Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-10
THE FREE sAprIsT.
A"eE New Summer Resort NJ Ola o-..,
LOIS to he Selected To-day.

" s""e years past grow
Jug aesire on the part of many Free Bap,;.,s
~ Ne~ England for denominational nlace
u summer resort. At the Centennial Con.
ference OF the denomination holden last sum
mer at Weirs, n. H., at the beau,;f,, 60.
ground at that place, committee was chosen
10 investigate the subject and report a, tho
anniversaries in October The commute.
AFTER examining many places, in four differan,
STATES recommended grove and beach a,
oia orchard, and the Anniversary Conven.
tioh approved the location. A charter wac
obtained from the Legislature early in tho
session last winter, under the name of the
ocean rark Association" The association
was duly organized in January. since
then ffty-fve acres of land bava
been secured and paid for. The
land Is situated about one mile Yves, from
'he o'd orchard depot AMI a half mile west
OF the camp meeting station on the Boston
and Maine railroad. The tract is of consider
able length, extending three-fourths of mile
from the railroad on the northwest. 70 the
oeach on the southeast; four acres are Oh the
beach. six or eight are marsh. and the bal.
ance is beautiful, fine grove. interspersed
with hemlock and young naples. The
ground is quite level, and all suitable for
buildings, save small ravine. Across the
lower end Of the lot near the beach. the
Beach railroad, from Old Orchard depot 10
the mouth Of the Saco river, five miles dis
tant passes. On this road will be a depot.
The trains passing each way every hour. On
the Boston and Maine railroad there will be
built platform. a, which trains will stop on
days of meetings.
The following plan of the lot has been made :
from the Boston and Maine Railroad to the
beach. with occasional cross streets These
avenues will be forty feet wide, except the
central one which will be fifty. All lots.
with few exceptions, will have front of
about fifty feet on one of the avenues and
will extend back from sixty-four to eighty
feet. The price of lots will vary from s25
to $500, according to size and location
.'ioot VI tHtHl W III Dc ITOUi .-DU 10 SlZD.
In the grove, 100 rods from the ocean, and
extending from one avenue to another, will be
Temple Square, in the centre of which will
be the temple itself on octagonal, conical-
roof building eighty feet in diameter. This
will be used for worship and other meetings.
The four sides of the square, including the
streets, will be each 220 feet in length; and
the lots on these sides will be reserved
for society buildings. Ground for an
auditorium will also be reserved, also a
lot for large hotel where the central ave-
nue. crosses the Beach railroad. Arrange
ments are in progress tor grocery store and
market. also for boarding house at an
early dav.
More than one hundred persons have paid
SI5 each and have taken certificates of 500
each that will be received at their face value
in payment for lots. Special advantages also
are given by way of discount on the purchase
of lots to all who build houses this season.
The balance now in the treasury after paving
for the land. the sale of lots 10 others and the
aid promised by the railroads, will be used
to meet the expenses of necessary accommo-
dations and improvements. To-day has been
fixed upon as the time for the selection and
sale of lots The work of building will then
begin. and it is expected that large number
of houses will at once be erected. before the
grand opening in August, when meetings of
various kinds will he held.