Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-22
ness developments regardless of local

ness developments regardless of loca
prejudices.
Everything has been faithfully don,
to carry out and conform with tn,
originally laid out line. For eigh
years of business depression he haf
undergone severe strain. Friend,
had rallied to his financial assistanc.
and they look to him now for results
Aroostook in a broad sense has bene.
fitted. 1t is a broad business PROPOSE.
ton to go to the place where business
is.
There are now on the line of the r. &
A. no less than 20 mills which would
not otherwise have come into exist
ence. The immense Millinocket mill is
eXemplification of this fact. Eventual
~, the county will find market for
every stick of waste spruce on the line.
The original intention was a line to
Houlton with a spur to Ashland.
where 80 timber townships were
reached and made it. for the first time.
possible to prevent driving logs
through the st. John to be manufact-
ured in Canada and re-shipped to the
United States
The original line was the longest ever
projected in New England and was Ito
miles in length. Caribou. Pressure Isle
and Fort Fairfield then demanded ex.
tensions. They were granted, making
a line 2l1 miles long. Then the ST
John river charter was extended to
Van Buren,. Necessarily to preserve
rights the survey was made quickly in
the winter of 1892. Instead of 40 miles
of rail TO start with it then extended
80 miles. In '92 the road couldn't get
further than HoultOn. Now Caribou
has been reached. Then developed the
end that the b. & A. to save their
rights must hustle on to Van Buren,
Investigations have developed the
business proposition now before this
board
CARL KING, ESQ.
Carl King, Esq, of Caribou. leader in
the opposition To the new route. SAID
that under the original proposition the
+. n y. filed their location of the Van
Buren, line in ~ and the county voted
money to aid the road under that act
and after the filing OF the location. Sub
sequent legislation followed in 80 and
more money was voted. Last winter a
move was made for charter by another
company for the 3. x y. had not kept
faith with the people Of ArOOstoOk. They
were assured last winter thar the e. x a .
would locate the line as near the old line
as possible. Nothing has been done to
improve or re-surVey the original line. 1t
is said that Caribou is seltiShly protecting
her own rights. That is in measure
true. He stood on the broad grounds Of
the county's money rights and for its
protection
They were willing to pay $4,000 a mile
for the % miles Of original route. Carl
bou pays one-twelfth of the county tax
and is interested one-twelfth in her
finances. He did not object to any road
route that honestly intends to reach Van
Buren,. but to any other Interior object he
strenuously objected and will object. The
maximum sum the +, 4, a. can get in
subsidy is Sll5,000. Caribou is interested
So, 600 worth. This in his opinion was no
fair attempt to reach Van Buren, by the
shortest route.
Hugh Chaplin then asked Mr.. King if
as they We're interested solely on financial
grounds and that the road could cost S1i-
600 more by the new route which at per
cent would be $3.50 yearly he didn't think
that Caribou's one-tWelfth assumption of
that burden was not too hard to bear and
Mr.. King said that there were other con-
was greater since the B. & a. was built.
Chairman Peaks at this point called
Mr.. Kings attention to the statute of 1893
giving railroad companies power to
change their routes if deemed eXpedient.
DIR. f. A. HANSON.
1t was New Swedens inning and DR..
F. \. Hanson, a verltable giant in size