Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-08-17

Il
1t naturally astonishes the d
Maine that they should hay,
such an issue and paid fros
notorious Doodle fund, to
printed in Maine papers.
TO have the Democratic pre
insisting that the Maine Re-
newspapers cannot meet the is,
pretty cheap and insulting
business.
If the Democratic press wal
plain facts about the Bar
ArOoStOOk-facts that show h,
We're those Democrats in the
ture Of 1891. who unanimously
make the contract with the
that will expire in 1g1I,-he
those facts.
They deserve TO be read D
man in the State Of Maine W
any claim to possessing bushes
ment. The Democrats say
pocketbook has abeen touc
might be answered by decej
liberal men, that the mere aud
the pocketbook should not 4
dominate in the relations betW
and nshf ts,a State that We al
ing to -Sdvance and dew
proved ourselves to be sol
loyal neighbors in the days
toOk's bitter need.
But laying aside all the A.
the case and coming tothe
book, Aroostook is payI
fold and will continue kased
help its brother countY Pur-
Thirty-FYve Millioy
Valuation for Stat4oon be-
posesi fhe State
A railroad systenEstarting
gin to pay each /value as
treasury more ths =
in first slap at it's have tried
State asset! issue. They
The Democrat shut up. as
% fool the peYere was to the
printed the y
hough that 4 kind Of lying.
uestioii' mtinued-and con-
: nd. IS b insult a voters
nfu,iis.s9 l4aed, 81 AroostOok Railroad i
The Rse1.
vas lh5unty has an area OF
'iiroa miles. Up to 1891 the
,aa o16rtion of the country was
'4oo Lstern border and north
my y1lndaries. The only rail
ling at that time were the
abranch. built from Debet
Yin New Brunswick to Houl-
I three miles of this branch
ithin the borders of the State
ne. and the Aroostook Riftr
/. extending from the Eastern
\ Of the State to Caribou, Fort
and Presque Isle. abou; thirty
an. Both of these roads were
{ of the Canadian Pacific Kali
foreign corporation. subsidized
by the Canadian government
rated entirely in the interest ol
,adians as against the lntcreSts
state of Maine, wherever thtE
;took County was an empire Ill
ich in all natural resources, but
,llv undeveloped. and situated
no considerable development
be expected without railroad
es. The Bangor & AroostooR
ID was projected by Maine men
interest of the State OF Maine
Ter to afford facilities for th'
oment of this vast domain aloh'
es that would be most benencla
State. and unhampered by sue
ions as the foreign management
abroad system would produce.
as a great undertaking 10 puii
pad into the wilderness. The a
tant thing was to be able
. the necessary funds.
rider to accomplish this, the pro
: must necessarily have al
,Ian proposed was for Aroosto'
~ to aid in the construction
Dad by subscribing for the pr
l stock at the rate of $5.0OO.oo
Aid was then asked OF Z
! state Of Maine. in common WI
: other states in the tIm'
,nizing the duty which rested u
it to provide proper means
for its citizens, n
l in the building of roads. Ma
IS in the State had contrlpu'
ally toward the building Of so
!. The government Of the Ulil
es had contributed largely tow
of the Pacific roads.
n the Bangor & Aroostook r.
le asking aid, it was conceded l
better investment could be M
the State than to do IT'S por'
ards securing the building ol
4.
10 direct contribution was as
exemption from taxation for
eriod of Vars as might be neces'
build up tce road and develop
Intry and It's business was sougi
Understood that II
.mption from taxation which
led; but in view of the col
.ional provision in regard to l
n. some members of the Legisia
ought that it would be better
ant the taxation in the form
ntract of some kind with the ro
Carrying out this idea an ACT
authorizing the
easurer to contract with the roa
e carrying of troops at a price
lid to it yearly, equal to S5 per
whatever tax the State might
oon the railroad. This plan met
niversal approval, and the act
assed for the purpose and wit
Ill understanding that it was