The Portland daily press., 1895-07-08

the Power company always considered
that location of the track dangerous to
| the embankment, and that Engineers
| Shedd and Danforth had always said so,
| the witness replied that the engineers had
only stated that it would be dangerous
for a locomotive. They had never used a
| locomotive there.
Questioned by Mr.. Libby, There never
was time when it ever was considered
| how to get the logs in any other way
| than through this "haul-up"
| In delivering the coal from the cars, the
| locomotive never went upon the retain
ing wall. The cars were drawn by horses
or pinched up with pinch bars.
Questioned by Judge Symonds. When
they built the boiler house there were nc
spaces left in the walls to insert the
beams for trestle. Spaces shown on the
plans were for different purpose.
"Was it always the intention of the
| Paper Company to construct the haul-up
where it now is?'' said Judge Symonds.
SIT was always intended to put the
haul-up where it is. y
If the Power Company had asked the
Paper Company to widen the bridge from
| its present 10 feet to the possible "a feet,
they would have gladly done so
SUPERINTENDENT DECKER'S TES-
TIMONY
Mr.. John E. Decker, superintendent of
the Paper Mill, testified that the saw
room, or wood room, was built under his
supervision. The track could not be
changed, as proposed, and not interfere
| with the use of the haul-up
| In regard to the moving of the saw
room farther back, that would involve
| the moving of the shafting below to drive
the machinery. This would so interfere
| with other machinery that it couldn't pe
| done. This way of removing the diff
Guilty is practically impossible. In regard
| to the other plans, suggested by Judge
| Symonds. that of lowering the platform
of the haul-up, the witness explained that
this couldn't be done In regard to the
expense involved in any possible change
| of the haul-up witness couldn't estimate
in money, but he had rather take away
| everything and leave only the four walls
and begin anew. 1t would cost less he
thought.
The new sulphite mill overcomes these
difficulties, because it is farther back
| from the street and its machinery is eA-
| tirely different.
If they should change that track as pro-
posed it would be utterly impossible to
get logs into the mill.
Couldn't that haul-up be made shorter
and steeper?' asked Judge Symonds.
| "No, sir, it too short already :"
| "Then you don't agree with Mr. Schenck
that it would cost from $4,000 to SS00Op'
g No sir, should double it and then
add so per cent. "
The only possible way for you to get
in logs is to occupy that public street?
| :'Yes sir %
| "Have you anything to say to the
Court as to your right to thus occupy that
public street2
| don't know any thing about that. -
tThat street was there on the face Of the
earth when the mill was built, WASH t
| it?''
"Yes sir but there's no other way to
| get the logs into the MILL
"Then your mill is built SO that its ab-
solutely necessary for you to have 40 feet
''haul-up" in the public street?'
EYES, sir?"
"Then the mill stands IA feet from the
side of the street and it takes up 40 feet
of the road and you state that it is abso-
utely necessary for mill to have 81 feet
for it's haul-up"
eyes SIR
| Questioned by Mr.. Libby witness had
been experimenting paper mills for thirty
two years.
Questioned by Judge Symonds, he con-
tended that the building of the "haul-up'
was not late in the construction of the
mills, but intended from the first
ENGINEER FERGUSON'S TESTI-
MONY.
Mr. H. S. Ferguson, civil engineer,
who had charge Of the building of the
mill and the haul-up testified that he
planned the "haul-up."
He now has charge of the building OF
the new sulphite mill and its haul-up.
That case is different, because the new
mill is Is feet farther from the road than
the paper mill.
If the track is moved in 10 feet, as pro-
posed, and lowered one foot, it would en-
tail "a great deal of expense to make the
haul-up suitable for use
Questioned by Judge Symonds he
thought it would involve considerable ex
pense. The incline of the haul-up was
lust right now. Witness had not looked
over the mill to see what changes coult
be made to relieve the situation. The
original architects plan gave no details
as to the haul-up. They were decided by
Mr Schenck and himself. This CLOSED
the testimony for the complainants
JUDGE SYMONDS' OPENING
Judge Symonds opened for the defens
by stating that the Paper Company occu
pies its position under lease for 100
years from the Power Company, yer.
carefully framed lease.