Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-31
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RuxroRD FALLS, May ~, 1891.
"l.umford Falls ar Bust" We did
not see the inscription on prairie
schooners bound for the new city but
NE have every reason to believe the
spirit Of the motto To be q disturbing
element In the mind Of more than one
citizen Of this great republic just ut prcs-
ent.
You see evidences Of the "boom" ~
soon as you approach the Androscoggin
Valley at any point In this section and
~ one draws nearer the center Of at
traction the signs are unmlstakable.
The little 10 boarding houses by the
roadside constructed Of new lumber In
the most hurried manner indicate that
something Il calling for shelter aud
these supply the demand temporarily.
The ride from Canton To Dixfield gives
an excellent view Of the new railroad
which. by the way, IL pronounced by ex-
perienced railroad men To be the hnest
new road ever built In Maine. And well
Il may be for certainly no road ever had
q finer location ar divided finer ar more
fertile farms. II winds up the bank Of
Androscoggin Rive. through some of the
b~.t intervales and most beautlful scenery
that the eye ever rested upon. To build
q poor railroad through such soil would
be- impossible.
The construction train was t Dix
field Station opposite Dixfield upper
ferry saturday night aud the rails were
laid to that point. Another Saturday
night will see the '.iron horse" In the
49,, "A, a. - ...l~ o. -. .l.... "A sl.,,
the real boom begins. IL IL now go DIFF
hcult Ia get the lumber aud materials
on to the ground that building J. more
expensive aud all are waiting for the
railroad which will he there the present
week.
AZ DiIheld We cro.. the ferry and take
the beautiful drive to Mexico Corner on
the opposite bank % the river. The city
IL ALREADY "bolling over" to the opposite
side. New buildings ar. In proccss of
erection aud everything IL on the boom.
The new ferry at Mexico IL now proba-
bly, the best on the river. This has been
created by the "boom" aud IL doing
great business. Approaching the city
from this direction the staked lots and
streets aud the temporary abodes Of The
'.son. % sunny Italy" first meet our
sight, backed by great breastworks of
ter the sight IL eShilarating. Armies Of
men, horses, dump carts, dcrricks, port
able engines, steam drills and other
paraphernalia are creating great canals,
street. and foundations out of the solid
le,igc.. Money IL being poar-d In here
unsparingly and order IL coming out Of
chaos.
New building. are going up on every
hand aud the building boom u not yet
''on" either. Next week with the ''iron
horse" To deliver the materials the sound
IL the hammer and saw will be numerous
In this great bes-hlyc ~ Industry.
Work IL progressing on the foundations
81 the great pulp aud paper mill. IoOx
j0D feet make. big bulldlng aud that.
what this new mill will be-. The foun-
fast taking form and that too will soon |
be up, AZ also will the large .ulphlte
mill. Many smaller building. are being |
pushed with all po.sible haste. Every
thing I. being done with . rush and en-
terprl.e that !. awakening this .ntir. |
region aud making everybody enthusi-
sstlc and happy
The agent 81 the Iumfori Falls Pow
er Company aud active general manager |
~ the gigantic operations here u our |
ever genial friend, Hon. Waldo Pctten-
gill, aud II !. always q pleasure to meet /
such q man. lie I. never So busy with /
all the great work under hi. direction
but that he has Kind word aud a pleas
ant smile for each ~ the many friends
With whom he daily comes In contact.
ut IL now ten years." says Mr.. Pet-
tengill. "slncc We commenced bonding |
the land for this enterprise and at time.
the work Ia. SEEMED Ia proceed slowly |
bu, now We begin Ia hsy. something Ia
show for what has b., done" We ar. |
assured however that thi. Il bat the b.
ginning % greater thing. 10 come.
Last week the county commissioners
were here and located bridge 10 feet
below IN. main dam. Til. bridge will |
require q span ~ from ~ Ia 80 feet |
according Ia the plan adopted BY the |
town. several contractors are already |
In the field and have made offers Ia CON- |
plete the bridge within sixty days.
Four hundred men are now AZ work |
here and the number will BE- largely In |
creased as .oon n. the railroad rcache. |
here. One hundred NOR. men will be-
put on this week II they can BE- obtain
ell.
Mitchell 4 sponori. the railroad
report that the ears will be
at l,umford fall. June 5th ready Ia de-
liver freight for the new pulp mill.
since the location of the bridge by the
county commissioner. the company have
sold twenty-four lots Ia the residence |
portion of the city and more than half
the lots offered for sale Ia the business |
portion have already been .old. They |
60 Ike shot cakes" aud they are deslra-
bic lots, for the plan Of the city ]. mod |
el aud that. what the city Itself IL el-
pccted Ia De-.
Garrett schenck, Esq, manager Of
the Rumford Falls Paper Company, will
begin TIL. week the construction % =
ten thousand dollar residence on the
residence side Of the river. The work
4. Ia be- done by the well known Auburn |
contractor, John 4. Grecnleaf.
A petition Il In circulation for post |
Office here, aud John II. war,iwell, Esq, |
the genial ex-postmaster AZ Rumford, IL
putting up q building here and will un-
doubtedly be the first postmaster Of the |
new city. The new post Office u ex-
pectcd 10 20 Into operation, July lst.
George Bearcc, E.q., has q crew Of
men at work here stopping four million
logs for next winters consumption by |
the I,umford Falls paper mills. II
II would be- simply Impossible Ia tell
YOU who IL here, for the crowd of visit |
ors comes FROM everywhere. We met one
party Of twenty-five coming out on our
way up the river saturday. We might
also mention "party" Of one In
''tramp" attire crouched beside a water
Ing trough "looking for work" land
evidently afraid he might lind ~ aud
employing his spare time by taking re
Treatments consisting Of tobacco and
clay pipe on-the-half-stem.
We have completed arrangements BY
which the readers Of the Democrat viii
be kept posted each week on the latest
and most reliable events In connection
with the development Of this young and
euterprising city.
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