Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-09
The SPEAKER, The Chair remeDoh'

Mr.. ROUNDS That Is why | az,
have 1t POSTPONED. 1t seems tina, ..
highway commission at this late day he
seen some other commission out In s..
other state had this. and wrote then,
letter, and so they have got an idea ~.
want something more put In. DO !,
know that the trucks of 20 firms in p,.
land weigh over five tons. and you h,.
put in here mot over three tons" g.
practically eliminates the trucking h,.,
| ness around the city Of Portland fro.
November to May. There 10 Randau
McAllster. there is Milliken- Tomljn.os
there is Twitchell-C hamplin. Conan,.p,,
rick, w. L. Blake. w. II. Dugan. Por,la,,
& Sebago Ice Co. Standard Oil Co., Cas-.
| Fuel Co., A. r. Wright Co, and a numb.
| Of others that cannot do business ri,
months out of year They cannot h,,,
coal and groceries around the CITY q,
! Portland through the roads or anywh.,
else. but there is a bill which allows the,
to with the consent of the highway con-
mission that has gone through and ma,
| covers this whole business. They hay.
got this idea from the highway comnh
| sion OF SOIIlt oiiSI Statc anu NltE laya
brought 1t in here and put 1t up to .,
| that we shall have something more on a.
| statute books. We have got all We ne.l
and I hope that my motion will prevail
Mr.. LONGLEY of Sidney: Mr. Speak.,
| this Is too important matter 10 rus
| over rapidly at this late hour Cone
lions that might apply In the city Of por
| land or some other city would not app,
! in the country towns. Country towns
which I represent are willing TO pay
great deal of money TO build those lors
distance roads. This bill covers that par
ticular ground. l know it 70 be SO. Sew
eral times this past year after the grount
has once frozen solidly 1t thaws out, Az
YOU know what the result is after Il Ia,
been once frozen down to n depth Of
foot and thaws out. 1t becomes very son
l have seen a truck 60 down throusa
my town, the whole length Of the town
nine miles, and cause damage at one IN,
of more than a hundred dollars. maka,
ruts a foot deep. There ought to
something to protect us when we are lay.
ing out thousands of dollars TO make ne,
roads. The man who has got heau
truck can get a permit TO run. That BIZ
contains no provision that you cannot u,
a permit to run that truck, but II our ror
is in a soft condition we can't give ths-
a permit. In the city of Portland As
can get a permit to run their trucks \
won't shut those fellows out; they vii
have the same privilege they have TO-DAY
but they will only have to ask for a %.
nit. Our country roads are not pave,
gentlemen, and you look out for this Bill (
Mr.. JENKINS of kingfield Mr. Speal
er, we do not do much trucking up then
to Kingfeld, but we have wagons nu
weigh more than half the weight h,y
give.
Mr.. ELLIS OF York: Mr.. Speaker. I an
| going to say I have got trucks Of my
! own and If the roads are in the condit5
that Mr.. Longley describes. our truch
cannot run. I have got heavy teams that
do twice the damage these trucks do.
! you pass this law it would put my rrt
erty out of business nine months Of The +
year. I hope 1t won't pass.
Mr.. HALL Of Wilton: Mr. Speakr-
I do not see how this bill can he rrst
tically worked. 1t may sound all rirh +
in print that after the first day y
November you cannot run a truck q
haul a wagon load over three tons 10
weight. but perhaps today. tho frc
day of November, the town authorize,
or the road commissioners will give .
you a permit to run that truck. and .
tomorrow 1t may be thawed out 50
they will not want you to run I can
| not see how they can make a rigid law
to apply to the weather situation. L <
looks to me as though the motion o.
Mr.. Rounds is a very good one.
Mr.. ALLAN: Mr.. Speaker, in order
to test the sentiment Of the House.
am going to move that II be laid upon
the table short time in order that an
amendment be prepared prohibiting tn.
use in March. April and November.
Mr.. ROUNDS: Mr. Speaker. I hop.
this thing will go right through II
there Is going to be any amendment
we want 1t put on now.
The pending question being on N,
motion of the gentleman from Port
land. Mr.. Allan. to table.
viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was lost
Mr.. REDMAN: am tho last per
son In this House. Mr.. Speaker. that
wants to interfere with anyone doing
business. 1 believe in letting business
go on. and I detest legislation which
prevents business going on in It's le
gitimate channels. This bill provides
that trucks can get a permit TO oper.
ate 1t does not say that they shall
not operate between November first and
May. 1t permits them to operate IN.
DER regulations. do stand for this
proposition. that IL truck has a load
that costs perhaps two or three hun
dred dollars and goes out over a road
and in delivering that load II damages
mat road to the extent OF two hundred
doilars. that Is not an economic gain
TO the community. There is no law to-
cay and there has been no bill present.
cd here to this Legislature which GOV.
ers certain instances contained in this
Dill l submit 1t will work out all righ
ana 1t Will permit trucks and heavy
loads to go out over our roads when
the roads will hold them UP. and 4
VIII prevent them from going over our
roads when they cut into them and Do
hundreds of dollars of damage every
time they 80 over them.
MI CLARKE Of napSoipb. NJ