The Portland daily press., 1881-05-31
OLD ORCHARD BEACH.
The improvements Made end in Progress
this Season.

Ii any of our readers are troubled with the
blues they should take trip to Old Orchard if
they have not been there for atwelve month
they will notice q great change. Old Orchard
is now the busiest place in this State. Every
carpenter, mason aud laborer is employed and
more wanted A new depot is to be built ON
the Methodist Camp Ground for the Boston q
Maine road within the next 80 days.
The Free Baptists are preparing their GROUNDS
for pavilion and for cottages. The tendency
of the settlement is westward and very soon
the Old Orchard station will be where the
Beach Road branches off from the Boston u
Maine. The cottages in this vicinity nave
multiplied very fast Col. Green OF Savannah
Georgia, has just completed a set OF buildings
costing him $4,000. DIR. Cults of Boston has
q nice cottages near by. S. G. Dorman OF
Boston has q house intended for a permanent
home ected at cost Of $5000 j. Miller OF
Lewiston is just completing cottage near
Col. Green's. Rev. Mr.. Smyth of Portland
has made an addition to his cottage in the
same vicinity and is now occupying it. A
little further east on the Beach, Thomas
Goodall of Sanford has a nice residence which
he is to improve by raising all his buildings
one story higher.
On the higher grounds in the vicinity OF
Union avenue many changes have been made
and several cottages are being finished. j. s.
Crockett has bought the three story house
lately built by Mr.. Mitchell. Baxter Mari of
Lewiston has purchased the Plaisted Mansion
for per manent home, and is now engaged in
building store. George Cushman OF this
city has the lumber on the ground for house
On Ocean avenue. Rev. Mr.. Clark and Chas.
Pennell have beautified their cottages and will
erect stables. Miss Record has leased her
boarding house to Mrs. 81. A. Small
of Fairfield. M. G. Palmer has added to his
lot by purchase and is charging his cottage
and will add a stable. Mayor Moses of Bidde-
ford is improving and embellishing his beanti-
full establishment Mayor Day of Lewiston
has bought an additional lot adjoining his
house. Mrs. Baxter of Saco is building good
sized two-story cottage for permanent home.
r. G. Themes of Buckfeld has bought the cot
tage on Highland avenue built by John E.
Palmer who will build again nearer the water.
E. S. Carney has leased the cottage built by
Many Smith Nahum Ordway is finishing a
cottage near M. G. Palmer's for permanent
residence, and great many other changes are
transporting.
One of the great attr actions to this place is
the mineral spring from which the Camp
Ground is supplied. Already several remark
able cures stand to its credit, and as it becomes
better known it will be appreciated aud
patronized. All in all this is the rising place
on this coast and needs only to be known to be
appreciated.
The side wheel steamer Samuel e. Spring
now at the Portland Company's wharf re-
ceiving her machinery, will be completed
and ready to run on her route, the terminus of
the Orchard Beach Railroad (from the pier to
Biddeford PooD about the 24th of june This
boat will mako eight to ten trips day, making
close connections with all trains from Portland
and Boston.
This opens ono Of the pleasantest routes on
the coast, passengers taking the trains on the
Boston & Maine Railroad to Old Orchard,
thence via the Orchard Beach Railroad to the
Saco river and then by steamer for sail
down the Saco river. The Yates and High
land Houses will be opened about the 24th of
June at tho Pool--two first class summer
hotels. For picnics, organizations and large
parties this route offers extra inducements.
Last Monday work was commenced on the
Old Orchard junction Railroad. Mr.. j. M.
Robbins, the contractors, has one hum
bred men at work and next Wednes-
day fifty more will be put at work. The road
ready for trains will be completed tho first
day of July.
An engine of the Fornly pattern, II tons,
has been purchased. Elegant open cars will
be used. Trains will connect with all trains of
the Eastern Railroad. The building of this
road will give passengers along the line of
the Eastern Railroad in direct connection with
Old Orchard. 1t is all independent road, the
owners (there being only fve) being connected
with neither the Boston & Maine or Eastern.
Trains will be run every 40 minutes, The
Portland Rolling Mills have the contract for
furnishing the iron spikes and fish plates.