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

ii is 1T the junction of the Allagash
with the st. John that tn. MadawaSka
Io" Driving Company's charter stops
and the point at which the proposed
charter Is 20 beeiu
~ | understand it the ma ority Of
tie logs that are cut on The st. John
river today, are cut on above the Alla-
cash, and upon these two streams.
the .Al!aedSh and tributaries and the
Upper St John and tributaries, by Il
large hummer OF Independent opera
tors and by the proponents of this
Lin. the 81. John Lumber Company.
ane the oppone MT of the bill. the Stet-
son Cutler Company of s.. John, y.
T.. and none of the interested parties
dispute tn" fact that present condi-
tons on The river are unsatisfactory,
and under proper restrictions and safe
guards can he materially improved.
inc charter calls for the right to
drive under q master driver all the
logs cut upon the Upper st. John below
Baker Branch, and all The logs cut
upon all the streams running into the
s.. .John between Baker Branch and
the mouth of the Allasash, after said
logs that are cut upon said streams
haze been delivered into the Upper
st. John river proper. and each opera
tor is irvited To become Il member of
said corporation. to participate in its
deliberations ana to have a vote or
votes in all meetings upon all ques-
tons that properly come before said
corporation.
'Ene charter further provides that
each oncrator shall pay his part of
the expense incurred in the driving
OF Said logs from the point al con-
tact with the Upper st. John 10 the
mouth OF the Allagash, so-called.
where the Madawaska Company takes
control of the same.
II is also provided in the charter
that the distance that each operators
logs have to be driven shall be fac
tor in computing the per cent. of cost
that each one shall have 10 pay TO
illustrate. logs that run into the 81.
John. 20 miles above the junction with
the -tllagash shall not be assessed as
much as logs entering .hc st John
=, miles above the .AllaEasi, but shall
be assessed in the proportion Of 81 to
-. intending 10 place each and every
operator on az absolutely equal foot
whole operation.
This in general is the meat Of tho
charter. and the object OF the same
is 10 insure Il clean driv. each spring,
which under present conditions, it is
claimed, is . very uncertain PROPOSE
ton. and to suhstantiata this claim
parties state hat At the present time
Their" are some ," or more million feet
above thu Alagash.
Eight million feet Of this rear or
jam belongs 10 the ST Johns Lumber
Company and the remaining 20 or 90
million feet. is the property of the st.
Johns River Log Driving Company.
or StetsonCGt d Co. all Of which
is liabl" To move with the breaking up
Of the ice and on the flood water OF the
early spring and because. OF the fact
that the distance is so short compare
lively speaking to the baoms of the
ST. Johns Lumber Co, = large per
cent. OF these eight million feet is
quite liable to pass their mill before 1t
is possibl" To got their booms hung to
sop the Slnl". and once il passes their
boon@ il must go To the Fredericton
boom and be manufactured by the
St"tson-cut!cr Company AT Il mate.
rial loss to tho st. Johns Lumber
Company, while the logs of the lower
CONF any being so far away. some 200
miles or more. can't possibly reach
their destination till late in the season.
so that il is almost necessity that the
st. Johns Lumber Company to protect
themselves from great loss should
make clean drive each year which is
al impossiblity under the present
metEod OF individual driving.
Personally | know nothing about this
particular condition except what was
brought out in evidence on both sides
at the hearings before the committee,
but do claim To be familiar with con-
dtions in the western part of the
State on the Androscoegin waters.
which, from my general knowledge of
the lumber business obtained by ac-
tual participation for q period OF some
90 years are very similar, and that
regulated driving is in every instance
recommended under a similar char
ter t. n" one asked for in this case.
Now just a word about these reports.
When the matter was taken up in eS-
ccutive session by the committee
UNDERSTOOD at the tlfne tndt flNe OF the
memrers Of the committee were united
in recommending that the bill ought
to pass that they so voted also that
the bill was to be so reported by me.
One member 10 the committee did not
vote and reserved the right to put in
minority report, which report az it
is now before the House appears to be
the majority report, having been sign
cd by three OF the members of the COM
ni!ttce in the usual manner by simply
signing my name to the same. other
wise should have insisted upon having
the two reports signed in the commit
tie room and regularly reported as ma
jority and minority reports.
With this explanation I move you,
Mr.. Speaker. that what appears here
to b" the minority report of the COM
mite" he accepted by this House and
that 1t ought to pass.
submit. Mr. Speaker. that if regulate
ed driving under corporation management
is the economic method and if it was not
ii wouldn't be followed. on the Penob-
scot, on the kennebec on the Androscog-