The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-11

aUlOn uI uuo ODJ6cUS OI Uue Dill. ne Salu
his people would not oppose extending
the charter of the Pennington, Waterville
and Wiscasses charter. A bill to do this
is before the COMMITTEES.
Judge Philbrook said that the hotel
law in the charter ID what makes spec
ial act desirable.
Seth Carter, Esq, Of Lewiston, asked
if that was tile only objection to organ
izing under the general law, and Mr..
Butler said 10 was.
The next hearing was on the act to
incorporate the KitterJ and Elliot street
railway company. 1t is proposed to
start the road near the Kittsry navy yard
to Ellios, crossing tide water at Spin
ney's creek, between Elliot and Kit
terry.
Representative Ran dali OF Kittery TX
planned the plan and said.that the boat
from Elliot to Portsmouth carrisd 5000
people last year and that this road would
conneot at Kittery with road already
built from that place to Portsmouth.
Seventy five Elliot people work in Ports
mouth.
Lawyer Woodland OF Bangor objected to
the charter on the grounds that it dt %
not specify clearly enough just vhero
1t is proposed to lay the road. Mr.. Wood
ard said he did not knuw as hs had any
objections to the plans OF the petition
ers, but that the form Of the bill was..too
broad. "Thsy could build half dozen
roads bstwesn Elliot and Kittery," said
Mr.. Woodland
The petitioners said that the intention
was to build from South Elliot, where
the populationtis, to Kittery and connect
there with tho road to Portsmouth whore
no prohibition law IL enforced. The mat
| ter was discontinued that new draft
might be made by the COMMITTEES.
| The hearing on ths Westbrook, Wind
ham and Harrison railroad charter came
next.
Lawyer William M. Bradley of Portland
conducted the affairs for the petitioners.
| 1t was explained that it wns desired to
change tho act go shat the load will run
only to Harrison instead Of to Waterford.
Mr. Bradley said that the people on the
proposed route were without railroad
communication. He described the basin
of lakes bstween Harrison and Portland
and said that the people who nesded this
| road lived on tho east Side Of the lakes
and that between this and the Grand
Trunk il range Of hills that
are :impassable for teams foad-
ed with the : farming. Z and
Therefore the people cannot compete with
the people beyond the bills on one side
and the chain Of lakes on the other side.
The people therefore send their merohan-
disc and haul their supplies up the valley
| from Portland over about ths Same route
proposed for the road. They also drive
| to Portland by that route instead of driv-
| ing to the railroad and going to Port
land that way.
| Mr.. Harmon of Raymond described the
hardships of getting from his town to
the railroads. Only two men in Ray
mond refused to sign the petition for
| the roads and they cannot write their
names. Mr.. Harmon has never heard
adverse criticism.
Orin B. Lane, merchant at East Ray
mond, favored the road on account of the
| necessity of . road. He said it costs 35
| or 10 cents bnrrol to get flour from
Portland Gray II the nearest railroad
uoint, and it costs about as much to get
freight from Gray as from Portland, and
range of hills makes it impossible to
get freight to the Grand Trunk.
| MIR. Bradley called Richard Cook Of
Cayco. He snid he and his nei1hbors
were between two roads, but that 1t was
expensive to get their manufactured
lumber to either Of them, and that 1t Was
hard to compete with other towns. Three
mills have tecn clesed on account OF
lack OF transportation. There are water
powers ana timber and they will be
started again II the road is built.
Alfred Hall OF Casco. an undertaken,
said his means of transportation to and
from Portland was from team. He said
that man was in danger when driving
over these hills to the Grand Trunk or
Rumford Falls roads, but that the road
to Portland was good. The danger is