Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-15

was a sorting and ne nau sot the
small logs from Bog Brook. The first
year he, had made complaint re-
garding certain logs. Mr.. boardman
said he had asked Mr.. Viles what he
was going to do about delivering logs
on the shortage of 1861. that Mr..
Viles had answered that he had full
filled the contract and did not con-
slider he owed him any logs, and that
witness had said he would defer pay
ment until an agreement was reached.
Witness did not question that he had
received from Mr.. Viles 1,63S, 100 feet
of logs which at $11 come to $1S,026.-
SO. He had paid Mr.. Viles $4,000 on
| that amount.
Upon redirect examination Mr..
Boardman explained what prize logs
| are and testified as to prices Of these
| logs. The price of these logs, he said,
| would not furnish a criterion in the
| market of logs generally. He had not
heard that the Augusta Lumber Co.
or the Cushnoc Co. were sellers of
! logs. He had inquired about fir
from Mr.. Lannigan representing the
| Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.
| Again upon cross-eXaminaton. witness
| stated that last spring he lost many logs
| III the freshet.
| The next witness was r. G. Bosworth
of Gardiner. who had scaled logs cut by
Mr. Viles in the winter of, 1916. He was
scaling Tor Messrs. Colby and Hutchinson.
Witness testified that he had sorted big
saw logs for Mr.. Henderson or Mr.. Brad
| street, the balance going to the Kenne-
bee Lumber Co. or the Cushnoc Co. He
| fee lad 70 No nf ,I;x-,.;; ~
logs between these latter two companies,
q part OF the time the balance from the
saw logs going to one and the rest of the
time going to the other company. He re-
ceived his instructions for changing from
one company to another from Mr.. Wing
Mr. Niles' walking boss. All the sorting
was done under the direction of Mr..
Wing. Mr.. Bosworth when cross-exam-
ined testified as to the number of feet
going to different parties.
| Charles E. Hume of North Arson, man
ager of the North Arson Mfg CO. and
the Hume-Newhall Co. of Augusta, testi-
fled that the term free run" would mean
all Of the tree, but that term in the con-
tract would not hinder the carrying on of
two operations at the same time on the
same land. The market price of free run
fir in 1917 on the Kennebec was SIS.
/ Rebuttal
In rebuttal the first witness was Robert
Jewell of Fairfield, a lumberman. He
testified that the market price of fir at
Dead river in 1917 was about $l2. Upon
icross-examination he said he had fixed
that market value upon orr transaction
and he testified as to market prices in
different years.
Ira II. Randall, treasurer Of the Angus
ia Lumber Co, testified that on the mar
ket Of 1917 for fir logs that he had to be
delivered below Ticonic Falls he thought
SIG would be fair selling price. He
thought the difference in price between
that point and Dead river would have
been about $3.50.
Witness upon cross-examination said
that he did not think in the spring Of 1917
he could have gone out on the market
and procured logs in quantities Of 1000, 600
or 100000 feet. His contracts with Mr..
Viles for delivery in 1917 were about 1,50o,-
900 larger than in previous years and he
had paid Mr.. Viles 81 over contract price.
| Ernest l.. Gedney, manager of the Cush-
noe Paper Co. Of Augusta, testified that
in the spring of 1867 the company HAD a
surplus Of fir 1t would have been willing
to sell and he considered a fair markes
price for fir at the lead river drive about
SO per thousand Upon cross-examina-
ton he said the company did not buy
nor sell fir clear and he had based his
Judgment as to the market price upon
what it was worth for pulp
Blnn w. Page of Skowhegan, who is in
the lumber business, testified regarding
the market price Of fir logs in the spring
of 1917 He said the phrase free run"
would mean all of the tree and he regard
ed that term and the term "log rum as
synonymous
State Forest Commissioner Forrest Col
by testified regarding the difference be-
tween the scale on the Penobscot and the
/ Kennebec.
Ralph Wing of Flagstaff testified thax
he was in charge of the operations for
Mr.. Viles on Bog brook In 1876 they
were cutting for the Bradstreet Lumber
Co. and the Cushnoc Paper Co. Mr. Bos-
worth had done some scaling there. Wit
ness had given Bosworth no instructions
to give the large saw logs to Henderson
and leave the remainder to the Kennebec
Lumber Co. 1t had come to his attention.
however, that something of this sort had
been going on for a short time. Last
winter there were three camps at Bog
brook and five camps at No. Three were
operated for the kennebec Lumber Co.
Witness said the cut in the camps fen
short of all reasonable expectations
| At the close of his testimony the case
was suspended for the day.