Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-11

IN conversation With the journal sat
urGay. Governor Hill said that the OBJ
ic' ,ion raised by Air. Lowell was thf
| only on" known To him. The steam
! railroads have mad" no opposition Ia
| granting III" charter. The only object
in opposing the charter is To induce the
new road to run its cars over tn
tracks of the Dover road. which the
Governor does not want to 40.
II shall build the whole road or none
at al" said Governor Hill. Il do not
prornse To run from the Eliot bridge
over rails owned by another party and
If | cannot build the whole line from
Franklin square in Dover u YORK
| Beach | shall not build any part Of ii.
| shall when the time arrives ask the
people If Dover to give me a fair and
| impartial hearing in regard to this pro-
posed road and think that can con
! vince them that it will be of great ben
. eft "a the city to allow me the privilege
! Of putting in this road.
MIR. Lowell has presented a petition
/ to tine city government of Dover for a
| location in opposition to the one want
,d nv me. and | hope to he able to Sc
cure d chance to be heard in regard To
| the matter. as il is a subject of much
| interest to the business people Of that
| city. | have purchased a ma ajority OF
| the stock of the Eliot Bridge CO. and
now control the same. II is the key to
the whole situation. No other company
J can run a road over this bridge.
II also have a charter To run the road
! through this state. which is another
! n f.l of my l.
lowed to build the road from the Eliot
! bridge to Dover. | do not believe that
! any one man has Il right to say that he
viii build all the roads that are to be
built in a city. ! think it should be
! left with the people for them to say
something about a matter OF 50 much
| importance to them.
| II am in hopes Of giving the people
Of Dover and Eliot an electric railway
| and | have already made a contract
with parties TO furnish poles and ties
fnr the same ana they are being cut at
the present time. I have also contract
| ed with Hon. Geo. f.. Macomber to fur
| niSh the iron and wires for the pro-
posed road: all of which goes to estab-
lish the fact that the road will be built
| if | am permitted to run into Dover,
ana there does not appear to be any
real reason why | should not be grant
| ed that privilege.
Il am particularly interested in the
| construction of this road. for the rea-
! son that il is to run through my native
town of Eliot. and will not fail to
prove advanta seous TO its people York
Beach is fast becoming a famous sum
mer resort and our people in Eliot by
means Of this road may often visit the
seaShore and be much benefited there
by. If This road is built it means that
the Eliot bridge Will be a permanent
thing and will be kept in repair con
stantlv. but should no road be built
and the ice should come down the
river and the bridge be carried away.
the chances are rather against its be
ing rebuilt But if an electric road is
cor structed on the bridge and it Is car
ried way it will have to be rebuilt and
in this way the people will derive ben
eft from the road.
IF permitted to build" concluded the
Governor. Il will build a road that will
take the people Of Dover 10 York Beach
at least Il minutes. quio 'ler than they
can now go there by way of Ports