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

A. " eS.
@. Every soon after YOU secured
your articles you secured your loca-
ton did you mote"
y. Yes"
Q. and at that time Mr.. Lynch
ANA y;u had 4 controversy at that
time, did YOU not. and Mr.. Lynch told
YIN THAT You could build up on the
west side and he would build on the
east" DO you remember that
\. Yes. l remembe. also what
told him at that time"
Q. There WAS seine temper dis
played"
A. Yes"
Q. after that you had several con-
versatlons with Mr.. Graham, didn't
YOU. and didn't he tell you every time
that he was going to build the road on
the east silc if h" could get tho neces-
sary legal rights
A. Yes"
q. "Whcther you built or note"
A. Eyes"
Q. You were present at the meet
ing at WinsloW?''
a. yes"
Q. "And Mr.. Graham told the peo-
pie that he would build the road on the
east side, whether the road was built
on the west side or not, if the approval
could be secured from the railroad
commissioners"
\. Il heard him make that state
mcnt."
@. "WelI, with a full knowledge Of
al these facts, since then, you have
gone ahead and bought these rails and
this BRIDGE"
a. Eyes. I knew about it. but ]
didn't think they would build"
@. MAY 7 see your rail contract"
\. "Certainly, there is nothing Sc
cr"t about it
see what is proper for me to see as
evidence"
Chairman Peaks: 1T is entirely
proper that the contract should be
seen; it has been introduced as evil
dence."
O. This letter Of acceptance Of this
contract il dated April ., but this con-
tract t. dated March 2o?"
y. Yes. The contract was really
made in March. The bridge contract
WAS made on the spot
O. "Now .1r Gerald taking the
roads as we find them, if q road should
be built from Waterville through to
VassalbOrO. through to Augusta.
wouldn't YOU expect that there would
be a great deal Of travel come from
that road to the Waterville ana oak
land?"
A. well. Il limited amount, a very
limited amount"
@. SO that if both roads were built
they would act a. feeders wouldnt
they
a. ITO a certain extent"
@. You would on entertainment
days and fair time, wouldn't YOU
\. Yes. though we get about all
we can handle at those times"
o. "You haven't filed your papers
for the seizure of the land. nave you?''
A. Not yet
CHAIRMAN PEAKS: Il don't see
what that has to 10 with the issue, we
would like t. eliminate whatever we
can here
Mr.. HEATH: That's all"
Mr.. GERALD: AS soon as we were
prepared to build this road, I went 10
Mr.. Heath and he told me that he sup
posed that he must serve those inter-
csts with which hc was then connect
ed. nut that he would do all that he
could for me that was not inconsistent
with the interests Of his other clients,
80 We have practically been without
counsel until yesterday"
REDIRECT.
Mr.. JOHNSON: Before you filed
your locations you had conversation
with the management of the other
road?''
A. Yes. sir every time"
Q. We'll. did you have any talk
with Nr. Graham in regard to it,"
a. mo. for he did not own any road
here for six months afterwards"
s. S. Brown Of WatervilIe was the
next witness At Mr.. Johnson's invi-
tation he reviewed the situation:
Il have lived in this city since 1881
and | think that l know what the stu
alton is and what is needed. l can say
that communication between Water
vile. Winslow and Nassalboro is what
tine people want. Waterville is Il CEN
ter and there isn't any question at all
but what the people that way come
over here TO do their trading and their
.earnestness in this matter is prompted
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