Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-12-30
Among the Granite 9uRrrir--Thr Town of
sullivan and Its Busiur--->cw Enterprise.
BOSTON Interests. Rte


Correspondence ol tie Boston Pot.
SULLIVAN. Ne. Dc, IL.
Having occasion 70 visit tnr eastern portion
OF Hancock County. Maine. ! made il part Of
u! business 20 examine the granite quarrics
.ul tAo facilities far bu.inc,, m The town Of
Sullivan. The ride, by stage, from Ellsworth
TO >uili,an-a distance 81 ten iniles-,hough
over a rough road ami through hHly aud
srar~..F settic9 country. j. by no mcan. an
uupl' a-ani one; for TIE natural beauty II The
constantly changing view, Of The mountains
aad occasional glimp-cs 81 Tie bas, and creeks
Which 'ndcut this coast Of Mainc af1rl jus, tina,
Narcis whIch plcA~r, the eve. and So make the
Tidr ics- weari-otRe than The uncomfortable
seat Of a Inai-wszon prom ,.s Tor the occasion.
ThoOkh l started On ,hi. route with an eve
f'r granite. wits NO; rewarded by >orios -
much a. one boulder 10 indicate our approach
10 granite formation unit. We reached the river
which SEPARATE. the town Of Hancock from SUI
it' an lou nv sbuuer cross thu. river, how.
ctty than the face Of ihr earth seems L. b, IN
tirely changed, presenting unnisiaAahlr rns
It granite formation, which ssror, cut ire.
gu'ntiy, anil !. AWAY, 10 b. found i,,w f'ei
hyio" The surface. Thi, granite extends OR
a large tract d "ha, vas formerly SUPPOSE. To
b. waste laud. IL has been thoroughly tested
for Ihr last half ccntury and has the reputation
"fh-ing 81 the bit quality both for color and
hni'h Several quarr5e. in III. section were
formerly quite extensively WORKED. o., the husr
piles Of srOui among the irrc., which haze
grown -inee the stones were quarricd, amply
tc-uf'; but, recently The owners Of the. q s I.
ri"s. for want OF capital have been l...d t,
conhne their Operations 10 small jIls-, princi-
piiy furnishing curb or ed-cst1nc tor Ho,ion.
About two year. aSo. however, hi, tract Of
land wa purchased By some gentlemen OF Bo,-
ton, who organized d, the sullivan Granite
Company. Thu company ha. since odd Tor
t'ou- Of thi, trae, 10 several companic- which
have been making preparations Ia do lsrgc
business when a change q time. ,lall make
Su'in'.' possible. A. ,on travel north AMI
wet from fI -, q. f. f--r- q rcsch
!, An"wm ihe >.iu-Iu Gr4.ie C,muAny'-
This c3nllny wa, oTg4n. god IN i~73 aud /,
comlps, d principally oi B..ton men, but more
than bali Of the stock Of lhi, company i, owned
by John II. stiin,1n.E-q. OF Boston. who mag
mes Of the company. rhl, Icompaay ha, al
ready bull, more than one mil. u railroad.
which j. in good running order, AMI Of such 4
grade thai the ears loaded with stone run from
the qnarries To the wharf without the aid Of
steam or horsepower. The cars. however.
have 10 b. hauled back by horses But It /, IN
tended to put on = engine III the Spring TO DO
this work. The wharf which thi. company b,
constructing viii have river frontage Of about
seven hundred feet, and will b, built entirely
Of stone. When completed thi, viii undJubt-
, cdy b. the best wharf east OF Portland. With
ihi- " hArf, railroad. engine and four derricls.
Thu company Will have facilities for haudluc
and shipping store unsurpassed by any compa-
~ IN Maine or Massachusetts,. We see bv tA..
Ellsworth Anarraa t.iat Atr. >liuu,"n has also
gwen n,,lce Vi hi, intention . ak the Legisla-
lur- for a charter to build Llid.e acro,, the
RIVER near hts wharf This bridge = the great
'>i,icratum Of this section. AMI Mr. has the
,Empathle, of the people 10 ihi, move. liza
permanent ,toae bridge were built acro,. this
river Il would he strong argument for the
sAoTe Line Raiiroad Company , make this the
route from Ellsworth 10 Mlchia-. instead of
constructing it where proio ed. through an
uninhabited forest, 20 far from the shore n 10
make the name "a iAisnomer If.