The Portland daily press., 1889-06-14
AROUND uMRAcoC LAKE.
A VeritabIe Sportsman's Paradise
Hunting and Fishing in Abundance
Excellent Hotei Accommodations

Especial correspondence Of the Press.l
GoRHAM, N. H. June TO- 1889.
Your correspondents has Just returned
from trip through northern New IIamp-
shire, and perhaps short sketch of this
great lumber and sporting region may prove
of interest to your many readers.
1t is in this part of the country that the
great Berlin Mills Company of Berlin, n.
H, carry on their operations. Part of the
timber lands of this company are in Maine
on the Magalloway river, but all the supplies
are hauled through New Hampshire from
Berlin. Northern New Hampshire and the
part of Maine which lies next to it are so
closely connected by their business interests
that practically, In this section, the two
States are as one.
All of the people in this great region di-
rectly or indirectly depend upon the Berlin
Mills Company for business. The fact that
this company annually cuts from 100000 to
100000 feet Of lumber shows that their
business is an immense one. Over $50 men
are employed to drive the logs and the num-
Der engaged in cutting the lumber is larger
than this. 1t is feared that on account of
the lack of rain the first of the season
the company will be obliged to
leave at least half of last winters
cut in the brooks. IL is to be hoped that it
may not prove so. for with this large guam
tity of logs left behind the operations of the
coming year would be small and consequently
business in Northern New Hampshire and
n Maine along the Magalloway river would
be dull. One Of the principal owners IN this
company. If, indeed, not the largest owner,
is W. w. Brown, Esq, Portland gentle
man well known for his excellent business
ability The lumber of the company is all
manufactured at Berlin, a town which has
had wonderful growth during the past few
years and which Is still rapidly going ahead.
Northern New Hampshire and the part of
Maine adjacent is without doubt the finest
hunting and fishing region in New England.
1t Is yeritabe sportsman's paradise. Ac-
cOrdng TO an old and experienced guide
there is no place in the Eastern States which
is so near the sportman's paradise as that
which lies about the town of Enrol. This
place Is 36 miles from G0rham, and 20 miles
from Cole crook. 1t is admirably situated
on the Androscoggin river and Clair stream
and is surrounded by hills and mountains
which are covered from base to summit with
dense growth of trees. A gentleman who
has travelled extensively says it is the near
est approach to the scenery of Switzerland
OF any he has ever seen in the United States.
In Errolis Lake UmbagoE, which is a body
of water some 10 miles long and two miles
wide, and is one of the celebrated Rangeley
chain of lakes, being the most westerly. At
the foot of this lake is the last of the series
of dams which are used by the Union Water
Power, of Lewiston. This dam controls the
water which furnishes power to turn the
wheels of Lewist0n'S vast manufacturing eS-
adjustments, and of course is also utilized
in the driving of ten millions of feet of logs
which annually are tioated down the Andres
c0ggin. The
GREAT UNION WATER POWER COMPANY
owns three dams, the Enrol dam, the middle
and upper dams. These constructions cost
not less than $250,000. Two years ago the
dam Cat Enrol was carried out, and the
country was flooded for miles. The new
Enrol dam, which was completed in the fall
of 1888 at an expense of some $65, 900, is sup
posed to be one of the finest pieces of work
of the kind in this country. In view of the
recent terrible disaster in the COnemaugh
valley there has been much speculation as to
I what would be the result in the Androscog-
gin valley if the three dams mentioned
should be carried away, emrtyng out the
waters OF the lakes in one mighty flood.
Should such an event take place no magma
tion can picture the dire results which would
follow. Even in an ordinary spring freshet the
country is at times flooded for miles, roads
are impossible for days, and much damage is
the result. The breaking of those dams. in
the opinion of competent judges, would do
| great damage even to Lewiston and Auburn.
| But happily such a catastrophe is not likely
| to occur. The dams of tue Union Water
! Power Company are thoroughly constructed,
they are constantly watched and kept in
first class repair. So it is hardly among the
possibilities that the Androscoggin valley
will ever suffer seriously from flood cauS-
ed by these dams breaking away.
After this depression it is time to return to