Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-20
DissensiOn Comes to
Light in Such
Attempt at
KennebeC
Railroad Establishes Blockade
with Tall Pole

According to advices received Tues
day evening from Kennebec which is
located on the line of the Maine Cen
trail about four miles north of the
city of Augusta, torrid Mexico is not
the only place that is In danger OF
disruption by internal dissensions, for
there. appears to be a little war IN
progress right in the heart OF Ken
nebec itself According to the re-
ports received by telephone the war
assumed definite shape Tuesday aft
ernoon and was after nightfall adj
vanced several degrees by the estab-
lishment of q blockade which threat
ened, unless some amiGable settlement
: is reached by the opposing forces, to
a. be very effective, And 1t is as novel
as it is effective Latest news from
the front does not indicate that the
war will result in any bloodshed or
bodily injury, and far from causing
any fear among the peace-loVing
people of that locality It seems to
have inspired an interest among them
as to its ultimate effect.
The opposing forces in this desperate
struggles are two great corporations
the Maine Central Railroad Co. and
81 the Central Maine Power co. and the
cause of the hostile movement is said
3 to be the question whether or not the
power company will string its wires
: over the tracks OF the railroad COM
pany 1t will be remembered that there
are several manufacturing industries
Z located at Kennebec-the single and
!. tie mill of the Boyd & Harvey CO.,
the pulp wood mill of the s. d. War
rem Co, both of which have been es-
1,oy. oFN na =
and also the box board mill of the
., Kennebee Lumber Co, which is new
:, conner. but which will soon be in
readiness to begin operations.
Following the extension Of the ser
vice of the Central Maine Power Co.
: to the northern section of the Ban
gor road, a decision was reached by
the several concerns mentioned to OPP
; crate their plants by electricity, and
:, preparations are now being made to
carry the decision into effect. A 30
: horsepower motor has bee ninstalled
in the mill of the S. d. Warren Co.,
: ard the Kennebec Lumber Co. will in
stall three, a 50-horsepower, 25-
D horsepower and a 20-horsepower mo-
tor, and contracts have been made
with the Central Maine Power Co. to
furnish the Juice" The latter cor
poration has set the poles leading
down to the mills and is about to
string its wires. Whether the wires
will be strung or not is however a
question that yet remains to be an
swered.
u According to the information re-
ceived Tuesday night from Kennebec
- the Maine Central won't allow the
as wires to be strung over 1t stracks. and
this decision seems to be further en-
Il phasized by the sending to that place
sfTuesday afternoon of a train on which
there was long pole, and the setting
q of the pole at a point that brings it
in line between the poles of the power
= company and the mills to which it was
>. desired to string the wires.
This was as far as the blockade
mentioned above had progressed when
= the blood-red sun disappeared for the
might over the Sidney hills. but from
sundry noises which hoated on the
night air for some time after lark it
was apparent that there was some
ssthing doing in the vicinity Of that
spoie and some of the people of the
sneighborhood went down to inVest-
agate The visit of the scouting party
g is said to have disclosed the fact that
"a crew of men was working on the
:. pole and in addition to affixing divers
- cross-arms to the pole further orna-
mented it by mailing boards between
: them so as to Illustrate any attempt to
string wires between the poles of the
power company and the mills. This
having been done, operations were sus
pended for the night