Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-02-08
Ways and Bridges.

rep. Clarence W. Dutton OF Blngna
conducted the hearing before the COM
mittee on ways and bridges on the re-
solve to appropriate $1,000 to repair the
road in New rortland from New PorL-
land TO kingneld. A. l.. henderson,
chairman of the board of selectmen OF
New Portland, spoke of the large amount
of travel which passes over this road,
which Is five miles in length. The town
of New Portland has 60 miles of road to
maintain and this appropriation would
help out to a remarkable degree.
Senator William l.. Walker of Somer-
set county spoke a good word fer the re-
solve He said that New Portland, his
native town, had never asked much of
the State il the way of road money but
mad always come across with it's portion.
Rep. Jenkins of Kingfield and Roy Luce
road commissioner of kingfeld, said i
was hard to keep the road in repair and
'hat there was quite a lot of travel on Il.
This is the first time that the town Of
New Portland has come to a Maine Leg
lslature seeking for an appropriation, -
SAID Representative Dutton of Bingham
at the conclusion of the hearing
Hon. Charles A. Stephens of Old Town,
chairman OF the board of county commits
siohefs OF Penobscot county, appeared
Tor the resolve to reimburse the county
commissioners of Penobscot in the sum
of $194.57 for work which was done on
the bridge between Old Town and Mil
ford. Rep. Eeen T. Hartwell of Old
Io"h was present at the hearing al
though he did not speak
Rep. Webb of Cherryfield addressed the
committee in behalf of an approximation
CT $1,000 to repair road in Townships
NO. and 10 in Hancock county run
hlhs from Franklin in Hancock county
10 Cherryteld in Washington county,
provided that the county of Hancock
shall raise $1,000 for the same purpose.
Ex-Representative William F. Camp-
bell of Cherryfeld also spoke in favor
OF the resolve, saying that the road
would never be fixed unless the work was
done by the State.
l)r, Fred A. Chandler of Addison CON
Quoted the hearing on the resolve annro-
priating $4,000 to maintain a road in the
town of Addison beginning at the Colum-
bia Falls line and running to Halls hill,
so called, in Indian river, a trunk line
SIX and one-half miles long and a main
thoroughfare from the Columbia Fails
railway station TO Jonesport. the second
largest town in the county. Dr. Chand-
Ter said that the town of Addison need
Ell help; it was a poor town on account
OF the decline in shipbulding and he be-
lieved that there was more traffic on this
road than on any other in Washington
county.
Darius Joy and l.. n. Larkee of Addi-
son and Representative Watts of Jones'
boro also spoke in favor of these appro-
priations.
Representative r. ]. Andrews of War
rem spoke in favor of the resolve appro-
priating $4,000 for each Of the years 1917
and 1913 in favor of the town Of War
ren to maintain road from Crawford's
Corner to the Union town line, distance
of four miles, provided that the town of
Warren raises si00 for this purpose, and
II. L. Grinnell OF Union appeared in favor
of the resolve appropriating $500 for each
of the years 1917 and 1915 to the town of
Union to maintain a road from Walcott's
Corner to the Warren town line, a dis
tance of two and three-teriths miles pro-
vided that the town of Warren raises
5000