Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-08

| unite to support Il free n,,t,;, "a,
and thus get the Eelp of tha &C.,
when neither of the TOWNS aIo,,o '.,,,
| maintain Sucn an institution rho s,.
mittce Will report favorablv on ha,h
| bills.
The committee on interior. v.ators
hHald ny matters. Thursday after
noon none ifciils the objects Of sor;ous
conHidcfatloiE 1t was voted +, 80.
ought To pass on these fou.: h;,Is,.
Granting Alexis Moncanet tho rt..,,t 70
erect pies and booms in tho - ,rot,n
river at Grand ls.c: resolve - s,ro =,
aid o. navigation in Sebnc INK. ~ -
ln1oiporAl'nsl Inc Matagamon Manu-
factutihs' 'oi.;. and act incorporating
&c Ni'''1!i'' DUCK manufacturing Co.
| The newspaper repreeapt,t;o
the Capitol, Commonly Knew ID ~
HOOK" VI flt Press gang" were en-
teitaiAed Il. dinner, last evening. bv
the Turns ran TAR famed for its ho.ni-
tallty. me genial hosts, Messrs. T. @
Timberlakc and c. A. Oak S.na,or
Hodsdoh. Murchie and Noble ana Pom
reSentatiye Fellows. LEFT no,hina m
| done that would refresh an. .ntar,.ir
| their guests, and il was an oco.si,,, 10
be remembered with much nle,e,,. ~,
| the pencil pushers.
~ 'dAi''oil committee had sever. ;
hearings. last evening. NICOTINE IN ,ba
| Senate chamber to accon,,oIo. ~
large number who We're nr.eant ,rho
llrst matter was the telegram and toIe-
phone tax bill left over from last week
rms imposes q tax on the gross ~
| 'eiPtS' th' Fate being Il sliding scale
Win ii az per cent. limit Assistant
hahaSer bedIoW of Boston, represent
ing the western Union. spoke on tha
"ho!e faNofably to the bill He held
that ms company has hitherto paid
more than its fair share. ana honad a.
a measure that would euualizc m. h,,~-
den Hiram Kicker of Poland SnrippS
also spoke on behalf of the Western
Union. The Postal Company made no
appeafahce AZ the hearing. Represen-
tatiVe Bird, representing the Eastern
ieiephohe. spoke FOR the proposed law
II would satisfy his company and he
regarded IL as Il falr measure Clarence
Hale of Portland. counsel for the New
England Telephone Company. proposed
Il substitute bill which abolished TIA
sliding scale Of the rate and taxed an
companies per cent. on their gross re-
ceipts. Lewis \. Cloudy of Portland.
for the Dirgo Telephone COMPANY.
made bright speech but was inclined
to make in too long when a member Of
the committee suggested that he was
talking too little about the tax and too
much about quarrels with rival com
panies. He rather favored Mr. Hale's
substitute bill and felt that the Drigo
Company's present tax is eXorbitant.
The second hearing was on the col
lateral inheritance tax bill which makes
the rate per cent. with no exemption.
The present tax is ~. per cent. with
$500 exemption and it brings the State
$780, to $4,000 each year. II. NJ.
Heath suggested that per cent. would
be such a high rate that more pains
would be taken to ESCAPE it. and there
the State might get less than il now
gets at lower rate. Several other
lawyers agreed with this point. though
there was no protr&ctcd speeches on
the bill.
The third matter before the commit
tee was the proposed franchise tax on
sleeping and parlor ears. Joseph +.
Moore OF Thomaston and 3. \. john
son Of Boston. for 10 years the New
England counsel of the Pullman Com
pany, were the speakers, the latter %
cupying most of the time. 81. John-
son said the Pullman Company was not
pleading poverty but nevertheless felt
that the proposed tax is not a fair one.
The company is already fully taxed in
Illinois where its headquarters are To-
Gated. In Maine as there are no large
centers and the population is sparse.
its business is small. and only prof.
table on the main line. Its service on
the branch lines is for accommodation
and in the hope of increased business
in the future. Last year only Il cars
We're used in Maine and the business OF
the company gave only per cent.
profit without and deduction beng
made for the depreciation of the cars.
The hearing continued until III clock
and all three matters We're tabled ny
the committee for action later.
The Penobscot delegation has decided
to report favorably on the matter OF the
purchase of the Bangor and brewer
bridge. half the cost being PAID by the
cities and half by the county ms
will make it a free bridge.
Representatives. of the hshinS ihter
asts Of Moosehead lake had Il confer
ence with the first and game commas
sioners, yesterday, the result OF when
is that the commission has decided TO
establish a fish hatchery at the lake.
rts capacity will be the largest IN the
state. The bill now pending to author
i've a local commission to place puoES
in the lake will be withdrawn.
The following nominations Dy HoN
a,nor Hill were made public yestef-
day
Coroner-Seth Patterson. WlscaSset'
Agent to Prevent Cruelty-Dudley a.
Carlton. BrOoklin.
Notaries Public-Moses A. SaHoro'
Kitterv: NJ. r. Crawford. Camden Eu-
gene Merrill, Portland.
justices of the Peace and quorum
William II. CULVER. Portland; C. wal
lace Harmon, Old orchard; ;. u.
Spooner. Princeton: F. Q. Hussey. Vas
salhoro. Orrin McFadden. Dresden
David A Moore. Cary Pl.; p. q. In