Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-27
Maine Motor Coaches
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ties and other bus lines entered their
appearances.
Testimony was presented through
out the morning and afternoon and
when a recess was declared about
P. NJ, only one of the II cases had
been heard, that covering the route
from Dover-FoXcroft to Guilford and
Sangerville. The hearing will be re-
morning.
Attorneys in Opposition
The following attorneys entered
their appearances in opposition to the
granting of the application Of the
Maine Motor Coaches, Inc; Thornton
Alexander of Boston. for the Boston
& Maine Railroad; Henry J. Hart of
Bangor, for the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad; George E. Fogg of Port
land, for the Maine Central r. r.;
Charles B. Carter of Lewiston, APP
pearing for Thompson & Dufresne
(Thes White Bus Line), and Lewis &
Beals bus line; Ryder & Simpson OF
Bangor, for the Bangor Hydro Elec-
trio Co.; Arthur Smalley, who oper-
ates bus line from between Belfast
and Rockland; William M. B. Lord,
for the York Utilities Co.; ]. Burton
Stride of Biddeford. for the Biddeford
& Saco r. r.; William B. Shelton of
Lewiston, for the Androscoggin &
Kennebec Electric r. R.; Everett
Maxcy of Augusta, for the Central
Maine Power Co., and the Waterville,
Fairfield & Oakland r. R.; Clyde r.
Chapman of Belfast, for McLallin
Bros, operating a bus line between
Belfast and Rockland; F. r. Chesley
of Saco, for the Maine Savings Bank
Assem-; Forrest B. Bailey, who oper-
ates a bus line between Brunswick
and Harpswell; Elvin III. Thompson,
representing Carter & Mileson, oper-
ating a bus line from Portland to
Naples; David o. Rodrick of Bar
Harbor, representing Herbert Stap-
les, who operates bus line between
Bar Harbor and Bangor; HI. p.
Sweetser of Portland, for the Grand
Trunk Railroad; Charles III. Bartlett
of Bangor, representing the Bangor
Savings Bank and a member of the
Maine Savings Banks Association;
Leon v. Walker of Portland. for the
Cumberland County Light G. Power
Co.; III. M. Graham of Bar Harbor.
representing George C. Mckay, who
operates a bus line on Mt. Desert
Island: and Walter M. Sanborn of
Augusta, for the Triangle Bus Line.
The Proposed Routes
The applications filed by the Maine
Motor Coaches, Inc, with the p. u.
Commission cover the following
routes: Portland to Bath via Bruns-
wickff Portland to Harrison via Ma
pies; Portland to Rochester, N. III.
Via Biddeford and Saco; Biddeford to
Somersworth, N. II. via Wells; Bid
deford to ortsmouth N. H.; Portland,
Lewiston and Rumford; Paris, Lew
1ston, Lisbon and Brunswick; Au-
gusta, Brunswick and Harpswell:
Lewiston, Augusta and Belfast;
Harrington, Augusta and Rocllland:
Bath, Rockland and Belfast; Belfast.
Bangor and Lincoln; Skowhegan.
Waterville and Augusta; Dover-Fox
Croft Dexter, Newport, Pittsfield and
Waterville; Harmony to Newport:
Dover Foxcroft to Guilford and San
gerville; Bangor to Bar Harbor:
Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and
Mt. Desert; Bangor, Bucksport, Blue
Hill to Ellsworth.
Attorneys Charles D. Bartlett and
George +. Eaton of Bangor are pre-
senting the cases for the petitfpning
corporation.
Dover-E oxeroft and Sangerville
Route
The first case taken up at the
hearing originally covered the route
from Bangor to Dover -Foxcroft and
Sangerville, but Attorney Eaton sta
ted that the petitioners desired to
strike out that portion of the petition
which would provide for bus service
for towns between Bangor and Do
ver-Foxcroft, leaving only the route
between Dover-Foxcroft, Guilford
and Sangerville to be considered.
This route is one of the links in the
larger program proposed by the pc
titioners.
Attorney Eaton pointed out that
the proposed routes are independent
of one another in that one might be
granted without relation to another.
The fare proposed by the new bus
company is three and a half cents
per mile.
1t is the intention of the Maine
Motor Coaches, Inc, to maintain its
service Throughout the year, funds
for snow removal on the travelled
highways being included as a part
Of the operating costs of the COM
pany.
Asserting his belief that the motor
bus has come to stay as a means Of
transportation, Attorney Eaton said
that the petitioning company is not
proposing the curtailment or the dis
continuance of any other transpCrta-