The Portland daily press., 1900-12-24

keep horse for their use In order 20 get
them to and from the school,"
Mr.. Moult3n then went on to speak OF
the fact that many OF the Scarboro people
work In Portland and because Of ths dim
Guilty of getting to and from thsir homes
In Soarboro to their work In Portian d
have been forced to movs into the city.
Once after the big iirs when Sosrboro
men were at work rebuilding Portland
the Boston ana Maine ran special
workmen's train to and from the city for
a time but soon this train was taken on
and though some of the people who did
business In Portland continued 10 put
In three hours day OF their time getting
into the city and back home again, one
by one they dropped OH and moved into
Portland and MIR. Moulton said that he
believed hs was the last Of the lot to give
up trying to ilvs In Soarboro and do bus
insss In the city.
"If you are going to let this road 60
through hare said Mr.. Moufton, "you
want to know that 1t will be built and
operated by responsible peopie. You all
know about the Portland railroad and
how II has been managed. IL was the
first corporation in these parts to discover
the fact that 1t paid to give the public
every convenience and to treat them
squarely.' He then went on to show how
by this system OF giving the people their
moneys worth the systems OF the Port
land railroad had made all OF It's branches
pay. How IL had taken the Cape Eliza
beth railroad system and built 1t up and
improved the equipment and the roadbed
and the service and made this road pay
and how 1t had also taken the Saco and
Biddeford street railroad, extended It's
tracks and made that road pay by treat
ing the public well.
Now" continued Mr.. Moulton "there
are two petitions going before the legisla-
ture for a charter to build through Scar
boro. One OF these Is from Mr.. John W.
Deering of Portland and others un-
Known. know MIR. Deering and esteem
him highly. / had as soon see Mr..
Deering get this charter as any one else,
II thought that he meant business and
really wanted to build this road. intended
to build it and could build 1t aud oper
ate it, But from the very condition Of
things this can't be done by MIR. Deer.
ing. The Cape Elizabeth road has the
only right to build to the Scarboro line
on one side and the Saoo road has the
only right to build to the Scarboro line
ON the other and from thu very nature OF
the case It is at once apparent that two
lines cannot be built. DO you think MIR.
Dsering intends or wants TO Get the right
to construct railroad from one side OF
Scarborn to the other? Do you think he
and the men who are with him, whoever
they are, mean business when they ask for
this charter All OF them have some con-
nection with the Boston and Maine rail.
road and are interested in 1t and do they
want to huild this road or Is Ii their pur-
pose to set q back fire and block the build
ing OF the Portland railroad through
Scarboro, aud having obtained the right
TO build hold 1t to prevent the Portland
Railroad from putting through line
from Portland to SacoY 1 was told by a
Ssoo man the other day that Mr. Deer
ing scheme was simply a back fire to
block the Portland railroads plans, The
popular fesling against this movement
on the part OF the Boston and Maine to
chsok the progress OF thi town by pre-
venting the building OF this eleotrlc road
is so unpopular that they do not appear
in It themselves and stand IN and make
their own fight but they let other gentle
men do this fight ing for them.''
Mr.. Moulton went on to say that he
- de- 10 .taka l~o
when they fight these things because
the end they are ths ones to be dirsctly
benefited by them. He said that he
thought the feeling In Scarboro was in
favor OF the Portland railroads s building
this electric road and this statement was
greeted with applause. Frequently dur
ing his brief remarks Mr. Moulton was
interrupted by applause which showed
that his hearers were in sympathy with
ali he said.
: Mr.. Melvin Hunnewen said he favored
the Portland railroads getting this right
to build through Soarhoro ana wanted
to ask MIR. Newman some questions ahout
the matter MIR. Newman answered Mr..
Hunnewell's 8 questions about the plans
for the construction OF the road and told
him where 1t was to be located. MIR.
Hunnewell then made motion that the
representative to the legislature from
Scarboro be instructed to do all in his
power TO securs the granting Of this right
to the Portland railroad and the motion
was carried by q rising vots with every
man present on his feet. The vote was
greeted with enthusiastic applause.
MIR. NJ. E. Moulton then said that he
had probably interviewed more people
about this road than anyone present as
he had been carrying the petition around
to secure signers. He had secured the
signature of everyone living on the road
along which the electric road is TO pass
and he had yet to find a man or a wom-
an who wouldn't sign the petition, he
| said that soarboro needed this read more
than it needed anything else and is en-
TITLED to it. He referred TO the fact that
the town had lost many of It's citizens
| because of tha fact that they did not have