Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-24
Sporting World

Ee Il cOllultlOn. LOT tneSe mills cannot get
their growing timber insured. and they
are assuming all the responsibility. and
provided they can get it insured. I
should have the right when a mill is
located near me- and my property is en-
dansered and then | should go to the
Insurance company and pay them a hun
dred dollars or more for protection on
my property and for his interest. l adj
init everything the gentleman from Fort
kent has said in regard 10 the increased
value of the lumber in the rural dis
trictS, and | say there is no doubt about
that. But it does seem to me an absurd
proposition that the portable mill own
crS will go ont of business on account
IF this provision I can't see any rea-
son why this bill SHOULD not be passed.
ai!d the property in the vicinity Of where
these mills are being operated be pro-
tected. In regard to the bonds as
Lave stated. in Il great many cases it
Will not hn required. think this
amendment would impose Il burden. it
seems to me. that it would be impossible
to prove that these mon did use precau-
ton. 1t would be of no use to have a
law passed from which You never could
get amy damage after the property is
burned up feel at the present time
th@t this amendment would practically
poll the effect of the. bin
The SPEAKER: The question is
upon the motion of the gentleman
from Ellsworth. that the consideration
Of this bill be postponed until tomor-
row.
Mr.. COUSINS: Mr. Speaker
would call for Il division OF the Hous.,
upon the question.
The motion was agreed to.
division being had, AZ voted in the
affirmative and IS in the negative. 50
the motion 10 postpone further con-
sidcration until tomorrow was lost.
The SPEAKER: The question ra-
vcrts upon the motion of the gentle
man from Fort Kent. that the bill be
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. CHASE of York: Mr.. Speaker,
/ have no particular interest in the
question of portable mills. although
suppose that no man has said mor1.
against them than | have. love- the
pine forests of Maine and always dill,
and probably always shall! and hate to
see them destroyed; but that is simply
an opinion of my own. and when we
find Il matter of that kind put up
against the welfare of our own neigh
bors we have to let that go. There
is but one thing about it. the bill seems
to apply simply to the Incorporated
towns; it does not apply to the cities.
although the cities are named in it,
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saw mills. Now, the fact in regard to
the portable saw mill is this: In the
county of York a great deal OF the
property ii the people consists /
tracts Of land. woodland or cumberland
as it is now called which may be utilz-
ed in only one way. and that is by
means of the portable mill. We're
it not for the portable saw mills
the people who own those lands
would not lie able to get hardly anything
for them or for the growth upon it; but
with the coming of the portable saw mill
these lands have increased in value from
80 per cent. To - per cent. and in some
cases even more than that, so that those
lards which Il few years ago, 10 years ago,
could hardly be sold for anything are now
quick assets. as quick and as reliable as
a United States government = per cent.
bond. have known as several instances
in the town of York where the woodland,
or. as they call ii now. the tinberand
which n few years ago could not he sold
for anything-in the last year l have
known them to be sold at good prices. I
krow of one instance where a tract of
land 10 years ago would not have brought
over 5000 and last year ii was sold for
&12.G00. The old gentleman who owned it
received from that woodland q compe-
tence which will last him his lifetime:
and that is only one instance. The coun-
ty of York is fun OF instances of that
kird. There have been many similar in
stances in the town of York. Now ii you
PASS this bill 1t will tax" away that prop
eriy as Il quick asset The misfortune of
that bill will fall particularly on the coun-
Try people of York county, and have no
doubt bat what il will affect others in
the same way. but l speak more par
ticuiarly of York county because /