Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-03
4 PLEASANT TRIP.
Gov. Cleavfs and Party Have q Delightful Trip
Through Eastern and Northern Maine.

a JOURNAL man nad the pleasure OF q
trip through Eastern and Northern Maine,
last week, with Governor Cleaves' party,
consisting Of His Excellency, Col. E. C.
Stevens, private secretary, Col. 1. X. Stet-
son of Bangor, and Col. C. H. Prescott of
Biddeford, of his staff, and Capt. C. B.
Hall, U. S. A.
Leaving Augusta on the express, Tuesday
afternoon, supper was taken at the Bangor
h e, Bangor. In the evening the party
VAS enabled to enjoy the performance of
"A Circus Clown" at the Opera house,
torough the courtesy of Manager Owen.
Wednesday Gov. Cleaves, arrived from
d, xter, and Congressman Boutelle joining
the party, the fair was visited. with drive
about town as the guests of Mayor Beal
and lunch at the Tarantine club, as guests
of Col. Stetson. The 1.2O train
was taken for Sangerville, stop
ping couple of hours at
Dover, the guests Of Col. j. B. Peaks, who
entertained at the Wawenoc Club. Col
Stevens being obliged to return home from
Newport, the party was thereafter in charge
of Capt. Hall, who admirably looked after
the comfort and welfare of the party.
At Sangerville, Gov. Cleaves and Hon.
Llewellyn Powers spoke to a large audi
ence. They were entertained by Mr.. d.
II. Campbell, the wooden manufacturer,
while the other members of the party were
quartered at the hotel.
Thursday, the party proceeded to Sher-
man, via Milo and Brownville, being joine
en- route by Congressman Boutelle, and in
the afternoon, Gov. Cleaves and Capt.
Boutelle addressed an immense audience of
soldiers and friends, the occasion being the
second annual reunion of the First Maine
Regiment Association, Eastern Maine. The
party were entertained at the Greeley
house. Seldom are better speeches made
or more enthusiasm aroused than at Camp
Cleaves, that day.
BY the kindness of Supt. Cram of the
Bangor & Aroostook, the party was taken
ny bptCldl w IIOuuOl, udhlhS VIC IuH
of 81 miles in 80 minutes. The party
stopped at the Exchange, w. d. Buzzell,
and were handsomely cared for. In the
morning carriage drive about the place was
made and at 8. 80 the party took the Bangor
& Aroostook train for home. Col. Stetson
stopped at Bangor, the Journal man at
Augusta, Capt. Hall continued to Portland
from whence he will leave, Wednesday, for
his station in Michigan, Gov. Cleaves went
to Bath, where he spoke in the evening, and
Col Prescott home to Biddeford.
The trip throughout was series of pleas
ant events and surprises; pleasant and
highly satisfactory at all the meetings and
surprising, especially to the strangers to
that region, in the wonderful showing made
by the B. & A., and the great resources and
possibility Of development of the Aroostook
valley. The Bangor & Aroostook is a won
derful road, the result of wonderful pluck
and perseverance, run into wonderful
county and is destined to wonderful success.
Built in the face and eyes of innumerable
obstacles, in the midst of hard times, it will
soon connect Fort Fairfield, with Presque
Isle, Houlton and dozens of smaller places
and an immense tributary country with
Bangor and the outside world.
Passenger and freights already run
to Houlton, over roadbed pronounced
by expects to be wonder. With scores
of miles Of rails laid last winter. with but
one lift" Of ballast already in, the trains
are hauled by the monster engines at ex-
press train speed, with perfect comfort and
safety to the passenger. The secret OF it il
that the rails are very heavy-70 pounds,
steel-and the road was built for business,
not to sell.
1t is a grand trip over this road to Houl-
ton. There are heavy grades and sharp
curves, deep cuts and heavy fills, bridges
and trestles, and there is the longest stretch
of straight track in the State, a tangent OF
10 I-2 miles, as straight as an arrow. There
is open, cleared land and there is mile
after mile Of dense woods. One run OF 40
miles is made without single carriage road
crossing the track.
The views along the road are often beau
tiful. Many lakes are seen and many
others are close by hidden by the forest.
Mountains loom up on all sides and the
traveller never ceases to enjoy the ever
changing panorama.
Where the new stations have been built
little settlements are fast sprinsing up. The
mill sites and water privileges are almost
without number, and already large mills
and manufacturing plants are being estab-
lished.
One Of fine greatest surprises OF all is the
passage through such wild country Tor
hours and then to be landed in such &c M
of town as Houlton, with splendid stores.
fine streets and elegant residences. With a
well-to-do people and unrivalled location
the place has great future before it.