The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-07-12

No. of Present
shares. Par. value.
frrnchman's Bay -. 100000 ~
sullivan Ilarbor.. .l0O,GG1 )
I.amoine and Mt.
1.amolne ani Har
Cutler. r............. $4,000 10 3
Gampobcl'o 5o,ooo 10 g.
HuothbaN .......... 200 ,UtiV l31
Pcnobscot Bay....... 4o0m 10 %
The property of the first four companies is
within sight OF Bar IIarbor on the shore. Of
Frcuchman'> Bay. north and east of Mount
Desert. The Cutler company'> estate lies be-
tween Machas and Eastport. on the mainland.
adjoining Little River Harbor. The Campobel-
10 company'> estate is situated on the island of
the same name in the Canadian Dominion, OPP
po>ite Ea-tport. The Boothhay company 5
lands are Oh the Maine shore. southeast of Bath.
and the Penolb>cot Bay company owns at the
head of the body of water whose name it bears.
From their proximity % Mount Desert the
companies on Frenchman'> Bay have some adj
vantage in getting their merits and claims before
the public.
1t will he observed from the foregoing that
in only one instance is the stock of the various
companies selling at a premium. The company
OWES peninsula jutting into the bay from the
mainland, northeast of Bar IIarhor. at a dis
tinrc Of only twenty minutes hy steamer. and
within fine minutes of the Maine Central rail
road terminus at Mount Desert Ferry. This
point Is known !> Sorrento. The company
OWLS over 1000 building lots. 1t also controls
1000 acres of choice game ground Water Is
drawn from Long Lake and the company is
building two and one-half miles of sewers. The
managers of the property have succeeded in
getting he attention of a great many people Of
prominence at Washington.
The principal managers of the FrcnchmanS ;
Bay company are preparing to bring out Il new
enterprise or the Mount Desert shore. The
NJ .l;,-,l M.
shares at - each, and market is to be sought
for in New York.
Adjoining sorrento on the north is the estate
of the sullivan llarbor Land Company. distant
from Mt. Desert Ferry five to ten minutes. and
from Bar ilarhor half an hour. Mountains lie
behind the tract on three sides. The com
pahy> principal estate covers 800 acres of
land. in addition to which 100 acres adjoining
are under control. The area stretches back
from the water. where there is frontage of
one and one-haf miles. to depth of three
quarters of mile. over 1000 building lots of
$1,000 or l3.oao feet in size are to be laid out.
Little actual progress in building has been
made aS yet. This territory shares in the nat
ural advantages of Sorrento.
The Lanioine and Mt. Desert and Lamoine
and Bar llarbor companies own extensive
tracts on the main land north of Mt. Desert. in
the town of Lamoine. The Lamoinc and Mt.
Desert estate is opposite the eastern slope of
the island. in full view of Sorrento. Bar IIar-
Dor and ether prominent points. At the be-
ginning of the season the COMPANY owned | 200
acres Of land. including Hunt'> Pond. 209 feet
above the sea, and Fountain La Val Park,
which has mineral springs. More recently
further extensive purchases have been made.
50 that over 1000 acres are now under control.
There has been some activity in the stock since
its rcli>ting at Boston Il month ago.
The Lamoine and Bar IIarbor Land Com
pany was organized last year and has recently
listed it, stock. The company controls direct
ly or Indirectly a considerable tract Of land eX-
tending from the shore back to high ground.
The company also owns 100 acres OF land on
Mt. Desert near Southwest IIarbor.
The Cutler Company began operations sever
al years ago. further away from the principal
cities and the resort developed earlier. The
land company owns twenty-five square miles
of territory. This wiveS control of Little River
IIarbor.
Campohello Island is ten miles in length by
two or three i'll breadth, and has an area of
twenty square miles. There are fifty miles of
smooth drives. The Campobe,o Company
owns about 10000 acres of unSold land. The
company has expended altogether on the island
about ~50O.900.
The lands Of the Boothbay Company are sit
uated in the towns of Boothhay, Southport and
Bristol. in Lincoln county. Maine. Its prep.
erty altogether stretches along the shores OF
Boothbay. Sheepscot Bay and other waters. in
NtNdStll Sui)t. loI HOl lcSS lill TEL
miles. A considerable part of the land is al.
ready improved. The territory under control
covers 200 acres.
