Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-09

utilization for street lighting of L.,
that were thrown off by concerns ,t4
paid so much for horse power Der va"'
Mr.. Wyman admitted that -
domestic light rates were chargsd a
! Ontario than the domestic rates h."
and said that in towns from looo
| 5000 inhabitants the Ontario ~
was between four and five cents ,'''
| owat hour while the rate given bv ~
company for towns the size of nv.
| was about seven cents
In response to question hv n
Baxter of Portland Mr.. Wyman p
| there was no distinction made ba,ra
| domestic and commercial lighting
Rep. Cole of Eliot. the house cb.,-
man of the judiciary committee :.
presided at the evening session in -,
| absence of Senator Davies wished -
| informed as to the exact meanirr
kilowat hour and Mr.. Wymap s,o.
| that 1t was a horse power and -
used for an hour
DO you believe that the Ontario oou.
mission can deliver electricity q,
profit at the prices which have a,ra,s'
been quoted" asked Rep. Cole
Il don't think that it can be do, g..
they take care of their depreciation 49,,
cinking funds" replied Mr.. wvman "'O
| Mr.. Wyman said that there was ais.
! class OF takers which was ENCOURAGED =
this State that paid higher rate in a.
tario and that was the operators NJ 80,
factories.
Mr. Wyman took up the case of n
| Whipple of Bingham. one Of She ~.
nesses for the proponents of the Du,,A.
DILL VINO mad written to the speaker r..
garding the Ontario plan of state.cor
trolled water powers, and said that NJ,
! Whipple was paying less money for
farm service here that he would nav !,
the Ontario plan were operative.
Must l move to Ontario?" inouir.,
Mr.. Whipple rising in his seat Mr.. W..
man smiled.
| I'VE would like to have you stay here
we want that $40 a year; but we are pon,
to make the rate cheaper" said the Cen
trail Maine manager
| Further considering the Ontario COM
mission plan, Mr.. Wyman said that tax
ing into consideration the money spep
by the province of Ontario and by The
municipalities doing business with The
| companies, the cost was from two ia
eight times what it cost a private oper,
alton, which would show there was vast,
and inefficiency somewhere
Are you interested in shipping powe,
out of the State?" asked Rep. Baxter d.
Mr.. Wyman.
| Il believe that the best thing MAINE
! could do would be to transmit power thar
| it could not use even into Connecticut
replied Mr.. Wyman with emphasis.
There is no sense in letting the water
! power of Maine go to waste. We ought
to ship thought the same as we ship
out lumber, spring water or corn
How far can electricity be TRANSMIT,
! ted without improbable loss" askeI
Rep. Cole of the committee.
From 200 to 300 miles" replied NJ
/ Wyman.
p. B. Yates of St GATHERINGS. Out
closed the case for the proponents Of The
Dutton bill and Attorney Carter for the
remonstrants. The Baxter bill while FIRE.
quently alluded to was not taken up
specifically at this hearing but will BE
fully considered on Wednesday next b.
the judiciary committee.
Prior to the continuation of the water
power hearings this afternoon the jud.
ciary committee cleared its calendar, this
work taking about an hour and numerous
measures being disposed of
Hon George Macp,,,har Of tuuus,a
M. S. Holway of Augusta and Edgar {
Smith of the Smith & Rumery Co. Of
Portland, appeared in favor of an
amendment to the Revised Statutes
which would permit water districts anI
water companies to give free service for
sprinkler systems where automati.
sprinklers were used as protection
against fire.
Leroy L. Hight of Augusta and Israel
Bernstein of Portland appeared for a bill
which would prevent discriminate
against any person on account of nation
atty or religious belief and told of no.
tells in the vicinity of Portland that dis
played signs mo dogs or Jews allowed
Attorney Charles j. Nichols of Port
land appeared in behalf Of bill which
would provide for the termination Of
a lease in the case of buildings partial
1y destroyed by casualty. lie was
asked by Attorney Frank L. Dutton II
the bill was intended to include damage
by flood as well as fire and he said that
1t was. Rep. Barnes of the committee
thought the bill opened the door rath'
Ell wide.
Judge John A. Morrill, and II. c. Day
OF Auburn apps AIRED for an act which
would authorize the Androscoggin
Trust Co. to become surety on bonds.
Attorney Frank B. Miller Of Rock
land appeared for the act creating the
Knox county municipal court and the
act .abolishing the Rockland police
court. He offered three amendments
which would provide that the Judge
and recorder mie hit come from OUTSIDE
OF Rockland and which would give triai
justices more jurisdiction.
Judge Philip Howard of the Rockland
police court said that the present cour
law had worked we'll and that ther'
was no demand for a change from the
present charter which was drafted by
Arthur s. Littltfield and S. Thayei
kimball in 1908 and had worked wen
ever since. except from those actuateo
by personal interest. County Attorney
Henry l.. Withee of Rockport in De-
half OF the Knox county commission
ers, opposed any change in the Rock
land court.