Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-16
MADISON

A special town meeting was held
Saturday afternoon in Union hall
with a light attendance of voters.
, The meeting was called to order by
Town Clerk Flanders. j. +. Withee
was elected moderator. The first
article of interest was to see IL the
town would vote to instruct the
selectmen to issue a license to Har-
~ Hagopian to erect a one story
freproof planning mill on his lot
back of the Blackwell block on Main
street Bernard Gibbs made a mo-
! ton to pass over the article and in
speech strongly opposed granting
such a license, saying that when the
mill operated by Mr.. Hagopian on
the same lot last April was destroy
ed by fire. it was only by an unusual
com bination of favorable circum-
stances that the business section of
, the town escaped destruction Mr..
| Hagopian replied stating that such
mill was badly needed and that it
would be no more of n fire menace
| than numerous other buildings in
| the same vicinity. The motion was
! lost and il was finally voted to in
struct the seiectmen to grant Mr..
Hagopian a license to erect the mill.
1t was also voted to build a new
| bridge across the stream in East
| Madison village and TO instruct the
! seleCtment to issue interest bearing
town orders to the amount of $1,000
, to pay for the same. Another vote
/ was taken to instruct the selectmen
to issue interest bearing town orders
to make payments on the new
schoolhouSe until such time as the
money from the bond issue becomes
| available.
| Merle F. Jillson of Camden is Wis
days. MIR. Jillson was formerly
well known resident of this village
for number of years.
! An adjourned meeting of the
Madison Water District was held
Saturday evening in Fireman's hall
with small attendance of voters
! The meeting was called to order by
! ModeratorK. c. Gray. Bernard Gibbs
at once took the floor for the trus-
! tees of the Water District and read
/ the deed by which the canal water
power was conveyed to the District
! along with the other property from
the old Water Company. MIR Gibbs
! argued that as a matter of fact the
! power could not be used legally for
any purpose except pumping water.
! He also read extracts from a letter
4 Ia u d. 81
quoting decisions in other states. it
being the opinion of MIR. Pattengall
that the power could not be used for
the generation of electricity as pro
posed. Mr. Gibbs stand was oppcs-
/ ed by William -. Brown, who stat
ed that there was a sharp division
/ of legal opinions among lawyers
! themselves. Mr.. Brown stated that
Re had been given a directly oppo-
/ site opinion by Mr.. Pattengal on
I the same subject, also by Justice
| Whitehouse. and advocated that
steps be taken to submit the matter
! to the Supreme Court to find out
Just what righs the Water District
! did have in the matter. Mr.. Browns
speech was cnliVcned by PERSONAL
! ties between him and Mr. Gibbs AZ
ter long discussion the meeting
! was adjourned without taking any
action. An adjourned meeting of
( the Madison Village Corporation
called for the same purpose was i'm
/ mediately adjourned without any
mote.
| Mr.. and Mrs. RAYMOND Hendcr-
! son Of Little Falls \. J. arrived in
Madison the last of the week 10 pass
a few weeks with Mr.. Henderson's
mother. Mrs. r. G. Henderson.
| Rev. f. r. Tetley and family who
have been spending months vaca-
ton at Mr.. Tetley's old home in New
Hampshire returned to Madison the
| last of the week.
Mrs. Jas. l.. IIrown and family are
spending a few days outing at the
Northport campgrounds