Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-25

Oakland! he organized d liz" VIM
pany to create another unit. II ne can
make n passenger contract between ms
two roads it is true that it is possible
that n car might leave WaterVilie ana
land passengers in Augusta. :;
Now how Is it on the other sac OIL
the river here? Does public conVeh-
icnce demand that a road be built from
Cony Square to the Vassalboro line!
There are about a thousand people
there Thence up to Whitney Brook,
there are about so houses, narrow
farms Now suppose We had simply
submitted that part of our petition.
Would there have been any doubt In
your mind that public convenience
required that Augusta should have that
road? Suppose the petition stopped
there, you'd certainly have granted it,
Now, suppose that road to have been
built. Then we apply to you to
East NassalbOro. town entirely with
out facilities for street traffic, wouldn't
YOU grant thar public convenience re-
|Quired it? Then 10 North NasSa.boro
ana finally to the end of this bridge in
Winslow. Every whole is made up of
lnits,-here's the first unit at Augusta,
unanswerable and undeniabe; here's
the next unit from Augusta to Weber
Pond, unanswered bic and undeniable;
there's the next unit from Weber Pond
and Riverside to East VasaslborO I'M
answera BILE and undeniable; then here's
the next unit from East Vassalboro to
North Nassalboro, unanswered BILE and
unden able; and finally. here's the last
uni; from North Nassabboro TO Wins
equally undeniable.
Now having built up these units We
have a road from Augusta 10 Water
Vile, it is true, but primarily and al
| ways an agent of street, way traffic.
| If YOU find against US. You must say
| that there is no public convenience to
be subserved between Augusta and
Wcbbers Pond, between Webber's Pond
to East FaSsalhoro. between East Vas
salboro and North Vassalboro, and
finally between North Vassalboro and
Winslow.
L submit that all that has been done
by Mr.. Gerald and his associates in this
matter, has been done with their eyes
wide open. This Mr.. Gerald freely and
frankly admits. No matter what was
said to Mr.. Gerald by Gov Hill and
MIR. Macombor. They have no right to
barter away the right of the people Of
VaSsalboro 10 have facilities for street
traffic, even had they been so minded
The statutes do not say that we shall
not have a street railway in one town
because there is q street railroad some
where else. The statutes do say that
TWO roads shall not occupy the same
highway, but it is not fair to construe
the statute TO say that those people
over there IN Nassalboro shall continue
10 live away over there away from COM
Imunication with their neighbors The
Maine Central Railroad has the re-
sponsibility of the through traffic
they are the ones to complain if there
IS TO be through traffic between the two
cities. 1t would reduce their earnings.
Are they here? They have learned that
The electric roads have one duty to
Defform in caring for the street traffic
while theirs is to care for the through
raflic. The broad men in that corpora
ton from Lucius futile down have rec
oSnZcd the difference between the two
problems.
And so | say that this consideration
Of through traffic is a mere incident to
traffic down through Winslow and
North Nassalboro and East Vassal-
boro to Augusta. The time must come
when these Ieople will have the op
Dorturity to ride on these trolley cars
It's poor comfort to the man on the
east slGe of the river to tell him that
ne cannot have an electric road be-
cause the Railroad Commissioners have
decided that there is already a road
over in Sidney"
owing to the storm the commissioners
decided 10 postpone the view Of the
crossings over the Maine Central at
Wlnslow and the Watervile, Wiscasset
& harrington in Vassalboro until
Wednesday. April so. They stated that
they also wished to view the site of the
way over private land, objected to by
Mr.. Butterfield. 1t is likely that the
decision of the board as to the granting
OF It's approval or denying it, will he
announced within a few DAYS as if is
desired by both parties TO begin to
built AT once.
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