Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-14
Maylis7s.
YORK COUNTY, CORRESPONDENCE.

york COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
TO ne Editor of tie Journal:
"A flying visit to the thriving cities of Bid
deford and Saco, York county, finds abun-
dant proof that these towns are prospering
finely in their industrial, mechanical and gen.
eSal bu. mess enterprises. The Saco river
the natu, Il boundary line between the two
cisies--fu nishes an immense water power
which i. we'll utilized by rge cotton
and saw mills, machine shops. etc, afIording
employment to thousands of operatives, yield
iug handsome dividend to the proprietors,
and rapidly building up the business of the
locality At Biddeford, on the right bank,
are the large cotton mills of the Pepperill Co.
whose stock 10 principally owned in Boston,
and also the machine shop Of the Charles
Hardy Co. The streets Of the city are
thfonged with mill operatives at morning,
noon and night; mostly females-many of
them young girls, and as we see their tired
looking countenances being borne homeward
ct nightikl BY feet weary and sore. perhaps,
We wonder if that home is to be pleasant
one to the men workers, and cannot help
and the privileges of the common school
would be much better for them. But, alas,
the world is full Of hardships. and all the la
bors Of all its philanthropists do not bring the
millennium visibly nearer.
Biddeford has good system of common
schools and gives the subject of education
mach attention. A large and handsome
school building has just been erected, which
wiifyoon be dedicated to the use of her high
schesl. Her population rises 10000 and she
has many fine private buildings and churches.
The city hall 10 onesof the largest and finest
in the State. thoroughly modern in all its
arrangements; the stage being supplied with
dozen or more pieces of fine scenery paint
ed by Boston artist, and 1t is well patronized
BY showmen and now yields handsome rev.
enue to the city. -
The large and commodious Ii tel the Bid
deford House--located opposite the City Hall,
which had been closed for some months, has
just been newly papered, painted, supplied
with new furniture throughout, and recpencd
BY Mr.. J: c. Robbins, formerly of the Amer.
ican House, Belfast. Mr.. Rice, the forme,
clerk Of the House, who has won an enviabls
popularity with the travelling public, acts il
the same capacity under the new order Of
things. Clean beds. good table and de-
cidedly home-like air about the house show
that friend Robbins does ''know how to keep
hotel
For the first time in several years the mu
nicipai government Of Biddeford is in repub
Lean hands. The new mayor, Mr.. McMullen
10 young man Of wealth and ability, ant
seems determined to do all in his power t.
further the material and moral advancement
ofthe city. BY his efforts, the sale Of intox
icating liquors has been driven to the reno
test quarters Of the city, even III exists ut all
no open bars are allowed, and the MAYOR of
fers reward Of 1926 and an remission of fin,
TO every person arrested for drunkenness i
such person will give information a. to wher,
he procured his liquor to the end that tn
seller may be apprehended and dealt with a
the Law directs. As the sprigh,ly Daily Time
says, the mayor evidently ''means business
in this liquor matter, and the fruits of his pol
icy are readily seen in a diminution of case
arising from the evil effects of run before tn
police court
Saco has many fine buildings, holding
population of some 6,000. Her streets al
mnch broader and more evenly laid out tina
those Of her sister city, nature having don
much more for her in the points Of eyenne,
of surface and absence of boulders which 81
pear 70 dead vantage in her larger, roughe
relative. Indeed il is a remarkable fact ths
while there are large deposits Of granite an
other rocks on the right bank of the Sacc
none whatever, is scarcely found on the left
which ieadslto the remark that probably III,
devil gathered up his "apron strings tight,
while crossing the river on his tramp east
ward. e'NAu3if 10 Nt'#r NJ ff.t
We took a drive to OH Orchard Beach
over the ferry roads so called, the famous sum.
mer resort, three and q half miles eastward
from Ssco, by a recent actual survey. This
10 one of the finest beaches and most delight
full watering place on the entire coast. The
Bay siev Asuse, ny Capt. Moulton, is loca-
ssd y really bewi,ehing spot, half dozen
rods from old oceans edge--built year ago :; i,
had such = large and profitable patronage
last year that the genial proprietor has found
il necessary to make an extensive addition to
it and now has 1t in tip-top readiness for visi,
tors, who are expected soon TO arrive for tn,
season, when all will be life and gayety. W,
saw one ponderous swell" there already
but 'twss but a surf, at best, not a Russial
one either. To the right Of the Bay View