The Portland daily press., 1869-11-24
DAILY PRESS.
Wednesday Morning, November "a, 1869.
Ls welt tsia.d.
CORTLAND.

Late last season, it has not been forgotten.
Lowell Island lin Salem harbor) passed from
the hands of Col. Pollard to those of Mr.. A.
l.. johnson, of BOston-a gentleman well
known to the frequenters at Ynun2's Hotel
Since the property came into Mr.. Johnscn's
hands there have been made a number of
permanent improvements, and others now
contemplated will be completed rIy n, xt
season. We think we are quite safe IN ire
dieting that when the place is next openeo TO
the pubic, II will be super or to any summer
resort ON the New England coast. There
certainly is no reason why it should not he so.
l. is admirably located Tor the aeconmodq,
ii III OF large section OF country. and at this
point will be found all the advantages that
can be secured by journey ing, by sea or land,
hundreds of miles away.
During the present fall a substantial wharf
has been erected, on the south side of the Is
land, near where the blthing house formerly
stood and during the summer months, while
the house is open, the Boston steamer OF
Gloucester will touch there, both When coipg
and returning This will De an excellent ar
ran9ement, to hegln with. 1t will accommo-
date people m Boston and vicinity as well as
Lowell, for many from that region will PIE er
going by way ol Boston; but the old route
will not OF course b. closed to such as desire
to 60 from that section by way Of Sa,em and
Marblehe
The whole house has been raised. and be
meath it has been p aced a sub tantial foun-
datlon, so that the floors will hereafter be finn
and level. AT the time oil the september gale,
the whole building was on jack screws, aud it
would not have as sonlShed the owLer had be
found, after the storm, the huge bu ding a
complete wreck; but though balanced IN the
way slated IL weathered the storm and now
stands on better oundation than ever he
fore. The building formerly used a. a bowl
ing-alley, however, went to sm1 ash" but this
was about al the injury the storm did on the
Island, from which the scene, duIi1g its con-
tibuanre, must have been grand beyond de-
scription.
Tue old walks on the ends and one side of
the house hive BET n to- 4 away, aud one has
been substituted, on the front and ends, s
feet vide, and on the back side and els
leet, so that there are now wa ks com letely
around the building. The bath-house has
been moved neal"r to the water and to the
rear OF the main bull ling. 1t has been re-
modelled and put IN complete repair. The
laundry has been moved to the westerly side
OF the ell, directly over the soft waler ci tern
The root of the house has been res lin led
and the building repainted, and externally il
has received all The Improvements 1T required.
Gravel walks have been made in variOu, di-
present new and better appearance. In
place OF the old bo Sliug-alley building, which
the storm demolished, a better one is to be
erected, which will accommodate an eley,
billiard tables and a refieshment saloon each
will be well arranged and in proper style of
finish.
Further changes and Improvements will be
made in the spring, and, as we have said,
when the next seasons summer tIavel begins
MI. JohI son will be in a cond top, 10 his
new and admirable location down by the
sounding sea-" TO accommodate to their COM
plete satisfaction such as seek hotel-home
where resi- and fresh sea air are specially de-
srable.
1t is understood that Messrs. Hanson and
Severance, gentlemen well known in Boston
and vicinity, and OF large experience in the
motel business, will be connected with the Is
land House next season, in respun ible posi-
tions; aud from this fact it may be inf rred
that tbtre is TO be nothing wanted in ihe gem
eral management OF the establishment.-Sat-
urday Vor POpuH.