Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-22

on that commission. Now in regard to
tn log driving proposition. as has been
said by the gentleman from Ellsworth. !
there is no man in this House and there
| is no man that has ever been In this
| House for years who las had the cXpe-
! ricnce of our old friend from Bangor. Mr..
Connors. lie has been Il log driver from
his boyhood ana he knows the conditions
ON almost ali the rivers in the state. " M
, on any river in the STATE knows of Two
| log driving companies on the same river
When these parties can come 10 con-
| cmsion that they can make log driving
| corporation that will cover IN" Who'll" riN
| "r from the start To tn" finish and whc
they can get together on that proposition.
il the st John commission fixes things
50 il can be- done that Is III" time to
form n log driving corporation. hay
boon Il clerk of n log draing corpora ton
fer several years and | kHo% something
about thcs, contentious between the dill
frrcnt factions driving iuEs on th" river.
Thcr" should only b." uur log driving
company in control Of t!lc who'd" lI"tftr
on thn mHin river, ana what good is Il
log driving company ON any river 10 for
ward logs and drive logs and get them
out unless they have right to store WI
ter To help drive the logs" No man M
dcrtakos to hang up logs in which ne is
interested in the spring if he can help
it. and ever man can driv" loGs. 1t docs
hot take corporation tt drive logs
clean. Any individual driver can drive
clean from the different brooks and
streams until they get to the main river.
n j,,,, ,t-nrN .1,;, i,,tr
alton to take the whole Of them and not
turn them over TO another one and an
other one ard have tie first one fighting
With the second. l hope. Mr.. Speaker.
that the motion of tho gentleman from
Auburn viii not prevail.
Mr.. IiERSEY: M. Speaker. think
the House understands that on the wa
tiers control!ed by this charter that Is ask
cd for here. no commission. either inter-
national or otherwise. controls those wa
ters. They are in Maiun. and tho COM
mission has no mere control over them
than they would over tho kenncbcc Any
commission can make any report they
please internationally but they cannot al
feet This charter asked for.
Mi. POWERS OF Caribou: Mr.
Speaker, what my friend from Houlton
saws ana What my friend from Fort
Fairfield saws is true. sixteen miles
above Fort Kent You come to the ST.
! F'ancis river and then the division
lire between New brunswick and
Maire ceases. The head waters Of the
ST. John and OF these waters are all
in Maine, which | understand is above
Wnere this charter is asked for. Below
there are two companies. and | do NOT !
see how ar international commission !
has ANYTHING to do With that above |
81. Francis
lii. CYR of Fort Kent: Mr.. speak |
II. want u Say one word. 1t appears
III this Act that Their are ~ indiVlG- |
uals asking to incorporate, and wish
10 stat" thdt halI OF those individuals |
are independent operators and naNe
appeared before our committee and
requested the commltttr not to report
,, faHorahiy on this measure and they
are opposed to the measure. | want IL
riacn hat fact before the House 30
Tie mtmbcrs will not be impressed
with tn idea that those people all
vented To be Incorporated. Half Of
! those parties dc not care to hc incur-
porated. and l do not want 10 force
| an Incorporating act upon anybody
against his will.
Mr.. HE3SEI MI Speaker, in an
swer TO M friend from Fort Kent I
wish to say that under this kind OF
log driving charters the inc0rporat0rS
or those VINO become members Of the |
corporation are those who come in |
under the charter with their interests |
1t is a mutual charter such as YOU
lave all over the Stat, of Maine Ii