Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-26
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hearing was a continuation OF the on,
which occurred a week ago, and Mr.
Bartlett for the remonstrants con
tinued the opposition to Mayer Beal'.
proposed electric road.
Hon. f. B. Nealey of bangor, wa.
first called and insisted that the mat
ter of locating tracka IN the street.
! should be left with the city govern
ment of that city. He was not opposed
to the road. but was rather friendly t.
1t. He did not think that it was righ
for private corporation to come into
any city and take control of the
streets without consent of the loca
authorities.
Hon. c. +. Bragg agreed along the
same lines and insisted that city
should have the control of it's owl
streets and dictate the locating Oh
street railroads thereon.
HonA Chas. l.. Snow also argued in
favor of local supervision in the loca-
ton of tracks.
mayor. also appeared for the remon
l SNao"sc' lie was III ldtOT VI the pro-
posed road. hut he did n0t--Want the
Legislature to take sout Of the hands
of the city government tlf3.seontrol of
its streets. letter. to the same pur-
Fort was read from s. F.. Humphrey
This closed the hearing for the re-
monstrants. Mr.. Bartlett reserving the
right to introduce some rebuttal after
MIR. Heath had introduced his testi-
mOny. -
Mr.. Heath called as his first witness
Fl. F. Gould of Kenduskeag. who stated
that the whole country up that way
was in favor of the road and ne was
| sure that the objection now made
came from political feeling rather than
from any business interests.
Mayor heal of Bangor then appeared
and made an extended statement. He
said the DIRECTORS who had come from
Bangor came under a misrepresentation
of his position. He was willing to abide
by the decision of the municipal Off
GERS in the location of the tracks on all
streets inside Garland street. He de-
manded the same rights through the
streets assEe accorded the. B.. o. & o.
Eraad. If HAT road has no rights in
these streets then he wouldn't expect
any. ~.
Col H. Stetsop made statement
that he did not think there would be
isany objectionEon fKa; bart OF the eiti-
zens Of Bsngor to thy road coming to
/ Garland street. stillohe did not think
the Legislature ought to give the. road
the right to that point as that would
practically nullify the principle for
which we stand here today. asiss b
soHon. F. n. ,Laughton was called and
explained one or two points not quite
clear relative to the contract made a
few years ago by the Bangor Street
| Railway Company to bring into the
city of Bangor the passengers. of the
IS. o. & o. road.
| Gen. H. L. Mitchell of Bangor, APP
reared and made point that the
notices for Incorporation of the Ban
gor and Penobscot Central Railway
were not legal. Mr.. Bartlett then
closed for the remonstrants and was
followed by Mr.. Heath for the road.
The next hearing was upon the act
to amend the charter OF the Ports
mouth, Kittery & York Street Railway.
The company asks for an extension of
its charter and asks rights to cross
| tue water Ill Tile tONIl Vi hittcIy, anu
York harbor in the town of York.
Horace Mitchell, Esq, Of Kittery, and
Hon. H. NJ. Heath appeared for the
petitioners. There was no opposition
to the extension of the charter. nor to
the crossing of tide waters in Kittery.
but there was a vigorous opposition to
crossing York harbor. ]. T. Davidson
of York, appeared for the remonstrants,
the principal one being the Portsmouth
Navigation Co.. who are large property
owners at York harbor.
The matter Of the proposed general
ilaw prohibiting the construction Of any
street railway in cities without the
lconsent of the city council was post
poned to March II, to accommodate
Mr.. Heath. who Is going to Washing
ton. Mr.. Spear of Gardiner will ap-
pear at that time for the bill and Mr..
Heath against it. ..s
The judiciary committee listened to
arguments on bills before 1t for the es-
| tablishing of a cash system of repairing
highways Holbrook of Brunswick. In
troduced bill on this matter, or rather
| what is in the hands of the committee
on resolve OF Somerset County Pomona
tGrange, Walton of Skowhegan, also pre-
scented a bill covering about the same
ground as the pomona resolves anu MI
Walton was giving a hearing first. He
said under the present system OF work.
ing out taxes in many cases the towns
lost the labor and did not collect money
for the tax. His bill provides that
the highway surveyor may employ men
on the road who wish to work out their
taxes and when such tax has been
| worked out the person paying his taxes
in this manner shall be given a certif
cate to that effect. This certificate shall
be turned over to the selectmen of the
town who shall accept 1t as so much,
money paid for taxes. Mr.. Walton
claimed that there are many small towns
in which 1t would be hardship for n
large number of citizens to pay cash for
taxes. His bill would accommodate these
and at the same time reach, the evil exist
ing under the present system. A person
must have a certificate from the high
way commissioner or pay cash.
Secretary McKeen Mr.. Hinton of tire
Il State Board of Agriculture. and Repre-
sentative HolbroOk appeared for the
Somerset County Pomona arange feSolva.
but were favOrably impressed with Mr..
Walton's bill. They suggested that as it
was step in the right direction the
salient point of the two bills might he
entered in new draft. Senator Merrill
of Somerset, and Mr.. Goodwin of St. AL
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