Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-07-19
COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE..

To the County Commissioners of the
| County of Hancock, State of Maine:
| voters, residents and taxpayers of the
town of Mariaville, in said county and
State, respectfully represent to your.
honorable board as follows
That under date of June 9, A. D. 1922,
| application in writing by more than
ten voters of said town of Mariaville
was made to the, seleetmen of said
| town to call a meeting of the inhabi-
tants of said town qualified to vote in
| town affairs, and to insert in the war
! rant for such meeting the following
articles viz:
|. ~ To see if the inhabitants of said
town of Mariaville qualified to vote in
town affairs will vote to discontinue so
much of the present town way leading
lies between the west line of the DR..
Morrison farm and the center of Union
river:
(2)To see if said Inhabitants will
| vote to discontinue all of the present
| town way leading north from said Jor-
dams bridge road to the old Charles
That in accordance with said APP
| plication. such call for such meeting
was duly made and such meeting was
duly. held in said town of Mariaville
| on Saturday. the 18th day of June.
1922, and by ballot duly taken at said
| meeting, the disturbances submit
ted under both article ~ and article
(2) above recited We're refused
That such refusal by said town of
Mariaville to discontinue the portions
of town ways specified in a. and ,(2)
ing in direct opposition to the interests
of the town of Mariaville itself as a
municipal corporation, to the inhabi,
tants thereof as individuals. to said
Hancock county as community, and
to the economic and individual welfare,
present and future, of our state OF
Maine. the first because, # elective
such refusal imposes upon the town of
Mariaville the necessity of maintain
ing and repairing two stretches of un.
inhabited and useless public ways OF
| die of Union river by reason Of the
town of Waltham having already dis
continued its prolongation from tnat
point eastward. and (2) has been
years, the second because the expense
of the. further maintenance ana repair
ing of these two stretches or PUBLIC
ways (if not discontinued would fan
in the end upon the inhabitants Of
Mariaville as individuals and taxpay-
ers, and the third and fourth because
the refusal to discontinue a. and CD
operates and is intended to operate to
interfere with the project of one of the
largest public utility and industrial
corporations Of our state to increase
vice and aid in carrying on individual,
Industrial enterprises in this region
through additional power. to be gener-
stretches of public ways in Mariaville
lamong other areas) as necessary to
the carrying out of this project, while,
on the other hand, your petitioners be-
lieve and represent that no proper
reasons can be shown your honorable
board for said refusal of the town of
Mariaville to discontinue these two
short stretches of public ways.
Wherefore, your petitioners, inciud-
| ing the Bar Harbor & Union River
Power Co. owners of important rights
| in said Union river which trav"rses
the whole length of said town of Ma
riaviile, being parties aggrieved, here
| by appeal from said refusal by said
| town of Mariaville,. and respectfully
| Of chapter III Of our Maine revised
statutes. that your honorable board
proceed and act on this petition to
| your board and in accordance with the
| authority with which you are by said