The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

the Portland road over Washington
street and Tukey's bridge. He said at
that time the Portland road had no char
tered right to cross Tukey's bridge.
This last winter the Portland road went
to Augusta and obtained changes in
the law to allow them to GROSS Tukey's
bridge. In September of 1876 location
was granted the Yarmouth road subject
to the prior location of the Portland road
and with the restriction that they should
build five miles outside the city before
their location took effeot either on Turkey s
bridge or in the city.
This action of the board of aldermen
practically killed the Yarmouth road for
the time being. Then the people who are
now behind the Yarmouth road took the
charter and were assured by Mr.. LARA
bee that the Portland city government
would use them fairly in crossing Turkey 8
bridge and in building their lines in
Portland. After they had financed the
road and built 10 1-2 miles of track the
problem OF being obliged to pay $50, 900 to
the city for the privilege of crossing the
HAtAGC OOdLIOAtCA lucIIl. lnlB WOuHL GC-
quire that $40, 900 be added to their stock
Outside of the SEC, 900 asked by the city
for the privilege of crossing their bridge
it will cost as much to build the line in
the city as 1t has already cost to build the
ten and one-half miles outside. They
have paid the county $4,000 for rebuilding
Martin sP ointsbridge, $2400 for thesbridge
over the Rochester road at the Marginal
Way and $500 for bridge over the Grand
Trunk, and this last amount may be yet
increased. The rails and material put
into The ten and one-half miles Of road
from Main street in Deering to Yarmouth
village can be taken up and sold, so that
the stockholders will only be out of pocket
or the cos Of grading the road. 1t is
now serious question which confronts
the promoters of the Yarmouth road.
They hesitate whether or not to put in
the 2O,00o In addition to what they
had figured upon on the first place, or to
abandon their enterprise and pocket the
loss. We don't believe that $40, 900 has
been put into Tukey's bridge account.
We don't question the commissioner Of
public works, but we do believe that it
was not necessary to have put 800, 900 into
this bridge on the account of the Var
mouth road.
The Yarmouth road already had the
right to cross this bridge and the Port
land road now has the right also. You
gave them the rightssnd made our right
subject to their location. However, the
Yarmouth road has no complaint to make
on the treatment it has received in the
past or may receive in the future. The
Portland road regards the Yarmouth road
as its competitor, but in reality it will
prove feeder to 1t. If it was not discrim-
inatien which defeated the Yarmouth
road in 1895, why should you call this or.
der which you have now passed granting
it a right to cross the bridge disorimina-
ton?
maintain that the terms now offered
by the Yarmouth road are better fer the
city than a direct money offer; that a
stated income Of $500 q year for one
hundred years would prove better thing
for the city in the end than 1000
dumped into the treasury at once to be
Immediately consumed.
II understand that the same gentlemen
here present." said Mr.. Larrabee,
claimed to have misunderstood my state
inents at the last meeting. Every word 1
stated at that time was true in every re-
spect. The order referred to then had
bsen Published in every paper in Port
land. The order introduced at the last
lneeting was identical with the order
published in the papers, excepting the
words Including paving which was
added. to the last order to agree with the
ultimaturn. Task you to consider the offer
of the Yarmouth road in good faith and
with great care for on your action de-
ponds the success or failure of the enter
PRISE
Mayor Randall stated that he had let
ter in his hand giving the estimated ex-
psnse of widening Tukey's bridge in 1897
as S34, 900 and since then it had been
necessary to expend Sill 900 additional
Alderman Kehoe asked Mayor Randall
II the Portland road didn't at one time
offer 900 in two annual payments for
the privilege of crossing Tukey's bridge.
The Mayor said that an offer OF this
kind had been made sometime last March.
Alderman Kehoe asked If it wasn't
fact that motion had been made at the
time the offer Of the Portland road came
before the board tn lay the matter on the
table and that Alderman Mcdonald being
absent tie vote resulted and the Mayor
voted in favor Of laying the proposition
on the table.
Mayor Randall said he didn't remember
of anything Of the kind.
Later in the meeting the records were
produced by Alderman Kehoe and,it was
shown that at the April meeting when
the proposition of the Portland railroad
to pay the city $50, GOO on two annual pay
ments had come up for consideration,
Alderman Mcdonald was absent. A
motion was made to lay the matter on
the table. Aldermen Ilsley, Kehoe and
Leighton voted against tabling the order,
while Aldermen Pagan, Rounds and
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