Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-25

Belgrade came before the committee on
towns Tuesday afternoon Quite nam-
Der from Rome and BeI2r.sis. were presens.
County Attorney Carleton of keunetee
county appeared in tci,aif of the petition
ers in Rome asking 10 he set of to Bel
grade. Hon. H. NJ. Heath was also pres
ent in the interest of the petitioners.
The location IS sach that this part of
Rome is naturally i part Of Belgrade. He
argued that IN the matter vi roads Belgrade
would, in case of division, have u proper
ton of the roads aud there would be NO
! inequality and no injustice.
| During the past year one-eightl of the
pauper bills was caused BY one pauper re-
siding in this portion which desires to he
t set off The interests of these people who
wish 10 beset on are in Belgrade. 20 IL
church there, 10 school and to postoisice
/ there aud work there
| Then there is something of inportanc,
to the county AMI that is that on thai
stream in that part desiring to be set off i,
one of the finest water powers in the conn
try. This will never be improved SO long
as the town is undivided. If they can bs
~ I'm " bNi-i.tit titIt kit ptItlts " Nt
stand ready to erect large WOODEN mill
Henry W. Golier of Belgrade said tha
hi believed tina. if he could get this waite,
power set off TO Belgrade, where the take.
would be somewhat reasonable, be coul.
get WOODEN mill erected there Plan.
were shown of the territory proposed to bt
set off. All except three children hvins
there attend school at Belgrade Mills
When asked why the war debt of Rome
has never been paid OF, lie said the towr
was very poor. He had long wanted il
paid of.
Questioned by l.. c. Cornish, ESD, whe
appeared for the remonstrants In answer
he said that he lived in Belgrade and
wanted his water power, which is in Rome
set off into Belgrade SO as to convenience
him. This was the only water power pool
old Rome had.
| Q.-Then you are taking from the pool
old town of Rome all the water power shs
has. also the land where there are eligible
sites for building purposes.
Mr.. Golden practically admitted that thi.
was nearly true.
| Q.-You take out about two miles OF
road out of the 81 miles of road in tn,
| town.
A.-Didn't know how many miles of roat
there were in the town. There were a goos
many COW paths in the town
Dwell, they are COW paths the tow
has to maintain, aren't they!
Ayes.
| Q.-And the roads of that town are diff.
cult to maintain?
| A.-tluite hard.
Mr.. Cornish asked series of questions
to show that the road in the section to be
set off was good road to maintain; thai
the other bridges in Rome were as costly
of maintenance as that in the part to be sci
off; that the schools had nothing to do with
it, as union school district was alread,
formed with Belgrade; that so far as the
schools, church and pOstoilice were con,
cerned there was no substantial reason fol
being set off on these reasons but that the
main reason for desiring TO be set off was
that the tax rate in Rome is Is mills and il
Belgrade IA mills
| OWL you rs one of the citizens OF
Belgrade vote to take the whole of Rome
Ayes if it was not for their debt
| lie was asked but didn't know about the
town expenses, appropriations, or how
much of the debt had been paid.
Thomas Colder testified in much tho
same line as the preceding witness. II,
| SAID the valuation of the town of Rome i,
about $4,000, and of that part desiring t,
be set of about $40 900. He said that il
set off they would pay their portion of the
town debt. lie stated that a town meetin.
in Rome had agreed to this dividing up Of
the town.
| Cross-examined-ile had been selcctmal
of Rome for five or six years. In the north.
ern part of the town their business wa.
Farming. Fox Hunting and Fishing
| Daughter. Admitted that Is mills wa,
about as much as those people could pay
though some in the town could pay more
and he had been trying for the past 10 wear.
to have this debt paid off The town meet
ing was held to see what the town meeting
would do about dividing the town. Ad
mitted that at the meeting the town voted
to cut up the whole town if the other towns
would take them. 1t was not held to vote
to set off this portion now in discussion
Regarding the first petition with - signers
II lived in Rome and six in Belgrade
Practically the other citizens of Rome
| signed the rcmonstran0. The second peti
ton was signed by Is in Belgrade and one
in Rome. The interest on the town deb
is four per cent.
| Re-'lircct-Said at the second town meet
ing several sections of the town weren't
Represented. He had often tried to have
the debt raised. Those who had held town
orders had opposed it and made the poorer
people believe that 1t would make paupers
OF them.
| Cross-c3amincd-Said he didn't consider
it a hardship to the rest of Rome for this
part to be set off. at couldn't be unless
we are bearing more than our share of the
burdens of the town. lie believed any
one could pay his debts if he'd 'spunk up
little
Frank w. Pray, one of the petitioners
was called, and before any of the remon.
strants had opportunity to appear before
the committee, adjournment was had to
Monday evening at 40.
Interior Waters.
Z. II. Stubbs, Esq, of Strong AMI the
| county commissioners of Franklin county,
Messrs. Justus Webster of Chesterville
NJ. b. Pottlc of Kingfield also Charles
Wilkens as witness from Kingfield, APP
peared before the committee on State roads
yesterday afternoon, They claimed Jeru-
! salem township road would by expentling
$1,000 on a stretch of five miles, afford the
| Dead River people a better opportunity
to reach railroad. They could with this
road constructed reach Kingfield much cas-
Ter than North Arson. The hearing was
continued.
Inland Fisheries.
There was grist of matters before the
committee on inland fisheries Tuesday
afternoon, but nothing of great general in
tercst. The committee voted ought to pass
upon petition of II. =. Austin and others
for prohibition of fishing in Webb's pond
under certain conditions. There was quite
a long hearing regarding bill TO protect
the fish in the inlets of Pariin pond. 1t
was claimed by the petitioners that fish 20
into these inlets 10 propagate and are caught
there in large numbers when small The
bill doesn't propose to prohibit fishing in
the pond. The hearing on the bill an act
to amend chap. Is of the pnblic Laws OF
1891 was continued till Jan :ilst at y NJ,
anil a now bill will be drawn.
knotb Problem for Legal Affairs.
The committee on legal affairs have
knotty problem on hand. There was q
hearing on it yesterday afternoon, but the
matter was continued. NJ. A. johnson,
Esq. of Rocklsnd appeared in behalf of
the bill to legalize the doings of the town of
isS?, when the town voted TO appropriate