Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-06
STATE HOUSE
State Assessors Held Several Import.
ant Hearings Wednesday.
Official Tabulation Of Election Returns 10 Be-
gin-RaiIroad Inspections.

The State assessors passed busy
day, Wednesday, in listening to the re-
marks of many wild lands owners, as
well as the representatives of the In
ternational Pulp and Paper Company,
who not long ago purchased many
mills and vast timberlands in Maine.
S. Adams of Bangor, a large wild
land owner and lumber manufacturer,
was present to tell the board of the
changes that had taken place since
their last valuation of his lands in
1896. He was unable to be present at
the hearing of the Penobscot wild
lands, SO appeared, Wednesday, in
stead.
Hon. Waldo Pettingill and Hon.
George D. Bisbee appeared for the In
ternational Pulp sand Paper Co, and
told Of the changes that had taken
place in the wild lands owned by that
concern in the past two years.
Another man who was present was
Senator William Engel of Bangor, who
owns many valuable acres of wild
lands and also many saw mills.
Mr.. Engers closing remarks to the
board on the outlook of the lumber
business of the State, as well as the
desirability of owning wild lands was
not only interesting, but gave the
assessors and those who were present
many things to think about. He said
about over, as it cannot much longer
compete with the mills of the South
right from the stump and sawed before
any shipment is made. Here in Maine
is all the expense of logging and get
ting the logs to the mills as we'll as
other expenses that are in the other
sections not incurred. He pointed out
the fact that the shipments of the
Southern lumber into Maine was grow
ing 50 great that it was now kept by
the owners of Maine lumber yards and
can be sold as cheap as the lumber
manufactured in Maine. He admitted
that recently when he had his office in
Bangor improved he bought Southern
pine for the finish though he had mil
lions of feet of lumber in his own
yards.
He pointed out the fact, however
that the black eye that the lumber
trade has received, does not in the
least decrease the value of the tim
berlands. They are just as good in
vestments today as they ever were, h
added. That is because there is Al
ever increasing demand for the Wooc
for the purpose of pulp and paper
manufacture. All sorts of wood ar:
being used for this purpose. and a!
soon as the spruce is all gone they VII
be just as ready to take other varietle!
of wood.
Furthermore he said the price tina
could now be paid by the manufactur
ers who buy for pulp purposes, ar
much larger than the manufacturer o
lumber can pay.
He said he should not close his MIL.
at present, but they would be run 10
a long time, though the day is not Ia
off when the saw mills of Maine VII
be a thing of the past.
Councillors Mayo and BOothby wer
at the State House, "Wednesday, as IN
committee on election returns TO Sc
at work the calculating of the return
received from the cities, towns, an
plantations in the recent election.
These gentlemen will not remal
during the calculating of the returns
but will arrange for the work to
done by others and will visit the cit
from time to time while the work
in progress.
The work at the last election ws
under the direction of N. S. Pufinton
Chairman Carleton received a ielle
Tuesday, that may decide the WHO
,,at+ar Of the game close season que