Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-10

l-nointed by the Governor for term
| OF Tour Nenrs and to serve Without
compensation. The commission is al
| SO given power % receive money by
! Sits Of legacy.
Mr. F!Nnt in faVoring the measure
| said that he thought the proposition
was an excellent one He had lived
in AUGUSTA for over 30 years during
which time the land in question had
been practically undeveloped. He be-
| licvcd that the Insane Hospital man
a Gement has for some time cultivated
and cut the grass on the state let,
He lad nutHing - do with the draft
ing of the bill. but presumed il was
drawn in accordance with the recon-
mCnGation of the state House Com
mission, who nov that the State
House had been enlarged and remod-
eled wished tibet something he done
with til" state land opposite. The
rerlodelcd state House would undcubt-
cdly attract man NOR" visitors to
Augusta and this park would I've much
freluonted by til nm. He would like
to see something GCne looking toward
the development IF this property of
the State for park purposes. 1t was
enclosed at prosCn- with an old-fasf-
toned picket fence. which should be-
removed and At neat. modern fence
substituted on the state street side
for protection. While some other
changes would need to be made the
amu"nt appropriated would not have
to be large in order t. make The spot
al attract;fe one to all visitors II the
city.
REPRESENTATIVE DcNle Of MilIinocket
appeared before the committee in be-
half OF Il resolve in favor of MilIi-
nockct. appropriating 500 for i9ll and
500 for 1912 for Use in repairing the
road from Millinpcllet to Millpocket
LAKE. known rs the "Sournahunk
road. with the provision that the town
Of Nllino"kct should raise like
amount the same Ia be expended un-
der the direction of the state Commits
si9ner of highways.
Reprt sentative Doyle explained thGt
tits road made il possible t. reach
this section of the West Branch o.
the Icnobscot river Mt any season OF
the wear. whereas. formerly ii could
only be reached by boat or caroe with
long portage in summer or by tote
team. on thu deep SHOWS of winter.
About 1000 tons of freight * trans
ported over this road annually ami
the Great Northern Paper Co. AMI
others have expended & stun IL en-
cess e Sl5006 on Ills road. the great
er portion of which was laid cut be-
tween Millinocket lake and Sourdna
hunk pond ard it is now neces1ar;'
"a raised IN fliIti
and repair that portion which extends
from Millinocket to Millinoeket lake.
Tho Legislature IF 1909 hal appro-
pri ttcd Sl0Gh for his ros /.
The question CT tn ownership al
Turnip Island occupied more thar N
ho&r of tie TIM If tile committee
the question being argued at lenGt9
by Hon. Free! Emery Bcane Of Hal
lowell ana Hon. Phillip Howard OF
Rockland The matter came before
the committee in the shape OF re-
solve authorizing Il Q State land agent
L. convey the interest OF TIL" state
in the islet called Turnip island NJ
Bristol IN lincoln county 10 one AM
brcSe \ Bracket of Bristol.
II developed that two years ag7 tn
l.tElSl3ltltt .tttl tbtt -Stu u - -
yeyi1g the States interest IL. this
rocky islct which is cnly about one
third of an acre il area, to one Al
bert I. Thorpe Of Bristol, provided
that he could acquire the interest heit
BY cyrus Jones Of Bath III the island
when he WAS unable to do.
Attorney Howard appeared in tht
Interests OF Mr.. Thorpe end Attorney
Beare for Mr.. BraeEett. NJ. J. Hanna
OF bristol testified that the island Wa5
worth about $40 and that f:shernel
had used rs q camp from WAlcL
to opcrate their lobster traps. He
had understood that Nil. 8horpe's pur-
pose of PURCHASING 1t MAS III ordei
10 sell it 20 New York parties. VINO
would erect a clubhouse there.
Nr. Kellogg OF the committee qu"tee
REPRESENTATIVE Greenwood rs saying
that the island WAS worth &'@ and
Mr.. Hanna protested against the buy :
ing of the island for summer FUR
noses saving. ''rhr lobster Fishermen
, have been driven from al -" isiand'
Of any size from which they cout
! fish until now they have ONLY few
left. no bigger than coW3 Yards.
State Land Agert Ring testified AZ
some length to tn effect that h' ula
not consider the states title in tht
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