Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-18

excite a2iss Ht443ftAttSA OF fftFf
farmer IA the to~H Of Poiss.i. Every
farmer in F..iaisl has sisaea this remote
STRANGE id, tbs Sx,s psEah Of 0iie- The
mar - bo started tits di.tsios scheme III
So because t.s.-s- fasnisrs xsEsfil not vote 10
exeHupt .rssns taxsfissa bis corporation ia
Meclsas.ir F..iI-. raere Is wisFFe 1t oris'-
fasssi / hepc ycu farmer vail net turn
xear bgcl. apoa ihede farThrs in Poland
ami AiHat Ti,ere = ~ onr who ell Oh
jeet TO gige ;h,in . sItisge charter If they
xaBt It.
Mr. Mitchell af kitiery sa:l that when
tAis line y as draa the town Of Poland
woGli be tn. richest town IN this State
without village corporation and that the
seiectmen could make it 50 bY putting
proper valuation upen Fisea of property
that -honti b. al least half valued
There had ben an inslnuatIon made
about the i'otIni Paper Go. lie for one
wished tii,' Poi .ai Paper Co, would Come
To the town Of kitte-y, We wouti be glad 10
exempt them from taxation because theg
employ four Or five hnniret men day an
night Tor 10 days in the
y,ar anil woubi be greas
benefit Ia lny town. y, chairman of the
committee Oh town Mr.. Mitchell ,aid that
all tn. Witnesses on bofI lilies of the ques-
tian admitted to the committee that il this
division took place their schools Womb be IN
much better con |Iipa- II We don't taxi
bat ~ u ffihs of tie roahls We 10 take three
fourth. of the bridges. The lowest eon'-
meFri,i rat" for Insurance is Is pr cent,
ami from that 10 per cent. NJ one whS
owns bGsiHvss enterprises would be willing
10 nov 10 a place saerc insurance was 50
high L 4 system of WAFER wofk. this town
could save s,iutA IA wear insurance. Ii this
dlyi-ion was not granted this fight would 60
sn for years and these people would keep
coming to the Legislature until Some
measure Of relief is obtained. hope the
i ,use will adopt the majority report.
Mr. Morrill, of Gray sail he had know a
the p.opl,. of the town of POLAND AMI the
gcogral hy Of the town for 80 years There
is large amount of bad hilly roads to be
kept in repair in the part Of the town wherr
the poorest part Of the people reside. Now
" hen the new town il set off, il We find il
must 90, see no provision IN this bill that
will incIud, any of the future pauper elc-
inent in these two sections where most Of
the paupcrs of the town IL Il now
exists reside If they take two-tfths
Of the valuation, let them bc houni
to take uSo-if:hs OF the liabilities,
not only present bnricn7 hnt future ones,
rs far paper Liabilities are concerned,
and when any person IN town or out Of
town that w,ii be- ehargcable 10 the town OF
Poland at the time they call that the new
town, if set OF, shall become responsible
Tor their -, OF such expense and territory
allotted to them at that rate.
As to roads. The part of the roads in
the proposed new town are Largely sandy
roads and kept in repair at small expense
want to say that the best farmers in
Poland have about all they can do to get Il
fair living, keep their farms up aud build
ings in repair from the proceeds of their
farms.
Now if you set the new town off and
leave the load on the rest of the town, see
no reason why the Richcrs may not ask Ia
be set off onto the town of New Gloucester
where taxes will be lower. and leave the
| farmers out to grass. There is no doub,
but V hat the farmers in Poland have been
benefited by the property Of the Poland
Springs and Poland Paper Co. as far as
good market is concerned. They are good
pieces of property to have i'll any town.
1t has been represented here that one iol
lar viii buihl a much better road IN the Old
part of town than two will in the proposed
new town. That wonli he about right if il
was reversed and the men who want the
new town kuow what | say are facts
whether they admit it or not. | have nc
doubt tltat the Poland Spring and Poland
Paper Co, ought to pay more tax and stay
in town where they are now and be put on
II valuation to compare with the value of
property until they pay back To the town Of
Poland what has been taken from the farm
err by uneven valuation. Let me ask YOU
farmers here if you have a COOL spot in
ynur town do YOU want it taken from YOU,
if not then vote against the setting off oi
Mechanic Falls from the town of Poland.
