Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-19
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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take any person or any person 5 iIel2nl,
and has price for carrying same. Our
amendment is limited to steamboats,, and
it strikes out all other craft.
/ move the rejection of Senate Amend
ment G and the adoption of the subst-
tute amendment offered in place of same.
The motion was agreed to. and Senate
Amendment G was rejected, ana the sub
stitute amendment offered by the COM
mittee was adopted
m THE CHAIR. The next matter for
h consideration is Senate Amendment f
81 to Section 9. Senate Document 497.
THE term water works when used
in this act, includes all reservoirs, tun-
nels. shafts. dams, or bikes, etc. fix
lures or personal property owned. con-
trolled. operated or managed in con-
nection with or to facilitate the di-
version development. storage. supply.
distribution sale. furnishing. carriage.
apportionment or measurement of wa
ter for power irrigation, reclamation
or manufacturing, or for municipal, do
mestic or other beneficial use.
The amendment asked the striking
out the words dams or dikes' and
the words "or other in the l32nd line.
Mr.. HERSEY That was taken out.
Mr. MOREY: So that it appears. Mr..
Chairman. that the words "or other"
were stricken out, and that of course
becomes unnecessary.
The question is now on the words
ssdams or dfkes" Certain dams and
bikes. of course. would be necessarily
included. / put in that amendment to
see if the discrimination could not be
made against others.
Take the case we discussed a few
Ill
dam, so-called. where the right was
given to build a dam, and he was al
lowed to collect tolls until the dam
was paid for, and therefor 10 collect t
nothing except for maintenance Now
that dam would make the owner under |
this section public utility. OF course
in large dams and bikes used in con- /
| nection with waterworks, it is essen /
tial that they should be included.
MIR. COLE: AS il is now. II is limit /
ed To waterworks for municipal pur- |
poses.
Mr.. M0REY: Then as ii is limited /
! to dams only Tor municipal purposes. |
IL Withdraw that amendment.
Mr.. HERSEY: | move that Senate |
| Amendment F be rejected.
Mr.. MoREY: l withdrew my amend
| ment
Mr. HERSEY You cannot with
| draw Your amendment
Mr. MOREYs At any time before an /
amendment is acted upon, motion to
Withdraw is in order
Mr.. HERSEY: simply want the
record all right. think we had bet
ter reject it.
The motion was agreed TO. and Sen
ate Amendment F 70 Section was
rejected.
: The CHAIRMAN; The next matter |
consideration is Senate Amendment II
to Section 8. Senate Document 499.
Mr. MOREY: This is to amend Sec |
| ton further by inserting after the
word used" in the 147th line, the |
words in connection with any regu
larly established Steamboat line.r niaa3I
The term awharfnger3 includes
every person or corporation owning.
controlling. operating or managing any |
| dock, wharf or structure used by YES |
Fsels in connection with or to facilitate |
Fthe receipt or diseha rye of freight or /
passengers for compensation within |
this State. 4sESA
This amendment is to insert aft /
er the word used in the l47th line |
the words in connection with any |
Regularly established steamboat line
That is. if the wharf is limited to t
Steamboat lines that come for freight, /
do not think that was intended to be |
included and then it is all right. but /
as it stands now. it seems to he very |
objectionable. The term wharfinger' |
Fsphen used in this act includes every /
4corporation or person, their lesseess, I
E2trustees receivers or trustees, appoint |
Sed by any court whatsoever, owning, |
EscOntrolling or operating or managing |
AIN dock, wharf or structure used by |
Byesssis in connection with or to ia |
cilitate the receipt or discharge oil |
freight or passengers for compensa- |
fion within this State.. a. -
suppose there are hlrndreds OF |
Mharves on the Maine coast, and ulp
in small cove perhaps man has |
ia wharf, and his neighbor perhaps is |
Building an addition to his house. a |
small schooner comes. and lies at the |
wharf and discharges it's cargo and 7
gets a few dollars while there That 4
being place where they could dis |
charge Their freight the owner of that |
wharf would he made public utility |
If this section was limited to the op-
GRAFTON of steamboats,, then it would |
cut out the use OF these whafves fo.
all these small matters, which Edo net
think was ever the intention of the
Committee. l do not know just how
the amendment has left it,
Mr.. COLE: We have amended the
term vessel and wherever ii is used,
IT, NV means Steamboat"
Mr.. MORLEY: Then this will apply
4 only to steamboats,? Mr.. Chairman,
sthat use whaves so that there should
DE included in the act all of those docks
|, and wharves that have to do with any
thing coming under the definition Of
common carrier. 1t seems TO me for
that reason that nothing can be read
into any section of the bill that is not
read into il as a whole and taken as
whole. You cannot say that ferry
is regularly established steamboat
line for it is not so termed in ordinary
use.
We do not want TO read anything
into this bill or insert anything that is