Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-27

1.-THE Legislature Of the same year
amended Section II Of Chapter 81 OF
the Revised Statutes and thereby
provided that this commission might |
extend the corporate existence and
powers of street railway corporations
for successive periods Of not ex-
ceeding three years each, thus giving
the commission jurisdiction in this
and similar cases.
1.-THE company in its evidence
shows what it believes to be desire
and necessity for electric railway
the company's articles of associations
and indicates also belief that the
company will be financially able.
within the period Of extension. to at
least construct that portion Of its
railway which will serve Rumford
Falls and contiguous territory. 1t
explains its failure to commence
operation by showing that condi-
lions prevailing during the war
period have been such that It was
practically impossible to obtain at
reasonable rates necessary capital to
construct that railway. Recently it
has had some considerable encour-
agement as to the raising of money
and seeks and feels that it is en-
titled to the opportunity to MAKE the
effort to begin actual operations
within the next three years.
THE evidence satisfies us that the
charter should be extended"
Death Of Peter Thibodeau
A decision has been rendered by
the Public Utilities Commission in
the matter of the accident on the
Bangor Railway and Electric Com
pany at South Brewer June 6 last
| which resulted in the death of Peter
Thibodeau. The decision says in
part:
"On June 6, 1919, about 1890 P.
NJ. John Morancy of Old Town.
| driving a WHY'S knight touring car,
| ran into an electric light pole Of the
Bangor Railway and Electric Co. in
South Brewer, near the Eastern
| Manufacturing Co. ball grounds. and
Peter Thibodeau, aged 81 years,
laborer, received injuries from which
he died about one hour later in the
Eastern Maine General hospital at
! Bangor, Frank Doyle and Joseph
Lemieux. both of Bangor. were quite
severely injured. but John Morancy
escaped without injury.
1.-The evidence shows that Morancy
Is accustomed to drink and that he
gets drunk with more or less fire.
| quency. 1t appears that two of this
party at least had been drinking
whiskey that night as we'll as beer,
although Morancy claims that he had
been drinking nothing but beer.
1T appears to be evident that this
party was out for joy ride and that
Morancy, the driver. was evidently
| not paying attention to the business
of driving this car. He was either
so much under the influence Of
liquor that he was unable to attend
to his business or else he was so oc-
| cupied with other matters that he
was not attending to it.
"All the evidence and circum
stances in this case show that this
accident was entirely unnecessary
and that he might easily have avoid
ed it had he been paying the slight
est attention to his business. We
, note from the testimony that
Morancy was fined for fast driving
by the Bangor municipal court the
following morning. The State auto
mobile inspector has already recon-
mended that Mr.. Morancy's drivers
license be withdrawn.
This case adds another to the
long list of unfortunate accidents
which have caused the unnecessary
sacrifice of human life"