An older company, the Pcnob>cot Bay owns
800 acres of land on Il peninsula at the head OF
PenobScot bay. at Fort Point. in Stockton. with
water front of four miles.
While there is no prospect of immediate
dividends from investments in the stock OF
most of these concerns. it is worthy of notice
that the promoters of the various enterprises
are generally well-known men of affairs.
TIE SUMMER BOARDER.
Names great crop-the crop Of summer
boarders--is now coming up. Like corn. it is
crop that does best when the sun is hottest
There is general feeling among the horny.
handed hote-keeper> that the crop will be un
usually good this year. Every seventh year
they aver. there is a very hot summer, and thi'
is that seventh year.
The crop looks especially promising alon.
the coast in the eastern part of the state. al
though along the small streams aud ponds il
oxford county Is well as on the uI1lan,> ther,
aie indications of good year.
In fact. this crop will do well almost any
where in Maine if properly attended to.
Sow your seed early. but not too early, in tn,
columns of the Boston Transcript or SOM
, other paper Of like rcput ition. Care mus
he taken to have the seed bright and clean
When the boarderS first come up they must b,
treated with great care. See that they are pro
tected by mosquito netting over night. an,
| don't let the bugs get at them. Keep then
| we'll watere,l. and see that they are protccte,
| from the sun on days when it is very hot: lie
| them have plenty of room to run in. Whci
| they get well along. you may relax your car,
| somewhat.
| Finally, When they get quite ripe, you pcl
| them. This is a delicate task. You must pcl
| them very gently, and not too close to TIN
ground. As ii may injure your chances for
| crop the next year.
The Maine man may blow out the gas
And be caught by the bunko game,
He may have hayseed in his boots
liui ne gets there Just the same.
| II'iileford journal.
| A FAVORABLE COMPARISON.
Rev. Mr.. Park, who has recently returnc,
| from his political cold water trip to Indianauo
| lis has seen no section during his absence tha
| looked better or more promising than ArOo>
| took. His observations of New York stat
We're in passing through it westward on tn
| 29th of May. At that time, he says, beyon'
Rochester the farmers were just finishing VI
| putting in their crops. In Penn. and Ohio n
that date the corn was up, but evidently wa
| quite late. The grass crop in New York, Penn
and Ohio he Judged to be about two week
| ahead of ours. About Il week after this, OF
| his return, he was in southern New IIamp
| shire. He found potatoes on an average Their
| not much, if any, ahead of ours. 1t was Yer
| dry in that section. After this he spent sever
| al days in Oxford Co., Maine. He found tn
| crops no farther along than ours, and crop
| of all kinds were suffering very much for rain
| On his return to ArOOstoOk he was SURPRISED
! to find the grass crop so well advanced, and h
| SAYS he saw no grass in any section he passc'
| through on his trip that looked as stout an
| thrifty as ArOOStoOk meadows do. lie saw in
| large number of instances farms and farr
| neighborhoods that generations of cultivation
| had given Il beauty and adornment that ar
| lacking in our new County, but none Of thel
| seemed to have the wealth of soil we have here
lie envied some of the big peach orchards an
graperies he saw, not, of course, on account o
| their possibilities in the shape of wine an
| peach brandy, but all in all he thinks ArOo,
| took is as favored Il region as any, and wit
| proper communication with the outside worl
more certain of rapid growth and development
| than any other section of New England Pre-.
| que Isle North Star.
THE WORK OF TOGCS RUMSEILERS.
| An Augusta especial to the Portland Pres
| says: The villainOus crew who infest the eI
| yironments of the National Soldiers Hcme. /;
Togus, selling rum and indulging in all manne
| of wrongful! practices are again showing thei
| hand About a week ago Mr. II. w. Clark, n
| officer who has been unusually liligent in dri,
ing the liquor sellers to the wall, lost valuabl
| horse, which was at pasture. lie was satsfie
that the animal was poisoned, at the time, bu
the circumstances were such that it was impO,
| sible to discover the offender. Mr.. Clark las
Saturday purchased another horse to replace tn
one which had died. On Monday night Office
were out on the famous Hallowell road in scare
after offenders against the liquor law and hitcl
ed their horses i'm the vicinity of the Down
House, where MallOy was shot. They left the