The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-01

by n vote Of the people. The new prioge
Is to span the Kenduskeag. that quiet
stream which iows through the centre
of the town and softly laps sgainst the
foundations Of tho ancient Norombeea
hall, and the post Office, both OF which
stand knee-deep In the water because
the Bangor people could not decide on
which bank of the iimpid Kenduskeag
they should be erected. In front Of the
post Office Is a bridge, but IL is q mile
! from the mouth of the ksnduskeag,
get from one side of the stream to the
other carriages and teams have to make
long detour. Foot passengers are
permitted to cross on the path by the
tracks on the Maine Central bridge. IL
will cost s75, 600 to erect the bridge. At
the hearing on the matter this afternoon,
Messrs. Beal and Bass appeared and their
interohsngipg of views was sufficiently
animated to interest the spectators. Al
one point In the proceedings, the gentle
men differed as to provision OF the law
applicable to the case. MIR. Bass stoutly
maintained his view. ON bet you It's
so" he exclaimed.
Mr.. Beal's eyes reflected the twinkle
of the diamoned In his shirt front as
he met the bluff. "How much win you
betY'' he asked. ANY amount you
name," retorted Mr., Bass as he went the
doughty mayor one better. All this talk
took place before the committee on In
l Anr hn Al.
t.rnoon. heard several other matters.
including the petiti,n Of the How
land Pulp and Paper company.
THE ACADEMY QUESTION.
The committee on education beard
good deal about academies today. Hear.
ings were assigned for various academies
the Institutions they represented should
receive annual appropriations. George r
Hill and Ira W. Davis of Corinth ap-
peared for the East Corinth academy;
Judge g. q. Chase for Blue Hill
academy, c. L. Andrews for Monmouth
, academy, e. A. Reed and j. u. Murphy
for Lee normal academy, Il. c. Ryder for
Springfield academy and DR.. ]. W. Dear
bon for Parsonsfeld academy.
Hon. A. NJ. Spear OF Gardiner who ap-
peared in behalf Or Monmouth academy
made some remarks In reference to the
general question of the propriety OF ex-
| tending state aid to the academies. Mr..
Spear referred TO them as the bridge over
which many poor boy has made hts way
to success. They filled q place which no
other kind of schools can FILL They
graduated men who had won sue cess In
all the walks Of life.
After the hearing MIR. Spear, in the
correspondent, said that now as In
previous years he was willing to 20 on
record as the friend Of the academies. MIR.
Spear carried the war into the enemy S
camp. "The free high school system, !"
he said, ''is "a mongrel system in many
cases. Under IL towns have established
schools which ara high schools only in the
sense that they draw the state aid. In
other cases, the attempt TO establish
high schools has led to pickering and
jealousy In the towns over the question of
location. The old academy gave an
education which fitted man for the
duties of life The new high schools do
not lit man for anything In particular.
When the high schools were first estab-
lished, said MIR. Spear. severe blow was
dealt at the academies Now since the
state has been extending its aid. these old
time schools Of sterling worth have been
again doing valuable work and am In
favor of the continuance of the present
policy"
The committee on education has not yet
acted on any of the academy appropria-
tions. nor have they voted on Judge Nc
Fadden's proposition to submit an
amendment TO the people making appro-
priations for these Institutions unoon-
stitutional. The committee will meet at
eight o'clock Friday morning for an ex-
ecutive session.
AMONG THE COMMITTEES.
The judiciary committee today voted TO
report favorably on the bill allowing the
Skowhegan Electric Light company TO
increase its capital stock to 500. 600.
1t was voted TO recommend that leave to
withdraw be granted the petitioners for
| the employment of stenographers in
grand jury rooms. The committee will
report in a new draft the bill defining
In what places the wearing OF spiked
shoes shall be prohibited. This is the
| measure presented by Mr.. Macfarlane
to prevent the wearing of logging boots
In hotels, public buildings and railroad
trains when the spikes mark the progress
ever the wearers of the boots over hard
wood floors and BRUSSELS carpets. The
committee will report ought not TO pass
ON the bill requiring highways to be
closed and be cleared of bushes for Il
width of 40 feet
PORTLAND VISITORS.
Charles A. True, ESQ, Andrew Halves,