Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-09

found along the shore. and the inlets
contain smelt. etc. Ducks. plovers,
eoo,. and other sea fowls are plenty and
st,rae, the attention Of sportsmen. par
,ieularly during April and Msy.
Portland Hsrbor is one Of the largest.
deepest, safest and be-, on the coast, and
Is capable Of accommodating many vessels.
Il !. defended by Forts Preble on CAPE
Elizabeth and Scanned on House Island.
Beside. In the harbor !. large oe,ogon-
al shaped stone structure. known as Fort
Gorges I, was named after Sir ferdi-
nando Gorges. the proprietor Of this part
Of Maine. who granted the peninsula
and neishboring Islands to George Cleeves
the fret settler. II !. said ihA, this Tor,
ha. never been fully completed, nor has
!, ever been garrisoned.
One Of the prominen, features Of Port
land Harbor Is the Breakwaier extend
ing from a poin, on Cape Elizabeth
shore. to prO,ee, shipping from south
westerly gales. It has harbor ligh, on
it, outer end. known a. bug Light" to
pro,se, ships from the breakwaier itself
On Cu.hings Island is high. rocky
bluff or headland. known . White
Head. towering l?5 feet from the sea
and seeming the natural protector Of the
eastern entrance Of the harbor. Between
Cu,hing's and Peaks Islands Is White
Head Passage. and on the rocky outer
shore Of Peaks. where the surf beats
heavily. the waves frequen,ly dash Il to
20 fee, high.
The .inuosi,y Of the town Of Harps-
well Is aid to give !, more sea coast than
any State on the Atlantic coast, except.
ing Maine Of course. Between BAileys
Island and Small Point Harboi is Rag
ged Island, supposed by some to be the
Elm Islands" Of Kellogg'' stories
Whittier preserves legend Of the HArPs-
well Islands in bis poem, "The Dead
Ship Of Hsrpswsll' According to irA-
di,ion this Is q phantom or spectre ship
which comes driving in a. an omen OF
death, bu, never reaches land.
Some thirty whArves extend into Port
land HArbor. sfording even the largest
ships ample facility for receiving and dis
charging eargoes.
Beyond the Portland Company
Works. and the station and roind house
Of the Grand Trunk Railway are the
whAryes and ocean sheds belonging 20
the latter. having magnificent aoeommo-
da,ions for is immense foreign freight
Here also are the wharves OF the Allen
and Dominion lines Of European steam.
er. From here ss,ends Commercial
Street. the principal Wholesale avenue.
100 Zee, vide and over a mile in length.
across the whole water front. lined with
wharyes and also many fine Wholesale
warehouses. Along the center Of the
stree, extends the rail track, connecting
the Grand Trunk with the other roads
a, FOO, Of State street.
The Grand Trunk grain elevator on
oalts wharf is lOi fee, long. SO wide
and lO7 high including the three story
eupola. |, is fitted with dock elevators
for loading and unloading vessels, and
with larse steam shovels for unloading
cars. I, ha. % bins for holding grain.
% feet deep. the capacity Of the whole
being 200. 900 bushels Just beyond
the elevator are the whsrves Of the New
York and Boston steamers the former a
.emi.weekly. the latter a semi-dAily line
also the wharves Of the island steamers.
Beyond the Custom House is the center
Of the wholesale trade In West India
goods. -four and grain and beyond this
are the coal yards. fish markets and the
wharves and buildings Of the lumber
trade. where the products Of the mills in
the interior are received fnr shipment.
Further along are the stations and offices
Of the Eastern, Is. N NJ, Z. n o. and
Maine Central Railroads, all a. the head
OF Railroad Wharf where the EAs,pori,
81. John, Rockland and Bar Harbor
steamers land.
Commercial street and the Grand
Trunk premises are bull, on made land
and their site was once washed by the
waves Of the bay, when fore stree, was
the water street. Talking with an old
gentleman this evening he said be had
landed many times at the wharves on
Fore Street. and well remembered the
dock. near the house in which Iongfel-
low was born, ",he old square wooden
house upon the edge Of the sea"
"7emPu' Fugd," and the "sse, small
hours Of the night" are waning, and ]
mus, "break off" this errs,ie epis,le.
EUHoJU.
Why SuE DIDS'r.-A young woman
from the country was suing her ex-sweet
h..,, IN, breach Of uromise. and the law.