The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-06-21
Our Salvation,

Tie PROSPECT Il an eleetricfa lrpad be
ing built between thi, Wing AID Nor
ri'lgewock. seems very probable and
near at hand. and a. AN grady inter
ested in the project. caaaaf rafaiu
from writing You these fcw lincs Tor
publication and will endca1ar 10 set
forth the advantages Which VII accrue
to or villagr a. obey appear - me.
Firsf. it would be a settlement Of Tn.
question which In. been presented 10 u.
in yariou, forms during the pa-t ten
years and which Ike ..Banquo'- ghost
would not be do~ned, viz: Tie skoa lie
gan and NofridseWock Link. and lhat
alone Is reason enough why Ne should
pun our shoulders 10 the WheeI 1Gd ail
the capitalists from abroad will 4alr-
and money.
Furthcrlo e here Is n, companion
between the benefit to be derived from
au FL ctre road running a car each Way
VERY hour in the day, and tllf proposed
steam road with its one aud possibly
two train. during the tWenty-tom
hours.
We all know chat the desire Of our
neishbors up river is to come to sknw-
hogan, and We also know that lack of
easy and rapid transit prevents thcu
aud send, thrm to Oakland and Water
Win to do The trading which by virtue
Of 9ize ana location lighuullY belongs
To skoWhegm: give us the road and all
this will change, FOR with guaranteed
litre OF only ten cents from Norridgc-
Wock To skoWhegan. thar trade will
naturally be diverted in our direction.
To the aMurl> Of real estate IN ShbW-
hogan, especially those who have stores
to rent in the business portion of the
town, this road will undoubtedly prove
a great benefit. for it is obvious tn amy
person familiar with trade in this town,
thai unless something i, done To improve
it. stores must either lay idle OF be
leased at les money than they are pay
ing at the present time.
The question has been earnestly dis
cussed whether this road would tend to
bring people here TO live. and fill up our
vacant houses Of which there are Too
many at the present time. II might hc
allowed To express an opinion, it would
he this, that surely the road would mot
iepletc our population and anything
which j. done To make our town better
will surely be an argument in tayar OF
increasing the number of inhabitants =.
and am HAT Sanguine and enthusias site.
thai predict very material increase in
our population if we succeed in This en-
tefpfi,c. tan we help succeeding: =
there person in this fowl. having the
best interests OF The town 1T heart, who
would deliberately do anything tn de-
feat th, project. 1t does not seem prob
able but am we'll aware thai il will re-
ceiVe some opposition from purely selfish
motives. aud in a manner that will work
it much injury if not fully understood.
L. opponents are too cunning 10 OBJ
pose it oponiv. hut will ehdraVor 10
-idetrack il by propositions which Will
appear very plausible and practical but
which in the past have been demonstrate
ted to be very impractical indeed Now.
do we WANT this road or DO W not. The
people say, almost unanimously. we not
only want il hui must have il. What
must we do t. get it. Work, early aud
late and all the time until it i an assured
reality neycr for a moment losing sight
of the fact that it is our only salvation.
We have seen too many opportunities
slip through our fingers in the last ten
years, ANA we must indeed be blind ia
allow tins, the greatest Of them all, to
be defeated BY men 10 whom the inter-
ests OF our town are a secondary matter.
| will not endeaIur 10 discGsS the propu-
>ltlouS which h;tVe hecn made llS by uu'-
side CAPITALISTS. but lie flrl thai thrv