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VOL. 1. AUGUSTA, ME., FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 25, 1870. NO. 48.
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SOMES’
Oyster, Fruit and Confectionery
SALOON!
OffMiU Masonic Block, Gardiner, Me.
THE BEST OYSTEB COOK
in the Stale.
Solid Oyilcr,. 10 coats per quart. T, S,
To the people at large,
Who tbia notice map read,
And rourmlTsa In Gardiner should Snd:
If you aunt a good stew.
You should know where to fo
il's to home.', T, S, •.
C. T. SOMES,
Gardiner. Jan. 1st, 1S». ♦UanTOdf
C. H. STARBIRD,
Photographer and Artist,
RKff GSAMITE BLOCK,
Woorly opposite Post Offloe, (Up Stairs,]
Kakos all the best style, of Pictures in the Ait.
ricn’BU coriiTa exlaroid,
—AND—
Flalthed la India Ink or Colors.
At prices that cannot fail to be satisfactory.
SV*The public are invited to call and examine
Specimens mad* and fnltbtd at his room,.
AUGUSTA. MB. HJanTOds
Brewster’s Hotel,
8KOWHKCAN, MB.
FlllHS Urge ami commodious Hotel is situated at
I the head of the Falls on the Kennebec rirer, in
the enterprising village of Skowhegan, the feerminns
of the Portland & Kennebec R. R
This is one of the best arranged Hotels for family
borders there is in the State, and a better place for
8nramer resort, cannot be found in Maine. The
best of water, beautiful drives on the banks of the
river. Ashing and sailing ponds in the vicinity, trout
brooks, where you can catch an abundance of the
spotted brook trout any day in the year.
Prices for permanent or transient boarding are
very low, so our customers can afford to come often
end stay a good while.
We also have a large airy stable to board horses
for the guests that wish to bring their teams with
them. Also one of the best half-mile trotting parks
in the State, is connected with the House, free for
the guests to train their horses or drive for pleasure.
flTjandt 8. B BREWSTER, Proprietor.
BATH HOTEL,
By O. M. Plummer,
BATH, HE.
Board, - - $1 per Day.
tlljan-ly
Photographs & Melanotvpes,
At the lime OLD PLACE,
At tk< lima OLD PRICKS, Tim I
9 1-9 sits JHrturti in Cards for 50 ctnts.
4 1-4 “ •* “ 60 “
4 1-4 “ in Card tnrtlopts, 50 cts.
1 5x7 *• in Mat, 50 “
1« TISTYPES for 25 ctnts.
A good assortment ot
FKAHK8, ALHIJHS, Ac.,
mow on hand, a*- PurtiouUr attention given to
copying.
• Boon Math of Ike rot! ORcc. AC6CSTA, HI
tlJan70-Jm_ H. BAILEY.
Cough Candy I
WEilDEYBrRU'I COr«H CIYDY euro.
COCtiUS. COLDS, WHOOPING COUGH uud
all Throat trouble*.
2 Doors south of Granite Block, Market $q.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
TAH07 Goods, BbO., Hold by
ianl-lylW WKNDESBFBG.
Saccarappa, Maine.
Messrs. WARREN A PENNELL,
WOULD Inform the public that they manufac
ture and keep constantly ou band every de
scription of
IRON WIRE,
made ft-om the best material. Special attention
glean to
Iprlsg an4 Machinery Wire 1
Also, Wire tinned, straightened and cut to order.
tds*
MA-NSION HOUSE,
STATE STREET, : i AUGUSTA, ME.
mU19 House is provided wit's Bath Rooms,
X where Hot auti Coi<l Baths can b* had at all
Limes. It has also a First-Class Billiard Hall, for
Guests only. Connected with the House is a Urge
and commodious Sample Room, on Water Street,
centrally located, where Sample Agents can show
their goods, free of charge.
The Proprietor, thankful for the liberal patronage
which the above House has enjoyed since Its open
ing, takes pleasure in informing his patrons that he
will run Free Carriages to and from the Cars and '
Boats until further notice
Connected with the above House is a Livery Bta
Me, where good teams can t»e had at reasonable j
rates. W. M. THAYRR, Proprietor. i
G. P. Cochrane, Clerk.
GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!
