The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
Road Hearing

The fourth hearing on a highway
from northern Franklin County to the
Canadian border, and the second on
the Arnold Trail highway, was open
ed at Day Hall, Eustis, Tuesday morn
ing, August 26 at 8 a. m. The first
hearing was over the Arnold Trail
highway from Eustis to Woburn, he
second from Rangeley to Woburn, and
the third before the state highway
commission on petition from Range
ley citizens. A decision was render
ed by the county commissioners in
favor of the Arnold Trail highway.
The landowners appealed from the
decision and the court appointed a
commission: Joseph N. Gould, Ban
gor, Alfred X. Ames, Machias, Albert
N. Shaw, Bath, before whom the pres
sem hearing was held.
After a very brief session Tuesday
morning the meeting was suspended
and the party of over forty, includ-
ing the county commissioner and the
court commission, left Eustis imme-
diately to view the proposed route
going to Arnold Pond Tuesday where
they remained over night. Wednes-
day morning they were met by citi-
zens of the Dominion of Canada in
automobiles and taken to Megantic
about fifteen miles distant where en-
tertainment Ras rendered the COM
missioners aud party both to lunch
and dinner. w
Friday the suspended heaHipg,S was
opened at nine o'clock at Hall.
Eustis before the commissioners and
their stenographer. Attorneys for
the landowners who are appellants
from the decision OF the County Com
mlssioners to build the Arnold Trail
Highway from Eustis to Canada near
Woburn we're: Frank A. Butler of
Pennington representing Atwater &
Hutchins: F. r. Dyer of Portland rep
resenting Brown Company, a corpora
ton; Herbert E. Locke of Augusta
representing Viles & Gannett owners
of Jim Pond township; Sherman n,
Shumway of Skowhegan and George
w. Cover representing the Coburn
Heirs; Attorney Pierce Of Portland
representing the citizens of Rangeley,
petitioners to the state highway com
mission for another route near
Rangeley to same point on Canadian
border. Attorneys for the propon-
ents of the road were: w. b. Skel-
ton of Lewiston; Cyrus N. Blanchard
of Wilton, II. S. Wing of kingfeld,
Currier c. Holman, county attorney of
Pennington. The witnesses called
the proponents were: r. M. Sim
mons of Kingfield, civil engineer, J.
Edwin Voter of Kingield, county COM
missioner; Attorney Herbert S. Wing
owner of Wing Spool and Bobbin Co,
and The Herbert. treasurer of the saw
ings bank; Harry B. Kennedy of New
Haven, Conn, a summer tourist;
Chester W. GetGhell of Waterville,
charge of machine shop and foundry;
Herbert Landers of Stratton, mill
business; j. o. Montreuil, civil engin-
neer, chief of surveys for provincial
government scale department of Que
bee; Josiah H. Thompson of Farming
ton, Judge of Probate; Currier C.
Holman. county attorney of Farming
ION. For the landowners the wit
nesses were: Henry F. Hill of Au-
gusta, civil engineer; Henry Crowell
of Skowhegan, county commissioner for
Somerset County; Mr.. Cummings of
Norway, manufacturer of hardware
and bowels; Newton S. Stowell OF
Dixheld, owner of mills in state for
manufacture of spools. novelties and
bowels; John r. Bass of Wilton,
shoe manufacturer of firm of G. H.
Bass & Son.