Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-15

til after midnight before the commit.
tee on judiciary. ffs - $
Mr.. Phillips said that old I.incolu
county had been carved up into eight
counties ana the town of Roothhay
had Oean divided twice He did not be.
licve that after the town had boon
divided five years old Boothnav vouJd
want anything to do with East BOOTH
bay. The burdens OF taxation were up
on the villages and cities. NOT rnrrrl!
tho rural communities.
Peter MacQuecn, the distin.
guished traveller and lecturer. said tI,at
East Boothbay had two assets tha
boat building and the summer resi-
dents. He believed the young business
men he had heard speak in favor OF
the division would make a hustlinn
"Hternrising town ont Of East Booth
bay.
Judge Newell opened The case for the.
"enonstran;s when the committee ro-
assembled in the evening. The flrst
witness called was Elton II Jevis
who had been sclcctman Of the town
Of Boothbay for. seven. years. rhc,
remonstrantsA in tie western mart Of
the town are engaged in farming and
fishing and there ere no villages. The
land is hi!ly ana rocky The rnei-
ient valuation Of the eastern part
OF the town is s20s,nco ana that of
the westerly part, $2Ol 900. The nom
resident property valuation is S209 600
OF winch $4,000 is in the proposed
new town. The fax rate is 1890 on
n th0lsand and il the town was di-
vided il would be b to 80 cents on
thousand and the people would be
unable 70 pay their taxes. The divis
ION of tho town viii also raise the
valuation Of nonresident property.
The Western part of the town has
nc sidewalks except quarter of a
mile at Ecothbay Center. The streets
i'll the cds-orly part Of the town are
lighted by electric lights for which
The town pays. The to%nhouse is
centrally located and the town meet
inSs fairly We'll attended The pco-
pie in the eastoriy section Of tht. town
had what improvements they asked for
and the school money was cquitably
distributed.
Cross examined by Attorney Beano
Mr. Lewis stated Jhat the running OK
penses Of the town tor officers would
be from S90oe 10 $4,000. There was =
tide say mill and = ice plant in The
western part of tho TOW II, The ice
plant was taxed upon u valuation Of
between $4,000 and Si1,0od. Cross ok
animation by Mr.. Montgomery dc
veIonCd that some Of the so-called
worn out farms alluded 70 by Mr..
Lewis had increased in valuation dur
inc III" past tWo years. cross exam
inatian by Mr.. Fisher brought ont
that the reason why Barters island
hal not developed az had shore prop
crtv in tic eastern section OF tn =
town WAS because the island was oe
cupie,; by retired sea Captains Who
sought 20 keep our the sumner nca-
nj"
Soleetman J. :. Sninncy added 4 lit
tie spice 70 the hearing by eXplaning
to the committee the difference he
twenr the "captains" and "skipEcrs'
on Barter's island. lie believed tn 7
the proposed division would cause th"
TAX rate OF the old town tn increase
10 n much greater cost than the p'h-
pie could afford.
Other witnesses called for the re-
monstrants were Byron Giles. town
treasurer, John f. Kelley. l.. s. Burn
ham. r. :. Giles, y. Paul. Z. G0nklin,
and Jonn r. Kelley, representative
Of the RoothbaV class in III" 18th Leg
islaturc.