Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-01-20
Rail Road &c.

Rail Road &c.
believe in agitation. because I hav,
lived long enough to learn that if agi-
tation and execution are not synony
nous, they stop simultaneously. Luke
warmncss and do-nothin. are twin-sis
tiers as agitation and action are twin
brothers.
You may know who does not be-
licve in stir when You hear an outcry
against agitation. lrcpcat. believe
in agitation, and till it provokcs ac-
ton from which there is no going back,
] remember YOU said a few week :
aeo that the Wig had pitched into
Your Bucksport correspondent. That
is all know about it, as do not sec
the paper or care to inquire after its
pitchings-in. To pacify it. however,
let me say Bucksport cares very little
if a rail road be built from Bangor to
Ellsworth direct, provided Bangor will
build it. and leave your capital for a
more commnn sense use every way.
II j. hardly 70 be expected that 4 pa
per always, nj least coycrtlv in the in
tcrc~t of another por will favor 4
BNcksport way, especially when under
I the nightmare of a rival city imposed
upon its editor by that other side of
. the rlvcr-port. And bv the way. We
I the people thank Won for vcntiating
/ the + d' y. \. Road. Ii ought to have
hccn done before while some of the
I public domain remained to BE- used for
\ other hcnlit than our provincial neigh
hor- AMI an aspiring city. Tell is.
I ii vuu can what entities that roal
more than a road from Bangor to Cal
ais to the high sounding name assum-
c,l ? and as to location. | know anoth-
cr reason was assigned, but were not
the determining reasons approXima-
tion /. Aroo~took and removal as far
from the >caboari aKl from pcopled
town, needing accommodation that the
yr-r aforementioned road could not be
tapped east III the hub.
Now tho immediate question Of in
,.r.-, T., van AMI f., ~ Il ~ IN. Lrli-
worth link Of the Bangor AMI Cal
nj, road Shall it run direct or via
Bucksport: 10 which question you
rs we'll rs We can have but one ans
wcr, who is to build Il road direct !:
Bangor can't, and you certainly have
not sufficient inducement. What
| does Ellsworth want Of road direct ::
Maniy, 10 say the least, She wants an
outlet and inlet for travel and heavy
freight, neither OF which can be expect
ed 10 20 for tine interest of the hub, or
for the prestige Of going through it..
forty miles to reach harbor where
nature has made no harbor. nor can art
make one whereas coming To Bucks
port, about one half the distance. YOU
come through two thriving towns. ap-
proXimatc and accommodate other
thriving towns,y YOU find iirst-clas, har-
Dor lit all seasons. We have said moth
ing Of the water powers on this route OF
immense value and to he increased in
calculably i'll value by road (the
great developer of resources every
whercl \ road direct must be, by
comparison, very impracticable and
expensive. To Bucksport must be a
level and comp paratively easy route.
Hancock County is alone without Rail
\ and our want is Hancock and Wash
\ ington road. not q road int and ont of
| Hancock which is all we Shall get by a
road direct for this will so exhaust cap
ital that it cannot go east or any 9th
er way, for a term of years nobody
knows how many.
Bucksport would like rail connection
well enough with her younger sister up
in the ice but rs we can't afford to
exhaust our resoarces upon road OF
minor consequence, we look to the east
first, where you and the east find the
outlet you want at our beautiful vii
lage ana fine harbor, then if Bangor
declines or does not desire connec-
ton. we will give travellers very
pleasant excursion at all seasons to
Belfast or Rockfand. and connect al
either place with roads going west
furnishing a much pleasanter, shorter
cheaper and more convenient than an,
other route, or we can put travellers
and all freight through by steamers tt
Portland or Boston.
We are really sorry that the project
Of a road eastward from Bucksport ha.
frightened anybody. We did not NEAR
furry. We want rail. We mean t.
have it, even though by doing it we ap
pear not III the language of ''Waukeag'
in the Boston Advertiser "a desire) te
be ''suburb Of Bangor"