Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-07

l.. =. Cloudy or Portland. general
manager and president of the Dirigo
Telegraph 60, appeared before the
board Of assessors asking for an abate-
ne nj of the tax for the year 1900 which
the county considers excessive. Last
year the telephone taxes We're assessed
On the property of the company. while
tnis year it is On the earnings within
TIE State by the new law
Charles \. Hight of Portland. ap-
oealcd before the board as counsel for
the Grand Trunk Railroad Co. asking
foV an abatement of the tax levied on
the company for this year. Mr.. Hight
attached no suspicion of blame on the
board but claimed that the fault was
With the company or its employees in
making incorreGt, returns to the board
DR.. 4. G.. Young, secretary of the
State Board OF Health. has returned
from his trip into northern Maine
where he was called by the dangerous
outbreak CT smallpox on the New
Brunswick border. As has been stated
in the Journal DR.. Young was at Lit
Teton. Monticello and Houlton early
last week found a dangerous condition
Of affairs and returned. arriving in Au-
gusta. Thursday forenoon. In the af-
ternoon Of that day DR.. Young had a
long conference with the attorney gen
eral at Portland relative to the pow
ers which the law would give him in
guarding against a spread of infection
on account of a campmeeting just
opened in the town of Blaine. which
il always attended by large numbers
II people from the districts at present
infected; in fact they make more than
ohe-half Of the gathering.
DIR. Young a gain left Augusta. Fri
day noon. In an interview with q Jour
nal reporter. yesterday. he said:
81 took the train from Augusta and
arrived at the Mars Hill station in the
evening. having seen representatives
of the HoultOn board and the Monticel-
lo board on my way up. That evening
| arranged for a meeting early the next
morning. Saturday. Aug. 8. with the
local board of health of Blaine and of
Mars Hill. After the meeting | drove
! from Mars Hill to the campmeeting
ground and then to Blaine to see mem
! Ders of that local board and then to
Monticello. From Monticello l took the
| train to Houlton.
Some Of the people UP country wish
ed me to wire to President Cram Of
the board. asking him to call off the
| excursion train. which was TO run to
| the campmeeting ground. Sunday. On
nv way down | found that the system
| Of guarding the roads was so complete
| that there was no. danger of persons
| from across the line coming aboard
the train. TIE only question was
| Whether the c. z. road might not bring
! excursionists from Woodstock and the
! that they could get aboard the train.
! | was. however. assured by the station
agent that absolutely no trains would
run into Hculton after the 10 p. NJ.
! Saturday train.
| That same evening. Aug. ;, I re-
turned TO Blaine and Mars Hill station
by rail In the morning after seeing
! members of the Blaine and Mars Hill
| boards OF health l went to the camp
meeting ground. From there about
noon | drove to Baird's Mills over the
boundary on the Bridgewater line for
the purpose of seeing G. O. Collins, that
former game warden who was shot In
the woods a few years ago. He is a
member of the Bridgewater board.
hired him to go to the campmeeting
ground. Monday. and to remain there
until the close of the meeting to act as
suecial detective. His duty would be
to watch the possible appearance OF
any person from New Brunswick, and
if he found such a person to advise
hin, Ia return across the line and IN
case Of refusal to take him in charge
or 10 hustle him over The line.
"Returning to the campmeeting,
Monday. | found that of various per-
sons who had been watching for the
rossible appearance of persons from
the New Brunswick line, not one had
been seen that day. That fact I think
very GOOD evidence of the efficiency oil
tna system of control of the trave
fran the New Brunswick towns.
AS DIR. Hill of Monticello. and the
Monticello board wished to see me
.rain about some matters went dowr
to Monticello, Sunday evening, on the
excursion train. and remained there
over night. reached HoultOn, Monda!
morning. and arrived home, Tuesda,
forenoon.
while up that way on this last visi
1 learned that there is one case
p smallpox one mile from the Montieell
, line: one case three-quarters of mil
from the lire: and at Baird's Mills
= which is on the line between Bridge
water and New Brunswick, there