Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28


been said this afternoon. we wouio al
like to buy our electricity for lights
4 heat or power at a much cheaper rate
They would desire that in my town
1 would desire it personally; and De
leve every member of the House WouIu
so desire.
There is another phase of TINS ques-
ton l would call to your attention. anu
perhaps in partial reply TO the genie
man from Milo who has just preceded
me- In reply to him as an attorney
| when he asks what we are AFRAID o.
| or why the r. #. q c. Company Shouiu
| object to these people coming IN there
| in competition with them if they nave
! no power, and / think he Will recognize
| the force of the reply that the very
: fact that they are authorized so to 90
| by the Legislature brings cloud upon
| their title, and it affects, in some degree
| at least, the bondholders which 1t mas
| always been the policy of the state To
take care of in such matters. II they
! have that right in there, and should
| not build to furnish more than single
| horsepower, yet having the right 'hey
have something of menace which they
can DOlu over lft n / ~ y. -''''f''S
there in the way of cudgel. Having
| no more than that they might not be
serious competitors, but yet | think 1t
is within the province of the legisla-
ture, and il is proper they should step
in and attempt TO regulate those mat
tiers. 1t seems to me that it is per-
tinent fact that this Knox Couny Power
Company, organized on the 18th day OF
January, 1912, for the purpose of Sup
plying electricity for lighting, heating,
manufacturing etc, in the towns of
Union, Warren, Hope, Appleton and
Washington, all in the county of Knox,
State of Maine, and Liberty. Searsmont
and Montville in the county of Waldo,
State of Maine. organized under the
general law, even before they nave set
T ii generator or a water wheel NJ their
dam, are now asking for an extension
and more territory. ! would like to ask
You gentlemen if it is not fair for these
people, and should they not properly
light that section in those towns which
they have been asked TO light, and
which they now have a charter 10 light,
before they take on additional territory?
The committee did feel. and 1t relieved
lHtili S'IlltNItit III tiiiN iiiaNN't' ''saA
there was a public utilities commission
coming which might take these things
into consideration: but ] do feel that
even though there had not been such
bill before this legislature that upon
the evidence presented to the COMMITTEES,
having in view the established policy
of the State of Maine from its history
in 1920 down to the present day, that
your committee would have been jnsti !
fled upon the evidence presented to il
in refusing the request of these people,
and recommending that this existing
company he allowed to continue for the
protection of its vested interests and
for the service of which there is no par
ticular complaint other than they wish
that they might have n cheaper power. !
There are many phases of this NATTER
a great many details,-and il has been |
truly said that the committee sat from
noon until midnight. and heard a mass
of evidence. 1t is not interesting to |
YOU. The thing to my mind resolves |
itself into simply this question. which |
YOU are called upon here today to an |
swer,-is this legislature upon the evil |
denee presented to it. going 10 put in
competing company when such an act
has only been done thrice in the history
of the State of Maine? tApplause.)
Mr.. Doherty of Rockland moved that
when the vote is taken it be taken by
the yeas and nays.
the yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER tpro tenn: The ques-
man from Ninalhayen, Mr.. Boman, that
the bill be substituted for the report of
the committee. The report of the COM
mittee Is Ought not to pass" Those in
favor of the substitution of the bin for
Inc report OF the committee granting the
right of the KNOX County Power Com
panN to come into Rockand will vote
Yes when their names are called: those
opposett Will vote no. The clerk will call
the oil
YE.A-AIlen. Perm. BENTON. Bi,her. Bo-
land, Eoinan, BTagdon of sullivan.
Brennan. Brown. Bueklin. Chadbourne.
Chick. Churchill. Cochran Crowcn. cur
Ter, Cyr Davis, pescoteauN. Doherty,
Donovan. Dresser. Durgin Elliott Estes.
Fafnham. Farrar. Folsom, Gallagher.
Gamache, Gardner. Goodwin, Gordon.
Haines, Hancock, Hartman, Harper,
Hartman, Hodsdon, Hutehins, Jenkins.
Johnson Jones Kimball, Lawry. Leader,
Leary, LeBel Leveille, Libby. Mason.
Mathieson, Maxwell, Maybury McFad-
den. Merrill Metcalf. Mildon, Mitchell
Mute. Packard. Peterson, Pitcher. Plum
mer Quinn, Richardson, Kicker. Rob
erts, Rolfe., Sanderson. Sargent, Sher-
man, Shelton, Skillin, Smith of Pitastield,
SpraGue, SWEET, Taylor, Thompson To-
hey, Tryon, Twombly. Umphrey, Vio-
lettes Washburn, Winchenbaush Wise,
Yeaton,-91.
.NAY-.Austin, Bass, Bowler, Bragdon
of York, Butler. Clark of Portland,
Clark of No. Portland, Connors. cook,
Dunbar, Duaton. Eastman, lSldiidge,
Emerson, Greenleaf of Auburn, Creep
leaf of Otisfield Higgins, Hogan, Irving.
kehoe, Kelleher of Portland. kelieher ri
Waterville, Marston. Mitchell of kit
terry, Morgan, Morse, Newbert. Pea :
cock Peaks, Pendleton. Putnam. Rey-
nolds, Rousseau, Smith of Auburn. Smith
of Presque Isle, Snow. Spencer Stetson,
stevens. Sturgis, Swift ThombS Trim
BILE, Warehouse, Wheeler.-45
| ABSENT-E,aton, Franck Haskell
| Jennings, Mcbride, OConneil. Peters
Price, Ramsay. Robinson, Sanhorn
| Smith of Patten, Stanley, Stuair-l4
The SPEAKER (pro temp: Ninety
one having voted in the affirmative
and As in the negative. the motion
prevails, and the bill is substituted
| for the report of the committee.
| (Applause)
| The bill, An Act granting to the
Knox County Power Company the
| right to generate and sell electricity in
| the municipalities of Thomaston and