The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-18

SESS. i RIDAY MORNlN
correct spelling, is the property of oldtown
people, and the town has spent some Sl50 In
laying out roads and making othia 81 improve
ments at this place. Besides bell g favor
able locality for idling away pb sasant sum-
mer hours, Pushaw pond feeds the Still
water branch of the Penobseo and along
this stream are numerous mill sites. The
mill owners have in times of drought felt
the need of more water and a ccord1ngly 1t
has occurred to them that BIS building
dam at the outlet of Pushaw pond, they
could raise its level and make it q storage
Lasih- But the summer 81 RI, her best
young man and her stern parent who has
spent money for summer cottage. see
danger that this proceeding would flood the
low shores OF the pond and inundate the
cottages on it's banks. So. to make assur-
ance doubly sure, the Oldtown people have
sent protests to the legislature in advance
of any requests which may be coming for
power to build the dam.
Somewhat similar is the case of Canaan
pond near Camden. Here mill owners want
TO be allowed TO lower the lake tour feet be-
low it's natural level in times of drought.
and Camden people say that such course
would be detrimental to health and depreci-
ate the value of surrounding property.
They say, too that it would only be at long
intervals that it would be necessary to
lower the lake, and that as many of the
mills are equipped with auxiliary steam
power, the owners can get along without
any just loss.
Still another story of dam is told in
petition signed by hotel, cottage and steam
boat owners Interested il Sebec lake. They
say that the lakes value as summer at
traction is due to the fact that its waters
have been raised by means of a dam, but
the owners of this dam have allowed it to
decay so that the water in the lake is much
below the former level, rendering Wharves
useless and depreciatIng the shore property.
The petitioners ask to be allowed to build
stone dam at the place known as "Tha
Rips"
FOR BETTER ROADS.
Mr.. Woolside of Lewiston presented today
a bill in the interest of better roads. 1t
provides that towns at their annual meet
ings shall appropriate not less than one
fourth of one per cent of their valuation
and as much more as may be deemed neces-
ouired to raise more than $50 mile for the
construction and repair of roads and bridges.
The bill provides tor the election of a road
commissioner with power to buy material
and hire mon. His compensation is to be not
less than So day. No person can at the |
same time hold the office of highway COM
missioner and selectman, seventy-1ve per
cent of the highway tax shall be expended |
before August l5.
PHILLIPS TRUST COMPANY.
f. E. Timberlake, J. Z. Thompson, E. NJ.
Robinson and associates are named as in
cor2orators of the Phillips Trust company.
THE TREAsURER's BOND.
Treasurer-elect Simpsons bond was sub
mitted to the legislature. The amount of
the bond is $150,000. and the list of bonds |
men is as follows: n. G. Aver, Charles v.
Lord of Bangor. VIM. !. Leayitt of Ply
mouth, J. P. Bass. Franklin A.. Wilson OF
Bangor. Lleweilyn Powers of Houlton, Ed |
ward H. Blake of Bangor and Edwin @. |
Burleigh of Augusta.
THE SEALS IN CASCO BAY.
Clinton M. Hamilton and seventy others |
of Cumberland and residents of Freeport, |
seals in Casco bay aud the placing of a |
bounty on the seals.f They represent that |
the seals nave become so numerous that |
they threaten the destruction of the |
fisheries in the pay.
ON THE PRESUMPsCOT.
Senator Waterhouse today presented a |
petition that Joseph H .HaZleton be granted |
exclusive right for ten years to navigate |
the Presumpscot river between Saccarappa |
and Madison Falls with boats propelled by |
steam or electricity. Mr.. Hazelton owns the |
present line ON the river.
SEA AND SHORE FISHERIES.
The Senate today passed an order that |
the committee on sea and shore fisheries be /
instructed to inquire into the expedienoy |
of condensing and revising the existing |
laws relating to sea and shore fisheries and |
defining the duties of the commissions r and |
report by bill or otherwise as soon as practi-
cable.
SOME OF THE BUSINESS.
Among the measures presented today
were the following:
Bill and petition to authorize the Camden
Village corporation to raise money to build
and furnish nall.
Resolve approprating $1,000 to rebuild the
Ncadeau bridge over Fish river inAroostook
county.
Bill to permit the application of state
stipends to the payment of the running ex-
penses of public libraries.
Bill to incorporate John K. Ames and
others as the Maohias Water company, the
capital stock not to exceed 100000.
Petition for state aid in building bridge |
over the Penobscot at Rowland.
Resolve requiring the superintendent of
schools to report annually instead of blen-
nfally.
Petition of Solomon Robitschek of Port
land and others for the repeal OF the
hawkers and peddlars law.
Petition of the Aroostook Agricultural
society that its land and buildings be ex-
empt from municipal taxation.
Resolve appropriating $1,000 annually in
favor of the Bangor General hospital.
Petition that &c. 900 land locked salmon fry
and 1000 square tailed trout fry be placed
in Affords lake. South Hope.
Bill to exempt Lilly uond in Rookport and |