Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-12
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business. This committee was COM
posed Of two former forest commits
sioners of Maine, Hon. Blaine 8.
Viles of Augusta and Hon. Forrest
Colby Of Bingham, and ex-senator
A. K. Ames of Machias.
Reporting for this committee, Mr..
Viles said that 1t was believed that
an association should be formed to
carry on the work and that the Of
ficers should consist of president.
vice president, q secretary and a
treasurer, and an executive commit
tee Of seven members. The commit
tee recommended that the offers of
tn association should be named by
the executive committee, and re-
quested that Governor Brewster ap-
point the members Of the executive
Committee, and that the members,
appointed meet in the near future
to elect officers Of the association
and formulate some plan for the So
luton Of the hard wood problem.
The report of the committee was
adopted by the meeting, and Cover
nor Brewster will probably name
the members of this committee
sometime this week.
Governor Brewster Outlines Situation
Every seat in the hall of Repre-
sentatives was taken when the
meeting was opened, and as Cover
nor Brewster stepped to the front of
the hall he was greeted with ap-
plause.
The governor stated that the invi-
tation for the conference was at the
suggestion Of people interested in the
hardwoods Of Maine.
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the facts" said Gov. Brewster. II am
merely child in the matter of the use
or the development Of the lumber bust
ness.
1.-TWO or three men from outside the
State have been interested for some
time in the hardwood possibilities of
Maine. This gathering, I take 1t, Is
made up largely Of timberland barons,
term sometimes used in an impolite
way, but representing the owners of
hundreds Of acres Of hardwoods.
'In the past year and half you
have read and heard much about the
development of Maine and the hearing
here today is in line with that idea."
President Todd Of b. 3 A. y. =.
Gov. Brewster then introduced Percy
r. Todd Of Bangor, president of the
Bangor G. Aroostook Railroad Co.,
who spoke briefly on the situation. Mr..
Todd stated that since he has been
connected with the railroad company
the hardwood proposition has come up
from time to time.
1--WE are, of course, interested in
anything that will develop trafhc"
said Mr.. Todd. I'm 1915 Mr.. Frank G.
Wright entered the employ Of the Ban
por & Aroostook Railroad Company
with the position Of looking for new
industries to locate on the line OF our
road. In 1917 after this country went
into the World War, and the federal
government took control of the rail-
roads, the government wanted study
of the coal movements and borrowed
Mr.. Wright and he has never returned
to Maine to stay.
"But Mr., Wright is an expert in the
matter of hardwoods and I will give
way to him."
Frank g. Wright Of New York
Frank G. Wright of New York, vice
president of the Bangor & AroostooK
Railroad Company, was then intro
duced as the next speaker.
Just as Mr.. Wright was beginning to
sneak. Mr., Todd stated that as far as
can properly be done. the Bangor q
Aroostook Railroad Co. VIII PACK up
any legitimate effort to bring hard
who'd manufacturers to Maine
Mr.. Wright stated that he had not
been able in the time allotted TO
make an analysis Of the hardwoods
situation as he would liked to have
done. =,
IT have had abiding faith In the
past 10 years in the quality OF Maine
hardwoods," continued Mr.. Wright:
"The value of the products of the
Maine woods has increased because
of the destruction of the woods In
Michigan and other states.
my information CLEANED In Bos-
ton and New York is that birch Is
used more now than ever before In
the manufacture of furniture"
Mr.. Wright read some statistics
regarding the production on hard
woods, stating that in 1928 Maine
ranked 29th in production throughout
the country and then in 1923 Maine
was S0th in the consumption of hard