Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-15

built. hope the majority report will b.
accepted. am satisfied TINT the State will
make money by it. rnkss something Is
done to relieve winn, these valuation will be
reduced nearly orr-half- They cannot live
under the pressure that they are ncw
under. hope the resolve will pass.
Mr. Higgins of Limerick The induce
ment held OUT to the State 10 appropriate
this sum, il that $3.50 900 is to be invested
there. II that be true, what possible oh
lection can there he I'd the suggestion of the
gentleman from Portland Mr.. Shawl III
the capital is not expenieSi there. there is
no necessity for the bridge. ! am willing
for the State to exFep.s It's money for the
interest of the State. but | 10 object to so
much being exNn:ed for the iatercst of
individuals, There are too many paupers
coming here CRYING. give. gise." IL Is
NOT right. II these gentlemen mean what
they say, if they are TO exfvnd 900
there TO develop that water
privilege. | am willing to help
them in every way can. but say that if
that money is not expended ,l,ere, you are
not authorized to tax the people of this
State $40, 900. Certain localities in this
State, when they wish to expeni dollar,
come to this Legislature asking that it may
be appropriated Why is it that some coun-
ties in this State, never undertake to build
Il road or bridge. unless they come here
CRYING out, Give US the money first" Ii
this is done in good faith, give us the as
| surance the gentleman from Portland asks
for.
Mr.. Powers of Houlton: The town of
Vim is situated some 90 miles above Ban
gor and some 80 miles above any bridge
across the Penobseot river. Ii grew up out
of the tannery established there. That tam
merry was burned last summer. 1t was a
great SET back to that town. There is fine
water power there. There are parties ready
to take hold and utilize that power provided
bridge can be built 1t seems to me to
put in condition of the kind suggested by
| the gentleman from Portland (Mr. Shaw
and urged by the gentleman from Limerick
| MIR. Higgins might be the means of pre-
venting any improvement there at all. The
people who are ready to expend their money
would want the town to show its hand first.
| The people of VIM say they will subscribe
privately $1,000. They say they will raise
$500 more on the part of the town by bor-
| rowing or taxation. They say that when
| they have bridge. and not till then, can
| they ask the company to come there and IN
vest their money. To ask them to put in
their investment as a condition precedent TO
building the bridge would probably destroy
| the whole scheme. Ii seems 10 me that the
fact that the citizens subscribe $1,000. and
tax themselves for $500, is a sufficient
guarantee of good faith
Mr. Fairbanks of Bangor The Penob-
scot river takes its rise almost on the Cana
| dian border and sweeps along hundreds of
miles unvexed TO the sea with but two
bridges across it, and one of them toll
bridge, and the other but recently made
free by decision of the supreme court. !
happen TO know something about that see
ton of the country. | looked this matter
up carefully last fall. l can see that the
need of bridge there is very great, although
the gentleman from Limerick MIR. Higgins
said there was no need of bridge unless
they have these Improvements to go with it.
| say there is large number of people who
have to make long journeys as they come to
and from their business from the western
part of the State, and they have to go as
far down as far AS Old Town to cross, 40
miles or more. 1t seems to me that We
should render some little aid to the people
living in that section of the State who are
unable to build bridge properly to carry
out their project. | hope the majority re-
port will he accepted.
Mr. Scott of Patten: wish to say that
| this is not entirely a local affair. 1t is not
a matter in which the people of that region
are solely. interested. There is a great
highway of travel through that section.
From Washington and Aroostook and the
Northern part of Penobscot across into
Piscaiaquis and Somerset and even
through into Oxford and Franklin counties.
There is no bridge on the Penobscot north
of Old Town some 80 miles south of Winn.
A bridge at VIM would accommodate this
travel from all sections of the State, and
there is no question but what there would
be still more travel, that roads would he
built and that large sections of that country
now closed would be opened up to settle
ment. The people from that immediate
section have never before this come to the
Legislature asking for relief in such mat
ter. The industries of Vim have been
destroyed, and they have got to do some
| thing to build up and save that town. and
the salvation of that town is the salvation of
the whole section of the country round
about it. If this money is appropriated
it will be paid back to- the
State many times over in additional
taxation, because the investment of $3.50
600 in manufacturing in Vim means the
building of homes by the working people
there, an increase ia population, and an in
crease in the valuation of the property
around about that section. hope the
House will vote in favor of this approprio-
ton without further delays
Mr.. Shaw of Portland The statement
of facts represented here to induce the Leg
islsture to grant this appropriation says
with bridge guaranteed the Vim Wa
ter & Power Co. assure the building of Il
good substantial dam across said river and
capitalists from another state hold them
selves in readiness TO invest $3.50 900 al
ding wealth and taxable property
10 orr State" The question is
whether the State shall expend $4,000
upon the assurance given here in the state
pent of facts without some provision for
having those assurances guaranteed.
think the State before it commits itself ire
voc bly, to this, should have the resolve SO
fi1e!l that this assurance should be absolute
and beyond any question. | move to re-
commit the reports to the committee OH
ways and bridges.
A division being had the motion was lost
by vote of Il to As.
The question being on the adoption of
the majority report Of the committee the
yeas and nays were ordered.
Yeas essrs. Abbott of Bucksport, Abbott
of sumner, Adams, Becau, Boodv, Bowman,
Bradbury. Brown, cahill. Carlton of Roekport,
Carleton ofWinterport, Churchill. CLARK, Coffin
Cook, Cornish, Dickey, Dudley, DmrgiD, Eaton.
Fairbanks, Farrand, tiarceion, Gates, Gctcheil
IInmlin, Hinkley. Hopkins, Hunt JlIlson, kecgai,.
Lancer, Lawrence. LeYe1ue, Litslefieid of Poland
Litfleiela of Prospect. Maddoeks, Mar-tof,
Mckenney of BIddeford, MeKenney Of snrry
Merrill Of Eddington Morrill, of Gray. Morrill,
Of Portland Mudgeit Oakes. Paine, Pare, Par
ker, Penley, Pinkham, Poor, Powers Of Hou
spiiarc. spraguc. s,ieknev. stoddard webper,
White, Woodbury. York.-65.
Nays-Messrs. Abbott of Hollis Aver, Bailey
Barlow, Bean. Bcedie. Bird. Blaisdeil, Bonser,
Booihby, Brsekett, Brewer, Carvile. bow. Drake
Fuller, Higgins. Holmes. Hoy,, johnson,
Knowles, Libby Of Pit,ston. Light, Mccullough,
Mitchell. Morrill, Of Madison, Mureh, Noyes
Penney, Phiibrook. Powers Of Norridgewoek
Pratt. Prcbie. Roberts. Russell. sawyer Of PORT
and, shaw of Bath Shaw of Portland smith OF
Portland, True. Weit.-i6.
Absent-Mes Alden, Buck, Chamberlain
Day. Deiauo, Drew, Fowles, Cover, Hanson
Harris Haskell, Isaacson, Jones, Ksicr. Kelley
henf, Lane, Leighton, Libby of Carthage Libby
rill Of Pennington Purington, Rollins, Ross
sawyer of Milbridgr, smith of Presque Isle
sylvester, ThurIow. Twitcheil, varrell Warren
Webster, Weeks of Fairfield. Weeks Of Old Town,
Wescott--Ss.
The resolve was then read the first time.
Mr.. Shaw of Portland moved that pend
ing the second reading the resolve lie on
the table and be assigned for tomorrow.
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