Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-11
LIVELY SESSION,
Municipal Officers Hold
Hearing Tuesday Evening
On Petition Of Telephone and
Telegraph Companies.
Petitioners Given What They Want.
ed, After a Hard Fight.

y hearing was held in the municipal
officers at the aIdcrmans room last
evening on petition from the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegraph 90. and
tn" Postal Telegraph Cable 60. for
changes Of location of certain Of the
poles OF the respective companies on the
Bangor road, that Of the latter COM
pany being for the removal of 10 poles
from the east side Of the road to the
| west side, the locations of the poles of
both companies to be at such points on
such road as the municipal officers shall
designate.
1t was the breeziest city meeting that
had been held for some time and while
an agreement was finally reached and
| the permission granted the matter in
hand called forth an amount of dis
| cussion that was by no means small
and gave evidence ut times Of reach
ing Il Gegrec of temperature. There
We're 4 number OF people present,
among whom We're some of the officers
Of the companies Interested.
The meeting was opened by Mayor
Plaistod, who read the notice of the
hearing, at the conclusion of which
| the meeting was addressed by Hon.
|
| ton. Augusta q Watervilln Street
Railway This company was not men,
| toned in the petition, but as ii was on
| account Of the company that the
| changes of the poles and wires of the
two petitioning companies werA asked,
| the gentleman above referred to felt
| that something should be said by way
| Of cxrlanation Mr.. Heath went over
/ 1,
| why the changes We're asked and in
the course of his remarks stated that
an agreement had been reached by the
| railroad company and the petitioners
| regarding the changes to be made.
| The petition of the Postal Telegraph
| Gable co. was then taken M and an
order presented which included amons
its conditions that but ono and tbs
| same line Of poles should he used
land maintained on the Bangor road
flor the wires Of the two companies
land that none Of the wires should be
less than 20 feet from the ground.
| This portion of the order was OBJ
jrcted to strongly by Charles II
Adams Of Portland. Maine superin-
tcndont for the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co. and also by
Foreman f. w. Merrill of Portland oi
the Postal Co. both of which gentle
mon claimed that the extra height ot
poles required to carry the wires 81
the two companies would weaken tho
lines ny bringing too much weight up
on the poles. ana they also Offered
other objections. The discussion wa:
quito general between the mayor anC
lthc gentlemen mentioned above anC
was followed by an executive session
on the part of the municipal officers.
At tire conclusion of the executive
| Sos sion the matter was again taken VI
and was finally brought to a head by
Ian amendment to the orders on the two
petitions, on motion of Alderman An
crews of Ward >. which removed the
| clause providing for the joint occupa
tinn Of the single line Of poles by tn,
two companies. The amendment wa
sustained by Yea and nay Vnt" j."
three 10 one. Tho orders were thci
| passed as follows:
on petition of the Postal Telegraph
Cable Go. for a change of location q
certain of its poles on the Bang"
road. after due notice and hearin;
thereon, it is
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