The Portland daily press., 1885-11-11

should think that about one quarter Of the peo-
pie of Cape Elizabeth have occasion to travel
villages there are TAT school children this is the
number in the two districts. In my judgment the
o yeSSv 9Ss Two s e6pe9d exp "a IN ne S4
should estimate the population Of these two viii
lagos to be 20o0 think the last census gave
$500. think the proposed landing would give
the people OF those two villages direct route to
the post Office at Ferry village around by the bridge
to the post Office here in the city is fully three
miles, / think the distance which would be saved
by travelling from the same point to the same
point by the proposed route would be fully mile
and half would say that substantially all the
materials for building purposes and the neeessa,
ries of life purchased by our people are purchased
in Portland. Exclusive ofthe confectionery stores,
we have twenty odd places of business. am 4
dealer in stoves and manufacturer and dealer
in tin-ware. have considerable trucking DONE
Ii could save the trucking, of course could sell
my goods that much cheaper | think by the
be saved very much in the expense of travel In
going around by the way of the bridge at certain
is deep, and in the spring it is very bad. All our
traffic. or substantially all, Is with Portland If
this way was laid out suitably for the passage of
teams, of course it would facilitate our trucking,
and our intercourse with Portland very materially.
Business men in Portland do great deal of busi-
ness in these villages; there is great deal of
teaming. Everything, substantially, groceries,
building materials, everything we have to eat,
drink and wear, comes from Portland, some of it
ly it all comes from Portland and nearly all of it
comes over by the way OF Portland bridge
CroSS-eUdnsined-I came to Cape Elizabeth I'm
1863, and have resided there since that time. The
estimate as to the amount of purchases made by
the people Of those two will ges was obtained In
this way: By careful counting we aScertained
the number of dwellings and the number of faIni-
lies there. Multiplying the number by an est-
amount to S232, 500 That is what base my fig-
nres upon. That is, assuming that every family
IN those Two villages purchased to the amount OF
Portland each WOIll0 HmOunt
the sum stated In my judgment, the families in
the villages average an expenditure OF that
amount. am not conyerSant with the average
rate of the earnings of each family l think it is
such as to justify an expenditure of $500 apart
from house rent and charges OF that sort, on an
it costs me considerably more to have my goods
delivered at my place than it would to have them
between one and two hundred dollars per year for
carting what goods L have come around by the
bridge; L think it would exceed 500. | cannot
state what is the general charge per 100 pounds
for delivering goods from Portland. Prices differ
according to where the goods are taken tron l
that he could not state the price for hanling coal
around per ton, as he purchased that which he
used at yard in the place.
t. C. HUTCHINs
testified: have resided in Cape Elizabeth since
April, 1874. l am better acquainted with the in
dustries at Ferry Village than those at Point Viii
lage. Nearly all the business transactions of our
people, their trade and purchases are made with
Portland. Those people have occasion to use the
ferry crossing between Ferry Village and Portland
Heretofore, our communication Will with Portland ri has
We were generally locked in at halfpast at
night As to getting over in the evening, we could
hire the boat by paying So for it, or we could
cross in dory. If Happened to be in the city,
attending meeting or lecture, would get
home by private conveyance, such as could hire
generally going across in small boat. II by pr1-
vate team, would go by the way OF Portland
bridge. The distance from the city building here,
to the post office, where live, is supposed to be
three miles am told by those who do trucking
for me that at some times of the year the roads
around are SO bad that it is impossible to team
over them. My business is carpentering, mainly.
The lumber which use is generally transported
around by Portland bridge If there were a pub
lie way across here 1t could be taken across ;ti a.
of Portland cart to Ferry Village great deal
of lumber and allother materials for build
people use in their houses. 1 should say that L
see grocery teams, and such teams, from the city
over there as many days in the year as do not
.Q-What effect, if any, in the past, has the lack
of public landing had upon the prosperity and
growth of Ferry Village?
Avery depressing, in my judgment.
So far as apublic landing would be OF advantage
to foot passengers is concerned, it would enable
them to come over here in the morning, and they
could get home from here at night. Under our
present arrangement our couyenienceS are GER
tainly superior to anything we have ever had in
this line since have had any knowledge of it.
regard it a direct course from Ferry Village
over to Portland Pier.
