Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-07-22
OUR ESPONDENTS
Bucksport Means Dail nnadi



on between the two sides of Penobscot
river has probably reached its culmina-
ton, and the question now is. not So
much whether n road shall be built on
one SIDE or The other IS whether q road
shall be built on the Western side at all.
We are told that the road from Bangor
To Winterport i only the first link of |
shore road to Rockland. or leaving Cam
| den and Rockland out In the cold. to |
Warren. there to tap the Rockland and
Bath road. But all beyond Winterport
is in the distant future of course she
wants only one link
To build the Winterport road. Bangor Is
coolly asked 10 contribute to the tune of
sl5.ooo.-oaiy $4,000 per mile for thir-
teen miles. VIII Bangor do it? And
then where is the other $500. 90 to come
from. for $4,000 per mile will be requi-
site to pay for right Of way, dcep-cut-
ting-. Filings. culverts and bridges nee
cssarily incident to river branch road.
l remember that the speakers in
mass meeting nj Belfast. a few DAYS ago.
said IL was TO be "cheap road as it
was 10 be built for cash: " but the Win
tcrport operators propose to build q on
tick. and not ask Bangor for ANYTHING
more than promise to pay till the
road j. completed. 80 here j. TO be n
cheap, cash, all tick road.
cpeat-will Bangor do II. 10 secure
/ winter barbor. when they can get 4
much better one. and much easier d.
+ access At BucS-por,. and COS, them
f nothing literally nofhiaq: for they
have 90; % build a bridge, and the REQ
uisite length Of road on the Brewer side
To furnish the river frontage they mus,
have; and all Bucksport asks j.. that
when We build a road To the river in
a brewer Bangor shall come over and
i take n in. pt the strength OF Winter.
4 port arguments the people can Judge
n Here Is sample-old skippcr> never
dreamed that there i. d way tn the sea,
: from " Interpret, other than by way .,
4 IucA>port: but Wintcrport managers
: put for argument. into the Bangor case
. that 'Winicrport Is open when Buck
port Is sealed up by ice. How much
=. weight this poser hal with the Bangor
fathers, don't know, think a MAORI.
. ~ ni them have been down the river
q far enough la lind Burksport actually
/ nearrr the sea than Winierport for
. his honor. the MAYOR. | can avouch. 70,
have seen him several times at Buck.
!. port
e by the way. Mr. Editor, ju-s think ot
: II, some one. and he knows pretty well
had the timcriiy the other ,ay. to
j. intimate that the other side OF the river
:. project j. beginning To smell of a Ger.
- tain ols-- OF politics. What an idea -
- that those pure minded. immaculate
A pcacc-loving politicians would evcl
o think of putting anv thing into polite.
J.; thai does not l.gitimatcly belong there
!. donf beiisre. politicians Of the
a southern persuasion. to the contrar,
= Notwithstanding. that Bangor .riN Il.
:, Il. Should she be- cheated into IL, then
!, It becomes Hancock and Washington
!. counties to set themselves immediately
= about road from Bucksport Ia Calai.
l. which may, il need be, be extended to
= intersect road On the other side of the
=, river.
: And. n last resort, Bucksport car
! fall back on her chartered route 10 Mil
: ford of more than thirty wears ago
/. We assure You that Buckspor, mean,
e more than talk. We mean work. We
: mean Rail Road some where.
l.. III. ".
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