Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-29
AUGUSTUS ADVANCE
As Shown in the Board Of Trades
Annual.
Brief Summary Of the Natural AdYan-
taseS Of our City
And How EnterpIisirg Men Have Uul-
lied Them.

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In few days there will be set forth fror
the printing establishment; of f c. Allen
Co., little work which moies,ly sets fort
the advantages and opportunities of Augusta
To the energy of the city Board Of Trade b,
whom the volume is issued, and to MIR. Man
ley II. Pike, in whose graceful s,yle III,
greater part is written. the thank
of the city of Augusta and hel
citizens are due. Nothing more car
efectuslly aid in the ad,aueem ment of oui
city's prosperity than the enterprise of hel
citizens The efforts of the Board of Trad,
in preparing this work have been ably sec
onded by the business men as whole. whc
have contributed largely 10 its aiyertisin, ,
| columns. In its circulation they ca,i
| their bread upon the waters. trusting that j,
may return redoublei, prosptrnu. aud en-,
terprisiJg city. The work is ,u b, neat
octave of ninety-siH pages, siIy-seven Of
which are devoted TO letter press AMI the re-
be of tinted paper, 4 frs, edition of 5000
copies will be issued for circulation IN Au-
gusti and for exchange with other cities
Mr.. c. Allen will also purchase 5000
copies for his own distribution, aui othe r
gentlemen have agreed to take large guam
titles. Through the kindness Of the pub
fishers we are able to presen, u oar readers
the following brief abstract of the contents
of the annual.
The annual address delivered by Hon
+. c. Allen, President of the Board, at the
close of the first year of its existence be
gins the volume, and is followed by the
constitution, by ylaws AMI officers of the
Board and u list of the ninety .eigh: mem
bers. A well-written introduction defines
the object OF the report as the assembling in
convenient form for perusal and reference
more or less comprehensive boil of in-
formation concerning Augusta, her institu-
tions, resources, industries, present condi
tion and future prospects. The changes in
the ci,y's condition, during the past thirty
years are then carefully traced
With other cities Augusta felt the quick
ening impulse which succeeded the failure Of
SO many Western land booms and, In her
case was aided by especially fortu-
nate circumstances. For years she
has been at standstill, indeed.
actually retrogralny. In 1861 she made
most liberal grants of money and land to the
firm of +. w. Sprague. the great Rhode
Island manufacturers, to induce them 10 de-
velop her water power and establish new fac
tories upon 1t. They built one large one,
and would doubtless have done more, had
they not been overtaken by financial disaster
but, as 1t was, the city found itIelf burl.ned
with heavy obligations assumed for the en-
c0uragement of a now bankrupt firm, whose
property here was tied up by legal camplica-
tions, which appeared never likely to be un-
tangled. Thereupon depression AMI de-pon-
dency set in. Every kind of business fel, the
loss of custom and the decrease of circulating
funds. The best improved real estate depre-
cIated in value: while vacant stores or
offices were to be seen all along the business
streets. and houses for safe or rent waited in
vain r oc counts. In popular phrase, Au-
Yusta was a dead town."
At last, however, the Sprague estate being
"'' AZ a." 'o"' 'h' Hususa property was
oo"snn y y, "'''' ' IL '''" '''' nuW"'hs manu-
,'''.a. ~; a';l III. '"'.'' o,'.' "'of'
s"" """i"s' us impetus, 'oeethet WIZ"
N III. ot" '',e' ,a'd,s, " "'"YI9 "n'ch We
dead town" was merely a sl.eniny am,
Headed by few, bold, energetic men, the
ciuhehs e'pnarkeh IN hn'hher OF new pro-
J., , a.' '"'.,t - e'eiy one VI '"e" 'nrough
equal To anythipg tho Wes. coult sh,7,,
Young men were encouraged 80 s,ep forward
anu take part IN what was gong on; and the
oPpo''ay ov"s one'e'' ",ey r'P''iy De
RAY III t'"e' 10
p'""' " WV. oNh. IN very
rou eo"p'o'e sps'1n OF WAFER
Ian ~ r. .','i az io"o"en"' el'r'''c heh's
a. 10 "u on'a.nhs a.,o.'a"oh was iof1pen
s,,ra. ~ e,ha, h,,fiI'i;p fn p". ~ u p'oeA'o'
.,,aa,. 80 annn g., nm "'
NH h,;,i;ro. Tho tV nnen
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nv, o'a''e -, uh'r' n''s
a.. 10y, a"a So n'oie 80 whenever
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, o''.e ,uup'en' y, '.u " rt,sois VINO han So
Ln 'N.u'o , ,.,',,," ,n',pn' Vs'"'e efou"l "''
o'uA.n sun ou.i,'ne io'' are al pes ~
ritz ub biftp ftar -,
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49, II a,.,: 7'' Va NV ="
.xe,y d,,ec,;o, vha,a ,h., na,,,a 49,
ground permits.
pAse' A'e us'o'e' W n" A'''''a''e
dtcripnon OF the city IN which the charms
Of its scenery al d the beauty of its ediices
are briefly de.cribed The
"""r rover
al the hennebec dam' and us possibilities OF
utilization are treated in detail.
The dam /. the .econd ,arvest of il. hind
in the coun,rv being only e.cee1ed in .ixe
bv the yreat dam st Sonth Hadlev Mass
The average yearl, borse.pouer of G coo
enormops az il ia !. I'm, a tr;aa in ram.
ns,i,on with that which can readily be an.
,ainad nv m. intro1nc,ion nf tav rel.,;veIy
ine.nen.ive imnroyement. Tn. dam nox
i, feet hiub can he rai sed tn 81 feet .i,hnn,
crea.inu destruetive a,vaue or Interfering
with privilege. above. no, only viviny a
higher head but putting the Whole volume
of the river under control for a distance Of
IL mile. To the foot of TIconic fall. in
Ws,ervile Il can ba increa.ed immenseiv
also by the use Of the 300 and odd .onare
mile. Of lake, and no,d. ,r,hu.a,v Z, ,ha
Kennebec above this point.