Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-09
Relgrade Charter l ter;
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belgrade C ilsa 6e1,
.oosed that this was a court
Il supp1 eSe position of the remon-
IN when .o nil be heard. said Mr.;
Isigh., s like to be limited" ,., .,,a
% ., ~ YOU are not sat take YOUR " case s
snu,''S.ssrue else" replied MI llale
curly. ,.ye a right to be heard
'Ioa ~ he heard. Mr.. Leigh" en-
yoa . ss,R representative MORRISON Oh
tsiileu also of the committee.
Mr. n ,action and the small amount
FIRE pro!sorements which had been
Il impio Tho village of Belgrade
aI s,s and said that tine act ., - OF ., Two
hSs' 40 had been put IN 10 al.om
eafs soryooration 10 tax themselves
The coIpS from fire in the neishbor-
nnsas ~ moved him to put in the
iood l'ah Xiii 1t had been originally
l sn for forty per cent ou. ha '
Jaw ~ Jared to twenty in order 10 OBJ
sstn pa pa support of Representative
pin .s' of belgrade. lie said. On
Ssssea s,,amination Mr.. Hill declared
tsossn s,srade Lakes had not had APP
~, .,,sIjstions of $500 IN VA value from
s \. town for the past year.
ih s,is S" Hortense Hersom. chairman
Nls' village Corporation and own
o. me ,mmer camps at Belgrade. told
dei s .,act of the affairs OF the vii
o. lF ~ the part of the rest OF the
hss " and said if the town of Bel
~Sa would give the village the use
sias ~, OO0 for its needs, they would
o. ~ f- have ample for the rest OF the
Town. nron,i,t;oDs have hcen
.'rsd from the Legislature Tor one
NC srs Of road construction and
rT' Of it used for something else
ls ~ !, would take somebody smarter
am an Augusta lawyer to tell how
'', mo g. done" charged Miss Hersom
amid laughter. 1T makes YOU
' nssred when the officers of the
' sss-' tell YOU that they will not fix
.,m roads and those who come to
, ,,a camps are mired for hours"
aid Miss Hersom.
'- Erwin Bean. trader at Belgrade
-atas favored the bill and said that
+'s section had not received fair
,moilnt of the appropriation.
/ wilson Clement. garage proprie-
,,r and also operator of the stage
ine between Belgrade Lakes and
Belgrade Depot, told the committee
Sat he regarded the bill as Il very
sood thing for the Belgrade Village
Corporation and the town OF Bel
grade.
Internal Revenue Collector Frank
Ham of Augusta, for years a resi-
dent Of Belgrade Lakes. said this
was the best thing which had ever
been suggested for the village.
Charles H. Mills. chairman of the
sslectmen of the town of Belgrade.
VAS the first opponent of the village
corporation request. He gave the
committee figures concerning taxes
and expenses OF the town and said
that in 1872 there was spent by the
town in the limits of this Village
corporation S513O.M. This amount
included a charge of $500 expended
on the State-aid highway running
through the village. together with
Sv0 for patrolmen charges. He
later admitted that the $1,000 was
spent within two miles of Belgrade
Station and not within the limits of
the village; also that the $500 was
for patrolling the entire stretch of
road. The reason for charging it all
against the village corporation dis
trlct was because it was felt the
most benefit was received there.
AS a matter of fact" said Mr..
&nborn. the amount of taxes re-
turned from the villagers to the
town is S53S0??'
Yes"
And the schools in the Village
cost $1,000. That brings it down to
A3N?'
Yes"
Mr. Mills went on to state that the
road expenditures fell within the
sum OF $500. that the electric lights
cost $780, and that that made the
Town about $4,000 to the good.
The village affords you about a
quarter Of your taxes"
Yes"
IT this bill should not go through
and you were called upon by the
image TO put in some fire protec-
noh' would YOU do it," asked Rep
'tsentatlve Hale of the committee.
les II they asked the town for
It, iney would certainly get it."
senator II. H. Adams OF Kenne-
we expressed the opinion that the
i41aoltants of the town would pro-
vi, 'lle hre protection, if they continue
me "a same attitude that they had
SHOWN in the past.
iAucoih Bartlett. proprietor of
seneral store. tax collector and hus.
palu or the postmaster at the VIII
,as', likewise one of the trustees of
'ne village corporation, thought that
: p0 mage SO beautiful and wealthy as
NJ ;.1s Lakes ought to take care
mt or " .s lie did not favor going
t y%s ~ the north and south ends of
e n,e .o"n TO ask aid from the farm
r ill.," VINO had to dig potatoes for a
dang dang and paid 81 l.. mills on the
hs S;, lor taxes. Mr.. Bartlett said
norat t,l Know that the village cor
er ~" mad been planned until aft
thoua I 'hing went through, and he
s,C Obs NJ there was no request for
no '1 ,h ac.lon by the people. He said
hsre sn ~ that the village should
erassn n,t protection. but it would in
'"'e 'ne taxes about a mill.