Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-30

herewith confirm substantially the
statements made to you over the tele-
phone this afternoon
We have at various points along
the line of the Bangor G. Aroostook
railroad upwards of 600 car loads of
timber which should move to our Milo
mill within the next so or so days while
shedding lasts. More than half this
stock consists of white birch which. If
left over a season, is total loss; a.
few weeks of hot weather moulding and
doing it 50 that it is unfit for the
manufacture of spools. We have two
steam log haulers and upwards of 100
horses engaged in hauling this timber
to the several sidngs. Since the
freight embargo was placed on the 18th
instant we have been unloading onto
tie ground. This win entail heavy ex-
pense rehandling. and even at that
cannot he long continued as the avail
able yard room is limited We have
in our several camps and boarding
houses along the line Of the Bangor &,
Aroostooll railroad more than 400 men
and We are dependent upon railroad
transportation for getting supplies to
these men as well as to the horses
above mentioned.
At Milo we have single bar mill
operating day and night Unless we can
get birch over the railroad from Patten
or Orson siding within the next three or
four days, it will be necessary to shut
down the mill for lack of stock, in which
case he would have to cut cord wood to
keep fire under our boilers, the waste
from the mill being our source of fuel
supply
The spools and shocks made at cur
Maine mills are for use in our own
thread mills. We do not sell them in the
open market Under presents4eonditiens
we can make shipment of this finished
product only by teaming it distance OF
eight miles to the Canadian Pacific rail-
road
Gnos Sawyer, Jr., Sebois. Me-, is under
contract to ship us 100000 feet of green
spool bars. He notified us today that the
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. had re-
fused to accept freight destined to points
ON the line of the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad. We are similarly affected by
contract with the Merrill Mill Co, Pat9
ten, Me, who are to ship us 10000 feet
of the same kind of stock this Season.
In both Instances tie refusal or the
transportation company to accept the
goods necessitates piling and re-handling
the stock or shutting the mills down un-
I'll the freight embargo is lifted. Within
a few weeks we have paid the Bangor &
Aroostook Railroad Co between $500 and
$500 for side track on their Medford cut
off so called, where we We're to load about
100000 feet of box logs. There is no
other practicable outlet for this timber
and no storage place at the siding for it,
therefore, there seems to be no alterna-
tive but to await settlement of the rail-
road strike with the grave possibility of
having to leave all or a part of the tim
Der in the woods for a season, with a
damage, direct and indirect, aggregating
several thousands of dollars In addition
to the forest fire risk
In some instances we have been great
ly inconvenienced by non-delivery of mill
supplies, shipped from Bangor or points
west of Bangor just before the embargo
was placed. Each item would be of
small Importance in comparison to the
larger matters which we have mentioned
although in the aggregate they involve
great deal of expense.
Respectfully submitted,
THE AMERICAN THREAD co. +.
EDWIN NJ. HAMLIN, Mgr
Evidence has also been addueed tend
ing to impeaeh the character ability
and skill of men procured by the railroad
company to fill the vacancies caused by
the striking engineers and firemen, when,
tains that the new men are subjected to
rigorous examination and must be and
are fully qualified to fulfill the duties re-
CURED of them with regard to the public
welfare.
The occasion which prompts the board
in submitting to Your Excellency at this
time what may be regarded as a rather
incomplete summary of its investigation
is due to the fact that it feels that it
complies best with the spirit of your Elk
cellency's letter above mentioned and
the exigencies of the situation in SO far
as ii affects the public welfare, in rem
derfng you such information as it may
be capable of doing at the earliest pos
sibe instant
"A large quantity of correspondence
passing between the parties in contro-
versy has been introduced into the record
of the boards sessions and will be
transmitted as soon as the complete
stenographic report of the investigation
is ready, which stenographic report is
made a part of this report and is ex-
pressly as if more fully extended and
contained herein. |t
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK BOGUE,
S. Il. HAINES,
ALDEN VI. FLAGG,
State Board of Arbitration and Concilia-
ton, Bangor Maine Jan. y, 1913
You will notice by this statute that
practically no authority is given to
said board of arbitration and con-
Citation, unless agreed to by the par
ties to the controversy, to do anything
except to investigate and report. They
can, in the language of the statute,
suppose, "endeavor to settle disputes,
etc." but just what these endeayors
consist of | cannot quite understand,
unless the parties to said controversy
submit their differences to arbitration,
either before the State board or before