Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-01


appeared in favor of resolve asking
for $4,000 for each of the years 1917
and 1918 for the construction of
bridge across the Taunton river be-
tween the towns of Sullivan and Han
cock in the county of Hancock. There
was no opposition and Mr.. Shelton
briefly outlined the needs of such a
bridge.
Judge Blanchard of Bangor appeared
in favor Of an act to regulate the OPP
Grafton of jitney buses or any other
steam or motor driven vehicles. He
said there should be some regulation
with relation to these busses because
of the fact that they chew up the roads
and by way of Illustration told of the
busses that are operated from Belfast
through to Bangor and Rockland in the
summer time and told how they had
cut the roads to pieces. He believed the
highway commission should have the
authority to regulate their operation.
There was no opposition.
Judge Blanchard asked contin-
uance on the act relating to vehicles,
motor cars and trucks, saying there
was another bill somewhere that he
would like to see before he spoke on
this bill and the bill was tabled upon
his request.
The selectmen of Rome appeared in
favor of a resolve appropriating money
to aid the town in repairing it's high
ways. $500 for each of the years 1917
and 1918 was asked. A petition was al
so read from the nonresident owners
of cottages along the road.
According to testimony offered the
roads are narrow and in many cases
dangerous and should be fixed up as
soon as practicable.
Rep. Ryder of Brownville appeared
and conducted the proponents side of
the hearing in favor of the resolve APP
propriating $500 in favor of the town
of Brownville covering one-half of the
expense of a concrete bridge erected
across the Pleasant river in the year
1855. Mr.. Ryder explained that the
former bridge was burned in August,
1915, and the, law relating to the gen.
eral bridge act did not go into effect
until September of that year. The town
built concrete bridge at a cost of
$4,000 and now asked that the State
reimburse them for one-half the costs
der the general bridge act. f. NJ. john
son, who had charge of the building of
the bridge, corcoborated the statements
of Mr.. Ryder. told of the bridge con-
struction and Selectman w. A. Crozier
also spoke along similar lines. All of
those who appeared before the COM
mittee believed the State should pay
| one half TO the bridge costs which they
would have done had the bridge been
built under the general bridge act
| Rep. Bessee of the committee tabled
the resolve sppropriating money for
aid in repairing the road leading from
Leonard bridge to Winnecook station
| in the town OF Burnham because he
understood there were several to ap-
pear for it, although he personally be-
! lieved that the road should be contin-
ued, the resolve was tabled until Fri
day
| w. f. Cannon appeared in favor of
a resolve appropriating the sum of
| $4,000 for aid in building a road in
the town of oxford to connect the
| town of oxford with the town of Otis
field Samuel II. Eaton also spoke in
| favor of the resolve, saying the roads
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that this road is the principal mail line
road.
| Rep. c. w. Cummings of Hebron APP
peared in behalf ofbthe resolve appro-
priating $500 for each of the years 1917
and 1918 to repair highways in the
town of Hebron. Mr. Cummings told
of the condition of the roads and said
there was no industry to bring money
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as we'll as could under the circumstan-
ces but felt the State should give
them some aid because they were finan-
cially unable to do all the work re-
CURED. He said they had 90 miles of
road in the town to look after and that
there were two State Institutions there,
the academy and the sanatorium but
neither contributed anything towards
the support of the town.
Sen. Hastings of Androscoggin also
appeared in behalf of the bill and said
an amendment might be offered to re-
pair the road leading from the railroad
station to the State sanatorium al
though Rep. Cummings did not think
the money should be expended on that
particular piece of road Sen. Hastings
said 1t was impossible to haul coal over
the road because the road was not of
the stability that would stand heavy
| teaming
| Sen. Conant of Waldo chairman of
the committee, said he didn't see why
the farmers didn't raise truck and sup
ply the sanatorium, that they had to
send to Portland and Boston for their
! products and he believed If the farm
ers would get busy and raise enough
products a lot of money would come
into the town from the State institu-
ton.
Rep. Cummings replied, do you
know why the State sanatorium sends
to Boston and Portland and buys their
products" When the chairman said he
didn't, Rep. Cummings said. They will
send to Portland and Boston and buy
| their products and pay more for them
before they'll buy them from the farm
ers of Hebron, that's what we're up
against, they won't patronze home in
dustry and / want to go on record as
stating so, too
The resolve appropriating $1,000 for
each of the years 1917 and 1918 for
the repairing of roads in the town of
Sidney was tabled.
w. Fl. Munroe appeared as represen-
| tative of the American Thread Com
pany, who in a bill are authorized to
construct a bridge across the Sebec riv-