Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-01-22
Grindstone Neck.


extent preparations are in progress for the
early development of Birthstone Neck as
q watering place, by the Gouldsboro Land
Improvement Co. We are so used to see
ing our coast built up by summer sojourners
in these days that we have come to re-
gard it as matter of course, without TAX
ing into account the benefits derived in va
rious way. but especially by the immediate
neighborhoods. While our steamboat
and railroad communications are due TO
this interest, to large extent, 1T is equally
important that our farmers lind a ready
market for their surplus products.
1t is not, | believe, wide stretch of the
Imagination to predict that in the course
of time the people of this State will find
their chief employment catering to this
interest, and the wealth of many of our
poor towns will be greatly augmented.
While it would, no doubt, be interesting
to investigate the indirect relation of
these summer resorts TO the people, it
would be quite impossible to define the
limit of such benefit.
Grindstone Neck i. situated in the vicin.
ity Of Winter Harbor but forms no part of
the village. 1t is a neck of land below the
village. washed by the waters of the har-
Dor on the east, and Frenchman' Bay on
the west. 1t may be two miles long by
one mile wide with regular lines and a
gradual ascent from circumference TO CEN
ter. where the elevation is near a hundred
feet. The natural advantages of this
place for summer resort are now here
surpassed, and one has only to visit it to
appreciate its beauty. So quietly, and yet
earnestly, has this Enterprise been pressed
that outside of the immediate towns
it has hardly been located or attracted at
tention
Besides the splendid streets and avenues
there is an imposing club house and office
built during the summer and a substantial
wharf completed early in December. At
this time there are ten or twelve fine cot
tages and spacious hotel in process OF
Work on the roads will be resumed az
soon as the weather permits, and already
estimates are in motion for a system Of
sewerage and water-works, the builders
of which Will commence with the drawn
Of spring with the prospect of an eNpend-
iture Of more than two hundred thousand
dollars this season. How much of this
will 60 for labor cannot tell, but of ne
cessity il will be at least a third Of the
whole sum
This company is made up of honorable
business men chiefly in New York and
Philadelphia, and have no doubt but it
is their Intention to make Grindstpnc Neck
paradise on earth a. it was by nature de-
signed to be. But notwithstanding the at
fractions and natural advantages Of this
place, it must not be presumed that a com.
psny could be formed to locate here 10
view Of the immense amount Of money re-
quired to perfect il, without great deal
of very hard work, and this report would
be imperfect did not lead the reader in
to the secret of the success of this under
taking by presenting the originator, prime
mover and general manager of this gisan-
tic enterprise, | refer TO none other than
Charles c. Hutchings of this town to
whom belongs the credit While Mr.
Hutchings is one IF the principal stock
holders he is also the agent by whom all
contracts must be cOnsummated and signed.
For two wears he has been laboring with
this end in view, and it is safe to say that
for persistent effort his equal is hard to
End. By strict attention to business and
fair dealing SO far, Mr.. Hutchings has the
confidence and best wishes of this people,
and bespeak for him in this matter sue
cessful and harmonious future
might continue this letter and show to
some extent what the advantages will be-
to this town by way of taxes aud a ready
market for our surplus products, but as
this would not be of public interest for
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