Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-16
Arguments of Attorney 5.


senator kcllogg, chairman of tho
committe" on interior waters in Open
ing tn" session requested the atternts-s*
To be brief. George NJ. Hanson of
Calais stated that he understood that
the continued hearing had tcrn called
al the request of opponents Of tht.
| measure
'Wouldn't il he fair liked Her
Bert NJ. Heath Of Augusta. 'inas-
| much as the proponents come in here
| with a new Section II that is entirely
dilicr,nt from anything We have SON
bcturc-uusht they not to state what
1t means!
Senator kellogg Thought that the
section was the same that had been
| submitted as an amendment L week
ago, hat Mr.. Heath replied that il
was entirely neW and asked Mr.. Kellogg
| the meaning of the second sentcnc.
Of Section II. which reads. 1t is how
eyer specifically prov idrd that the
kennchec Dam ana Reservoir Co.. and
the kennebec Log Driving co. SHALL
| at all times Except when water is
needed for driving logs. Of which no
| tee shall be given by tie Ktmchcc
| Log Driving Coz operate their plants
| ana dams ana storage reservoirs ana
| conduct their business in such a man
| hcr as to give as large 4 continuous
| permanent and uniform flow of water
OF the East Branch OF the said Ken-
nebec river rs can bc supplied by
IN" natural ilOW Of said river, toet ther
with much stored water as may be
stored in reservoirs now constructed
or hereafter to be constructed and
tributary To East Branch
Mr. Hansou-"Thc makers Of this
particular section had nothing to keep
from the public The last lines tell
just what it means, that the natural
How shall be interrupted
MIR. Hanson went on to say that all
that the amendment provided for was
the water must come down - that
| those below could use IL He said
that the amendment presented ~ net5
question and covered tie same con-
dltions that We're true on every river
~ the State. Great ponds were used
ara raised by other COMPANIES lust
as this company proposed to do.
CEited States Senator johnson. who
drew the amendment explained that
the kennebec Log Driving COMPANY
controlled tho dam at the outlet Of
Moosehead lake and if the Kenncb,c
Dam and Rcser,.nir "a ,-,s .,r.,,,.,1
the charter asked for ma triIt -.
dam at the foot of Tndian n,,a -
could get no wafer down mo Iras+
Branch which the Ia, D,;,.i,,,, ,,-,,-
panv did nor allow, +, no., TT -
pose of tha anrnd,nant ,,..,s =,
toct the rfn,rion ovrpar, io,,,,.
reasgna BILE use or tho ur,to, ~, .,,.,.,,1
"faasible" which h.d b,.,, ,r,.,.;,,,,,.I.,
used in This eectton !, 90, a,,,,4,,,,ol;
left this rr,vj.ior .,,aIi,,,,,,,e.
81 s,ipprvtoa,. Nr I.hn,,2,,
"that tho rord,, ,..s
,.,,,,I - ''i 5 " H'N 'S
stored watcrs' nirbt J.. .,l,r,d
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vb, scan,od :. a.. ~. ,i,,;,
i.ctur ann..r.a for aI,,..;.. ,iI,t,.
nowcr o,yrars 49,,
that ono ,f tb.. ,,,,,,,.,,,ia,. H.,
resented ,,.,, r.,,, ,.,.n,,, - ,t'
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stood ~. IL. ,,.,.,,l,..,.
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adv, l,,,,i,. ''',' pI'' anu
vii, ,a,ra.d .,,;.. i'''' " %
ment wound he y,r, v.ni,,btv wiz
all Differences tn Mr. Haneo,, .,,d NJ
johnson the amendment ,o III. ,,,i,,.i
was certainly NOT clear Tl, nr,
vision in. the original Hill VS. cor
tain ana definite hut bo ,a,il,l,.t=
derstand lust what was mount h,. ~
words, together with sucl, stnred W.,
| ter as may be stored in rcecr,,,i,,..
now construed or hereafter to lao ..,,
| strucd."
| Are YOU going t. have preserved
'hc natural f"w from these dams"
| asked Mr.. Hudson. II cannot see that
ms IS any satisfactory measure of
me wafer that the mill owners are
" receive Mr.. Hudson said tlat
.hfi' was another amendment which
ma" nov o' en- generally discussed tlar