Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-19

loiu ais hdirodu. "A number of
wealthy Philadelphia capitalists are be-
hind the plan and are ready to spend
upwards of a million dollars in the
State. The bill was tabled for one
week.
Charles F. Woodward of Bangor. an
peared in support of the bill to repeal
certain provisions of the charter of the
Bangor Street Railway He explained
that in the near future the company
would desire to extend its railway
facross the bridge connecting Bangor
/ and Brewer. Already proceedings have
been begun to take this bridge. The
effect of this bill is to repeal the pro
lvisions of the charter which prevent
the street railway from laying its
tracks to any point nearer than 50
1eet to the approaches of the bridge.
The committee voted ought to pass.
H. E. Hamlin of Ellsworth, appeared
in behalf of the bill increasing the can't
tai stock of the Hancock County Rail-
way Co. from 100000 to $1,0OO,0O0, and
in favor of extending the charter of the
Ellsworth Street Railway Co. for two
years and to build branches into other
towns. Ought to pass was voted on
both of these bills.
The bill to authorize the Wiscasset.
Waterville & Pennington Railroad TO
connect with the Sandy River Railroad
and the Maine Central at Pennington
was tabled, as the interested parties
had come together and agreed upon a
contract. Ought not to pass was re-
ported on the bill to regulate connec-
tons between steam railroads, at the
request of II. M. Heath, the author of
the bill.
Before the committee on ways and
bridges Albert of Madawaska, appeared
in favor of the resolve appropriating
$500 in aid in building a bridge over
Gagnon stream in the town of French
vile. The estimated cost of the bridge
is $1,000.
Representative Page appeared in
favor of the petition for aid to build a
road from the village of Carratunk to
Pleasant pond in Somerset county.
County Commissioner Merrill of SOM
erset, also spoke in support Of the pc
tition. The request is for $780,
The hearing in the Wiscasset bridge
matter has been postponed until
Wednesday, Feb. %. 1t is understood
there is no opposition to the matter.
The committee ON agriculture voted
to report ought to pass on the bill to
grant the Camden Trotting Park AS
ISOLATION a portion of the stipend in
favor of agricultural fairs.
The committee on interior waters
held Snapia1 rnpQfinos 70 hn 3
Grafton of some matters from former
assignments. E. C. Ryder appeared in
favor of an act amending the charter
of the Passadumkeag Log Driving Co.
so as to permit the company to drive
it's logs to the Penobscot boom instead
of stopping at the Passadumkeag
boom, as at present. No opposition APP
peared.
On the act to create the Spectacle
Pond Reservoir Dam Co., the promo
tiers and the opponents of the measure
Joined in requesting the committee to
report ought not to pass, which the
committee did. Ought to pass was
voted on the bill to, amend the charter
of the Passadumkeag Log Driving Co.,
to amend the charter of the Baskahe-
gan Dam Co., and in q new draft on an
act to authorize the erection of piers
and booms in the Mattawamkeag river
at Jenkins cove
The committee on counties considered
the act to set off part of Reed planta-
ton in AroOstook county and annex the
same to Drew plantation in Penobscot
county. This territory formerly be-
lcnged to Drew and was set off by the
Legislature of 1889. Many legal voters
of Reed plantation have signed a re
monstrance against going back to the
old condition. Representative Page OF
Drew plantation advocated the meas
ure, and Hon. Don A. III. Powers APP
Deared for the remonstrants. The COM
mittee reserved it's decision.
The committee on inland fisheries
and game considered the provisions of
the hunters license law, which had
been recommitted by the House. Sew
eral changes are contemplated.
Before the committee on legal af-
fairs a number of the citizens of the
town of Kennebunk spoke in behalf of
the bill to permit a change in the
course of the Mousam river at it's
mouth. 1t is claimed that this change
will make the river navigable and pro-
vide good harbor for small craft.
The only remonstrance was Charles
Parsons, a wealthy New York man who
has a cottage near the river. He APP
peared by counsel, Thos. Leigh of Au-
gusta, and filed a written remonstrance
against the passage of the bill.
The committee was informed that
there would be no opposition to the
bill to allow the town of Kennebunk
to sell electricity for commercial pur-
poses, the bill having been redrawn to
meet the objections of the company
now doing business in part of the
town.
Then came the matter of the Nor
r1dgewock bridge. This bridge, which
is owned by a corporation, was built
after a recent freshet as the result of
action by the towns looking to it's pur-
chase as soon as the necessary legis-
lation could be procured. Now resi-
dents of a part of Arson, all of whom
are heavy taxpayers, oppose the pas
sage of any bill which shall not APP
portion the cost of the bridge on the
basis of the valuation of the towns |