ADAMSON’S
BOTANIC COUGH BALSAM! :
IS MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD.
TRY IT ! TRY IT ! TRY IT !
|IT CURES THE WORST
COUGH or COLD
IN A SHORT TIME.
IN LARGE BOTTLES, at - - - 35 Cents.
No cure ! into Pay!
FRANK KINSMAN,
DRUGGIST,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AGENT
FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADAS.
Cough no more when you can be Cured for
3 i* Cents I
TRY IT!
TRY IT!
TRY IT!
THE PEACE TO HL'Y
IPrcnoli, Bue,'on0, Sole Xjeatbor,
And :U1 kinds of common
TRAVELLING TRUNKS!
AUo, Indies' and Gent.' TRAVELLING A SHOPPING BAGS, is at
HAMILTON Si TURNER'S,
135 Water Street.
The Bight Place to bar your HARNESSES, and get the celebrated DUNS HARNESS, is at
HAmiLTON * TURNER'S, s 133 WATER street.
The cheapest place to buy WHIPS, CURRYCOMBS, BRUSHES, BLANKETS, SURCINGLES, HAL
TERS, Ac., Is at HAMILTON A TURNER’S,
138 WATER STREET.
HARNESSES!
For Business, Pleasure, Teaming, Trucking, Carling A Expressing,
Manufactured from GOOD OAK STOCK, and by the best of workmen.
We would remind the public that our Harness took all the premium* offered at the last State Fair
—lour in number. Also the first premium at the late New England Fair.
As our customers are daily informed kli.ct our Harnesses are Machine Stitched—we would invite
them and the public generally to call and exmniue the largest stock of ready-made Harnesses ever of*
lered m this city, and we will convince them that we make the best HAND STITCHED work to be had
for the same amount ol money, and il we don't have on hand wh.it is wanted, can make it at short
notice- Sample* of Gold Gilt. Oroide Silver, Covered, and Jupanned Trimmed Harness, may be seen at
our salesroom, NO. 172 MIDDLE STREET. HENRY DUNN A SON.
Fop Halo by
Hamilton db Turner,
135 WATER STREET, - - AUGUSTA, MAINE,
tllfeb tf Opposite Bearing A Holway’s.
1870. FEBRUARY. 1870.
EXTRA INDUCEMENTS
TO BUYERS,
We hnve thiH T>ny
MARKED DOWIST OUR PRICES!
SO AS TO REDUCE STOCK.
LOOK ! LOOK | LOOK |
THINK AND REFLECT
On tli© Fallowing' Prices s
Overcasts for $4.73
Overcoats for 6.00
Overcoats for 7.00
Overcoats for 8.00
Overcoats (warranted all wool) 0.00
Overcoats (heavy Black Beaver) 10.00.
OUR STOCK OF PINTS 1ND VESTS,
MATCHED SUITS,
—AN1)
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS!.
Ot every description we ofler for the Nl’.XT THIRTY DAYS,
AT EQUALLY LOW PRICES.
|0T*CALL AND SEE lTS, and wc guarantee that you will g(*t your money's worth at the
ONE PRICE CLOTHING STORE.
S. W. Huntington *& Co.,
190 "Water Ssitreet, Aiigfustn, IVIaine.
THE KENNEBEC JOURNAL, j
iEstablished in 1886.)
Enlarged and Improved.
A POLITICAL & FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
Hot Excelled by any in the State.
Just Enlarged and Printed on
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Having Full Reports of Legislative proceedings;
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tistics; Local. Domestic and Foreign News; Corres-1
uondence; Tales, Poetry, Agricultural and other
Miscellaneous Matter.
Ifo Increase of Subscription Price—A Good
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The Weekly Kennebec Journal.
The Kennebec Journal is In the Forty-fourth year
of its age. It has just been eularged, and is now a
THIRTY-SIX COLUMN PAPER,
Its size not being exceeded by that of any other
Super in the State, and surpassed by but few m other
tates.
Ir WILL CONTAIN
Carefully Prepared Political Articles. Facts, Statis
tics, Speeches and Extracts; Full Reports of
the Proceeding* of the Maine Legislature;
Reliable Information in relation to mat*
ter* pertaining to the State (Govern
meat ; Reports of the Doings of
Congress ; Local and State
News; Summaries of Do*
mestic and Foreign
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Reports of the
Markets at Koine
and Abroad; well se
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Family; al*o Correspondence from Abroad
and original Articles upon subjects of (Jen’l Interest.
It has been enlarged from
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iu width, and proportionately increased in length,
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Making it one of tlie
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a« well as one of the
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cod of six months, and $2.50 at the end of the year.
Published every Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec Journal,
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on and after the first of January. Will give
Full and Accurate Reports of the Proceedings of
the Legislature from day to day; Reports oi Im
portant Hearings before Committees; Abstracts
of Discussions m the Boards of Education and
Agriculture; will have the Latest News by Tele
graph the same as other dailies, and will also
have Editorials, Correspondence, Locals and the
usual Summaries of News, also the most Import
ant Speeches of the Session.
The Discussion* in the Board of Education w ill give
New and Additional Importance to the Daily 1
Journal, as it will contain reports of them.
Terms, $7.00 per year; $2 00 for the Session.
Members of the Legislature will do their con
stituents and themselves a favor to interest them
selves in getting; subscribers to the above publica
tions. The Daily keeps up that correspondence
between the People and their Representatives,
through their Legislative Reports, which is neces
sary and agreeable to both.
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who desire a full report of the Legislative Proceed
ings. must subscribe for the Daily Journal.
W Postmasters and Members of the Legislature
authorized to take subscriptions.
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are published at AugustA, Maine, by
SPRAGUE, OWEN k NASH.
BOSWORTH
WILL SELL
FOB THE NEXT THREE WEEKS,
FROM HIS
Fall and Winter Goods,
AT COST, to reduce Stock preparatory to moving
into the new store which has Wen prepared for him,
OVERCOATS,
HEAVY SACKS,
PANTS & VESTS,
Fetter and t'heaper than ever offered in this city
before FOR CASH OSLY.
REMEMBER THE PUCEi
No. 158 Water Street,
Augusta, M nine.
R. T. Bosworth.
t5febA't7-tf
Dissolution or Co-Partnership.
f|VHE co-|>artnershlu heretofore existing between
I Lucius Kill and thus. A. Earnum, is mis day
' dissolved by mutual consent.
LUCIUS HILL,
! Augusta, Feb. 1,1870. C. A. FARNUM.
The undersigned will continue the
Grocery and Provision Business,
At the OLD STAND.
rOXT ST., HEAD OF ARSENAL ST.
1 tateh tf LUCIUS HILL.
GOVERNMENT OF MAINE, 1070.
COVERS OR,
Joshua L. Coamberlaisi, Brunswick.
comciL.
1st District, Uranus O. Brackett, Berwick.
M District, William Deer mg, Purtiaud,
1-1 District, William Rogers, Bath,
kth District, Ambrose H. Abbot, Chino,
ith District, Edward R. Spear, Rockland,
fch District, Joseph W. Porter, Burlington.
7th District, D. K. Hobart, Dennysville.
EXECUTIVE OHU'gKS.
Pranklin M. Drew, Brunswick, Secretary of State.
George 0. Stacy, Kesar Pails, Deputy Secretary.
James R. Miiliken, Portland, Chief Clerk.
B. B. Murray, Jr., Pembroke, Adjutant General.
Augustus L. Smith, Augusta, Clerk to Adjutant General.
George N. Page, Jforridgewock, State Pension Clerk in i
Adjutant General's office.
William Caldwell, Augusta, State Treasurer.
Sylvanus Caldwell, Augusta, Treasurer’s Clerk.
Parker P. Burleigh, Linueus, Land Agent.
govbsxob t iTarr.
John M Brown, Portland, Colonel, Assistant Inspector
General.
Eugene F. Sanger, M. D., Bangor, Colonel, Assistant Sur
geon General.
Jide-de-Cump, with rank of Litute*c*i Colonel.
S-lden Connor, Thomas W. Hyde,
George Varner, Nathau Cutler.
Albert 0. Morgan, Lewiston, Military Sec’y to Governor.
Prentiss M. Fogler, Augusta, Messen’r to Got. and Council.
Benjamin F. Harris, Machine, Supt. of Public Building*
George L. Uoodale, Brunswick, State Assayer.
Cyrus F. Brackett, Brunswick, State Assayer.
Daniel Winslow, Westbrook, Inspector Gen. of Beef k Pork, j
David Fernald, Camden, Inspector General of Pith.
Geo. F. Dillingham, Old town, Agt. Penobscot Tribe Indians.
Geo. F. Wadsworth, East port Agt. Paasamaqu’y Tribe In.
Albert W Paine, Bangor, Bank and Insurance Examiner.
Asa W Wildes, Skuwheg&n, *
Samuel 11. Blake, Bangor, > Railroad Commissioners.
Solomon T. Corser, Portland, >
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
John Appleton, Bangor, Chief Justice.
AMUCUTt JUSTICE.
Edward Kent, Bangor.
Jonathan G Dickerson, Belfast
Charles W. Walton, Portland.
William G. Barrows, Brunswick.
Charles Danforth, Gardiner.
Rufus P. Tuple/, Saco.
ATTORXET OKXMAL.
Thomas B. Reed, Portland.
INSANE ASYLUM.
Henry M. Harlow, M. I>., Superintendent and Physician.
Bigelow T. Sanborn, M. D., Assistant Physioian.
TBCSTRES.
William B Lap ham, M. D., Woostock, President.
John T. Gilman, M. D.t Portland.
I>r. M. R. Ludwig, Thomaaton.
lion. Geo. A. Frost, Springrale.
lion. A. G. Wakefield, ilaugor.
STATE PRISON*
Warren W. Rice, Warden.
Elbridge Burton, Deputy Warden.
ururacTuks.
William Wilson,
lion. Rufus Prince.
STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
Hon. E. W. Woodbury, Superintendent
TRUSTEES.
lion. Noah Woods, Bangor, President.
W. E. Gould, Portland, Secretary,
lion. Nathan Pane, Alfred, Treasurer.
Hon. Jeremy W'. Porter, Str ng.
Tobias Lord, blandish.
STATS COLLEGE. OP AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC aKTS
Trustees
Hon. Abner Coburn, Skowhegan, President,
lion. Thomas S. Lang, Augusta,
lion. William P Wingate, Bangor,
lion. Lyndon Oak, Garland.
Rev. Samuel F. Dyke, Bath
J. C. Madigan, Iloulton.
Hon. I-otiah Stetson, Bangor, Treasurer.
Samuel Johnson, A. M., Or«mo, Secretary.
Executive Committee.
Hon Wm. P. Wingate, Hon. Lyndon Oak, Hon. Thomas
8 Ling.
Examining Committee.
Joshua L. Chamberlain, LL. D.; Rev. Amory Battles} Hon.
Thomas 8. Lang.
Faculty.
Merritt C. Fernald A. M., Acting President and Profeaaor
of Mathematics and Physics.
Samu.-l Johnson, A M , Farm Superintendent and In*
struct*»r in Agriculture.
Stephen F Peckltam, A. M., Professor of Chemistry.
Calvin Cutter, M. D., Lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology
and Ilygene
Corydon B. Lukin, Instructor in Book-keeping.
Captain Henry E. Sellers, Bangor, Instructor in Military
Tactics.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Samuel Wasson, Ellsworth, President.
D. II. Thing, ML Vernon, Vice President
S. L. Goudale, Saco, Secretary.
M. C. Fernald, Uruno. )
8. P. Peckham. Orono.
Charles E. Haralen, Waterville. £ Metul«ers at Large.
Cyrus F. Brackett, Brunswick. I
George L. Goudale, Brunswick. J
MLM3KR3 PROM CODfTlEa.
Seth Scamman, for Cumberland County, Scarborough.
Wihies P. Walker, Sagud.~.hoc County, Topsham.
William Swett, Oxford County, South Paris.
Levi L. Lucas, Somerset County, Sl Albans.
Ira Poe. York C<*unty, baco.
Elijah B Stack pole, Penobscot County, Kenduakeag.
Samuel Wasson, Hancock County, Ellsworth.
J. Varnum Putnam, Aroostook County, Iloulton.
Jeremiah R. Norton, Franklin County, Avon.
Luther Chami>erlain, Piscataquis County, Atkinson.
Moses L. WU.Ier, Washington County, Pembroke.
Isaac Hobbs, Knox County, South Hope.
Daniel II. Thing Kennebec County, ML Vernon.
George K. Brackett, Waldo County, Belfast.
Z. A Gilbert, Androscoggin County, East Turner.
Calvin Chamberlain, (State Society,) Foxcroft.
John Bodge, Lincoln County, JeflPrson.
CU.M MOW 8LHUULS.
Warren Johnson, Topsham, State Superintendent.
Joeeph F. Dunning, Clerk of Sujwrintendent, Portland.
rorwrr acrKRvrsoRS.
Androscoggin, C. B. Stetson, Lewiston.
Aroostook, W. T. Skerpcr, Sherman.
Cumberland, J. B. Webb, Gorham.
Franklin, A. H. Abbott, Farmington.
Hancock, Charles J. Abbott, Castinc.
Kennebec, W. II. Bigelow, Clinton.
Knox. G. M. Hicks, Kocklaml.
Lincoln, D. S. Gluldeu, Newcastle.
Oxford, N T. True, Bethel.
Penobscot, S. A. Plummer, Dexter.
Piscataquis, W S. Knowlton, Motion
Sagadahoc, D. F. Potter, Tops ham.
Somerset, G. W. Ha the way, Skowhegau
Waldo, N. A Luce, Freedom,
Washington, W. J. Cortheli, Calais.
York, M. R. Mabry.
MAINE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
President, J. H. Hanson, Waterrille.
Vice-president, C. C. Rounds, Farmington.
Secretary ami Treasurer, C. B. Stetsou, Lewiston.
BXSCUTtVC CoUUlTTBB.
J. II. Hanson, Chairman, Waterville
C. B Stetson, Lewiston.
A. P. Stone, Portland.
J. 8. Harrell, Lewiston.
W. Johnson, Topsham.
C. C. Round*. Farmington.
J. P. Gross, Brunswick.
G. T. Fletcher, Castlne.
J. B. Webb, Yarmouth.
COMMITTEE ON STATE VALUATION.
John P. Hubbard, Hiram.
Seth Scamman, Scnrboro'.
Alrin Currier, Farmington.
Nehemi.th Smart, Se&raxnout.
Al»el Prescott, Canaan.
Reuben 8. Prescott, Bangor.
Partman Houghton, Eastport.
Enoch Knight, Portland, Clerk of Commissions
STATE LIBRARY.
Joseph T. Woodward, Librarian.
Shooting Tackle.
M. W . LOIfi,
SUCCESSOR TO L. M. L EL AND,
QUN SMITH
And Dealer In
Shooting Tackle of Every Variety.
RIFI.E AND SHOT ODNS made to ORDER and
WARRANTED. particular attention paid to
Choking Shot Hun* to make them shoot thick and
rtronc: A Inn on hand, the beet lot or Skate* in
the market, for rale oheap. Odd key. of every
pattern Key Uge and ringi for Hotel. Powdar
of the be*t quality for Blasting or Sporting Re
pairing don* neatly and promptly. All woak
warranted. ljan-ly
coy SOL ID A TOS.
Augusta, Feb. 18, 1870.
Ho*. Jos ia h Crosby :
Dear Sir—Will you do us the favor to fur
tyah a copy of your speech for publication,
made before the Committee on Railroads on
Tuesday, the loth inst.
Very truly yours,
Daniel Holland.
S. li. Hearce.
J. S. P. Ham,
Gram illl Blake.
D. C. Palmer.
Remarks of Hon. Josiak Crosby of Dexter.
Februray 15th. before the Committee ou Railroads,
in opposition to Consolidation.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com
mittee:—1 appear before you to oppose the :
bill for the consolidation of the railroads of
Maine. I appear of my own mere motion,
employed by no one, representing myself
alone, but to speak in my own behalf and in
behalf of those who may happen to think as I
do. I am well aware of the gross inequality
of this contest. On the one side we sec ex- :
Governors, Presidents. Directors and Super
intendents of railroads, earnest men. men of
brains, influence, position, with boundless
wealth at their command, a powerful lobby,
experienced men who know all the highways
and by-ways of influence, and who will doubt
less make effective use of the means in their
hands. On the other side is no one whose
special interest prompts him to resist this
momentous project. A few humble individ
uals, whose interest is simply the common in
terest of the people, paid by no one, with no
lobby at their backs, appear in opposition. It
is substantially an ex parte contest.
My first impression was that this was a
scheme to unite the Maine Centrul and Port
land & Kennebec railroads. But I find that
the kill embraces all the connecting railroads
in the State. “Any two or more" connecting
railroads “may consolidate.” I have long
foreseen that tne time was coming when this
measure, at least with reference to the M. C.
It. and P. & K. It. was to be pressed in good
earnest, but that time has come sooner than I
expected. It has been proposed several times
before, but not then seriously pressed, and
hifs not fill now attracted public attention.
When I saw those two corporations last win
ter fighting with so much fierceness of wrath
on tiie question of giving the Somerset &
i Kennebec railroad a right to extend their rail
road from Skowhcgan to Caratunk, and when
I saw, last summer, the hotness of their com
petition to get control of the Belfast &
i Mooschead railroad, I little thought to find
S them so soon consolidated into one magnifi
■ cent conspiracy to get the control of all the
! railroad interest, in Maine. But when I
i saw, after the September election, not before
the election, that they had come together and
given out to the world that they had agreed to
unite their interests, I knew that the appoint
ed hour had come, and that it behooved all
I the friends of equal rights to prepare to de
' fend against the impending danger.
What is the proposition? It is in substance
; to combine all the railroads in Maine, repre
j senting now some twenty or thirty millions of
1 dollars, and which in ten years will represent
sixty millions, and in a few years more one
hundred millions, into one monster corpora
tion, and place the same with all its bound
less power in the hands of ten or fifteen gen
tlemen, and in the hands of those powerful,
ambitious and wicked men who may succeed
them to-morrow. In the course of nature
! even this corporation would soon change
owners, but railroad stock passes from hand,
and in a very short time the Goulds, Fisks
and Drews may exercise the jurisdiction pro
posed to be given to these gentlemen. Fur
thermore this bill, if once passed, unlike
most laws, is utterly irrepecuable. Bet the
companies once accept the act, enter into a
contract to consolidate, and then they are
protected hy that provision of the constitution
which forbids you to pass any act impairing
the obligation of contracts, so that you are
| asked to give your sanction once for all to
j the most stupendous measure ever proposed
| in this State, and that, too, when they well
t know that you were not elected in reference
to this matter at all.
Let me call your attention to some of the
details of the bill, and see how cunningly they
are devised. First, as to the control over
fares by the State. Highly respectable au
thorities contend that the State has a reserved
right to regulate fares. This is the doctrine of
Gov. Chamberlain in his address, and he sug
gests that if there be any doubt on this point
this will be a favorable opportunity “to de
clare or re-affirm the ultimate right of the
State over the roads." Seemingly in com
pliance with this suggestion the bill does pro
vide that the rates shall not be higher than
they were on the M. C. Railroad and lb & It.,
•Tan. 1, 1870. That is, the rates on a specie
basis, to which we are rapidly approaching,
snail not De nigner uian me Highest rates es
tablished under an inflated currency. For all
practical purposes the bill might have for
bidden rates higher than ten dollars per ton
for one week, or one dollar per mile for pass
engers. But by implication the bill gives up
to the company all right on the part of the
State to interfere with r»te9 unless they ex
ceed that highest point of Jan. 1, 18T0. Prac
' tie-ally the bill abandons on the part of the
I State the very right which the Governor de
j sired to see "declared or reaffirmed.”
