Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-16
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such changes and work shall be done
at the expense of the kennebeC Dam x
Reservoir Co. and to be paid for by it
TO the amount approved by said com
missioners. provided further that be
fore entering upon said work the
Kennebec Dam & Reservoir Co. shall
furnish the Somerset Railway Co.
suitable indemnity satisfactory to the
Somerset Railway Co., or approved by
the railroad comm issioners for all eX-
pense which may be incurred by it in
prosecuting and completing said work
approved by the railroad commission
ers as above provided.
Section II has also been redrafted so
that ii now reads as follows;
Said corporation in the exercise Of
its power created by this charter
may hold the flow of said river in stor-
age as may be necessary for the rea-
sonable development and use of it's
water powers. It is however. specif-
eally provided that the kennebcc Dam
G. Reservoir Co. and the kennebec Log
Driving Co. shall at all times (eXccpa
when water is needed for driving logs
of which notice shall be given by the
kennebec Log Driving Co.) operate
voirs in such manner as to give as
large a continuous, permanent and
uniform flow of the water OF the East
Branch of said Kennebcc river as can
be supplied by the natural flow of said
river together with such stored water
as may be stored in reservoirs now
constructed or hereafter to be con-
structed and tributary to said East
Branch.
If at any time the Kennebcc Dam &
Reservoir Co, the kennebcC Log
Driving Co, and the kenncbec Water
Power Co, cannot agree as To the
proper manner of operating the above
plants, dams and storage reservoirs
so as to give the above specified. con-
tinuous, permanent and uniform flow
either of said companies may apply
To any justice of the supreme judicial
court. who shall appoint Il board of
three hydraulic engineers who shall de
termine the same. Before said cor
poration shall have begun the actual
construction of its dams as authorized
by this act said corporation shall paE
to the kennebec Log Driving Co. the
sum of s75.000 which the said ken
nebec Log Driving Co. shall forthwith
eXpend in improvements on the Ken
nebec river for the purpose of rcduc-
ing the amount of water required for
driving the logs on said river and thus
conserving the waters of said river.
The kennebec Dam & Reservoir Co.
shall also pay all sums of money,
which may be assessed upon il as it.
proportional part of all sums of mon
ey which may hereafter be expended
by the kennebec Log Driving CO. or
the kennebec Water Power Co, or
both for the purpose of improving the
said kennebec river SO as to reduce
the amount of water required, for the
floating of logs or for the creation of
storage reservoirs tributary to said
East Branch. The payment thus
made by the kennebcc Dam & Rescr-
voir Co. shall bear the same ratio to
the whole expense incurred as the
head of it's developed water powers
bears TO the total head Of the water
powers in said Kennebec river the
owners of which have agreed to bear
jointly the cost of such expenditure. |
The following change is made in the |
provisions of Section 13. THE en- |
ployees of the Kennebec Log Driving !
Co. shall have access to the waste |
gates dams and logways of said Ken |
nebec Dam g. Reservoir Co, and the |
use thereof, and of not exceeding |
900. 100000 cubic feet of water each "a |
hours, stored by said dams at all |
times when necessary to facilitate the |
driving of logs CThe above 20o,O00,0oO |
cubic feet to take the place of the wa |
ter now stored in Indian Pond)"
oh T., vi -
in Section IA, which provides for s'le |
taking over of the property of the |
company by the State.
Additional Provisions.
Some additional provisions have also |
been made i'll amendments offered |
wlicn have not yet been incorporated |
in tine sections of the bill as redrawn. |
These provisions include the following:
Whenever this State shall deter |
mine by proper legislation to- assess |
and collect fees annually for fran
chises of water power granted by this |
state and upon the taking effect of |
such legislation, this corporation, its
successors or assigns, during the life |
of the franchise as fixed by this act |
and in lieu OF all other forms of State
N'fN'NNA''i oliub Pay W lllt IOldtc VI
Maine on or before the second day Of
January of each year of not less than
one-half Of one per cent, or not more |
than per cent. of its gross income |
and il the power is used by the owner |
and not sold, the annual tax shall be |
within the above limits of rates, but
based on an appraisal Of the value of
said power. The rate of taxation may
be on a sliding scale.
The franchises granted by this act
shall terminate so years from the date
of the passage of this act unless ear
lier taken over by the State under the
provisions of another section of this
act. At the expiration, or sooner ter
mination of this franchise. all rights
under the franchise. exclusive of the
physical property shall revert to and
become the property of the state in
trust for all of the people upon such
terms and conditions as the laws APP
plicable in force and effect at the
time of the particular expiration may
provide.
The State Water Storage Commits
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