The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-27
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| AUGUSTA, January 26.-This has been
day which reminded those who were
here two years ago of the busy times OF
that long and lively session. 1t was real
ly two days rolled into one, the adjourn
ment over yesterday having allowed the
accumulation of many measures. 1t was
a field day for Portland and vicinity, a
large proportion of the bills and other
measures heading from that section.
Mr.. Woodbury. of Deering today put in
the bill to regulate the inspection OF
milk. 1t provides that when milk by
gravimetric analysis shall be found to con-
tain over SS per cent of water it shall be
deemed prima facie evidence that such
| is watered milk The sale of milk as
| pure. from which cream has been re-
moved, is made illegal, and when analy-
| sis shows less than II per cent of solids
| and three per cent of fats, it shall be
prima facie evidence that cream has
| been removed. When analysis shows
| foreign substance that shall be prima
| facie evidence that the milk has been
| adulterated.
! The Portland and Cape Elizabeth Fer
| ry Company, by B. J. Willard, president,
| John B. Curtis, treasurer, and e. w. i.
Cooling, clerk, say that under their char
ter they have run boat as often as
obliged to do so AID also at other times.
Recently Judge of the Supreme Judic-
| ial Court decided that they could run
| their boat only at the times specified.
| They consequently ask an amendment to
| the charter to permit them to serve the
| public by making trips at other times.
/ A petition for charter for the Maine
Real Estate Investment Company and a
/ bill granting charter, were presented
by Mr. Morrill, of Portland today. N.
W. Morse, F. w. Stockman, E. A. Doten,
/ A. r. Doten, Henry Trefethen, Oren
Hooper, B. M. Edwards, f. Ell. Morse,
Thomas Edwards and W. E. Ulmer of
Portland, George Smith and 81. F. Farm
ham of Deering, and I. G. Harris OF
| Westbrook, are the corporators. They
| want the right to deal in real estate and
in doing SO to issue bonds, notes and
other securities. The capital stock is
/ fixed at $500, 900.
/ The bows who ran with the machine in
the good old days of the hand tub in
Portland, are to be provided for. A bill
presented by Mr.. Morrill, today author
| ICES the city council to provide suitable
| quarters for the Veteran Firemen's AS
| soeiation and a place for the storage of
| their apparatus The veterans, by the
| bill, may be called upon to help out the
steam fire engines in cases of emer-
| gency.
The Falmouth Loan and Building As
sociation is modest 1t asks to be al
lowed to add $1,000,o00 to it's capital
stock if so voted by two thirds of the
| stockholders in attendance at meeting
duly called for the purpose.
| Frank Fl. Emery, Frederick Robie,
John A. Waterman. Henry r. Millett
Joseph Ridlon, George 81. Griffen, Jas.
F. Shackford, Roscoe G. Harding, Milton
| Shaw. Edward W. Guptill and Isaac W..
Over. are named as membes of the cor
poration by the bill to create the Cor
ham Water Company. They are author
| lied to take water from Little River in
| that town. The capital stock shall not
exceed 100000, of par value OF 800 a
share.
Elisha N. Jordan and 60 others of Cape
Elizabeth, petition for the division of
| that town on the line as printed recently
| in the PRESS. A similar petition from
| G.. III. Hannaford and % others came in
to the Senate,
Lauriston Reynolds and others of Var
mouth are remonstrants against the drug
gists' bill
The Yarmouth and Portland railway
charter was favorably reported today.
| The Clam Flats.
i Captain Nicholas Drinkwater, who re-
members when the flats were as 'full of
! clans as the Heavens of stars'', testified
Wednesday, that it was possible to get
only one busdel now where once five
| could be obtained.
| On cross examination, tha witness
stated that his experience as clam dig
ger was confined to securing occasional
messes for his family. He said, in reply
to question. that he should consider an
old clam one 80 or 40 years of age, and
| the spectators not versed in the art Of
clam digging, laughed.
Captain Lorenzo Hamilton of Cousins
Island, thought CLAIMS there were dimin-
ishing in number and size. On cross ex-
| animation, he testified that within the
past Is years he had not dug CLAIMS regu-
larly. He thought that whore clam beds
were not dug over it might happen that
| the clans would be so crowded. as to die
OUT IN part. lie duInltUeu IIldG uudny
people living on the islands made out a
living by digging CLAIMS.
Captain John B. Cleaves and Clarence
L. Buckman of Yarmouth, Dennis Ham
iton of Cumberland, Calvin Sawyer and
| Geo. Hills, who lives on Cousins Island,
were the other witnesses for the petition
| ers.
Hon. Chas. F. Libby then opened for
the remonstrants. He said that he did
not regard the question of the state of
| the clam beds as the real issue involved.
| The true question was whether the Leg
| islature should take from the town of
Cumberland rights granted by the char
| ter to the town. Mr.. Libby regarded it
as remarkable assurance on the part of
| the petitioners to ask such a thing. He
| said that it was the e,ident intention in
dividing the town that the flats should
| be enjoyed in common. Otherwise the
! lines would have been so drawn as to
make an equal division of the flats, in
which case the Chebeague Islanders,
against whom this movement was di-
rected, might have been in Yarmouth.
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