Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-11-28
PISCATAQUIS RAILROAD.

| The Piscataquis railroad is already COM
pleted to Guiford, within fourteen miles o.
its objective point, Moosehead Lake, whore
it is to connect with the Lake Megantic road
from Sherbrooke, Canada, now in process o
construction, thus bringing Bangor forty
miles nearer Montreal than Portland now is
and furnishing grand thoroughfare from St
John to Chicago and the distant West. Ever
now the increased travel going through Ban
gor is fully up to its hotel accommodations
is beyond the most sanguine expectations o
the different corporations. Two more impor.
tant roads are also in contemplation, and will
! be speedily built-one leading from Bangor tc
| Calais, known as the Penobscot & St. CroiA
road. 1t sweeps in semi circle through the
southeastern part of the State, and forming
with the European road an almost complete
circle Still another road is to force an en-
trance through the extensive and fertile ARGOS
took. making an outlet for the now flourish
ing towns of lloulton, Presque Isle. Fort
Fairfield, Caribou, New Sweden, etc., and
having its terminus at Grand Falls, on the
St John river, than which, save Niagara, no
larger or more picturesque and beautiful falls
are TO be found on this continent. Already,
in anticipation of coming events, mills, facto-
ries and manufactures are spTinging up along
the completed and contemplated routes, and
the future amount of business that is to CEN
tire at Bangor is almost incalculable. The
present gives indication of what the future
must bring, for since the opening of the n
A. and Il. road the corporation has found it
necessary to add one car a day to accommo-
l.t.s 81, a.,
long trains of seventy ears is novel sight
even to eyes accustomed to immense railroad
enterprises and vast amount of business.
The Piscataquis road extends directly
through a vast region of strong, durable slate,
bright in color and of peculiar rift. Fine
quarries have been Nened at the towns of
Brownyille, Monsol, Barnard, Williams
burg and Howard, and the amount of slate
brought over this road is daily increased
Along the line of the European road has also
within the past year, been marvellous
growth Of tanneries and mushroom like SPRING
ing up of villages Cars rattle and scream
up to their constructed depots every day,
bringing large loads of hemlock bark and un-
tanned skins-departing with hides all nicely
and deity made into leather. These tanner
les are largely owned by Western capitalists.
who see opportunities for future splendid sue
cess, and are located and owned as follows:
One at Lowell, Me-, owned by A. Noble &
Co., containing l65 watts and consuming 5000
cords of bark; one at Lincoln, Me-, owned
by w. Plaisted & CO., containing $50 watts
and consuming 2000 cords of bark; one at
VIM, Me, owned by II. Poor & Son, of
Boston, having $50 watts and using 10000
cords OF bark this firm have also another
tannery Mt Midway, Me, of 400 watts, con-
suming II 900 cords Of bark Shaw & King
man, of Boston have what is said to be the
largest tannery in the world, composed of
COO watts and using 10 900 cords of bark, es-
tablished in the town of kinsman; village
Of some 1900 inhabitants, where year ago
was wilderness. At Bradford, Me-, is still
another tannery, with 100 watts, con Stunning
1900 cords Of bark, and owned by c. 7. Clark
& Co., making in all some 1865 watts, con-
Stunning over AZ, 900 cords of hemlock bark.
Brick yards are also springing up in large
numbers all along the clayey banks of the
rivers IN that section of the State, and this
year will see shipped from Bangor some 49,
100000 of brick, setting in circulation near
three-quarters Of a million dollars, besides
giving employment to large number of men.
- E1ehange