! travel over upon. presume have seen both
of the boats that are running think the old
ferry company is running the Josephine HOey,
but am not positive. 1 cannot give the tonnage
of the latter. She is very small, and is without
any cabin accommodations for passengers whatev-
er with the exception OF canvas rag around y
sometimes. suppose that boat runs every half
hour, but do not know. have been told 1t runs
until O'Clock at night. The new ferry boat is a
double end boat, suitable for carrying passengers
and teams, and the passengers can be protected
from the storms and cold Winds This boat runs
IN, holt
night every half hour upto nine O'Clock, think,
and hourly afterwards. The boat lands upon this
side at Long wharf understand that she has
leased the right to land there. 1 do not know
what is paid for that right. In regard to the de-
livery Of lumber, ! have my lumber delivered
and, and over there from 81 to $1.50 per thous-
and. am not so familiar with the freight upon
do not know that can tell how much lumber l
have delivered at Ferry Village in the course OF
year, but think have had somewhere In the
neighborhood of thousand dollars worth of new
lumber this season, and quite large amount of
old lumber. but don't know how much. Some
wears have from two to three hundred thousand,
and a large portion of it has gone to Ferry Village
and then come back here. That is my place of
deposit, | could not state intelligently how much
over from Portland and do not know what it
costs per ton to transport coal over there.
Mr.. DYER,
testified: reside at Ferry Village; was brought
up there. Have been connected with the Mariae
Railway as superintendent until within a few
months | am also doing car pentering business
there. Ihave had as many as fifty or sixty men
in my iemploy at a time, and from that down to
one or two according to my business. The most
of my business is done at the railway. Repairs
have been made upon the Marine Railway within
the past year, and it became necessary to trans
port large amount of iron for the work, and it
was transported by the way Of Portland bridge.
We were considerably delayed in getting the iron
around by reason of the condition of the roads.
Nearly all the supplies for the people of Ferry
Village are obtained from Portland, and are
transported by the way of Portland bridge. l
have seen teams every day conveying lumber,
provisions and the like. think it would be
lagos If they were able to go directly across. l
know it costs us upon that side 10 cents more
this side, corn, meal and fine feed, and such as
that Portland Pier is nearly in the direct route
hS6c % T gage wag laid In ont y y pafg%sn eT
would be to the people of Ferry and Willard vii
lagos, and of Portland, saving in time, the cost
getting back and FORTH and of advantage for a
great many other reasons. The distance saved in
going across, reckoning from tn c City Building,
or the post Office here, around by the way Of the
bridge TO the centre OF the village there, would in
my Judgment be at least two miles. cannot
rebudng Of the Marine Railway, it was in the
neighborhood of 20 tons. When l say a saving of
two miles, mean that | regard it three miles
around by the bridge to the centre of the village
and one mile across, and that, in going across, it
would make difference of two miles
Cross-erdmined-I mean to say that bag Of
grain costs us ten cents more over there than it
does here. We have to pay that extra That is,
grain for which we pay $1.20 here we are obliged
to pay 81 80 there. simply give that as an illus
trati0n. never bought any grain to be delivered
at the wharf on this side and then pay ferriage
across. If there had been public landing,
would not have had this iron sent around by the
bridge, because the railway is near the boat land
ing, and could have got it across cheaper in the
boat, think The iron was bar irOn chains and
all kinds of iron nsed in the construction of boats
If this public landing had been there, think the
iron would have been taken across rather than
around by the bridge. A portion of the iron came
from &. NJ. Stanwood 4 Co., Portland, and por-
tou from Newburyport; the most of it was pur-
chased from StanwOod 1 certainly think it would
have been a saving to have sent it by the ferry. l
paid 81 per ton for having the iron hauled.
A. v. COLE
testified: have resided in Cape Elizabeth since
August, 1856, and was in trade there for about
twenty years. When in trade there / bought my
goods in Portland, and got them over by the way
Of Portland Bridge. know the proposed loca-
tion of this highway II is very nearly direct
route from the centre of this city to Ferry Village
In my Judgment, goods could be transported over
there much more cheaply if the public landing
was built and it would be of great advantage to
the consumers of all the necessaries of life. |
have many times known farmers to drive to the
ferry and put up their horses and come across in
the ferry boat. Ii there were public landing,
should say the farmers would come to Portland by
tbDft hat far