Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-22

! AN. nats-
| Ar. Swas,on urged the fairness of the
PROPOSED b,lt, anti sal that he laoug,.; it
I woal con luce 10 the benefit of the = -
/ by keeping the members of the Legis!,. NJ
| from hurr!ing through measures wiihou,
due care hen the session became uAduly
| pralanged; he also stated tina, perhaps ii
the s,a;e wouli pay better prices they
voVA gyi b,;trr nleu.
] La ansser to Mr.. Wjgsin of Aroos,ook,
MIR. Ptsks OF Pi>c4isqgis ssiA tina, the mat
Ter coaiI be put OF Ia, ballot by = s2ecil Il
! sc, authorizing tie secretAr, of State TO
do 50
on the molten 10 Indefinitely postpone
being sHlt it was carried by vote of Ii 10
IL. The vote was ss follows:
Ness-, lark, Cofiu. Cook. peeripg. orlndie
Harper. iicrsom, tiill, Holman, Jackson, l-,hb,
Nays-Anan, Au'vs, n|rick. Hersey, Lyons,
Mo. NickeFSan, shaw. sNantou, Ihacher
vs. egin, Niusiaw-l2.
Ahsca'-BtRliqri, Wood
Special assig lment, House doeum nj No.
S39, with House ameulueut \. Senate doc
| ument No. lso, an act relating to the Au-
burn Aqueiuet Co. aud the city of Auburn.
sas taken from the table.
| Mr.. Libby of Androscorgin offered Sen
ate amendment A TO House amendment A.
| Mr.. Libby: rise 10 speak in regard 10
these amendments at the request of a large
number of my constituents living in An
| droscoggin county, and especially the cry
/ of Auburn, and at the request also of the
| city council of Auburn. This matter has
been before the Legislature this winter, and
| have no doubt that every member of the
Senate is as well posted upon this general
| matter as am.
| In the first place, as regards the main bill,
! suppose that every senator knows that il
in effect places the Auburn Aqueduct Co.
back where il WAS before the 9th day of
February.
The city of Auburn desires to own and
| control system of water works within its
limits. The Auburn Aqueluct Go. has Il
system of water works within these limits
! at the present time. THIS bill undertakes
to put the parties back where they were be-
fore the time expired for the negotiations
for the transfer of this property, to give
the Aqueduct Co. "A chance 10 renew the
offer of sale 10 the city of Auburn. Now,
if the Aqueduct Go. intends TO sell to the
clty Of Auburn. and if the city of Auburn
intends 10 purchase, as ] believe they both
do, it is only question for us
to see that neither one shall
be injured or have any advantage
over the other. AT the same time | see Ivy
the provisions of the bill that if by any
lapse or inability on the part OF the city of
Auburn 10 raise certain sum of munry 10y
a certain time their rights under that char
ter must become null and void Is the TIM.
within which they must raise this money a
fair time! Considering the conditions of
~. Il.
of time to make it sure that they can have u
fair chance and fair opportunity to
raise this money and complete this
purchase: Now, this amendment
which | have offered provides that
the city of Auburn have given cyi-
dence of their desire to complete the pur-
chase by accepting the deeds of the Aqur-
duet Co, the city shall have 81 davs in
which to raise the amount of money TO be
pad over as Il frs, instaliment. II seems
to me that that is an eminentiy fair propo-
sition, putting il oa the ground that both
parties are acting in good faith. We have
tiXcl it by this amendment that the city Of
Auburn must make it certain within 10 DAYS
that they are going to complete
the purchase and pay the money. and
that the city should have ninety days with
III " Lliii tp idlSt lltlS IHubfN. NJ, II
strikes me that this proposition will not
interfere with the good Judgment and good
sense of any man around this board. !
appreheni that no broker would lend this
amount of money without most careful
scrutiny of all that has been going on here
in this Legislature in regard to this matter,
and therefore it strikes me, gentlemen,
tina, in this matter it would be nothing
81, h.. att
Auburn has signfed its intention
of taking this property and of paving
for it, that we should extend the time of 80
days to 30 days in order to give the city
ample time to secure a loan 1t involves a
large amount of money, and it cannot be-
done in moment. 1t seems TO me that 30
days is a sufficiently short time. If the
city of Auburn signifies its intention to
purchase by accepting the deeds, which il
must do by this amendment within 10 days
then an action would lie against the city
for damages incurred in case the city does
not pay the money 1t seems to me that
this amendment ought to commend itself to
every man of di.nterestcd and unbiased
judgment, and | hope, Mr.. President, that
this amendment to House amendment
will be adopted.
WI t'tfitiS VI ' hIhHfIlti'i Ibtft hGllVSt
the amendment of the senator from Andros-
coggin, ani gave a short history of the Aa-
burn Aqueduct Co. and the efforts to oh
tain legislation upon this matter. H.,
pointed out that if the city of Auburn had
purchased the Aqueduct Co.'S works under
the arrangement as it stood up to Feb 9
they would have hal to pay over the sum
of $3.50 900 on the spot, but the committee
lac, th;a l,Ii
give the people of Auburn, first, period Of
10 days in hich the offer could be c6nsid-
cred, and then II period of FIVE days in
which the deeds could be considered ami
then period of 80 days before the
first installment was to be paid,
and the balance to he paid
within 20 days. This arrangement. lie
pointed out, was far more reasonable and
ought to be far more satisfactory to tie.
city of Auburn than the provisions under
their charter Of 1891. lie said that the pro-
posal to extend this time to 90 days before
the first pay ment was made was absolutely
unfair to the Agueduct Co. Ninety days
would bring it to the beginning Of August
before the iqueduct Co, wonli know for
certain it the city was going to cornpiete
the purchase, and they would not then have.
htil4N W iDiIpittf "'fi ifHi'ttNF iiH'iI NpThN
as they were required to DO if they dill n3;
sell them.
Continuing he said that there were right
here that belong TO the people who hold
the stock of the Aqueduct Co. as well a.
rights Of tic people of the city of Auhur0;
and il the company is to be bOugtt ont b
the city it viii be at SO share. Most Of
the stockholders had acquired their stock
At, T.. g.. .
sell ii at s7j n share. He closed by saving
This bill provides that this 4queduct Go.
if they go on, must put their works IN !.
certain condition by certain period Of
time. Now, that company cannot 90 on
and put their works in repair until tbee
know for certain hat the city of Auburn
j. going to do, and when you take % days
to made the first payment you are taking
just 30 mach time out OF the time allowed
that company to repair their works, If they
must finally do IT.
Mr. Peaks of Piacataquis I should feel
that hadn't done my duty if / did not say
fey words on this subject. Was chair
man Of the committee that reported this
bill. Il is not very pleasant position to
put man in, When be finds whole city
ciamoring for water, ami on the other hand
No'npah} VI ks"eiFii'''t "ho oNh fuaIts'
of million dollar property that would be
utterly destroyed if the city got the rights
they wanted.
Mr. Peaks then gave some of the history
of the bill and the first forms in which the
matter was introduced into this Legislature
and came before the judiciary committee.
Iie spoke of the fact that the mayor AMI
two Of the accredited counsel If the city Of
Auburn called on the Aqaeduct Company
ami made them an offer, which offer was
afterwards rspn5iated by the common coun-
ciI Of the city, ard the negotiation fell