Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-01
STATE HOUSE.
Commissioner Carr Talks on
lncendiaries.
New Fish Way To Be Constructed at
Rowland.
Town of Pownai Wants Gates at Grade
Crossing.

| insurance Commissioner Carr divides
| lhcendlarlSm into three classes Firs
are thoSe VINO fire buildings for gain
second are those who do so out of i;
spirit OF revenge and third, those who
start llres out of pure cussedness-jus
Tor the sake of seeing something burn
OF these, says the commissioner, Tho
ilrst are by far the most difficult t.
eaten. AS Il rule they are the oWners
of the property and it is difficult tc
make a man admit setting fire to his
own buildings or property. In cases OF
this Kind it is necessary to judge by
the circumstances surrounding the fire:
the amount of the insurance, value OF
place or stock, as the case may be-
now and where the fire started and d
hundred and one similar things have to
be taken into consideration before it is
| possible to ascertain if the person
actually set fire to their own place. AS
a rule this is very difficult to do.
1t is more easy to get hold of the
chap who starts fire that he may be
| reVengcd for some real or fancied in
| jury. lie has usually made some
1 threats, or talk which will give q clue.
IN a case of this kind there il, some
/ thing to go to work upon, which makes
it much more easy to hunt out the one
T! guilty of the crime Occasionally
! there is one of these cases which is
! difficult. The chap who sets fires for
= the sake of seeing the fire apparatus
, turn out or of seeing the fire is difficult
! to get at, Yet he usually leaves some
| trace behind, so that he can BE round
! ed up by dligent work
a case which came to the attention
| of the commissioner some time ago
| was one where q set of farm buildings
| were destroyed. The selectmen of
the town in which the fire occurred
! wired to him that he owner was seen
| to drive away from the buildings dur
ing the blaze. He Went over and made
On examination then visited the own
| CT. fH
TO the owneEs he stated his business
and was astonished to receive this
| answer: =,
Il set fire to the building. what are
you gong to do about it?'
/ The man then went on to explain
that he secured, the property upon a
| mortgage and that it stood him some
| where in the neShborhoOd of $3.50
4 Land that there was an insurance of
sSonly 500 ON The property. On the day
4 The, fire started he and his wife visited
AtIe .llaee which was unoccupied, for
3yfh SpuErbse of measuring u NOW OF
haEs4wltich he was going to sell. He
MAS arp on the NOW and jumped down.
strfking the floor he struck Il parior
match. Which ignited and started fire to
the chaf and to the hay NOV. 1t was
| with the greatest difficulty that he sue
ccet.ed ia getting his wife out of the
! burning building alive. AS ne was Il
| loser by many hundred dollars it was
! clear that the fire was not an inten-
tional ono and the investigation ceased
| there.
| A new lishway is to be constructed
on the Penobscot river at the How
| land dam The work will be under
| the supervision OF Warden Frank Per-
kins Of bradley, and will begin in
| about a week. This way is much
needed and it is believed will prove
| very beneficial to the fishing on the
river.
! Warden Perkins says that there is an
! alundant of salmon in the river above
the Bangor dam, all the way to How
land, this year.
4 petition has been received by the
| railroad commissioners from the select
mon OF FoWnal, requesting that the
| Grand Trunk Railway be compelled to
erect and maintain gates at the grade
crossing in West Pownal. No hearing
| has been ordered, as yet.
| On Monday State Librarian Carver
received some splendid water colors Of
birds and flowers. done by Japanese
artist. They are to be used in
connection with the library on Japan,
which he is arranging.
| The August meeting of the EXecu-
| tive Council was a very shore one, last
| mig but little over an hour. No mat
tiers of great Importance came up for
transaction. The usual number of ac-
counts were presented and passed, and
the Governor authorized to draw his
warrant for the same. The matter of
the pardon of Charles Moore, now
| sarving a 25-year sentence for burglary
in the state prison at Thomaston,
which was laid on the table until the
| August n1eetln@. at tne HieeliiS Heii
earlier in the month, was tabled until
the next meeting.
The matter of one Thibedeau. living
in Moose River Plantation on the Ca
madam road. who made Il request on
the State for compensation for time
lost while quarantined during the
smallpox scare last year. was taken up
and Councillor Walton stated that the
treasurer of the plantation had PAID
the money and that the State couic
now settle with the plantation. inc
matter vas arranged in that manner
These new corporations have 1leo
certificates with the Secretary OF state
Redstone Granite Company, organ
lied at Portland, for the purpose ol
operating quarries of all KINGS
with sloo. 900 capital stock OF Whlct
nothing is paid in. The oineefS
are: President John P. Murphy o.
Portland: treasurer Arthur w. Hail o.
Portland.
James Tucker & Sons Company or
ranized at Portland, for the purpose %