Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-17
STENO6RlPAIC PROCEEDINGS
(continued from Page Twe)

DilinG adjacent to this same structure
was being removed. and many of them
were eaten almost entirely off. and 1
understand the wharf was no older
than the one you are meditatins re-
0nilding. Representative e. E. Rounds
has pictures which anyone can see,
showing these pilings after they were
pulled up.
" For many years have built and re-
raired wharves for this same Eastern
Steamship Co., who are leasing this
property and known very we'll their
requirements. and they are not in the
habit Of allowing such conditions as
this to exist.
:, The State owns this property, and
do not hesitate to say that anyone
with any regard for safety has any
right to take chances on it any long
er."-And that is significant in view
Of the suggestions that have been made
And there seems to be no way but to
rebuild the entire structure, as there is
no place to commence to repair or
Ieave Of. as 1t is completely won out.
q Very respectfully submitted"
and signed by the honorable senator
from Sagadahoc. Mr.. Carlton.
There IL his opinion after that
careful fnvestig alton. and it seems to
me that with that before this body.
that wharf must be reconstructed or
the use Of the structure must be
abandoned. And in connection with
the abandonment Of its use you have
not merely the Boston service, 1870
Of which goes to all sections Of
Maine so far as the trafflc from that
section is concerned.-you have not
merely that, but you have further the
re-establishment Of the international
line as contemplated II this recon-
struction Is carried out. Those are
the propositions which you have
before you in making up your minds
a. to what you shall do in rela-
ton to this pending resolve.
The question Of the conditions at
that pier are familiar. not merely
from these reports. but from the per-
sonal investigation which many Of
you made, and while you would not
come to q conclusion as result OF
such investigation as you made, l
do not think that your own per-
sonal observation would lead you to
question the sincerity and the &C
curacy Of these opinions which you
. have before you from experts in this
I matter.
! Mr.. H1NCKLEY Of Cumberland:
+. Mr.. President. l am glad to join
/ hands with my colleague from Cum
/! berland in this matter. Every bit OF
+. evidence we have before us Is to the
! effect that this structure Is extreme
: ~ dangerous. The Governor of the
. state Of Maine may. If he desires
and he evidently does desire to-take
4, the responsibility of the lives of the
citizens Of the State in his hands
on property owned by the State of
Maine. If any senator wishes to
take that responsibility and take
upon himself the chance of causing
the death Of some. or perhaps hum
dreds, of the citizens of the State,
lin q catastrophe similar to that at
2 Bar Harbor a few years ago. he is
welcome to that responsibility. I
do not believe that the citizens of
the State of Maine expect him to
take it, and I am sure that the citi-
zens Of the State of Maine will not
take that responsibility themselves.
think that is sufficient. Mr..
President
Mr.. BUZZELL: Mr.. President and
members OF this Senate. you UNDER
stand that approach this proposition
without interest. One thing that
have thought of, and for a long time
81 have heard 1t on a great many diff
y ferent occasions-I have heard it
from the mouth of a gentleman from
= Cumberland county whom l very
: highly regard. l think as much of
\ him as most any one in the State of
:. Maine. and that is my friend, the
& Honorable Edgar Rounds of Port
land. 1 have heard him say on a
great many different occasions that
the city of Portland pays one-sixth
Of the entire State tax. 1 question
whether or not all Of you have heard
that, but I have heard it at least
once or twice in the course Of my
legislative experience. 1t Is credit,
it Is q distinction to the city of
Portland. l have also heard nearly
as many times that one-tenth of the
States population is there. and
knowing OF some of the difficulties
of this Cumberland delegation by
night. Of their troubles by night.
and then see them join hands by
day, 1t is amusing. And in addition
to one-siXth of the entire State tax
and one-tenth of the entire popula-
ton of the State. we can safely say
that flfteen-siXteentbs of the con-
versation in this Legislature comes
from there.
Now let us be fair. Let us be fair
to this proposition. Once more
want to speak about the budget COM
mittee. l am not going to assume
the responsibility for any of the
lives of the people that are liable or
may be injured on that pier. but let
us look at this and look at it right.
What provision did the budget
committee make for the repairing or
, the rebuilding of this pier? Statist-
les from this Senate. from the Hon
orable gentleman from Cumberland
and all others. say nothing. Now the
insects. or the animals down there
that have been eating that pier up. or
whatever they are. must have been
doing something of a job. They could
not eat that pier this winter, eat all
the piles and do 1t this winter: they
must have been active for some little
time to render thht pier so dangerous
/ wonder how many of the Honorable
senator's from Cumberland appeared
before the budget committee and
told about the activities of those
cut worms or whatever they were
that were cutting off these piles
marine bugs. If you please. If as
many Of the gentlemen from that
90 section appeared before the budget
committee and argued the health and
- welfare OF the immense number of
people that were landing on that
wharf to the Governor. the State
Treasurer and the other Honorable
members of that budget committee,
don't you suppose they would have
taken notice of that?
l was asked the other day by the
Chief Executive to table this resolve.
I did SO. He said at that time he
wanted to send somebody down to
inspect 1t. and IL l mistook not the
conversation it was to be the Hon
orable Senator from Sagadahoc. and