Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-01-25
STATE sOLoNs.
Legislative News of Interest to Ham
cock County Readers.


Legislative News Of Interest to Ham
cock County Readers.
In the House Thursday Mr.. Harmon, Of
Stonington, presented the petition OF q.
l., Moves and SIS others OF the town of
Stonington, asking 10 be set on from Ham
cock county and annexed in Know county.
In the Senate Monday Mr.. Mayo, of
Hancock, presented bill granting addi-
tional powers to the Southwest Harbor
Water Co.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Mcbride, OF
Mt. Desert, presented an act to authorize
Walter Hadlock and his assigns to erect,
extend and maintain wharf into the tide
waters OF Hadlock's cove, at Islesford.
Several petitions for close time on seal
lops in Hancock and Knox counties were
presented in the House yesterday.
LEGISLATION OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Among acts and resolves Of general in.
terest introduced during the past week
were the following:
Monday afternoon bill was introduced
by Senator Foss, of Androscoggin, author
ington County and Sebasticook and
Moosehead railroads with the Maine Cen
trail. As is well known the Maine Central
railroad owns a controlling interest in all
three OF these railroads, but at the present
time the properties are operated as distinct
and independent corporations. A result
OF the merger in which the travelling
public will be greatly interested is the
fact that Maine Central mileage book
will then be good on all OF these lines.
Economy in operation will also result.
Another railroad bill Of intense interest
the State was presented in the
House by Representative Thompson, OF
presque Isle. 1t authorizes the Aroostook
Valley railroad to continue its lines due
west from Washborn to the western bor-
der of the State. This railroad would
cross the Van Buren, and Fort Kent divi-
sions Of the Bangor & Aroostook, and
would tap the famous falls on the Al
lagash. II would pass through = rich
timber and game country, now a wilder
ness, and cross, at right angles, the pro-
posed Allagash extension of the Bangor L
Arooseook railroad.
The expected Donigan bridge bill was
introduced in the senate Tuesday. 1t
provides for the taking over by the State
ON Jan. 1. 1912, of all bridges forty feet or
more in length between Abutments.
A resolve presented and given its pas
sage in the House Tuesday is designed to
foressail all attempts for legislation per-
hitting the transmission of electric pow
ef cut OF the State.
Al automobile bill providing regula-
tions in regard to speed and classifying
licenses VAS introduced in the Senate
Tuesday. Ii provides for q speed Of one
mile in seven minutes upon curves, one
mile in four minutes at cross roads
through the open country, one mile in
i've minutes where houses are less than
100 feet apart in cities and villages, one
mile in four minutes within two hundred
feet OF any horse or other beast of bur
den, and elsew here q speed OF twenty-five
miles an hour.
LrrLSFIRLp SEATED.
The special committee on the Hancock
county contested elections late last We'd
nssdsy afternoon gave its decision in the
Lsmoine- Bluehili Surry- Hancock Trsn-
ton class by unseating Frank l. Hodg-
kins, republican, of LAmoine, and declAr-
ing DIR. Otis Lstleheld, of Bluehill, demo-
crat, elected
> Judge E. s. Chase, OF Blushill, WAS
counsel for Mr.. Hodgkins, and d. E.
Hurley, of Ellsworth, for DIR. Littieneld.
The COMMITTEES formally reported the
result to the House Thursday, giving the
vote as 80 for Littietieid to ~ for Hodg-
kins. DR.. listiefield was Immediately
sworn in and took his seat.