Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-07
IMPORTANT EQUITY CASE
All miiImen Interested IN Ole socr a ..
Heard In Augusta.

big equity case, which is of general
interest to lumbermen and MN on.,,a,.
throughout the State, is To Ia ha,,,., =.
Judge WhitehOuse on the Oath inc, =,
involves the right of millmen to throw
r"Iuse INTO streams and rivers to the al
legged injury of mills and factories he
low them. This will not be- tho firs,
time that this question ha, hann
fought out in the courts.
In this instance the com ~lo,n,nts ,o
the big Waterville cont1. tba Iock
wood Co, AMI IL, .4u4i worth &.
Whitney Co, thei, aIL.u.vs haipr
Hon. Charles Il. ao.nson ,,r ,,atarville
and Leslie c. CORNISH. ESQ Of ,,rusta
There are some 80 q .fu.iIants dojpa.
business on the X ms bee river I'M ~
tributaries. The names G. i,ii,i,.,..l.
and companies are IS follows: c,a,,. #
& Andrews. Bingham; Stephen I;oiru
Embden; The C.oo kertown Iu,,hc..
Co., Crockertown Plantation: q. a..
Bartlett. New Portland: la,cn,. /,
Hewitt. Lexington: y. ". Tno1a2 Oh
K Son. Athens; Il. &. CLARK. ,,..ov
Walton and bradbury Eros. All az
Athens; c. II. All.n. Mercer: John
FrizZell. Morccl: Wiliism l.. Walker
Starks: Southern Manufacturing 90
Brighton P.aitc;itn; W. II. Clark CAR
raturk Tiartaliol; Smith & Ioveiov
lndust 81 joan =. Rackliff. Industry.
ChaIIts a. Gould, Pennington; Sewall
* Wright. Chesterville: Elisha Park
Chesterville: Dearborn Sanborn. VIII
ton George Stinchtield. ChesteryilIa.
Luther Curtis, Pennington: Charles II
Waston & CO.. Pennington: Gordon
Bros, Livermore; Fred Prince. New
Sharon; William CroswelI and Nath-
aniel Harding, both of New Sharon:
Mason x Harris, Oakman a. Moody
and Frank G. Penney. all of Canaan:
). a. Nye & Co. Fairfield: Rodol-
plus BoOthby. Athens; c. r. Hodg-
kins & Co. Temple: Frank l.. Wilder.
Farmington Rogers Bros, Flag
staff Plantation; Eben S. Miller. Nor
ridsewock; Hackett Bros. New Vine
yard: Winfield 5. Dodge, Salem:
David Butler New Portland: Carl
Lewis, Freeman.
An able group Of attorneys will look
after the interests of these defendants.
1t includes j. +. Holman, +. f. Rich
Il l.
ington. Frank a. North. Boston; Dan
forth 4 Gould. \. X. Butler. Forest
Goodwin and Walton & Walton. all Of
Frank L. Ames. South
Norridgewock. 1t is said that the
services Of Hon. Orville ID. Baker will
De enlisted on one side Of the defence.
The complaint is that all the defend
ants have operated their mills for
several years past. having during this
time cast into the streams and rivers
on which their mills are located, refuse
edgcings. shavings, debris,
wood refuse, long Sawdust. and com
mon saWduSt. and that large quaint
ties Of the same are carried into the
kennebec river to the mill ponds.
dams. racks, wheels and race ways Of
the compliments, filling and clogginG
the same. thereby stopping their water
wheels and retarding and preventing
the running of their respective manu-
featuring plants.
Ii is further asserted that the COM
plainants have been obliged to shut
down their mills and factories on this
account. having lost to a large extent
the benefit. advantage ana profit to
be derived from their operation. They
claim that they have been obliged to
sxpend large sums of money in remov-
ing the debris from their works: that
they have suffered great damage: that
the debris has become a nuisance.
The complainants ask that the
defendants be restrained by injunction
from making such use of the waters
IF the streams and rivers on which
heir mills and factories are located.
The Lockwood Co, represents that
t has about $4,000. 900 in capital invest
"a, that employs more than 1000 per
1920 each secular day. that its manu-
'actured product amounts to about
Il 300, 000 per annum.
The HollingswOrth & Whitney CO.. |
says that it has invested about 4
million and a half Of collars in dams |
Mills machinery and otherwise |
.quipping its plant that it employs |
more than 500 hands with pay roll |
# more than $500 each secular day.
1t is stated that the kennebec river |
furnishes power for both Of these |
,lants. and its waters flow through |
he compliments racks into their |
Wheel pits.