Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30

tax and Probate Laws of the State
Of Maine.
! Resolve in favor Of Stephen Blais-
dell for materials furnished in the
construction of the central school
building for the Maine State School
for Girls.
Resolve providing for the purchase
of the Centennial Celebration of the
Maine State Bar Association.
| Resolve reimbursihg the st. Mary's
General Hospital Of Lewiston for SER
lvices rendered in caring for certain
patients during the calendar year
1919.
| Resolve to reimburse the town OF
| Oakfield for two-thirds Secondary
| School tuition.
Emergency Measures)
| An Act amendatory of and addition
| to Chapter of the Revised Statutes,
| relating to the assessment and pay
ment of excise taxes.
! The SPEAKER: This being an
| emergency measure. under the provi-
sions Of the Constitution requires the
affirmative vote Of thirds Of the
/ entire membership of this House. AL
those in favor of the passage of this
bill to be enacted will rise and stand
until counted, and the monitors will
| take the count.
! A division being had,
| One hundred and ten voting in the
affirmative and none in the negative,
the bill was passed to be enacted.
Resolve in favor of the Maine State
Prison for maintenance and current
expenses.
The SPEAKER: This being an
emergency measure. under the pro-
visions of the Constitution requires
the affirmative vote of two-thirds the
entire membership of this House. All
those in favor of the final passage
of this resolve will rise and stand un-
til counted, and the monitors will
take the count
A division being had.
One hundred and eight voting in
the affirmative and none in the mega
tive. the resolve was finally passed.
Orders Of the Day,
Mr. AUDIBERT of Fort Kent: Mr..
Speaker, I move that we take from
the table report of the committee on
ways and bridges on Resolve in IA
vor of Fort Kent and Saint Francis
bridge, tabled on March %, pend
ing acceptance of the report of ought
not to pass, and 1 further move to
substitute the resolve for the report
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
read the title: Resolve rsappropriat-
ing funds heretofore appropriated.
and authorizing new funds. to pay for
one-half the cost of an international
bridge between. Fort Kent, Maine,
and Saint Francis, New Brunswick.
Mr.. AUDIBERT: Mr. Speaker and
gentlemen of the House: The necessi-
~ of bridge between Fort Kent and
Saint Francis. New Brunswick is in
creasing every year. The town of
Fort Kent is situated at the mouth
of Fish river. whose water is of such
a temperature that it hardly freezes
over even in tho SeVereSt cold of the
winter, thereby causing the St. John
river at that place to freeze later in
~the fall and thaw earlier in the
spring than any other place along
that river In fact I have known
winters when there We're spots left
nitrogen, making that place very in
convenient and very dangerous, so
dangerous that there is hardly Il win
ter goes by when there is not faith
cr, wife, Il son, or a mother whose
heart has not been crippled by see
ing some of their loved ones go to
their long sleep in the st. John river
With these conditions in winter time,
our ice bridge does not last more
than 10 on II weeks and is very I'M
safe at that. There are about eight
weeks in the spring and four weeks
in the fall when we cannot cross
which leaves approximately - weeks
for the ferryboats. The charge of
these boats in summer is 20 and %
cents for an automobile, and when
cold weather comes and signs of frost
appear late in the season, they charge
more-50 cents, Is cents, 81. according
to the difficulties and conditions of
the river
Further, Mr Speaker ana gentle
men, we have. all noticed the Passage
of an act just i few days ago author
iZing the American Realty Company
to build IA dam across the ST. John
River in Township q Range Is That
was all right and + favored that bill:
but this means n storage of water;
il means that this company needs
water and needs it in the dryest part
OF the season, decreasing the amount
of water below the dam. What is 60
ing to happen to our ferryboats with
o sand bar in the river. | leave to
you TO answer. This bridge is not on
~ necessity to the town of Fort
Kent. but to the whole State of Maine
and the provinces of New Brunswick
and Canada. What makes it more
so IS that Canada has planned, be-
gun, ana has under construction Il
highway beginning at place in St.
Francis, New Brunswick called Car
on brook, and from there to Baker
lake, Long lake. Glendine. in the Pro-
vince of Quebec to the st. Lawrence
river, leading to Quebec.
In other words, that road is alone,
the Canadian National Transcontin-
entail Railroad, built Just few wears
ago. This will shorten the way to
Quebec from all points south of Fort
Kent, that is. Caribou, Ashland, Per-
ham, Limestone, Presque Isle, Ioul-
ton and'so on, approximately sixty
miles, than by the way of either Van
Buren, or Madawaska. This is worth
considering.
realize that it is a great amount
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