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| All <ACl " al.ltHl .0eCtloH ~ VI
Chapter 1877 of the Revised Statutes.
as amended by Chapter 2O3 of the
| Public Laws Of 1917, and by Chapter
by Chapter 1877 of the Public Laws of
| 1921. relating to the appointment OF
| Probation Officers.
Orders OF the Day
On motion by Mr.. Granville of
| Parsonsfield. it was voted to take
| from the table House Document No.
! IS. resolve appropriating money for
rcbuilding> steamship sheds at state
Pier tabled by that gentleman. FEB
ruary IA. pending second reading.
Mr. GRANNlLLE: Mr.. Speaker, l
yield the floor to the gentleman from
Portland. Mr.. Rounds.
! The SPEAKERS: The Chair rccog-
| nizes the gentleman from Portland.
! Mr.. Rounds.
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
| Speaker and Gentlemen Of the House:
| In 1917 this bill was brought Acre
| for the purpose of making a survey
| of Portland Harbor to see what
! should be done about building a State
Pier. In 1919 there was bill put in
here providing for a Constitutional
amendment to see whether State
! Pier should be built or not. In 1920
| the people voted in favor Of this pro-
| position, five to one Now in 1871 it
| was sanctioned by this Legislature
| and S1.150,000 was put in to build the
| State Pier. l want 20 say here that
we have had it built within the APP
preparation, the city of Portland and
the city of South Portland giving
$4,000 to buy Franklin wharf and
| Calf wharf for the purposes OF the
| State Pier. 1t has been said that it
! was a great sum or money to put
out and that it only helped Portland.
Now what helps Portland helps the
whole state of Maine.
! l want to give some figures that
may throw some light. 1t has been
! stated here in caucus or in a hear
! ing before The Port Of Portland COM
| mittec. that the Nawsco Line carried
! last year $4,000 tons of freight at a
! reduction of So cents hundred. max
4 ing for the people of the State Of
| Maine. $215.000. ! want TO say
| further that the Nawsco Line pays
$1,000 a year Now if this 5000 is
! Erantcd-they are paying now $l6.-
! 0o0-but if this S1G5.000 is granted.
! they would be paying $4,000. Now
! the Randall and McAllister Compa ny
! is paying $500 year; that makes a
total of 2l?600.
! | want also to say here that You
! have just heard read the auditors re-
! port that there is an interest ac-
| count of $40, 900. That interest &C
count. and the taking care of the pier.
! will be less than 100000: so YOU see
/ that at the present time you are
/ getting almost 100000 income from
| that State picr:-I DO not mean the
/ State of Maine is getting it. but J do
mean that the citizens of the State
! of Maine are getting 100000.
1t was stated here. and l think 1t is
| the truth. that you can ship shoe $
! from Auburn Maine. to CalfoInis.
/ cheaper than they can Snlp them from
/ st. Louis st. Louis is a competing
! point with Auburn. Maine. That Is
! one thing for the Nawsco Line. Now
! on top of that, if 1t were not for the
! Eastern Steamship Company. there
/ would today be an embargo on all
| your stuff going to New York over
| the New York. New Haven and Hat
! ford. and most of your stuff going ia
| Boston over the Boston and Maine
! Railroad.
Now in shipping these cars. yet
| know how hard it IS in the rural dis
| tricts To get cars to load. When he
cars can be kept in Maine. they have
| n hold on them and can got them
! back: and | want to say right here
that with the 100000 saved for the
citizens of Maine. it looks to me like
a small sum which we have got to
! paN-s5o. 00o-to put the sheds in re-
| pair SO that they will not fall down
tho f,rnp haI
did. which was flxed-over twenty
years ago and built forty years aco
Now this is a business proposition
1t is not like road proposition
which | think is all right. but il is
| a business proposition that We get
this money get it as soon as we can
start things going and have cur
| boats going t. the eastward. so that
the people OF PASSPORT and Calais
and Rocllland can get the SAM rate
that they got when the old Intcrra-
tional Line was running from Port
land. This is all in our State of
| Maine. We know it is going to help
Portland. but what helps Portland
helps every man. woman and child
in the State of Maine. because why.
We pay one-siXth of all your taxes
right in that little city of Portland
and 1 tell YOU it is no more than fair
that this resolve should go liGnt
along on its second rc1dlng and not
be held up any longer. 1t has been
held up too long already. If the
emergency clause had not been taken
off. you would have saved $1,000
but it has been taken off. If it mad
been left on. the money would have
had to come from the Coming, nj
I I'm, i,1, I
people on account of its effect on the
tax rate. Gentlemen. thank you
! move that the resolve be given its
! second reading
Mr.. MCPHERSON of Swanville,
| Mr.. Speaker. l have no intention at
this time of making any extended re-
marks on this proposition. but l dc
feel in fairness to myself and my
constituents that ought to say a
word at this time. because We all
| know that no provision has been
made in The budget for this appro-
priation of s165,00O and l want to say
at this time. as this is about the
| first large appropriation that NC
have made. that if we pass this, and
many others to follow. we must
J remember that we are gong back to
the people of the State of Maine with
a higher tax rate than ever before
We must also remember that there
are industries in the State of Maine
| that are not in very prosperous
| condition. The great industry OF
agriculture is today passing through
the valley Of great economic Gei
preston and we must be careful here
as we make these appropriations
have no doubt, that this is a good
thing for this State. But that is not
the question at this time. The uuss-
ton is. whether we ought to make
| this NnrN Iarun annro..;a4:..>