Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
A MINE OF VEAL TIL.
Chance for Untold Fortune to be
Made in Augusta.
An Opening for Solid Business Enterprise
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value III COJelucIAhB wy Aus.o '~-oF
inent OF our local business enterprises:
"A prophet is not without honor save
| in his own country aud among his OWL
kindred. . This is trite saying ant
worn well nigh thresdbare but it is just
as true as ever We seldom appreciate
that which Is close at hand; our friends
our neighbors, our own citizens; our OWE
surroundings; the lovely views and
natural beauties of the landscape upon
which we gaze daily; our beautiful rivers
and lakes and especially the unlimited
resources OF wealth which lie almost
under our feet we too frequently neglect
all these and turn our gaze to far of
lands whe rs visions Of wealth, or honor,
or success allure us on to reap 1t may bt
only dire disappointment. A celebrated
traveller tells us that after seeing nearly
all the highest and noblest mountains Of
the world he THINKS there is nothing like
Urizaba for beauty and grandeur aud nc
river In the world. though many are
longer and larger. is like the Hudson
from its source to the ocean for its long
chain or successive combinations OF
beauty and majesty.
Granted that this IL true, still the Ken
nebcc is no mean river; its views arc
varied II not majestic and there is but
little Of monotony.
Beautiful for situation is Mt. Zion and
beautiful for situation Is Augusta, the
offspring of Hallowell how the nursling
hss grown; long long ago she cast off her
stvAddling clothes and ever since she has
ibeen creeping up the adjacent hills on
both sides of the river and now she is
stretching away over the plains towards
that quaint little city, which, once the
pride of the country and still the pride Of
her people, must eventually be absorbed
though never Obliterated.
To believe this and to truly enjoy the
natural beauties of this rapidly growing
city one must see it at different seasons Of
the year and from different standpOints.
But it is not of the wealth of Augusta q
natural scenery that wish to speak, that
speaks for itself. 1t is not of her hills of
sand and clay which nature, lavish of her
gifts, has laid 50 close to her doors; nor
of her magnificent water power which
has been 50 wisely utilized and whose
limit of power and usefulness is far from
being reached but it is Of something which
for long years was UNDECIDED If not I'M
known and which only in recent years
has been but slightly developed I mean
the Fuller granite quarry. Here is q
mountain and a mine of wealth. Here Is
some of the whitest, this hardest and finest
granite in the world. All 1t wants to be
appreciated is to be developed. Faith
works both ways and that faith, which
erected the tower for the sight seer, is
also working downward for the unbe-
lever. But what 1t needs to rival other
plants is more faith and more capital
By the outlay of a little capital, say from
I've thousand to ten thousand dollars and
a like amount for machinery, sheds and
tools, u quarry would be opened and
established that would be able to compete
In almost any line of work with any of
the older and larger quarries OF the State
1t Is a simple problem and in the very
nature Of things nothing could be more
fortunate; in the position which this
granite lies; its nearnes, to market; the
sasy downward grade 10 the stations or
wharfs and II dump so close that all the
dirt loose stones and waste can be got rid
of at a minimum cost. Again, there need
be but little waste of rock for all of the
upper strata which is not suitable for
building purposes makes the best Of
material for highways and can be crushed
for that purpose.
In the beginning mention was made of
a want Of appreciation of home industries
aud home enterprise and l might add
home talent and pluck. 1t is no new
trait Of character 1t Is characteristic of
the human race. Years ago the people of
Nuremberg failed TO appreciate poor old
A 4 cot - 4 kn o,,I
Of artists and allowed him to die in
obscurity, il not in actual want. In the
church Of St. Lorenz in that city there
stands close to one Of the pillars near the
chancel his wonderful and magnificent
work of art, the celebrated Pyx, house Of
sacred vessels, of which Bayard Taylor
says, when you have seen this you need
look no further" 1t was chiseled out OF
pure white sandstone and in the construc-
ton Of this wonderful work Of art, Adam
Kraft with one journeyman and one
apprentice wrought five years for the
muniflcent sum Of 700 1orlns, or little
less than $500. Think of that you who
work in granite for from $500 to %. 90
per day.
What sublime faith and patience are
represented In that work but how much
better 1t would have been for them and
how comforting and encouro ging it
would have been to him had they believed
in him and appreciated and encouraged
him. And SO today, we need faith in our
own citizens and In our own resources
Do you lack faith? Then step with me
into Ben Venue and walk through the
various departments devoted to pains,
plants, roses and pinks. Does not your
pulse quicken and your heart warm at
the sight OF so much beauty And when
you have seems all the arrangements does
not your wonder and admiration increase
rs you think of the sublime faith, the
magnificent pluck and courage which in
spires one to conceive, plan. superintend
and control oil this, and that one only a
woman. II Ben Venue is not mine Of
wealth 1t is undoubtedly source OF great
pleasure and some profit to it's intelligent
author and manager.
But the mine Of wsalth IS In the hill,
in the underlying rock ard the deeper
down you go, rs o rule, the thicker will
be the strata Of rock and the finer the
granite. A. W.
+. SUPERIOR COURT.