Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-24
STATE HOUSE.
Railroads Report Accidents at Once to
Railroad Commissioners.
The Small Number Of Moose Being Killed
Considered Significant.

The wreck Of the freight train at South
Gardiner, Monday, calls to mind the fact
that every accident has to ne reported t.
the board Of railroad commissioners as
soon as it is possible after it has hap
pened. Some roads. not the Maine Cen
trail and the other large ones are neglect
full of this duty and have to he rcprovel
| occasionally by the board, but as a rue
every line is very careful about this mat
! ter
| This law was amended in 1891 and a
folder is issued by the railroad commits
sioners on the subject to all the railroad
companies, bearing this one alone
The law provides that whenever q scri
Gus accident occurs within the State to
any passenger or freight train on any
railroad, whether any person be fatally
injured or otherwise, notice thereof shall
be given Immediately by telegraph. Il
practicable. otherwise in writing by the
officers Of the company operating the
railroad on which the accident occurred.
to the railroad commissioners.
After this notification is received the
commissioners if they deem it nect ssary,
will hold an inquest at once over the ac-
cideEt.
Chairman T.. T. Carleton went to Ban.
gor, Monday morning. To be present al
the hearing Of the guide, caldwell Mason
who is accused Of killing moose in close
time in the Shin pond region. This man
is the one who it is alleged killed the
moose ANA sold him to the Brooklyn res.
t"r~2rt kaarer. This latter gentleman
l. =. 9...l :ns inc WI SUBJ into the state
tIe..=-- e.. Tle offence taat Mason Is &C.
cused or is that Of killing the moose as
well as selling il to 80 out Of the State
This may make his punishment a double
one.
"A case has been reported on the
Northeast Carry where man came out
of the woods the other day with spike
horn or calf moose said Commissioner
Carleton, Monday. They here heard Of
the case of last fan where we arrested 4
man for the crime and at once fed lcav.
ing the animal on the landing where it
laid for two days no one daring to re-
move it. Warden Pollard appeared about
this time and dressed the animal but Id
was too far gone To be Of amy good. The
men who shot the animal Were strangers
and they fed 50 quickly after they
learned Of the law ana that they had
killed calf moose. they have not been
heard from since"
The number Of moose that are being
killed. this year are not UP t. previous
seasons US any one who mas followed thu
game record or the past few years can
readily sue. This decrease in tie numb
shot is patent to the fish ana game de-
partmcnt ana they can but come to orc
conclusion. that the moose are decreasing
for there are certainly as many hunters
i'll the woods ana more deer than ever arc
being shot.
II am told by All the camp owners ami
many other people through the state that
the moose are very thick, this Year ana
stories Of their increase reach me- re
marked Mr.. Carleton the other day. ''but
can come to but one conclusion when |
soe the reports Of the small number being
shot"
with this condition existing. it II pos
sblc that the mighty king nf tine Maine
forests may have 4 few years of protcc.
ton after 1ann. for if il becomes apparent
t. the Leading authorities on the game
question that the moose arc becoming
extinct. tho close time fer them u multi
I'm in il sure to follow, 80 many believe.
OF course the National Guard can 10
nothing about il. Int some sort Of a proc
lamation ought 20 ~ issued to tho Lewis
ton people to tell them that T. y. Ioyt
N that city il z hrigadier general and not
Il colonel. ana furthermore that he should
W addressed AZ ''gcncraI' ana mt aa
Mister as was the case over here in Au-
gusta. last week.
The Journal called the attention Of an
other Maine paper to the fact quite 4
while ago ana now it has t. call the AZ
tcu;ion of tho Lewiston people. AZ tha
recent hearing on the Lowell pardon case
held before the Governor ana Council.
Genera! Hoyt was one If the witnesses
| ana hc was present in uniform having
/ come ID the council chamber from the
room where he had been acting az the
! president of the military board Of exam
| nation. One Of the first things that was
/ heard i'll connection with him was the re-
quest for Colonel Hoyt To stand ana be
sworn, even though ne wore the lone star
III a brigadtr general Then little lat
III while he was testfying he wa called
"Mister'' throughout by the counsel The
National Guard ought to rebuke the PEG
biz who are thus forgetful Of its mem
| bers.
The following company, Monday, filed T
certificate Of incorporation:
The Davis Bar Harb0r Blackboard Com
pany organized at Bar Harbor for the
| nuruose OF manufacturing buckJoards
With $4,000 capital stock. Of which 500 is
paid in. The officers are President. ~
| +. Davis Of Ellsworth. Me-. treasurer. y !
approved, oct. II. 1899.
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