Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-04-06

basin of Wiscasset where lady passenger may
converse with her friends on shore. No bunkum
about this 60 to any nautical store, ask for an u
S. Coast Survey Chart of the Sheepscot and Ken
nebec river. Not papers got up in rosy lines and
figures, but chart prepared with great care by
our Government to assist the mariner to inteli-
gently and skilfuly take his command into ports
from Cape Florida to Ea,tport.
will now ask you to take the map oft the State of
Maine, and under my direction mark on its surface
line. Begin at the Atlantic, up this arm of the
sea to Wiscasset Alma, Whitefeld, Chelsea, Au-
gusta, Sidney, West Waterville, Somerset road to
North Anson Emden to the Forks, you will have
observed by this time that you are on line mark
ed on (about alp the maps of Maine as the Cana
da road il is the old Indian trail. the path OF Ar
nold's invasion of Canada and attack on Quebec
We will now begin in Canada, opposite Quebec at
Lewis. Mark the Lewis and kennebec X. X,
Lewis through st Augustine, Joliet, st. Marie St.
Joseph Broughton, As miles of railroad, and As
miles from the boundary line. you will observe we
are on that same Canada road, and we will mark it
to the boundary line From the Forks in Maine
the L. S. sends mail 80 miles to Moose river
three times a week. From Moose river to place
marked on U. 5. Mail Chart as Canada road IA
miles, and miles from where we ended our Can
ada line to which the L. S. Mail is taken three
times week, we have marked line now through
our State. Now let us look at our line in Name
Do you not in this line recognize great artery
whose pulsstion under the colonizing and civiGz-
ing influences of the steam engl inc would diffnse
an active life large part of our State, field
of c.ahh for those thirty young men who left Cal
ais few days ago to seek their fortunes in Cali
fornia
do not love to repeat conversations or bring
them before the public, but must to make my text.
ooh, yes; Wiscasset and Quebec want this
scheme; it would be great thing for them, and |
do not blame them for making great effort to
get it through but Augusta has no interest in it,
she has all the railroad accommodation she wants.
and road through her city won't do her any good
''Oh no, don't think it would do her any harm,
somebody might pick up few crumbs"
Now | want to come in right here about these
crumbs. We built ship this last season at Wis
casset, and after launching we made charter to
take entire pile cargo TO Bombay and Calcutta.
We took in at Wiscasset from the mill Of the
Kennebec Land 4 Lumber Co. $50 900 feet of
spruce lumber, cleaned that mill out Of all the
boards they had, orer fire inches acide. We then
towed that snip to Boston to complete her load
and then, on at Charestown, took in 3S2 ,6l6 feet
of boards. The spruce from Vermont, pine from
Michigan, $50 NJ. shingles from Beerlin Falls in
n. H., 800 bales ofcotton cloth from Lewiston Me.
tnat had paid one or more carriages, 81 bales of
excelsior, cheese, ladders. 5000 ash oars from
Penobscot Me-, water pals, wash tubs, corn
brooms etc, etc. Citizens of Augusta, do you see
any crumbs that you could pick up and send %
miles by railroad to Wiscasset and compete with
Michigan, Vermont, Berlin Falls, Lewiston, Pc
nobscot: Any pine and cedar water pals, wash
tubs, rung ladders, ash oars, etc. etc?
On the river below Gardiner there has been
gathered this winter about 100000 tons of the
world renowned kennebec ice. l am informed it
costs about % per ton to lay in the houses,
say $500 900, all paid out for labor and material,
over snail belt the State. Think you, did any
of the srocers, dry goods, or other ttradesmen
gather in any part of that outlay The Journal
a few DAYS since said that the average price for
the ice sold up to that time, $50 per ton, and
don't imagine it will be sod for less this season,
than s., 000,00O! How many young men in
Augusta got 500 apiece together and went in
on ice company!
Tudor & CO., OF Charlestown, Mass, have run ice
by rail from New Hampshire for their East India
and other shipments in large quantities this winter.
| do not know the distance at this moment. do
know that you can't get from Charlestown into New
Hampshire on so short line as from Augusta to
W.casset. Do you think you could pick up any
crumbs from ice and sawdust in Augusta: In New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, ship loading
5000 lbs. of petroleum, will require in the stowage
30 cords of pine wood price there 6 and dollars
a cord This wood has to be sawed into about II
Do you see any crumbs in the slabs and edgings,
now an encumbrance to large mill
The crumbs are not all at Augusta, or the
way to the sea coast; they can be gathered up all
along that great artery; from the sea weed and
porgy chum factories unadultera.ed, from the sea
coast to the spruce gum regions. l have in my
mind now, vessel with cargo of anthracite coal
from New Y ork to Portland, at freight of 80 cents
per ton, and this not connected with return
20. the expenses to deliver that coal at Wiscas
set are no more think less than at Portland. The
subject is by no means exhausted, but | think l
have said enough at one time.