Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-20

/ bad precedent which may mean the
going into winter quarters of the
| Winthrop or Togus line, whenever the
| company sees fit" Counsel then call
| ed upon various Augusta citizens,
| who responded briefly.
e. NJ. Mower said that the State
| street line Was Il great convenience to
many people and he believed that il
opened it would be used freely in the
winter time. He denied that the Amer
| lean Express Co. was instrumental in
having the hearing.
| j. Fl. Cogan said that lower State
street ought to be kept open. He
| blamed the road for not keeping its
| cars in better condition and deelar-
| ed that Car liz was "a filthy car with
seats rotten and torn
| EX-Alderman Joseph Theberge said
| that he would like to see the line re-
sumed and have a car on State street
that WAS safe to ride on.
| Councilman E. w. Hanks said that
| he didn't ride much himself but his
| constituents wished the service re-
sumed. 1T is the double track bust
ness that makes it, lie explained.
''They are like a horse jockey who
thinks he got a bad trade, they want
| to get back
Hon. L. L. .;Newbert, city clerk and
former pastor of the Unitarian church
| in this city, said that the people who
attended the city churches We're great
| ly convenienced by the State street
| ear. He thought 1t was rank folly to
run cars in BURBERRY season and take
them off in Christmas tree season,
| leaving people 10 wade through snow
| and slush. A transfer line would never
| pay. but the whole system would.
| 1.-THE people | have seen are all one
| way, they want this service continued.
/ believe the road should make a loop
| including Bond, State and Water
streets, and compel service summer
| and winter. Disseminating this line.
or closing it during the winter, would
| prevent our ever getting this loop"
| Stephen s. Lancaster, the newly APP
| pointed Judge of the Augusta munic-
| ipal court, gave%it as his opinion that
| there should be Il State street line and
thought it would accommodate large
portion of the people. As coed cars
| should be run on it as on the trunk
lire and not n relic to remind people
of what the cars were like when the
| road started.
Leon s. Tebbetts, the Kennebec
county register of deeds, was the next
witness called, and by questioning,
Judge Maher drew from him the infor-'
nation that the car on State street
accommodated people attending three
terms of superior court, one term of
lazy court two terms of the supreme
court the probate court, county COM
missioners court, daily visitors to the
I IL "A .aYNNr ~
ers who had occasion to visit the
court house. Mr.. Tebbetts stated that
he saw Il persons come to the court
house, Friday, who We're obliged to
walk from Grove street. Both the girls
employed in his office used the State
street car when it was running, one
coming from Winthrop and the other
from Gardiner
Thomas c. Ingraham said that he
believed the citizens of Augusta
needed the same service ON the north
end ef Water street as on the other
| part Of the street.
George A. Cloutier said that when
car service was given to the north end
of Water street he had trade from dill
ferent parts of the city that he did
not have now Practically the same
|
treault.
Holm Coughln said that the resump-
tion of car service would be great
/ benefit to the people of the north end
Wilfred p. Perry spoke in favor of
1.-THE resumption of car service to the
Z North end He said that petition
} (which had been left on his desk dur
t ling the noon hour, had secured over
/, Loo signatures He denounced the
manner in which express cars were al
1 Ilowed to block the street in front OF
This place of business. Sometimes the
E Tears stoodathere three hours at a time
} / s Charles sBilodeau said that all the
: people he had talked with We're unani
n n1ously in favor of the resumption OF
car service at the North end and prac-
S ideally the same statement was made
e by Joseph Croteau.
h Samuel Titcomb said that he repre-
D sented about 400 shares of Edwards
mil stock and had been requested by
: the stockholders to come to this meet
e ling and speak in favor of the resump
j ltion of car service at the North end
o las it would be of great service to thu
Y mill. AS it is now some of the over
seers are obliged to hire 10-cent team.
: in riding to and from the mill. II ca
q service could be resumed to the mil
it would be of financial profit to thu
~ Edwards Co, for cotton bales could b'
v transported to the mill by eectri'
n freight cars much cheaper and NOR
conveniently than by teams. He als'