The Portland daily press., 1895-03-25
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OoiltAhu6u lfOHl II lFSG age
railway controversy. Col. Green of shore
line fame has been a leading figure in the
Third House. He is a noticeable man, OF
medium height, rather inclined.to stoutness
and with snow white hair and mustache
Bushy white eyebrows overhanging pair
of keen brown eyes, and when the Colonel
was engaged in a controversy, as he gene
rally was during the railroad war, they
were seldom taken from the face of his
antagonist. A good speaker is Colonel
Green, and while he did not get his charter
he did force the other side to agree that he
shall receive S25. .0c0 in money. in case he
does not build the road, which he is to have
chance TO do if he can raise tho money
This Washington county contest was in
| some respects the most exciting of the win
ter. Next in interest, perhaps. was the
sorrento town fight, engineered by Manager
Lawrence of the Frenchmans Bay Land
and Improvement company.
WHAT 1T HAS DONE FOR PORTLAND.
Portland people will remember the Six ty-
seventh Legislature as that which created
the commission of public works and provid-
ed for the appointment of women on the
school board. Other matters of local inter
est are the granting of the Portland and
Cape Elizabeth railway charter, the Chang
es in the jurisdiction of the Portland and
Deering municipal courts, theEamendments
TO the Westbrook city charter. the extern
sion of the Yarmouth railway charter and
the Incorporation of the Gorham Water
company. Exclusive rights of the nav a.
tion have been granted ON the Presump OF
IN Haca1t..r nd I ha ot Rix--
er Steamboat company close time has been
granted on the Yarmouth and Cumberland
claims and the Brunswick controversy over
the wild th of the tires of wagon wheels has
been settled. The salary of the Judge OF
pr obate Of Cumberland county has been
fixeil at $3.50 without fees and the county
commissioners may find the county's out
standing Indebtedness.
THE MONEY IT HAS VOTED.
How about the appropriat ionsa For the
two years they exceed by aboutsS100000 those
made by the last legislature although that
body had to provide for the payment of a
temporary loan of 100000 The financial
condition of the state is such however the
the tax rate for 1896 has heen reduced from
, l-2 to IA mills on the dollar. The large
Neee'Nt-'
ly for The purpose of erecting new buildings
at state institutions. For the Bangor hos
piial there is S15O,00O; Pennington normal
school $50 eco, stare college, $4,000; Cor
ham normal school, $4,000; Insane asylum
at Augusta, $4,000; Central Maine General
hospital. S10,0CO; Castine normal school,
$1,000; Portland School for Deaf, $4,000.
These appropriations for new buildings
and repairs on old. repI esent the great er
part of the increase over the appropriat tinns
of two years ago and are for what may be
termed permanent Improvements. Also for
betterment is the increase in the fish and
game appropriations. BY the appropriation
OF S5C0o for the purchase of Freeman's Sup
plement the work of revising the statues
has been postponed for number of years.
a large paper mill tHowland will be oneEof
the results of the building of the new bridge
which state aid o the extent of 5000 an
nuallly for four years has made possible.
WHAT II HAS NOT DONE.
The legislature will be remembered for
what it has done.
| 1t has refused 10 pass the listing hill.
1t has rejected that bill to provide in
| equality in taxation, the Wiggin school tax
measure.
1t has declined to establish any new nor
NAL schools and state board of education.
1t has rejected the bill to establish state
road conn ission.
1t has postponed the day when women
may vote.
1t has declined to go into the dentistry
business in the way recommended by
General Neal Dow.
1t has likewise declined to go into the
liqor business on the Norway plan as sug-
gesied by Representative Patten.
1t has refused to sanction the removal of
York county buildings.
| 1t has shown Its patriotic sense of duty
by refusing to raise its own salaries.
| It has rejected the non-sectarian amend
ment.
1t haa not deemed it wise to change the
municipal dent limit.
sIt has not endorsed any of the measures OF
Hon. Peter Charles Keesan.
And it has done and left undone many
other things too numerous to mention.
ABOUT CAPE ELIZABETH.
The act in relation to town meeting in
| Cape Elizabeth was designed simply 10
| make certain the method of calling the first
meeing in the new town and reads as fol-
lows:
Section 1.-The selectmen for the old town
of Cape Elizabeth, who were in Office
March 1895, shall have full power and a,,-
| thority and be required to call upon petition
as now provided by statute relating to call
inc town meetings,the first annual meeting
for the town of Cape Eliza beth, and the
chairman of said selectmen. or, in his alb
sence. either of the other selectmen. or a
justice of the peace may. preside at such
| meeting until a moderator is elected.
| section 2.-This act shall take effect when
approved.
The Senate has concurred with the House
| in passing the hill for the abatement of
the excessive school taxes in Cape Eliza
| be th.
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