The Portland daily press., 1871-09-30

TO The Editor of the Press
HIGHGATE.

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HIGHGATE.
Highgate follows Sheldon, and is next to
Swanton. the lake Champlain terminus of the
Portland railroad. Five thousand acres are
still in woods. The soil is manly strong
loan. The sales OF produce last year, wear
92 tons butter, 1-2 tons cheese, 80 tons pork
and hogs, 1000 bushels potatoes, 20 horses,
800 sheep, besides cattle and wool. Not in
Guiding the above, there were Asst tons in
ward freight aud Is tons outward. Eight
traders sell 100000 worth of merchandise.
Manufactures of leather, iron and lumber
are carried on. But the manufacturing ad-
vantages of the town are as yet very made
quately improved. At Highgate village the
"Great Falls" on the Missisco have total
descent of so feet in one fonrth OF mile.
Some most excellent natural mill sites here
remain entirely unused. The privelage is wall
ed in by rock OH all sides, and is as perfectly
safe against any possible contingency OF ice or
freshet. The plot for town round the fall
il admirable There is some business done
here now, but the power is ample for heavy
operations. httpo hdPiuo, +" hiiiO "oO'o oAAS
Great falls, will furnish head of 16 feet and
very safe aud good m i'll Sites At East High
gate TALL of ten feet is commanded, and
Richford's scythe frctory, machine shop and
saw mill are in operation, turning out $25 900
worth of goods when all in occupation. There
are II feet in rips below the dam. The
population of the town is 2,260; valuation,
1916 600; a due use of its manufacturing
capacities would increase both ten fold.
HIGHGATE MINERAL SPRINGS.
much frequented by those harmless denzens O
the woods, who, like their human successors
had great relish Tor these impregnated wa
tiers. There are severa. springs, all near Lake
Champlain, and variously charged with iron
and sulphur, being in part tonic and par
cathartic in quality, and of noted efficacy &C
cordingly for dyspepsia and for skin disord
| ers. An excellent hotel with several cottages
furnishes accommodations TO the invalid and
| pleasure seeker, both to be greatly enlarged
| for the next season. Large grounds and
| groves surround the hotel The lake both
| cools the heat of summer and sottens the ap
| preaching cold of autumn, so that the "sea
son" is long. Thousands of acres of marshes
at accessible distance, furnish snipe, duck
and other shooting; while bass, pickerel, anG
other fish reward the tolls of the fisherman
Yachts are at the service of guests. 1t i
claimed that no mosquitoes and no fog are t.
endured at any season. These fountains ar
four miles from the Swanton station ON tn
P. and o. Railroad. Already hundreds O
guests visit them yearly, and increased hote
Accommodations would augment the numbe
to thousands. The ride along the banks c
the Missisco river in this town is one of es
trordinary attractions; the breadth of the il
tervals, the profuse growth of harvests, th
the great ltrees bordering the stream an
road for miles, compose picture of rar
land 221 miles, and has taken $4,000 stock
the Portland railroad. Its distance from
Boston is 270 miles, plus miles by roat
FRANKLIN.
On the northeast of Highgate and on th
boundary line of Vermont and Can ada, wi
5 touch the Portland railroad at Highgate an
/ Sheldon. A town of uneven but not roug
surface, of which out of $4,000 acres s, 500 al
) still wooded with ceder and ash, mixed wit
/ ordinary growth. Slate and limestone
workable quality are found. The soil is LOAF
running into sand and gravel in parts, but
strong. In 1870, 11S tons OF butter were sol
81 tons of cheese, so tons of pork and hog
1000 bushels potatoes, 500 sheep, 100 cattl
20 horses, and some wool; also lare
amount of maple sugar. Exclusive of thes
were 302 tons inward and 81 tons outwar
freight Dealers sell 100000 of merchan
disc. Manufactures of leather, There bein
three tannereies) of lumber, marble, ct
make $685. GOO annual sales. Population l.
602; valuation, 1858 900; stock in the Por
land railroad $1,000, the town touching I'll
! | road at no point. Its distance from Por
] land and Boston at the Highgata station
i as given above.
! In the "a miles passed over from Fetch
f | west. by the railroad, we find 552 popu latte
to each mile of rail, and $17S,600 nomin
: valuation, or real value 1927, $50 per mil
n
HIGUGATE VT Sent 1871