The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-08-20
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pfeme court which went INTO feet the
first Of last February, AID which was
intended 20 stop as far as possible he
defllemsnr OF the Kennebec river by mil
refuse WAS 50 vide reaching in It's tefms
that there hss naturally been much
interest felt % know what its results
have been.
In a recent Interview with supt v.
II. K. Abbott OF he Lockwood mill Of
thi- city that gentleman gave The Mail
concise account u The history of this
movement aud II what LAS been accom-
plished by it.
Mr.. Abbott began by reading the fact
that In 1884 a perpetual Injunction @as
granted against the saw mills at Fais-
field ard hawmaf, prohibiting tbe
throwing Of mill waste into the Keune
bee, aud 10 1sol a similar Injunction vas
issued against Weston & Bfansrd Of
ko" hogan
The more recent action Mr. abbott
summed up by saying that ia 1900 the
Lockwood Company VI natervllle aud
the Hollingsworth Il Whitney Co. Of
y inslow began collecting evidence
against the saw mil owners who were
throwing mill waste into the Kennebec
river and its tributaries and in the fail
of 1901 a hearing was held at Angus a
before Judge ~. p. Whitehouse in d
suit IN equity against the different
parties, and the following saw mil
owners were peTpetually enjoinfd aud
restrained from casting into or deposit
ing IN the Kennebec river or its trbuta-
rles, or in any waters tributary thereto,
above the dams and manufactures of
the complainants situated in Waterville,
in the County of Kennebec, any refuse
materials, edgings, shayings, debris,
wood refuse, long saw.dnst or common
saw dust arising or resulting from the
manufacture of lumber in its various
forms; this injunction 10 axe effect
February LIST, 1908
William Bracket and William E.
Andrews, Bingham; A. NJ. Thompson
and Il. E. Thompson, Athens; Leroy
Walton, ornyille; William D. bradbury
and Sheldon Fl. Bradbury, Skowhegan !;
Charles H. Allen, Mercer; John \.
Frizzell, Mercer; Southland Mfg CO.,
Brighton; E. l.. smith and G F. Love
joy, Industry; John P. Rackliffe, Indus
try; Charles A. Could, Pennington:
William 5. Sewell and Isaiah Wright,
Chesterville; Dearborn Sanborn, " ilton !;
George q. Stinchfeld, Pennington !;
Luther Curtis, Pennington; Charles
Il. Watson, Pennington; Fred Prince,
New sharon; William Crosswell, New
Sharon; Nathaniel Harding, New Shar-
on; Frank l.. Wilder, Pennington; c. T.
Hodgkins, Temple; Winfield S. Dodge,
Salem; Carl Lewis, Kingfield; Leonard
j. Hackett, New Vineyard; Frank Cor
don, and Charge Gordon, Liyermore !;
David NJ. Butler, New Portland; Alpheus
Mason and Richard II. Harris, { anaan !;
Oakman A. Moody, Canaan; Frank G..
Penney, Canaan; stephen A. Nye, Fair
field; Frank B. Purinton, Fairfield !;
George S. Kicker, Clinton; Rudolphus
II. Boothby, Athens; Eben S, Miller,
Norridgewock; Mark Emery, North
Anson; G. A. Porter, North Arson;
Wallace Emery, North Anson; Charles
w. French, Kngfield; Jenkins Bogart
Mfg. Co., Kingfield; Carrabasset Lum Der
Co, Jerusalem Plantation; A ". star
bird, New Portland; Hiram A. Plummer,
New Portland; j. F. Libby, Fairfield !;
Alden B. Hoxie, Fairfield; John Fl. Dane,
SkOwhegan; Mark Hobart, Madison;
Charles II Lancaster, Canaan; Charles
w. Smell, Starks; Eli Oliver, Industry;
Chesley Pinkham, Industry.
In addition to the Injunction operating
against the saw mills, the International
Paper Co, Scion; Skowhegan Pulp Co q,
-kowhegan; and the Bowdoin Paper Co,
kowhegan, were perpetually enjoined
and restrained from casting into or de-
posting in the Kenuebec river or it's
tr butaries or in any waters tributary
thereto, above the dams and manufac-
tories of the compianants situated in
Waterville, any refuse materials, edgings
shavings, debris, common saw dust or
wood refuse, including screenings of all
kinds, arasng or resulting from the
manufacture of pulp from wood, logs or
lumber; and this injunction took effect
the same as the other, February LIST, 1908
The Great Northern Paper Co., Madi
son, and the Somerset & Kennebec Co g,
Fairfield, through their officers agreea
| by letter and by counsel with the court,
that they would follow the terms of the
injunction in the same manner as if the
decree operated against them The Hol-
| lingsworth & Whitney Co, also signed
a consent decree, that they would be
bound by the same terms as the her
| pulp mills against whom the injunction
issued.
In May and in June of this year, Mr.,
Abbott said the Lockwood Company
and Hollingsworth & hitney Co., sent
parties to visit the differe MT mills to OBJ
serve if they were obeying the order of
the court. They discovered that mills
that we're running were trying their est
to keep the refuse from the river by the
use of carriers and blowers; and a num-
Der of mills were pot in operation, and
there WIS no evidence of their pfepar-
ing to take care of the waste.
The Lockwood Company and Hol-
! lingsworth & Whitney Co., are now
relieved of any direct responsibility for
the observance of the Injunction. and
! in case of any ipfraction of the terms of
the decree on the part of any of the
PENDANTS, the offending parties must
! be dealt with by the court. Notwith-
standing, that they are relieved from
this responsibility, it is'their purpose to
make Investigations from time to time,
and observe if the parties are or are not
carrying out the instructions of the
court; and the attention of the court
will be called to the parties that are
not obeying the instructions, and also
whether the new mills. if any, that are
being erected are preparing to take care
of the waste.
Mr.. Abbott was asked in reference Ia
the direct effect of stopping the throw
ing of this waste into the river and he
gave some interesting information upon
that point. He said