Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-21

l. IN, IN ;,corporate 1.-The Monterey As
.nciation" did not give any information
to the citizens of lncoihv VIII, =, "a Mortn
nnrt ms to what this bill was. ahd not un
| IN ,fter il was introduced INTO tins body
aid it appear what the Monterey Assn-
ciItion meant to convey. tience you VIII
500 ar once. that the word monterey
~, n,,h,ishrd in the newspaper. c;tIIe TO
th,s neople in NOrthpOrt ana Lincoln
vile conveying no idea, INA II Is not
strange that they did not KNOW what II
meant-While, III FACT, IL docS iiltln Il
great deal to them.
The towns Of Lncolnville ana Nortaport
are situated about eight mil. s from Bel
fast and there is Il place called pitcher $
Pond that has been built up on the shore,
of III. pond of that name by the citizens
of Belfast as Il place for summer resi-
denceS.
Now. this is Il private corporation,
f,thcred by three men not living in tha t
citv hut I'm Camden; ana they proposc Ia
come in with that drastic bill as Il private
corporation to take the property Of the
citizens at NOrthport and I.inColnvil,c
and appropriate it By eminent domain
You will see in Section For perform
ing the acts necessary Tor carrying ont
| the aforesaid purposes but not for pole
lines. said cOrpOr., ton, It's Successors or
assigns, shall have the power to take
and hold, as for public uses, real estate
water rights and interests therein; but
not the right to take, except by rurchas"
any existing mill or to deprive the sam.
of water. 1t muN cntr.' upon lands Ia
max" surveys and locations. and shall III,
in the registry OF deeds FOR Waldo cotIl-
" plans, etc. In other words they pro-
pose in this case To tax" the privitt,
property of these individuals down Their.
as by eminent domain. as much as IL raii
road would. taking il for public uses
Then they claim that SAID corporation
shall not raise the waters o. said knigh;
ana Pitcher ponds TO greater height
than il is now raised by the Pitcher Dam
so called But Pitcher Pond has III.
ri,ph N lilo h., I.,- l,,,
than what the Dam is as now built
Should they flow it up to where they have
| the right to. then the hundreds OF sum
m.r cottages would be overlooked there
and be lined for their purpose.
| dare say it is IL small place dow
there. but there is no one in those towns
asking for it-no one knew anything abnu,
| it but tie three men. non residents from
| outside the town. who undertake to. com.
into Northport and Lincolnville and tax.
| hN the right OF eminent domain iii" prop
| crty OF those individuals | have referred
| to Tor private uses. Therefore | say il
| is wrong. and move that the bill be in
definitely postponed.
| The question being put. the motion pre-
| vailed; and the bill was indefinitely post
ponCd. The same senator thcreupon mov-
ed to reconsider The vote whereby the bill
WAS indefinitely postponed. The motion
On motion by Mr. Pierce of Aroostook.
! House document slI. bill An Act TO
| amend Section - of Chapter Of the Re
ViStd Statutes relating TO the better ar
| rdngement OF shelves in the polling
places. was taken IRON IN" table. On
! further motion by the same senator the
bill was Indefinitely postponed.
ON motion by Mr.. Shaw OF S;.gadahoc.
| House document li6 AN Act TO amend
Section y of Chapter j. OF the Revised
Statutes relating TO search, Was taken
from the table. On iurtfer motion by III.
| same senator the bill took It's several
readings. under suspension OF the rules.
Il n tn il.. or,
ON motion nv Ajr Stynies of I,uox
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he inantinit,j,- noStno,.d "
AJr SrApi rs. I'nor that n,otion |
senator will look ST this hin 40, in (,
vor Nr pres,dent Ind r,,nr INV. h.n,
of good ro;,ds and in favor of :nyt1inn
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| benefit we lrt To- derive from This hill il
Won will fake HE ,lips tn ra,d itS various
sections. In the first place il is "A hill
c,llinu for .,hout S,nOO If ,nnr,nri,t,nnc
| If yoi, will look ,t thc iirsi sT,tion vo,I
will see that il provides for ,hr 1nnoint
m.nt of a commissioner whose. salary
| shall he $500 IA year and in addition
| thereto $1,000 for an assistant clerk: and
YOU will see that his expenses also are to
De aoded, NOT exceeding M"p, with an
| oH'ce mere Ut In" stat" House. not eX-
CetdlnG XWG. E, must better position titail
| that under The muCh-celebrated StGrg,-
cnn,m;..inn / think - conJ Dbl In tt,,
| ,nh ,nn,'ot ~ ~ o,,|', y" No.
drrivn from :. cor,rnissinn Of rnis lSinI
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suit any TOWN will derive r. !oI,- II viii
| no bnnc6tcJ nv Mo ,,nss.,g. ~ tbis nj
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