Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-25


tended to show later in the hearing
where this power was needed.
Mr.. Hartmann hadn't planned to
! believe that "a great deal of the 10.
600 horsepower that I have mentioned
can be used for electro chemical in
dustry. Promoters developed power il
the back woods of Canada a few year.
ago and now all is used.
| Mr.. Heath call the attention oi
the committee to the fact that Mr.
| Hartman in the first part of his re.
marks spoke of this possible electro.
chemical development and later on h,
spoke of another proposition. | don
ask that the committee force Mr. Har.
riman to name concerns. but | still
| maintain that the public has the rgh
to know the character of the industry
| that would want 10000 or $4,000 horse
| power and where it is located
Mr.. Hartman said that he knew
| that 5000 horsepower could be sold II
York county, but preferred not to say
i'll what section of the county. Mr.
Heath pressed him as to whether il
would cover a field already supplied b,
other companies and he said that il
would.
Mr.. Hartman went on to say that
re knew where he could sell 1000 in
kcnnebcc county. Mr.. Heath wanted
To know in what part Of the county
and was told that il could bc sold
in Augusta. Watervillc and adjoining
towns. Mr.. Hartman was further
asked in connection with what indus
tries this power could be used, and
he replied. cotton, paper and fiber
plants. Mr.. Hartman further explain
Cd that this electro chemical power
would be used in the manufacture of
aluminium and nitrateS for fertilizers
as has been done on the west coast
Of Norway. but Was interrupted by
Mr.. Heath who said that NORWAY did
not figure in this particular ques-
ton and Mr.. Hartman explained that
they have to use fertilizer in Maine
as We'll as in Norway. Mr.. lIarri-
man believed that Il nitrate plant
could be established as well in the
MnosehCad region as in Norway.
Senator Millikcn asked Mr.. Harri-
nan what would be fair price per
year for power i'll $50 horse power units
and Mr.. Hartman replied that he
was selling in Massachusetts for nine
tenths of a cent per killowatt hour.
For O cotton mill that would amount
to from sl9 to go horsepower 1t
night be done cheaper in Maine.
Hon. Charles +. Johnson of Water
vile appeared fer the kenncbec Wa
ter Power Association and the KEN
nebcc Log Driving Co.. organizations
which he said had invested millions
OF dollars and employed thousands of
laborers.
The kcnnebcc Log Driving Co. year
ly sends down the river 10 millions
feet. Consequently it is interested to
see that the dams of the pettioning
petitioners are so constructed as not
to interfere with this important in
dustry; also that the fiowage of wa
ter may not be affected to such an
extent as to make it impossible to
get The logs down river. The objec-
tions OF the Kennebec Log Driving
&C. he added, had been obviated by
the amendments in the new draft pre-
scented this afternoon.
The mills along the river, at Au-
gllsta, Waterville, Madison and else
where arc Interested that the tlowage
OF the Kennebec shall not be held
back so as to become irregular. 1t is
necessary for the success of these in
dustries that the flow be normal and
cen.
MI. Johnson presented an important
to Section II OF the char
ter bin The amendment provides
that the Kennebec Dam & Reservoir
Co. shall construct dam or dams
Of sufficient height 50 that the ponds
thereby created shall have storage
capacity equal to tie diminution inl
the stored waters in Moosehead lake
caused by the use of water by the
said kennebec Dam & Reservoir Co.,
which dam or dams shall be so con-
structed that the waters stored by
them can be drawn for the use of the
existing water power plants on the
said Kennebee river, that the flow OF
" ater in the East branch of the Ken
nebec river shall not be reduced below
1000 cubic feet per second. Ihe helsht
Of the proposed dam or dams is toI
be determined by three hydraulic en-
gineers. one to be selected by the
X Ell ebec Dam & Reservoir Co, an
other bv the I[ennebec Water Power
Co.. and the third to be selected by
the two already chosen. The amend
.nent provides also that for this pur-
pose the Kennebcc Dam & Reservoir
Co.. Shall construct Il regulating daIn
at or near the junction Of the East
Branch with the Dead river to enlarge
the flow of water in said branch.
After Mr.. Johnson had explained
the amendment Mr. Heath wished to
know how the law could be enforced
and Mr.. Johnson said that he sup
posed that the t[cpnebcc Water Pow
er Co., would see that il was one. MI
Heath upon inquiry further developed
that the remedy which Mr.. johnson
was by q law suit or by
in junction proceedings and Mr.. Heath
suggested that while these proceed
irgs wcrr in progress the water pow
or Interests or the river would suffer.
+. F.. Boston, general manager Of the
Hollingsworth u Whitney, mills at
Gardiner and Winslow. stated that
there is now great demand for cheap
rower. There Is a big demand in Wa
tcrville and his concern is in the mar