MIR Iittieticld said that it was not true
that there is continual quarrel between
Poland and the village. lie defed any
man to say that he Ind ever tried TO divide
the schools of Mechanic Falls. He bad
tried TO prevent such division, but was not
able 10 do so because Il portion of the citi-
leus of the village favored it. This thing
l. all scheme because We dill not vote to
tiy a stated valuation on the property of the
Poland COMPANY for 10 years. You are
asked to force from orr children the schools
we have provided for them, the privileges
We have paid for. that this company may
enjoy an exemption from taxation of the in
creise of their property Here is a rcmon-
STRANGE signed by 30 of Minot's best tlti-
zenS against this division one of them y
srlrciman, two of them the largest fruit
growers in Androscoggin county. IF the
schools were put together they would have
more efficient schools, but think of the 49,
children outside that are going to be de
priyed of their school in order that 80 may
have y better school.
MIR. purington sal that in this village
under any charter W" could get it would be
impossible to put in watcr-works au1 own
them because a business man would have TO
pms i corporation tax in Minot and another
in foisnd. II is impossible because the
valuation of that village Is SO small and be
Gauss Il water system would cost $40, O0o
that could not raise the money-it would
be more than the ) per cent limit allowed
by the constitution. We could not get this
water system under any village corporation.
The question: being on the substitution OF
the minority report for that of the majority,
the yeas AMI nays were ordered.
Yea Abbott of Holt =. ,bl,ott uf sumner
|; ats,leil iirrw.r, rahtli thIrciil Dhttnn, lar
Hud. tarcelnn, Gates, Haskell, Hunt, .ion"-, Ia
Ter, hnHWlcs, Lawrence. icycTue, Light, Little
it' M ~ tplInA HrrrllI nj Burlington. hHfrlii ii
Gray Morrill, "f Madison oak.. ro,r. Rcd,
Sswfer of Mlbridgc, Scott, Nar'cll aud Well 50.
Nav-AdHms. \hlPu. Aver BHiey, BARLOW Beau,
B"r'r. i:nns"r, Bradbury, tarlcinn nf Winter
port. tlHk, Cornish, Day, buir,, Eaton
Fairbanks. fnwlrs, tulltr, GuWrf, link
tow Hop|'n', Jdlson, johnson, Kelley
Lander, Lane, I,hbv of sanford. Ioihrop
Madluck-, Narst"n. Mathew. Met nllnugh, Nc
k"uH'y nt E!tld'ipIi, Nchuun'Y Of ~utrs, MGR
riii of farsugfpn, Mitchell, Morrl Of Portland
-oye. ininc Penney. Frat. ir,h., rnriusion.
,ft,tff D.
nnd Webster s..
tb.cni-Abbott of Euek.port, Bird, Bootl,l,y
Bracket, brown, Carleton OF Rockpori, raryilie
chamberlain, belanu. Dow, Drake, t,etclieil
iiamhn, Hanson, Harris, iIiggins, Holm :
lsaaeson, keegan, Kent. Leighton, I.ihby Of Car
thagt, Libby nf Pittston, Midget, Mnreh. Parker
Powers of Norridgewock, Rollins, Russell, shaw
OF Bath. Shaw OF Portland, Stoddard. sylvester
rhnrow. Weeks of Old Town, Weseo,t, white
and ork--as.
PAIRED BylIeau, no. B,oiy, yes, bowman, ycs,
Iinyi. no. Bnck, no. wehi'er, YES, Coffin. no
flnsl'am,, yc-, Cook no. fogcrty, yes; Dickry;
Fairfield, no; Pare, yes, French. no; rculev, no,
Power, Of Hnuion, YES. PhiIbrook. no, spragnc
ye-; Rogers, yes, iurgin. no, fwiIchell. no
Drew. yer. Sargent no, FcfgHson. YES Wood
bury, yes, Emerson, no.
Mr.. Purington of Minot moved that the
rules be suspended and the bill pass to be
cngrusse'l.
Mr.. Litteieli of Poland offered an
amendment which was adopted.
This bill came from the Senate with
Sena.e amendment A.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Abbott of Hollis offered amendments
\ and B.
\ division being called for amendment
A was lost by vote or IS 10 PC and amend
ment b by vote of - to %.
The bill was then real the third time and
nassed tn l,a enyrosspl