Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-02-18

the drive in any year said (,ommission
shall be of the opinion that the drive is
not being properly made and as expe-
d1tiously as practicable, it shall have the
authority to give such directions AZ i,
may deem best as to the employment of
more men or as to the use of the wafer
for making the drive and NAV direct said
Company to put on men to hasten the
sorting of logs at sorting gaps. as pro
vided in the act establishing such sorting
gaps and said Company shall follow such
| directions as said Commission NAV give
| Said Company shall be under no obli-
! CATION to drive from the head of Chesun-
cook Lake any logs which shall not he
there when the rear of said drive shall
| be started as aforesaid, nor under anv d.
| legation to drive the same season any logs
which shall not be delivered to it before
/ the rear of said drive shall pass the point
| of attempted delivery.
! Section 6. Said West Branch Driving
and Reservoir Dam Company shall receive
Tor driving the logs as aforesaid to the
Penobscot Boom the following prices per
thousand feet board measure:
From the head of Chesuncook Lake one
dollar and one cent.
From the foot of Chesuncook Lake
eighty-four cents
From Sourdnahunc eighty-one cents.
From the head of Ambejijus Lake sixty
one cents
From the foot of Pemadumcook Lake
forty-siX and one-quarter cents.
From North Twin Dam forty-two cents
From Shad Pond thirty-one and one
half cents.
And for logs driven to the sorting
booms of the Great Northern Paper Com
pany, or the Twin Lakes Lumber Com
pany.
From the head of Chesuncook Lake sew
enty-SiX cents.
From the foot of Chesuncook Lake fif-
ty-nine cents.
From Sourdnahunc fifty-nine cents
And from any place to any place within
the limits aforesaid not specified above,
the prices shall be as near as may be in
proportion to the above prices
These prices shall continue in force until
changed by the Legislature.
Section /. All owners of logs and other
lumber which shall be driven by said
Company shall pay three-quarters of the
amount due for driving their respective
logs and lumber at the prices above set
forth as soon as such logs or other lumber
shall arrive at their respective places of
destination. and shall pay the balance of
said amount as soon as such logs or other
lumber shall be scaled after arriving at
their respective places of destina tion but
at all events within three months from
the time when such logs or other lumber
shall pass from the control of said Com
pany. And the number of feet driven
shall be found by using as a basis the
Boom Scale of the Penobscot Boom, OF
what shall be equivalent to such scale.
Section s. The West Branch Driving
given a lien on all logs and lumber which
it shall drive for the driving of theys same
as provided in this Act, which lien shall
have precedence of all other claims eX
cept liens reserved to the State and la
borers liens Such lien shall continue for
six months after the logstor lumber shall
arrive at the place of destination for sale
or manufacture and may be enforced by
Section .. Said Company in any and all
dams which may be owned or controlled
by it may store water for the use of any
mills or machinery which may use West
Branch water, subject to the provision
that after the drive in any year shall az
rive at the PenobScot Boom and until the
beginning of the next drying season, the
flow of water down the West Branch, so
long as there shall be any stored water. ]
shall not be less than two thousand cubic
feet per second, measured above the, mill |
of the Great Northern PAPER Company at |
and subject to the further
provision that on the tenth day of March |
in each year the water shall be drawn |
down so that there shall not be more than
ten feet head on North Twin Dam.
Section 10. Said Company in order to
facilitate the driving of logs and lumber, |
and TO facilitate the storage of water for |
use as aforesaid. may clear out and i'm
prove the navigation of said West Branch |
above it's junction with the East Branch, |
distractions break jams and erect |
booms where the same may lawfully be
done.
Section II. Said Company is hereby |
given the power to rebuild in such manner |
as it may see fit any dams which it may
acquire as aforesaid of the Penobscot |
Log Driving Company, and may raise the
height of the same and may raise the |
dam between North Twin and Millnock- |
ct Lakes to retain the stored water in !,
North Twin Lake, and damages for any |
Howage caused by such increased height |
of any of said dams may be recovered in |
accordance with the provisions of Chap |
ter ninety-two of the Revised Statutes.
SAID Company is hereby given the power |
to build new dams to take the place of |
all or any of the present dams and sucn
new dam dams may be built at such |
a distance from the corresp onding pres |
ent dam that such present dam may serve |
as n Golfer dam, and said Company may i
increase the height of such new dam or
dams. and damages for any fowage |
caused by such increased height of any
such dams may be recovered in accord |
ance with the provisions of Chapter nine |
ty-two of the Revised Statutes.
Section L. Said Company is hereby au |
thorized to erect and maintain dam |
across the West Branch of Penobscot riv |
er in the vicinity of Sourdnahunc Falls, |
and another dam across said West Branch |
in the vicinity of Ambejijus Falls, and |
damages for any flowage caused by such |
dams may be recovered in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter Ninety |
two of the Revised Statutes.
Section 13. Said Company for the pur- |
pose of rebuilding. constructing or main |
tanning dams as authorized in this Act |
is hereby given the right to take and hold
any lands necessary for erecting and
abutting such dam or dams Said Com |
pany shall file in the Registry of Deeds |
Office in the County where any land so
taken may he situated, plans of the loca-
ton of all land so taken in such County, |
and no entry for the purpose of taking
lands shall lie made on any lands owned
by other persons except to make surveys
until the expiration of ten days from the
the Company may file statement of the
damages it is willing to pay to any per-
son for any property so taken, and ii the
amount finally awarded does not exceed