The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-15
LAKE sEBAGo.
improvements for Pleasure Travel.
a Delightful Trip Yesterday Over
the Ogdensburg.

the Ogdensburg.
The Portland q Ogdensburg railroad manage
meat have IN an advanced stage of completion
various and extensive improvements upon their
camp meeting, picnic and excursion grounds
so delightfully."- situated at the expansive
southerly terminus of the lovely Lake Sebago.
To note and inspect these improvements
special train, with officials and invited guests,
left the 0gdensburg depot yesterday at noon
They were accommodated in one of the p. &
0. new passenger cars, richly finished in the
rarest OF woods, lnxurions in upholstery, and
SO spendidly lighted that they afford the
passenger nearly all the advantages OF an OBJ
servation car for sight seeing. TIE wheels are
"spoked" and very large and they pass the
joints In the rails with peculiar ease The car
Was drawn by one of the compauy's new
locomotives, the webster" which is coal
burner with spark-arrester. All the engines
now used ON the line, with Que or two excep-
tions, are thus equipped which will vastly re-
duce the risk from forest fires in the wooded
country through which the road passes.
President, and Directors II. N. Jose, W. f.
Mjlliken, j. s. Kicker, JAS. P. Baxter, S.
Waterhouse and Hon. Joel Eastman of Con-
way, N. III. Superintendent Hamilton was
also present and Treasurer Dana, General
Ticket Agent Foye, General Freight Agent
Tolman and Roadmaster Newcomb. Journal
ism was represented by Mr.. Gosse OF the PRESS
Mr.. Richardson of the Advertiser, Mr.. Osgood
OF the Argus, Mr.. Bailey of the Sunday Times
and Mr.. Bearos of the Register.
Among the guests were Mr.. John Anderson,
son of the General, recently from his orange
plantation in Florida, Mr.. J. L. winship, the
excursion manager, Mr.. Frank Collins, the
we'll known musician, Mr.. NJ. f. Davis, the
eminent oarsman, Secretary McGlinchy of the
Union Rowing Club, II. P. S. Gould and
others. The boating men went up with
view to advising as to regattes which will take
place during the coming season.
The trip of seventeen miles TO the lake was
made expeditiousy and pleasantly, the road
bed being in fine order and some eleven miles
of track laid with new steel rails. The ride
was pleasant all the way. Leaving the thrifty
village of Cumberland Mills, the growth of
some of the Western cities, and good deal
more substantial. the placid and picturesque
Presumpscos is skirted through Great Falls,
with its important manufacturing interests,
past the Old house where the great war COVER
nor of Massachusetts was born, and flying by
other points of beauty and interest we come
suddenly upon Sebago. The usually placid
bosom of that lake had been SO ruffied by the
fresh breezes of the morning that boom had
been broken up above, and the sandy beaches
were strewn with fine logs the property of the
Portland Star Match Company.
Arriving at Sebago Lake station, the i'm
has been removed back twenty feet, and
broad, roomy platform awaits the passeE ger.
The unpleasant frog pond and gullies that for
merly lay between the station and the lake.
have nearly disappeared and will soon be en-
tirely obliterated, so that there will be- gentle
slope to the beach of the lake.
The grounds and grove have undergone
wonderful transition. A new pavilion has
been erected, 90x40 feet in sizs, which has a
hard pine floor, and may be adapted to dane
ing. meetings, etc. 1t is covered in by grace
1t is an admirable edifice for the purposes re-
quired. The old pavilion, which is entirely
covered in, has had the roof raised ample toilet
conveniences supplied, aud improved in many
ways.
The pleasant pine grove has been cleared a..
most as smoothly as moving field,
and a graceful band stand, surmounted
with mosque roof rises near its GEN.
tire. Upon point of rocks which projects into
The lake, near By, an observation structure of
Gothic form is about to be erected
From near this point three-mile regatta
course will be laid out, which, for the spectator,
will be nnequalled by any in the country. 1t
will be SO arranged that almost any number of
people may sit or stand, and see the whole of
rowing regatta-inay witness the start, the
struggle in the middle, and the tiaish-or,
Mr.. Davis pat it, "they can see both ends, all
sides and the middle of it, Some important
rowing contests are to take place over this
course during the boating season.
Having inspected the grounds, the company
were invited to refreshments by Mr.. Albion
Head, proprietor of the restaurant aud general
lessee of the grounds. Instead of collation.,
as was TO have been expected at this time of
the year, sumptuous hot dinner was served
which was all that could be desired. Mr.. Head
arrangements are admirable-equal 10 every
respect to any first-cass city restaurant or sum-
mer hotel.
Returning, the train tarried moment to wit
ness the workings of the company's steam
shovel, which lifts tons of earth, rocks, roots,
etc., as if they were mere chaff, and loads
whole train almost as quickly as an old
fashioned gang would be hunting around to
get their shovels
The company reached home about five
o'clock, well pleased with pleasant trip.