The Portland daily press., 1893-03-02

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Powers, r. M. Higgins and S. S
Brown.
| The State Printing.
The committee on state printing thi
morning voted to recommend the award
ing of the contract for state printing tt
Burleigh & Flynt of Augusta. eand thu
contract for binding to Smith & Reid, the
present contractors. 1t is understood
that the committee stood to on the
matter. 1t will be remembered that the
advertisements called for proposals fol
all or part of the printing and the Brown
Thurston Company and VIM. M. Marks
of Portland, put in bids. Their figures
were considerably below those of Bur
leigh & Flynt and when it appeared tia
Burleigh lS Flynt in the long argument
with which they accompanied their bic
intimated that if they could not do the
whole work. they might not care to dc
any under their proposal, Mr.. Tower
manager of the Brown Thurston Com
pany, offered to make his bid inclnde al
| the work and if awarded the contract
to set I'D o plant in Augusta to do the
| legislative printing. In view of the fact
| of Burleigh & Flynt's statement, Mr..
| Tower thought this offer was allowable
! but he was afterwards informed that it
could not be considered. Now, the com
mittee, notwithstanding it's offer to re-
| ceive bids for any part of the work, has
seen fit to accept the highest bid on the
whole. Mr.. Davis's bid on the binding
was considerably below Smith & Reid S.
Naturally, friends of the Portland
bidders want to know the reasons which
| led the committee to their conclusions.
| The chief of these seems to be that it is
considered desirable to have the printing
done here. This seems to the outside
| bidders thing which might have been
trouble and expense OF entering the con-
test. If a minority report is made the
matter is likely to be discussed in the
| legislature.
The Partition of Poland.
The great Poland fight is on again and
the hearing before the committee on
towns has been in progress all the after
noon and evening. Hon. Q. D. Baker,
counsel for the petitioners who want the
village of Mechanic Falls made a town,
called Senator Libby of Androscoggin,
who gave at length his reasons for de.
string the change. Many others followed
and they presented statistics and views
as to the care of roads and bridges, the
schools, insurance rates, etc., fol-
about six hours. In the matter of in
surance rates, it was claimed that the
new town could be able by improving its
facilities for fighting fire, to effect a
material reduction. Judge Symonds,
counsel for the remonstrants, in cross
examination endeavored to show that
/ would 1oouo hna
| burdens on the old town of Poland.
At 10 o'clock Chas. S. Cook, ESQ.,, had
just begun the opening argument for the
remonstrants. Interest in the matter is
/ shown by the number of Poland and
/ Minot people who are here. The hotels
are full of them Charles R. Milliken,
ESQ.,, OF Portland, who is one of the
owners of the Poland paper company, is
here and favors the division.
Among the Committees.
The judiciary committee this afternoon
heard Hon. A. A. Strout, Hon. Clarence
Hale, f. L. Tower, Hon. G. F. Libby,
Justin Leayitt and DR.. w. B. Lapham, in
favor of resolve in aid of the publica-
ton of the York Deeds. The committee
will report in favor of publishing volumes
8 and 10 In the next two years.
| Hon. A. A. Strout and Hon. G. F. Libby
made further argument in behalf of the
proposed reference of matters still in dis
pute between the Grand Trunk and the
state over that roads taxes. to three
| justices of the Supreme Court.
The committee will report favorably
the bill in relation to the conditional
sale of railroad equipments, etc.
In response to numerous petitions pray
ing for the protection of deer in York
and Cumberland counties for ten years,
the committee on inland fisheries and
game today voted to recommend close
time for two years. Similar action was
taken in egard to Knox and Waldo coun-
ties and Mt. Desert Island.
Lubec citizens, headed by Col. A. b.
Sumner, are here to fight the bill author
izing the county of Washington to loan
it's credit for the Shore Line road They
say that Lubec and other towns miles
away from the proposed line do not see
what they are going to receive from the
arrangement. The railroad committee
will report the bill permitting railroads
to make slight changes in their locations
with the consent of the railroad commits
sioners.
The Days Business.
Mr.. Cover of Winthrop presented to-
day bill to provide for the expediting
judicial proceedings by discouraging
frivolous appeals in criminal cases. II
provides that where judges certify that
in their opinion appeals and exceptions
are taken for frivolous reasons, the argu-
ments shall be made in writing in 30
days. Mr.. Cover also presented bill
to prevent improper disposition of GRIM
inal cases and to define prior convictions
and provide for a proper record.
The House today indefinitely post
poned the resolve providing for the in
surance of normal school buildings. Mr..
Lane of Augusta voiced the views of the
opposition. He believed that the cost of
such insurance ON normal school build
ings would exceed any loss likely to be
caused by fire.
Mr.. Mitchell Of Kittery presented the
following, which was passed:
Ordered That there be taken from the table
each day. without motion, all bills tabled and
unassigned in the order in which they stand on
the calendar that they may be disposed of or
re-assigned except as to special assignment