The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-08-21
BAR HARBoR's RAILROAD.
Indignant Residents Protest Against H.
Strong Speeches made nv Visitors.

indignant Residents Protest Against H
Strong Speeches made by Visitors.
BAR HARBoR, Aug. 20.-An Indignation mass
meeting of cottagers, hotel guests and residents
took place. this forenoon at the St. Sauveur
hotsl. Fountaine Rodick of the Rodick
House, presided and G. NJ. Ogden of New
York was Secretary Resolutions protesting
against the construction Of road into the viii
lsge by the Green Mountain r. r. Company,
and requesting that company to cease work,
was adopted. The injury which was sure to
occur to the Island and fruitless investment
to the projectors was portrayed by several
speakers Samuel E. Lyon Of New York,
made strong speech against the road, and
brought out firm letter from President Eliot
Of Harvard, protesting against the extension
of the road into the village. Mr. Eliot's letter
finished BY saying, 81 believe that it is for the
interest of all concerned owners, visitors,
shops, stables and hotel keepers, to treat the
whole island like park and the last thing
which ought to be admitted into the park Is
railroad" Col. Loaden Snowden of Philadel-
phia, then spoke against the road, being inter-
rupted by frequent applause. Eben M. Har-
nor, local surveyor for the town next spoke,
and was followed by Parke Goodwin who
amused the audience by commencing "Bar
Harbor is paradise of woman" and he would
his back yard, titan hear q locomotive go
screening over the island"
George s. Hall of Boston, spoke strongly
against the road, setting the audience in roar
OF laughter by requesting them to "imsgine
locomotive flying over the hills and dales
and down among the rocks, where now we see
gay eolored dresses and suits and twenty para
soils sheltering forty heads.'
After DR.. Grindle had spoken, Major Doug
lass made the strong statement that the Green
Mountain railroad should be torn up immedi-
ately and the rails flung into FreDchman's
Bay, offering to start subscription for the
purpose. This created breeze among the au-
dience. A plan was suggested to build turn
pike road to the summit of Green Mountain.
Mr.. W. S. Gurnee of New York, offered hun
dred dollars to start with. Chairman Rod
dick then gave brief history of the present
Green Mountain railroad insisting that under
handsmeans had been adopted in getting the
charter and blind-folding the islanders about it.
1t was voted that the resolution OF Mr. s.
e. Lyons be adopted. The meeting then ad-
journed, sine die, having previously voted to
have the resolution, report of proceedings and
President Eliot's letter printed in the papers
and a copy of the resolution sent to Payson
Tucker, who they have enormously supposed
to be at the bottom of the railroad scheme.
Among those present at the meeting were
Franklin B. Gowen, ex president of the Phla-
delphia & Reading railroad M. B. Howard,
John d. Raven, w. s. Gurnee, r. w. En-
mons of Eaglaud, e. q. Chesman, the Misses
Sherman, Charles 7. Howe, Boston. owner of
5000 acres of the island, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Place of Now York, Prof. Lncien Carr of Cam
bridge, Degrasse Fog, E. D. Gales and family.