
sons residing in the state and having, aPres-
ent value Of over $1,600,000, probably
larger ownership than held by cur citizens In
any other corporation.
A Measure For Apotnecaries.
A bill was introduced today by Mr.. Hill Of
Augusta which, If passed, will close the
doors of a class Of drug stores in Maine in
which about all the medicines in the shop are
kept in bottles usually supposed to contain
intoxicating liquors. Or course there are
stores run for the purpose Of doing a legiti-
mate drug business which would be affected
by this measure should it become law, but
the bill IS evidently aimed at those violators
OF the Maine law who masquerade in the
character OF druggists. 1t Is entitled an act
to amend the act to prevent incompetent per-
sons from doing the business of apothecaries
The present law provides for the examina-
tion OF all persons who were not engaged in
the business OF an apothecary March IL,
1877, before they can secure q certificate from
the Commissioners of Pharmacy. An amend
UbuI reduces Ln6 numD6r OF persons VINO
may SECURE certificates Without examination
by requiring that they shall have been en-
gagged in the business sin Maine" March IL,
1877.
Section of the present law is amended to
make It the duty Of the Supreme or Superior
Court In county to prosecute viOlatOrs of
the law upon information from the C0mmis-
sioners of Pharmacy, and, also, to allow the
expenses incurrSd by the commissioners in
their labors in connection with such prose-
cntions to be paid from the fines collected.
The present law makes it the duty Of the
commissioners to prosecute and says nothing
about expenses.
Inc plth OF the measure, however, Is in the
section which repeals section Is of the origi-
nal law. That section provided that any
any person might enter upon the business of
an ap0thecary without the certificate re.
qulred provided that he did not personally
do the business, but employed registered
apothecary to perform its duties. There are
also some minor changes made to make the
present law conform in all its provisions to
the proposed amendment.
The Order Of the Iron Hall.
Petitions for the repeal of the legislation oi
1889, respecting the order Of the Iron Hall,
continues to pour In. The petitioners say
"The State of Maine is the only state that
debars the Order of the Iron Hall from doing
business within its limits. and at the time OF
the unfavoTable legislation of 1889 branches
OF the order were already organized in Port
land, Biddeford, Saccarappa, Gardiner, Hal
lowell, Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan
Bangor, OldtOwn, Camden. Rockland. Bucks
port, Richmond and Brewer. We believe
that we have been placed under ban by de,
signing persons who are the paid agents 0l
0id line life insurance companies and tnat
the legislation which has stopped our orda
from doing business In Maine is but the re
newing Of the scheme attempted In 1885
which, If 1t had been successful, would have
driven out OF Maine all fraternal Insurance
companies including the Masonic, Odd Eel
lows, Ancie' Order of United Workmen
knights OF Honor, R0yal Arcanum, United
Friends, Knights of Pythias, ETC."
II b. Clifford and "a others Of Richmond
B. 4. Freethy and 63 others of Portland, j
W. Hunt and Is others of Gardiner, A. 9
Andrews and 80 others of Augusta and A.
Smith and 81 others Of Bangor are among Il,
petitioners.
Labor Day.
Mr.. Noble introduced in the House toda,
| bill making September 1st Uabor Day.
| legal holiday. The bill was referred to tn
| committee on labor. A petition in its favo
was received from A. G. McCausland am
| 230 others of FarmiDgdale who also ask fo
| the repeal of the conspiracy act and favo
the Australian system of voting.
lewIston's hospital Scheme.
Another of the schemes which make heav
| demands on the Treasury has arrived. 1t
the one which did not succeed two years agC
Mr.. Noble of Lewiston presented petitio
| today declaring that the Central Main
General Hospital needs additional funds
enable it to successfully carry on its charii
able and benevolent work and therefor
asks an appropriation of $4,000 to aid /
equipping, supporting and maintain ing
general hospital for the sick.
washington County's RaIIroa
Hopes.
Benjamin Lincoln and others of Washin
ton county petition for charter for raj
road from Hancock to Calais and Eastpor
about 100 miles. passing through the towr
| of Hancock, Sullivan, G0uldsboro, Steubel
Cherryfeld. Millbridge, Harrington, Coln9
bia, Columbia Fails, JonesborO, Centreylll
Whitneyville, Marshfeld, Machias, Ea
Machias, Marion, Dennysville. Edmund
Pembroke, Perry, Eastport, Charlotte, ia
ing and Calais. The petition was pre- sentt
in the House by Mr.. Croker of Machias, ,an
was referred to the railroad committee.
similar petition was received from L.
Keith and others Of East Machias.
, The above petitions were signed before CC
Green made his offer which places the contr
of the Shore Line In the hands OF Washin
| ton county people. As reported In today
| Dnroe tb,c nronosition Ia satisfactory IN HI