Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-03
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| channels and sources Of bu .iness that we're
present and prospective, Castine to Machia.
inclusive, and the highest estimate they
could fx for the earnings of the boat the frs,
year was $40, 900. At the end of the frs,
seasons service on the route the reported
earnings were s67 900.
| In 1880, the assessed (for taxes) valuation
Of Washington county was 50, 72I 900. This
is only 81 per cent of the fair cash value OF
the property assessed. Add 33 per cent and
we have SI2 994. 600. Not included in this i.
5000 900 in Savings Banks. and 81 900. 900
| Glow estimate) in bonds and securities that
escape taxation: making property of sl7.-
500. 600 in Washington cuunty. Hancock
| county, if Bar Harbor's true valuation should
| appear. wonld fall hut little. ii anv, belox
Washington the two counties show prop
erty of more than $50, 900. 900
The annual lumber prodnct of Washington
county NAV be devided as follows: ST erik
river. - 900 600; Denny's riv.r. 81 200. 900: ::
Machias river. 81, 800, 900; Pleasant river.
81 900, 900: Narraguagu., 81, 600 000. These
localities include the smaller rivers near bv :;
in all, a business o: $40, 900 900 yearly.
The hav product Of Washing ton county i.
$4,000 tons. worth $500, 900. If facilitie.
permitted shipping by raIl, As now in Yer
mont. the hav yi,lI could be increased To
lao 900 ton.. The frozen fish business a;
Eastport, Machia-, Addison and Miilbritlye
would average two car loads per day the three
winter months. The pofat, trade. consider
able air, ally. languisbes for want of rail ia
cllities for shippers. The crop in this countr,
averages | 900 900 bushels per season. Three
10 four months in the year no potatoes are
h, eli.
demand. Dee. mber to March inclusive. No
better potatoes are produced than in th.
country We challense the country on thi.
Could our farmers have rail to ship over the
,ield could be increased in three years to D.
O00, 900 bushels and would be.
The wild fruit, hlneberries. raspberries and
cranberrirs already exceed S9U, 900 in value
annually. Could packers have rail cOnnec-
ton with the markets. so as to take advantag-
ot the highest prices. the business could b,.
run up to half million in five years Red
Beach, Jonesborp and Addison are develop
ing some Of the best red and black grant
on the continent. Already it is sent on
orders to Baltimore, Washington. Cincinnati
and ST. Louis. aggregating in value $500. 900
This business can be increased to "A million
yearly. The egg trade is already in excess
of s50 600 year in Washington county.
The summer travel east from Bangor to re-
sort. on the Maine Coast, the first year the
cars are run will equal that over the L & n.
A.. from Bangor in the same months, and
We think exceed it largely. The water powt r.
of Union. Narraguagus, Pleasant, Chambers,
Machias, East Machlas, Dennv's Penama-
quOn and 81. Croix rivers would drive ma
chin.ry equal to all that now operates in
Maine, and these powers can be utilized by
capitalists at co.t less bv one hundred per
cent than the like powers in Massachusetts, or
Connecticut. East Machias alone can drive
all the machinery now operating on the
AndroscOggin! There are Unlimited forests
of young timber. birch, poplar. spruce, for
pulp, hoe handles, boxes, barrels. etc,
located directly on the line of the road.
When the steamboat commenced running
on the route from Machas to Portland, no
eggs were shipped from Machias River. In
l5 wears the bu.iness had developed to TO-
900 dozen yearly from this river alone. In
1865. the Hon. |. Washburn. Jr., in a public
meeting at Portland in aid of the Z. B. 4 NJ.
Steamboat Co said There is no similar
number of people in New England who will
make more business for a steamboat than the
people of the two counties of Hancock and
Washington" Wa>hburn vas correct, as thu
result Of the line shows. Substitute rairoa
tor steamboat in the above and You establish
another tru, ism! Large lv interested are own-
,rs of shipping, builders, masters and sailors
they travel much between their homes and
Boston and New York. As is well known.
the tide of SINNER travel from all the grear
cities of the Union is towarl Maine. The
shores Of Hancock and Washington are the
most inviting and will absorb nine-tenths OF
all this travel. provided car or rail facilte
are offered. One of the best locations for
tann nv. on no mean scale either, il on thu
Narraguagus River, anywhere Ii to -
miles above Cherry field or nearer that town
At Mathias. OF 10 miles above Machias, j.
room and stock for large iannery. We hope
land owners will not sell their hemlock land
At present at tso small rice. At DennysvIlle.
East Machias, Machia-, Columbia Falls and
berry field will cotton and woolen mills. pulp.
starch and cheese factories. creameries, sho.
shops. box and stave mills and other machin-
sry soon be planted after the railroad is es
rabli-hed. Our resident capitalist are ready
TO take stock in factories or local industries
of any kind. but they want men from other
localities who understand manufacturing. who
can come here. take stock in loo al industries.
take charge of them rs superintendents and
managing ~, nts. The latter will not com.
until rail conn. unication is established
We think a WI, II built but not extravaganr
road, steel rallied, such a road as Col. J n.
I,reene can bulii tor much less than SlS.OuU
per mile-such n road as the Grand Southern
land we heard Maine's foremost engineer 81,
less than year ago, '.the Grand Southern il
~ well built as any roal in Maine, )--wilI
soon pay n dividend OF six to ten per cent
and the first year 1t is opened it will more
than pay running or operating expenses.
The monthly meeting of the Young Mems
Christian Association which was held last
evening was a decided success. BY eighl
., lock the hall was filed by about 100 men,
b, rs and friends of the ass cation. Vice
President L. Z. Davis opened the meeting.
and Bro. J. L. Fotsett led in PRAYER. The
reports of the various committees were m ,de
and listened to with marked interest. The
report of the General Secretary was very en-
courageing showing the association to be in
a most tourishing condition. The attend
snce during March exceeded that Of any pre-
vious month. The committees are well or
ysnized and are doing a grand work. Six
new members were elected aud the associa-
ton expects TO double its membership during
the present wear At the close of the busi-
ness session an entertainment was given
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