The Portland daily press., 1897-01-25
MAINE BUSINESS.
Board of Trade Men Say the outlook Is
Good.

The Maine Industrial Journal prints
this week letters from the presidents OF
the Maine boards of trade on the bust
ness outlook. All the letters are hopeful
in tone and give promise of better times
in the near future. Col. f.. E. Boothby
writes particularly of the summer resort
business and in the course of an interest.
ing letter says:
As evidence that something of magni-
tude has been accomplished, bring to
mind thelnumber Of trains run over the
railroads in this State twenty-five years
ago, and compare them with the num-
her of trains now run each summer by
our principal rail lines, made necessary
by the vast numbers who now each year
seek our shores, woods and lakes.
The Maine Central railroad, aided by
the Boston & Maine has, to my mind.
brought about the results of today and,
in this work, they have been aided. to
running east and west; and materially
by the Pennsylvania railroad between
Washington and New York, this com-
pany, with the Fall River Line, having
previous yeara done more to bring travel
into Maine than any other lines south or
west of Boston ;Ethough aanow the Balti-
more & Ohio are doing all that they can,
and the Fall River Line, having been
merged in management with the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad,
the latter company is now directing its
energies in that direction.
| Among our Western friends, the Cana
dian Pacific, Michigan Central ami
Grand Trunk are the roads which Mains
thas most to thank for favors received all
three running through cars between
Chicago and Portland. land helping. by
the advertising thus given, to bring the
State into greater repute.
With the ever-growing population of
this country, who are each year learning
new beauties OF. Maine. were it not for
the fact that seaside resorts in and around
large cities, like those near New York or
in the vicinity IF Boston, have these
metropolitan places for additional attrac-
lions, