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Description and Holding Information
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Joint Standing Comm. on Frontier and Coast Defences. Report, 1864
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Forty-third Legislature. House. No. 12. This was an issue that had been around for a long time; this was a collection of documents all saying about
the same thing. The Joint Standing Committee on Frontier and Coast Defences reported that, yes, the state needed to finish the railroad, termed a
military road, to the New Brunswick border, but there just wasn't any money. There was a history of the area, skewed in Maine's favor. The Governor had
made suggestions. One way to finish the project was to invite Massachusetts and the federal government to participate. A few ways to gather the
money were floated. There were 282 miles left to build to have a line from Halifax to New York City. The Committee presented An Act to provide means
for the defence of the North Eastern frontier, 1864. The state would sell ten townships worth of timber to put toward the project. The money from
Maine's claim against the federal government would go in the kitty. Massachusetts was told how they could help. When the builders reached certain
milestones, they would be eligible for more money. There were several Resolves built around the perceived need to defend the northeastern frontier and
remembering the international boundary dispute--Maine thought it was robbed--so the federal government needed to help build the railroad. (Digitized from
a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Maine State Library and the Library of Congress).
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Title:
Report : the joint standing committee on frontier and coast defences, to whom was referred so much of the governor's message as relates to the frontier and coast defences of Maine ... .
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OCLC Number:
1425359099
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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