The Portland daily press., 1882-11-21
Along the ogdeaspurg.
BARrLErT, N. H., Nov. 10, 1882

To the Editor Of the Press
We have during the past week been drifting
along the line of the P. and o. Railroad from
Portland as far as Morrisville, VT, and as all
Portland citizens of enterprising spirit must
feel an interest in everything pertaining to the
growth and success of this most popular road,
we propose to give them at least few of its
many advantages as well as improvements
from Portland to Fabyans. Bartlett, from its
its natural position holds the key through the
great Crawford Notch and White Mountains,
and is one Of the most picturesque villages
among the hills; delightfully."- situated in the
upper Saco valley, surrounded by grand and
rugged mountains on every side one finds him
self in most attractive centre of bright and
pleasing pictures stretching far up and down
the valley. The shining Saco ever winding in
its course from its cradle bed in the noun
tains to its ocean home, here develops into
wider and grander proportions of interest and
beauty; coursing along through thick tangled
woodland groves of wild forest gems beneath
the cragged peaks of glorious old Mts. Cant
gan, Crawford, Langdon, Kearsage and 9TH
ers, it gives silver lining to the landscape,
aid grandeur to the scene; among the many
improvements here since the railroad was COM
pleted, Bartlett most assuredly comes in for its
full share, from very small population in
1873 of two houses, comprising Mr.. Frank
Georges family of ten and Mr.. Eben Rogers'
family of four, this village has increased up to
the present time to four or five hundred, the
gain being mostly in buildings and population
on the above two farms. there were in the val
ley some twenty or more original houses. The
Bartlett Land and Lumber Company and
Kearsage Peg Mill contributing largely in the
above results. When the railroad company
complete and carry out their plans for improv-
ing and enlarging their depot at this station this
spot will offer special attractions to the sum-
mer tourist, in its great variety of charming
surroundings, its amphitheatre of mountains
its beautiful valley, and its silvery Saco,
along whose banks the wiley angler loves TO
roam. And pass season in this mountain
home. Leaving Bartlett with 'our special art
ist," t. e. M. White land wife) of New Bed
ford, we were very soon on our winding way,
taking in every burst of sunlight and sha dow,
of cliff and crags, of mountains and stream, as
viewed on one of the most glorious of all days
among the White Mountains, past that grand
old temple OF nature-Frankenstein Cliff
with the crowning glory of all other views of
Mts. Washington and Adams on our. right, till,
halted at "Rosebrook" formerly called Cow
Brook) and here let me explain; we have TAX
en- the liberty without "waiting further or
ders'' to change that very unpoetic name, SO
decidedly out of taste and place for another to
commemorate the name among the White
Mountains, OF one of she earliest pioneers to
these wilds-Eleazar Rosehrook-who built
the first public house at FabyaR's and whose
grandson died early last spring while engaged
In numbering en- the above stream. Mr: Eleaz-
er Rosebrook was also the father of Lucy,
wife of Ethan Allen Crawford, who wrote the
first history of the White Mountains, and their
first settlements in 1896 From the rail-
road we followed the new road made during
the present year by Rosebrook and Jones, who
purchased the timber on some twelve hundred
acres; this one of the most charming OF any
drive in the mountains, following along tho
high banks of sRosebrook," some hundred
feet or more above the stream, distance of
about one mile to the hight of "Ripley Falls"
and all the way studded by perfect forest
gems Of mossy rocks, cliffs and erags, while
the brook is all aglow with pretty cascades,
fumes, moses and lichens. By another sea-
son good carriage road will be made at this
point SO that tourists can easily reach this
most attractive spot from all sections Mr..
White has succeeded in bringing out some OF
the finest photographs that have yet been tax
en- among the White Mountains.
We would here call attention OF hotel men
or those desirsus of a fine location for summer
business to the sites along the p. and O. r. r.
near "Frankenstein CEff' and trestle and
s,Rosebrook Bank" from the former you have
the Saco valley and that grandest of all views
Mt. Warrington and its dome; and from the
latter the full length of the Wiley valley,
Mts. Webster, Wiley and Willard, the cas-
cades and through the Notch: while in look
ing down the valley the Mt. Crawford chain
stands out in bold outlines to the Bartlett
mountains; We hope therefore at no
distant day to see needed want Of a large
hotel at this grand point in the White Noun
tains. At North Conway the Ogdensburg Rail-
road managers are pushing the filling of the
trestle across Artists Brook, having COM
pleted most substantial arch culvert of gran
ite at Fryeburg Improvements are the order
of the day, and this most charming of Maine
villages has awakened to new life.
The "Fryeburg Water Company" consist
ing of Eben Weeks, president: DIR. ID. Lowell
Lampson, secretary and treasurer, and A. r.
Jenness, superintendent, have just completed
a most important enterprise in bringing full
supply of purest wator into the village. They
have taken 1t from White Lot Brook"
Green Hill, N. H.. distance of three miles
from tho fountain head to Main street, have
laid $50 feet of 10-inch pipe, 1900 feet of 8inch
and balance Of 6-inch to Maine street, and
finch pipe from the Oxford House to the
academy; have also laid 3-inch pipe on the
side streets and z-inch tarred iron service
pipes. They have Is hydrants and some TO-
600 feet of service pipes in all. The fountain
head is $50 feet above the level of Main street;
reservoir is 6ox30 and four feet deep, holds
$4,000 gallons ard will fill in one hour. 1t
took $40 tons of iron, and six tons of lead to
lead the joints, the estimated cost of the
whole being $4,000 to $4,000
The citizens of Fryeburg, as well as the pub
lie generally, are certainly under great obli-
cations to Messrs. A. R. Jenness, DR.. D. Low
ali al haxrn
energetically pushed the enterprise to a COM
plete success. We trust that old Fryeburg
may now go ahead in every branch of busi-
ness, and in the future as in the past keep up
and attractive villages in New England. Sue
cess to her. FL. W. r.