The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02

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room where the COMMITTEES sat waiting
his appearance. What happened in the
room is a matter OF conjecture The door
was fast closed and no sound came to
those who waited outside to learn the fate
OF the councillor. Tie minutes dragged
away and finally the door again oppned
and the Skowhegan mau appeared once
more In the corridor looking after ali
very m uch as Ire did when hc went into
the room. a member Of the COMMITTEES
stated after it was all over that the Coun-
eillcr had made tie amende honorable
Rumors OF duel on tue parnde ground
Of the state muster deld, in which The
Councillor was to meet the members of
the COMMITTEES one after the other are de
elared to te unfounded.
| II was stated today that the introduce
4 tinn OF tho bill TO prevent the scalping
Of mileage tickets may delay action on
the milesge question. 1t is the intention
oil the COMMITTEES to give hearin- on
the ssalping bill on Wednesday of next
week and it IS thought likely that the
mileage bills win not be reported on uu-
| III after that time The scalping bill, by
/ the way, has met opposition on an unex.
pected ground. ii was suggested by the
Maine Central authorities as a retuI n
for proml5e TO write the word wife in
their mileage hooks. 1t prohibits the
sale OF mileage book by any body but
the authorized a7ent of "a railroad com
pany, provision which might be all
right as long as the books are not trans-
| ferable, but the Boston aad Maiue low
issues u book good IN the hands of bearer
aud the question has been asked TO-DAY
what would Happen to man who sold
or leaned one OF these transferable books
| ii the bill lccama law. IL vas stated
fra5 II this wus ths ,Htc of the bill it
was an oversight and is friends would
| see tuat the objection wa removed.
Ihe troubles ot the fiaaklin, SomeT.
set and kenuetec were h.a-I by the rail
road committee tcdag these matters
are come, ted with tHe farrow gauge
reads in process Of construction from
FarInington across c14ntry to the henne-
hec The road In, now been built a.
far us New sharon. EN- butler app ared
a. attorney for the rsa5. In answer to
questions put by air -aeomber MIR. But
Ter said that uiaa aud On bali uiles OF
read hut been Luit az cost Of about
$4,000. MIR. Leorai Atwood who was
the controlling sp.rtt, Is now u minori-
ty stockholdsr. lwu.Ihi ielphia men
have become Interested Il the enterprise.
] he creditors ft the enterprise are
largely poor peQpu living in Franklin
county, ana AIR. butler outlined plan
by which the roaa ,aouli tc required to
meet these claims.
Hon. IL. Nj. Heath appeared for an ex-
tension Of the kennebeo and Franklin
charter Tbs projact was SIT on foot "A
number of years Hgn and survey was
made by lion Pak ker Spotford. lhe
stock is now larsrly owned by Augusta
gentlemen, Hon. a.. o. Viokery. Hon
Geo. E. Macomber, q. ". Jones and
others.
No ono appeared in opposition to the ex-
ten sion OF tie charters
&. W. Joncs, Esq, of Augusta, briefly
explained tao nature Of the charter OF
the Lewist on. Augu, tn ana Camden rail-.
real, saying that 1t WAS an ola charter
and that the people holding it hoped
sometime to be allie To build the roao
across country No one opposed.
The railroad committee acted on the
| following matters;
On act extending the charter of the
B lfast street railway. Voted ought to
pass
On extension of the charter of the
franklin and Konneaeo railroad, voted
ought to pass.
On act to increase the bonded indebted p
ness of this road, ought not To pass.
On Castine ana Ellsworth rold, Col
J. W. Green's heIne, on4ht MT to pass
| On A. X Deyereaux's project, the
\ Castlne Navigation company and the
Castine and Delham railway, voted ought
to grant extension of charter.
On extension of Wisoasset and Quebec
charter, allowing road TO extend to
Pitts field and points beyond, ought to
pass.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Hon. H. NJ Heath and Speaker
Stetson today advocated before the ju-
dietary committee scheme to amend
the charter of the sixty million dollar ice
trust so as to take in the Penobscot river
operators.
Charles H. Bartlett Of Bangor and
Judge Hopkins of Portland before the
committee on judiciary today advocated
the bill to provide for the care Of eeme-
terry lots by the setting aside Of money
| from estates in certain cases under the di-
rection of the judge of probate. Timothy
B. Barrett of Canaan made an argument
IN favor of his ballot law. He called 1t
unique and ingenious voting device.
1t provides for ballot with the names
Of oandida.es attached much like the stub
20 "A check. You tear off your candidate
or his name and vote it Hon. Joseph
Williamson of Belfast argued in favor of
tho ,,Iaoin,, of county law libraries In