Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26

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ban, also favored a',measlre tbat .nro,,,.
leave II optional with towns whethel
taxeA should be paid In cash or works.
out. but insisted Upon some method 5,
'ss se o mIa sSx S evasion Under thu
The committee reported a bill In d new
draft abOlishing the present highway sur
vcying system and providing that al
money raised Tor roads shall be II lumI
| Each town Is. to have i, rOnd commits
sioner. The committee voted ought Il
pass on the following: Act granting pris
oners niscnarged from State prison SO
pay; Wells Water Co.: Wiscasset bridge
and Madison Village Corporation. irris.
lation was declared inexpedient on Inc
uniformity of poll tax.
The legal affairs committee had several
hearings slated for Thursday afternoon
but only few were considered. Blanch.
ard Of Wilton; appeared for act to in
corporate the Kingfield Water COMPANY
and the committee voted ought to pass
| OH same.
Secretary McKeen and Mr.. Hunton Of
the State Board of Agriculture, appeared
Board of Agriculture and the Committee
voted ought to pass on same.
City Solicitor Matthews OF Deering. and
Representative Moore appeared for the
taxes in cases Of irregularity or error in
the original assessment. They also APP
peared for the act In relation to authnr
izing the correction OF errors in proceed
| ings for collections OF taxes.
The committee voted leave to Withdraw
water supplies.
vrh< ooc,y,;ttoo On $780,. u.
hearing on petitioners of Deering for an
| nexatiOn to Portland, Thursday after
noon. Mr.. Chenery was put on the stand.
He said that sewer to relieve the COM
munity of the Back Bay nuisance would
| cost about $l50.OOO. That such sewer
was very much desired BY the people
but the expense had been in the way. He
| thought the sewer might be built If the
land. 81,
Selden Sterling said telegram and ex-
press packages cost residents of his dis
,rlst more than they would II the. section
the distance in Portland for half The far.
they charge to come to his section. He
raised laugh by saying when there was
fire the department was notified by pos
tai Didn't think much of the polite pro-
lection. his section got. s..nf,,gt II.
Andrew Halves said Portland's public
library was free TO Portland citizens. but
his people pay s, = year Il they get books
from that institution. Mr.. Hawes said
the proposition to annex the whole pt
Deering to Portland had always had.
strong backing from citizens OF the for
mer place. The petitioners rested here.
MI. Moulton introduced City Solicitor
Matthews of Deering. who appeared ir
opposition to the proposed annexation. b,
thews said the chief reason why Port
land wished more territory was its de
sire 10 have its Door farm for park pur-
poses and get another poor farm They
also wish TO get POSSESSION OF the GENE.
terry. These matters are at the bottom of
all this agitation for annexation of Deer
Ing to Portland What SURPRISED him was
that the petitioners had within two days
decided to leave the cemetery district out
of the proposed set-ofY. He thought this
a plan TO be sure of some territory IL
make I; gain in Deering. The petitioners
and remonstrantslsh Showed the people OF
the two wards in question TO be about
equally divided on the matter of annex
alton. and that. soffar, as heicauld learn
nobody outside of these wards desired an
nexation. He said the annexation fevrt
In Deering disappeared when the move
nent TO annex the whole OF the city Il
Portland failed IA the pons..e ..,lt. ~
Colonel Adams said it was only a mat
ter of time when cthe. whole OF Deerihfa
not believe in favoring the movement, %
r Mayor Mitchell said the city had gained.
nearly S'10.Od n-,yaluation In the past
few years. and was gaining. right along.
y
Deertng at large took In over 1900 out OF
the 1900 voters Of, the city. He had talked
with large number Of Portland citizen
peerne BY 'ne He honsh, Fl
best not to push This issue. t1f
Frank Mosely. chief engineer of Deer
ing fire department. spoke of the eff
cheney OF his department in Il single fire.
Thought the town was well protected.
DIR. Foster. NJ. r. Aver. A. Il. Marks
and Joseph +. Chute were other remon-
strants who appeared before the com
mittee Ut -
The sagadahoc county delegation had
an animated hearing. Thursday. in the
of authorizing the county to issue bonds
TO the sum of not more than $500 to re-
build the say bridge, washed away by
yided into three parties on. the matter.
One favors the scheme. one is oppose. to
rebuilding the bridge, and one favors re-
sic bridge be made county free bridge.
The first sentiment was represented by
CITY Solicitor Frank Southland of Bath
S. w. Carr. "; B. Kendall. Lewis Full
and Frank Adams and A. NJ. Buker OF
Bowdoin; the second by Hon. o. D. Baker
Of Augusta. and Nathaniel Purinton of
Bowdoin; and the third by B. +. Hinckley
and A. NJ. Todd Of Georgetown All these
gentlemen and others addressed the dele
cation, The counsel of the various par
Ties VIII draw up q new Dill. which is a
compromise measure and will be salts
factory to all concerned.
The committee on education in execu-
tive session. Thursday afternoon, acted
on several matters. The resolves of 5000
for Cherryfield and Wilton academies
WHICH the committee had voted to report
ought to pass. were reconsidered and cut
down to $500. 1t was. voted to report
ought to pass on the bill requiring ali ed
ucational institutions receiving aid from
the State to make a full report to the
State superintendent instead Of to the
trustees of the Normal schools. as at pres
ent..f IA
the bill providing for a State examination
of teachers, in three grades The exam
nation is to ,be conducted by the State
Superintendent instead Of by a board as /
the bill first proposed. and he is to re-
ceive $3.50 for his services. The commit
tee voted to report favorably on the bill
in relation to school district No. in
Falmouth, and gave leave to withdraw to
the petitioners for $1,000 for building a
High. schools building in. Chester.
The 10000 petitioners for the anti-cigar-
cite law have won the first point In their
will report fought to pass OH the bill
which prohibits totally the manufacture,
sale or Gift of cigarettes in Maine. This
decision was reached in executive session.
Thursday afternoon, and the friends of
the bill claim il Will pass the Legislature
as easily as it did the COMMITTEES, The
committee on temperance will hold an
other, hearing, next Tuesday ut 4 r, NJ.
on the bill relating to liquor agencies and