The Portland daily press., 1893-01-20
At AUGUSTA.
Continued From First Page.
feiture to the state of $50 for each such

l6lLuF6 10 lll0 SldU6 VI ?''p loi SdCA SHCil
violation.
Portland's Day.
Portland people were here in force to-
day. The resolve in favor OF
the Eye and Ear In6rmary was
up for hearing before the finance
committee, and the railroad COM
nlittee had assigned this afternoon for
hearing on the charter of the Yarmouth
and Portland Electric Railway. Interest
in the railway charter brought large
number of visitors, including John FL.
Humphrey, Captain Richard Harding,
Dr.. Merrill of Yarmouth. Mayor Merrill
of Deering, Greeley Sturdivant OF Fal-
mouth, T. G. Harris, Seth L. Larrabee.
L. A. Goudy and others OF Portland.
City Soil itor Bradbury and City Civil
Engineer Jordan were here to watch the
city's interests as affected by the pro-
posed charter
Among other Portland people here to-
day were Hon. Fred N. Dow, Y. Rich
ard Foss, ESQ.,, Hugh ]. Chisholm, Esq,
Messrs. George c. Craven and William
Dow
Dr.. E. E. Holt, Hon. NJ. P Frank, Al
bion Little, Esq, and others interested
in the Eye and Ear InArmary were pres
ent in the Senate chamber when the fl
nancial commi tee b gan its hearing on
the resolve appropriating 5000 annually
for that institution. Mr.. Frank ex-
planned the nature of the organization
and it's present adequate facilities for its
work, and DR.. Weeks told of the value Of
the work dome to the people of the state
and It's possibilities especially in the way
of prevai ting blindness,
Or. Gurdob and others spoke, DR..
Weeks was among those present. In ex-
ecutive session the committee voted to
recommend the appropriation of $4,000
annually for the Intirmary, and also $1,000
annually for the Bangor Orphans Home
When the roilroad committee took up
the Yarmouth case, they found plenty OF
evidence to the effect that the ROAD
would be good thing. Seth L. Lara
bee, ESQ, represented the petitioners,
and called on a large number Of them to
express Their views. Captain Humphrey
of Yarmouth, Mayor Merrill Of DeeTing,
DR.. Merrill, Representative Cook of Var
mouth, E. r, Norton, Greeley Sturde-
want, and Representative Ross OF Cum
berland, E. B. Winslow, Albion Little,
Colonel Bradbury, County mmissioner
Plummer, City Engineer Jordan, l.. A.
Cloudy, +. n. Dow, T. FL.
Morse, Il r. Sargent and t. G. Harris of
Portland were among those who did so.
Mr.. Larrabee explained that the road
could not organize under the general
law owing to questions as to its use OF
brid es over tide waters. He submitted
n new draft of the charter, giving city
and county authorities power to tx the
proportion of the cost of maintaining
the bridges to be borne by the corpora
l11- +7,a 1nao-
ton should be granted for rs years, after
which it might be renewed for 80 years,
the towns and cities then being empow-
cred to charge royalty for the use of the
highways.
The committee will act on the charter
later. The committee also heard the pc
tition of the Portland and Rumford Falls
railway to extend the time to five years
in which it may build its line to the
Rangeley lakes. and also that its location
from Mechanic Falls to Auburn be ap
proved. 1t is understood the committee
does not now favor the extension of the
charter. The location will probably be
approved.
Non-Sectarian schools.
Hon. Joseph w. Symonds and Rev.
DR.. James M. King of New York, adj
dressed a large and attentive audience in
the Representatives hall this evening in
behalf of an amendment prohibiting the
diversion of public school funds to sec
tartan uses, advocated by the league for
the protection Of American Institutions.
Their eloquent words called forth much
applause. Many ladies attended the
meeting, Speaker Savage presided.
Republican Simplicity.
The Governor staff met here tonight
and decided to adopt the regulation uni.
form of the United States Army in place
of the Joyous Habiliments which have
hitherto made the staff conspicu JUS
Col. Choate of Augusta and Major Rol-
Inns of Portland are committee to pro-
cure uniforms.