Then, again, the bill provides that all other
I companies may enter into the consolidation
j whenever a majority of the stockholders
"represented and voting at a legal meeting ’
I so declare. It is well known that all the
; stock is never represented at a meeting of
stockholders. Thu bill then gives to these
j gentlemen and their unscrupulous successors
; the power by buying up sufficient stock—say
I one third or one quarter of the whole, to con
trol any company, to vote to cancel leases, and
to consolidate on terms dictated by them.
; The bill might be amended in these respects,
, but 1 should regard any such amendments of
j little value, because 1 know lull well that if
i consolidation be once granted, any provisions
' now objectionable to these gentlemen, will be
j made perfectly agreeable to them by future
j legislation.
It has been frequently urged that competi
! tion in the building of railroads is not desira
' ble. and that therefore consolidation ought
not be objected to on the ground that it will
destroy that kind of competition; and Eng
land, Belgium and Massachusetts are re
ferred to. Those eases are not at all in point.
England and Belgium are small States terri
torially, densely populated. Their railroad
system is old. They have nil the railroads
they need. The same is much the case with
Massachusetts. At the list census, Maine
| had 472 miles of railroad. Massachusetts had
1272. The territory of Maine is four times
as large as Massachusetts. The necessity fot
railroads has reference to territory as well as
to population. Itailroads are frequently
projected into parts uninhabited, in order tu
develop the resources of unreclaimed lands
and water power. We are doing this same
thing in Maine to-day. The European and
North American Railroad is being pushed
through a wilderness; and it is earnestly pro
posed to build other railroads into the wilds
of Aroostook. Massachusetts had at the last
census, eleven times as much railroad to the
square mile as Maine had. When Maine
has eleven times as much railroad as she
had at the last census, or in other words
o,192 miles, then she will have rail
roads enough, and there will be no need of
competition to stimulate their building. We
are indebted to the spirit of rivalry for alarge
portion of our railroads. This very Portland
& Kennebec Railroad was built because the
Hon. Kuel Williams and others were not wil
ling that Augusta should be cut ofl'or sur
rounded by the Androscoggin & Kennebec
Railroad, now a part of the Maine Central
Railroad. The Piscataquis Railroad owes its
existence to the fact that the Dexter &. New
port Railroad threatened to divert the trade
of that county to Portland. It cost nearly
$1,000,000, and all the funds were furnished
by Bangor<xcept $80,000, raised in Piscata
quis county. The Somerset Railroad was
stimulated by the Maine Central Railroad in
competition with the Portland & Kennebec
Railroad and the Belfast & Moosehead Rail
road would not probably have been built, had
not those two companies competed for a lease
of it, offering it very favorable terms, which en
abled the parties interested to ensure its com
pletion. Sir. we need, we greatly need to rely
upon the principle of competition to develop
the capacities of Maine, but consolidation
utterly paralyzes that principle so far as re
lates to the increase of railroad facilities.
But the petitioners say that they ask for no
additional grant of power, that their right to
lease their two roads by virtue of the statute
of 1856 gives them all the real power they de
sire. That power to lease was given as an ap
pendage to the act for the consolidation of the
A. & K., and I*. & K. Railroad, now the M. C.
Railroad. It extended only to what is now
the M. 0. Railroad, the R. & K. and S. & K.
and the Androscoggin Railroad. It attracted
little attention at the time. It was see. 10 of
an act the nine previous sections being devot
ed to consolidation. That power to the ex
tent therein granted certainly would not now
be given without strenuous apposition. The
people are now, which was not the case then,
awake to the danger of these great monopo
lies. But it is sufficient to say that these two
great companies have found such obstacles to a
lease that they have not availed themselves of
the power for fourteen years, and they never
will. The privilege is a dead letter, a id for all
practical purposes does not exist. A bill to Con
solidate all the railroads in the State is a very
different tiling from the unused and practically
ui available power to lease contained in that
sec. 10 of the law of 1856. It is well known
that see. 'J of that law is the only portion of it
which was ever debated in the Legislature,
and was the subject of much controversy be
tween the two roads. That the M. C. Rail
road started its repeal in 1857, and continued
the controversy in the I’. & K. Railroad year
after year in the Legislature, until in 1862 its
repeal was effected.
