Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-24
puugORD FALLS.


Rumford Fall. Il city-a city Of lot.
ani streets.
The lot. ani street. are not all ap-
parent to the un,idei eye as yot. 10 you
can trace the lines ot pegs set by the
surveyors, you may lie able Ia get some
thing of the plan ~ thi. future city Of
manufactures. Hut 10 you want tn
know how Il I. going Ia look, YOU will
have Ia call upon your Imagination Ia
help YOU considerable.
TIL. IL written at the corner ~ An.
dro.coggln stree, aud Oxford Avenue.
Prom here you can trace q straight line
20 pegs running towards Oh. river
through an orchard of time-bonored APP
ple trees. That 10 Andro.coggln street,
which IL to have the honor 81 being the
fir-t of the new streets to BE- graded.
Work on Il will be begun thi. week, and
then the old orchard Will hsyeto 20. In
IN. opposite direction the street run.
straight through a shed between house
aud barn, built years ago. The house,
when the streets are completed, viii oc-
cupy q corner lot. Tho corner lot OF
po.ite has already been sold, and several
lot. on Oxford Avenue, now spots 81
psstur. land up on the side-hill, have
also been sold. This IL on the north
side Of the stream, across the river from
IN. factories, and at some distance from
10. "hcart of the city"
Al "the works" on the south slde of
the stream, the first Impression IN q
stranger I. 10 q confused collection Of
hole. Ia tho ground, stone heaps, sand
banks, derricks, steam boilers, mason
work, shantie., mud, aud Italians. Hut
the work IL all done on well-arranged
system, aud q survey of the place Will
The middle level canal, which was
last season little more than row Of IT.
regular holes, IL beginning 10 assume
some shape. The stone facing u In
place across the lower end, and along
part Of one side. Il IL a big ditch, and
there. big lot Of dirt aud rock Ia be-
taken out yet. There IL large force at
work an it now, aud the prevalent opin-
Ion among those who don't know u that
the contractors must lose money.
Strange AZ Il may seem. removing the
ledge where Il Il found Il regarded As
the most profitable part Of the Job. The
reason for this IL that the earth IL hard
gravel, which has To be picked. every
biz of II, before II can De shoveled, and,
besides that, Il IL full Of big boulders.
The head gate works, at the head Of
the canal, and the north wall of the
canal across the valley, are handsome
pieces Of mason work. They were built
last season.
The building boom Isn't fairly ION, y
yet; II IL waiting for the railroad.
About half dofen buildings have been
put up In the business portion, about as
many more are In course Of erection and
every day n load Of lumber IL left In 4
new place. Hut until the railroad IL put
through, there I. little chance tn get
lumber, aud Idle carpenters are waiting
aud signing for the coming of the rail-.
road, which IL rapidly approaching. II
IL currently reported that twenty-seven
houses, framed elsewhere and all ready
to be put up, are waiting for the railroad
To be finished, and ne soon ne that IL
done, they will be brought up and
dropped on the places where they are to
stand.
The foundations are going In for the
big paper MILL. Il stands on q ledge,
uuu TIC stbut urFu " Uuatf"' July
few yards from where II IL used. This
big paper plant IL intended IN be run.
Ming by the first Of November, and the
men who are building IL are "solid''
enough To do anything within the limits
Of possibility. The contractor who puts
In the foundation IL allowed only six
weeks to complete his job, and IL II ex'
pected that by the time he gets through
his work the railroad will be ready TO de.
liver building material. About every
thing used In the paper mills Will have
10 be brought over the railroad, and the
amount Of Il IL estimated at thousand
carloads.
:. Rumford Falls Il not handsome
place lust at present, but Il IL Q busy
place. Every man has an unmistakabl'
air OF business, whether he u digging
dirt or directing any part Of the work
Several hundred men are now at wori
) about the place; but everybody looks u
: zee the number largely increased "whci
the railroad gets here" and the genera
D opinion IL, .'then ] guess there viii b
: some hustllng."
The upper dam, ut the bead OF tn
D falls, Win b put In ~ soon 10 the drive
= are by,-if the drivers have the GOO
lack TO get their logs down 1t al TIL
4 summer. This dam Will raise the wate
4 for severll miles back, and sn excursIo
J. steamer, made possible By ths dam,
talksd q.