Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-26

the Legislative Record of February
%. page 465: Majority and minority
reports of the committee on towns
on bill, an Act to divide the town Of
Bristol and incorporate the town o.
South Bristol, majority report "ough
not to pass" signed by Messrs. Patten
Bailey, Bragdon of York, Gardiner
Violette. Bragdon of Sullivan anC
Twombley; minority report ought t.
pass" signed by Messrs. Jillson, Rolft
and Packard On motion by Mr.. Rolft
of Portland. both reports We're tabled
pending the acceptance of either, ano
Tuesday of next week assigned fol
their consideration"
l will submit that this record bears
out the correctness of the printed cal
business seems to be rolling up very
fast upon our calendar, and if it is
possible for the proponents and OPP
pCnents of this measure to agree,
thing it would be well to get these
matters off of the calender as fast as
possible, rather than to reliable them
for further assignment as we are now
doing.
Mr.. IRVING: Mr. Speaker, ii has
been suggested by tie gentleman from
Westbrook (Mr. Scates) that it WAS
unfair towards the gentleman from
Boothbay Harbor 6Hr. MAXWELL. /
wish TO call the attention of the
House to that facts it anywhere
near as unfair to the gentleman from
Boethbay Harbor or to any other
member as it is to the opponents of
this measure, to permit their side of
the case to be heard and then to have
the matter postponed?
Mr.. ROLFE: Mr. Speaker ii seems
to me that it was my privilege to take
this bill from the table and make a
motion before anything had been said
upon the question; but it seems to
have been taken from the table by
some one else, and discussion upon
the measure commenced before /
noticed the manner in which il was
proceeding.
The SPEAKER: The question is
upon the motion of the gentleman
from Portland, Mr.. Rolfe. that this
matter lay upon, the table and be
specially assigned for next Thursday.
A viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was lost.
The SPEAKER: The question now
recurs upon the motion of the gentle
man from Van. Buren,, Mr.. Niolette,
that the majority report of the com
be accepted Is the House ready for
mittee, reporting fought not to pass,
the question.
Mr.. Irving of Caribou called for the
yeas and nays.
sufficient number not having
arisen to demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were not ordered.
Mr.. SARGENT OF Portland: Mr.
Speaker and gentlemen. ] would like
to say word upon this question.
am a little bit interested myself down
in the town of Bristol. The portion
of the town that they propose to set
off is very small. and as / understand
it, there are only about 900 or 700 in
habitants, and is mostly village.
The town of Bristol as | understand,
is some IL or 10 miles long, and there
are two spurs that. run out into tn
ocean at the southern portion of the
town, and they propose to take off
the western part of il. | don't know
how many acres or how many square
miles they propose to cut off. but It
is very SMALL The people who are
obliged to travel BY land cannot get
down to South Bristol without pass
ing over some five or 10 miles of road
through the farming community in
the northern part of the town. Ii they
had a good road there they could haul
more over it every day than they do
now, and they claim they want to get
the road down there for automobiles,
and one thing and another, and that is
the position they are in. and they are
kicking about it because it is not in
as good shape as it ought to be. and
are set off won't try to make any
better improvements than They arc
making now because they won't be
particularly interested in the south
ern part of the town after they are
set off, and they are going to shut
themselves out. That is the way it
looks to me, and ii is Impossible for
them TO get down with teams with
out going through the northern part
of the town. Automobiles go down
there in the summer time in large
numbers, and ! don't see, so far as the
roads are concerned why they are
making any trouble about it. 1t seems
to me it will be great deal worse
for them if they are set off than it is
now.
The SPEAKER: The question is
upon the motion of the gentleman
from Van Buren,. MrlViolette, that the
majority report Ought not to pass"
be accepted. Those in favor of that
motion will rise and stand in their
places until counted.
A division being had, 80 voted in
the affirmative and three in the neg
ative
So the motion was agreed to, and
the majority report was accepted.
Special Assignment.
The SPEAKER: Coming up by
special assignment, today is the mat
ter of majority and minority reports
OF the committee on claims to which
was referred resolve in favor of Mi
chael Burns, majority reporting ought
TO pass minority reporting, ought
not to pass"
MIR. ScateS of WeStbrook moved that