Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-13
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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was a little slow, and the first thing
Mr.. Dorr know this road had gone
through process of reorganization,
and he has not, up to this time been
able to collect one cent was a
member OF the last Legislature, and
by my silence gave consent to an act
passed through the Legislature legal
ling the reconstruction of this ROAD,
which removed the last barrier. so
that Mr. Dorr could not collect his
money. Now | have nothing to say
about the merits of this bill in allow
ing this road to increase its capital
stock Il million and a half dollars; hut
before it does it ought to meet that
obligation; and it will be no hardship
To this corporation for. if YOU will
look at the last section in this bill you
viii find another extraordinary pro
cedure That is te say, that this
road shall only pay into the State of
Maine the sum of $75 for every $780,
900 of its increased capital stock. If
it should proceed under the General
Law ii would pay in to the state
Treasury 800 for each 100000 in
crease; so that ii will save nearly
one-half of the amount of this bill,
which | have put in here at $500,
which gives Mr.. Dorr about four per
cent. on his money from the time that
this award was made by the supreme
court of New Hampshire. Mr.. Speak
er. and gentlemen, | move the passage
of this amendment.
Mr.. SANBoT.N cf South Portland:
Mr. Speaker | want it distinctly un-
derstuod at the outset that nave
not he slightest personal interest IN
This hill nor have | anything more
than a very slight acquaintance with
The people Interested In the property
involved; lnt | do want To make per
fec,ly clear 10 the House, that they
may vote UNDERSTANDINGS, Just what
The situation IS, as it came before the
committee: and / Will speak only in
hehaIf OF the committee before whom
the matter was heard. This feature
which is involved in the amendment
by the gentleman from Kittery was
not before The committee. The COM
fnittca only had before IL the simple
auestion of permitting this railroad
company to increase its capital stock.
Those vino were in favor Of II showed
what seemed To he committee So"i
and sufficient reasons fer being al
lowed the privilege, and their report
If | am not mistaken. Was a unanl-
nous one dat they should be allowed
to Increase Now, eutsiae Of the COM
mittcc room, and here in this House,
we are told hat there was 1udg-
ment; hut | want only 10 emphasize
a feature of the matter which the
gentleman from Kiitery did not en-
phasize, namely. that the judgment
when was recovered was against an
other company altogether from The
coutany that is involved in this biz,
While the company was in the hands
of previous owners i boy was killed
suit was brought against the men
comuany. Now | do not even know
whether that company failed. -wheth-
er they went into liquidation bank
ruptcy. do not know what happened
10 them hut evidently they did not
have the property with which 20 sat
isfv the Judgment. \ new company
has been organized who are not in any
sense parties 10 the cid proposition:
in no way liable. absolutely no la
hilitV unon them. They have organ
ICED ana are operating that railroad,
or have come into possession of the
aransliise: and they are the ones who
are asking for this act. Now en-
6ress no opinion whatever as to the
br0perty Of our levying tribute of that
rI4w. company 10 the extent of paying
a,enaaher. fellows bin before they can
.e.ad with, what they want.
4 IA ils opif5ion whatever upon
+ Il flsax sis sfI,r lhe Judgment Of this
i'!3$ !: nat tlo want it perfectly
81 III III hen this matter was before the
a X arx conn1ittee the committee
w nes jissrsdwl sc OF that phase of the
(2fedf, nor was it a phase when
III lroRsrly could have been be
II 4 sssfn. the question before the
'sSBs1nnitfee tping only as TO whether
this new Atlantic Shore halfway
ought in Justice to be permitted 10
increase its capital stock for the fur-
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of its property, ana
Tor fhe better service of the puphc
rtiich ii does serve, so that in voting
sfS5r SstHis amendment. if you vote to
adopf the amendment it wants to be
iftf3erstood that YOU are requiring THIS
sc1ff,pany to pay a bill that is proper
2cI4arge against some other company
t,r people who are now out OF exist
ence.
Mr.. Mitchell of KitterM l want to
saw for the information of the House
that The same officers that were op-
Grating the old road are operating the
present road. and they took over the
franchises and property of the other
road: and | submit they should nave
taken over their obligation as we'll
MIR. GORDON of Biddeford: AS an
employee of the Atlantic Shore Lane
Railroad. in the engineering depart
ment. stand with the gentleman
from Kittery. ! know what he says
is true. | know why the company re-
Organized | made a statement to the
general manager before i left their
employ; and he told me that | knew
loo much. | acknowledged that ] did;
and got out. / stand with him in
every particular. and want the
House TO understand it.
Mr.. AUSTIN of Phillips: ] presume,
and | have no doubt, il is the inten-
ton of the gentleman from Kittery TO
he entirely just: but ! submit to TINS
House, that while we may have done
some peculiar things during the pres