They say again that they have argeed to run
together (not by leasing,) have made a
contract so to do, and shall do so whether this
bill is granted or not. I should like to see
that contract. It has not been exhibited to
the Committee to my knowledge. If they say
it is signtd I will not deny it, but why not ex
hibit it? I doubt nut that these gentlemen by
their control of stock can induce its ratifica
tion by the stockholders. That contract was
not made or at least was not proclaimed till
alter the Sept, election. It is one which the
same parties who made it can unmake at their
pleasure. I believe it was made for no other
purpose than to inliuence this Legislature.
For what other purpose should they draw up
such a formal document, with the intention of
course to abandon it in two or three months, or
as soon as they were enabled to con
solidate under this bill. Further I have no
faitii that a contract of that kind can by any
possibtlitv have any binding force in law;
because it interferes witli the principle of com
petition. It is against public policy, and
therefore void. Let one party bring an ac
tion for the breach of such contract, and
they would soon know that they had
no standing in the courts. If such a con
tract on the part of the Directors were Iona,
Jitle. it should be brought' before the stock
holders for ratification. The M. C. Railroad
meets on the 23d inst., and there is no allusion
I to such a contract in the notice of the meeting,
nor am I aware that the P. & K. Railroad took
any action upon it at their late meeting. I
eannot think that the Directors of the M. C.
Railroad at least would eonsider even the
forms of law complied with as to a contract of
so much importance without a ratification.
The stockholders have no right to act upon
any subject not embraced in the notice of the
meeting. There is too much reason to believe
that contract is a humbug got up for a special
. purpose.
They say again that there is no competition
as to fares on railroads now. Everybody
knows that the competition at Kendall’s Mills
and Lewiston has always been great. Certain
I am that one of the Directors of the M. C.
Railroad informed me that they made a great
mistake in not accommodating the Lewiston
people as to rates, and thus have induced them
not to extend the Androscoggin Railroad to
Brunswick. The Lewiston people have saved
hundreds of thousands of dollars by that ex
tension. Why are the rates on the railroads
reduced the moment the steamboats begin to
run in the spring:' Go into any depot station
and look on the walls. Every variety of maps
in costly frames, and without frames, each
one's road with its connections delineated in
conspicuous heavy black lines, embellished
with every device of advertisement, setting
forth the cheapness, safety and virtues of the
rival roads, confuses the imagination, and sets
judgment at defiance. The truth is. that there
is no business known to man in which eumpe
tion is so great as upon railroad. To state the
contrary is to presume the audience idiots.
They say again that their interests and the
interest of the public are identical, that their
. interests is to make freights low in orderto get
! more business. Mo doubt the Goulds, Fisks,
I and Drews would say the same. The state
ment is in no sense correct. The interest of
1 the Companies is rather to do a smaller busi
ness at a large price than a very large business
at a small price. Great amount of traffic
wears out the road and necessitates expensive
repairs. The lion. Josiah Quincy a gentle
men of the highest repute and unsullied char
acter, who ha* given as much attention to rail
roads probably as any man in America, and
who has made great efforts to establish a cheap
freight system, has examined this matter very
thoroughly, and in an address before the Bos bn
Board of 1'ratio Oct. Id, ItiC*. speaking of the
Western Railroad he alluded to a former ad
dress of his, and says :
••1 showed you tlrnt the interest of the man
agers of the Western Railroad was diametri
cally opposite to the interest of the public
the interest of the former being to do a small
amount of business at a large price, that of