Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-22
MAINE LEGISLATURE,
Continued from Page Two.)

wants ~, lIldt Only Il on lndt line
agreeing to take it. you would not eX-
peCt this line to put it down there. So
1t is upon the other line. They cannot
use the argument that they have not
mad an abundant supply. They have al
ways had it and nave It now. The trou-
bic is this: That this party who de-
sires to get control of this Old company
who put their money in there and did
! not issue bonds for it-their own mon
! Cy-and have supplied the kittecy
navy yard, it is paying property of
course an average of about $1l, 900 that
the government pays for water for the
kittcry navy yard-this schcmer I'M
J dertakes to steal this company under a
proposition not signed by the owners of
the water district but by poil-tax pay
ers who are rot Interested.
You VIII see at once that cVerytfin (
depends upon the navy yard. There
they are there tonight and lots Of these
employees are not there tomorrow It
depends upon how much business is be-
ing done. We say that, unGe" his prop
osition. il would DC ruinous | am not
speaking for the taxpayers Of that Kit
terry District, but am speaking gene T.
ally. | have the facts before ne hcrn.
and | know whereof | speak. They do
not intend to built it. They never intend
10 build. They cannot build it, They
want to get this charter ont Of this
/ Legislature and buy them out ana put
| the money in their pockets. | challenge
/ them 10 get up here and say that they
| have any intent 10 pay this company.
| OF. they say VIC Will pay whatever
Z The court says if we cannot agree true.
We say that. But I say 10 you that the
! engineers report of what it would cost
| to put it down to I[ittcry Point in first
class shape VIII be $315.0 900; and you
! know and | know that it is imposSibic
| for that waite. district to pay that sum
Of money. They never intend to. We
/ say We have put out money in there,
ana | believe invested right. If YOU are
going to take away a,Ir condemn this
property when they have done every
| thing they could and there is no com
plant whatever, what is there left i'll
| the State Of Maine today? Is there any
safety in Il man investing MS money in
water works, electric plants or any
where else?
| In Section Of this bill they ask 10
| Issue bonds to an unlimited amount
not content to say that it shall be $780,
GOO or anything else; and they ask that
| they shall by this Legislature be made
| safe investment for savings banks. J!
| would like to know, if they issue S1G0.-
| GO in bonds down in that district with
| only $60OO00 valuation, how many OF
| those bonds they " ould sell to the saw
| ingS banks of this State or to anybody
| else?
| We 10 not Want to be at the mercy Of
| such man. What have we done? We
| have done good service to the water
| district and we arc willing to extend it
| whenever it will show by the takers
| down there that it will pay an interest
| Of two par cent. upon the amount in
| vested.
ask you to consider this matter. I
f! have no interest in it one way or the
! other. except as 4 matter Of principle.
| No one dare to invest in any such bust
ness proposition if il is allowed to be
| done. | % not believe you are going to
10 it. Win these remarks, III. Pr"si-
dent, | move that the matter be indcf-
initoly postponed.
MIR. SIMPSON Of York: Nir. Prcsi-
4 dent. am surprised to hear the sena-
4, tor from Knox talk 50 much about Il
subject hc knows 50 little. also wish
| to state that | am not personally inter
| csCcd in the matter. hut am interested
| simply for the people Of the town nf
| kittcry.
| Tho people Who have aYko for this
| water dirtrict include i'll their number
! many If the best citizens Of kittcry.
| ana many " tho.a who are its largest
| taxpayers. II Includes prominent town
| officials. beaded Nv Mr. Paul the town
treasurer. ana includes the sclcctmcn,
ana many leading traders Of the town.
! Mr. STAPLES: Will the senator al
!oW nv u ask him a question?
| MI. SIMPSON: Certainly.
| Mr. STAPLES: 10 any Of these men
whom H. has named, live III the water
district?
AJr. SIMPSON: Practically all Of
| tlom live iii TIC water district, 50 ncr
cont. Should judge.
| This charter was granted in 1893 TOT
| til" oEprc~S purpose Of supplying the
| towns ii Work. Elliott and kittcry with
pure water for domestic ana municipal
purposes Including the cvtin~uiShment
cG fires ara for the rise Of manufacture
| in- establishments. also to supply any
individual or corporation connected
with tic WORKS nf this corporation ut
,lny part Of the state linz.
'Thc cnartcr WAS amended in 1901 by
striking out the word York as that
town had. in the meantime secured 4
water supply.
The copy Of the charter asked for il
taken from q COPY 81 the Kennehct
Water District.
The senator from Knox also state
that the cost Of the plant was over
S2l5,ono. # | am correct, the actual cost
of the plant was $4,000.
He has read over 4 few articles here
about tn number Of houses located
along the water main. Will state that
There are -r3. He claimed Ill; ana this
water main goes through only about
cnc-third Of i mile Of the strictly
thicllly poi uIated part Of kittery. Ev
cryone on that line is taking water.
There Was special meeting called by
the town NJ kittery at the request Of
the late Hon. Frank Jones. whose cs-
tate now is the principle owner Of this
company. That meeting was called for
thC r1IlrpOSe of making a contract with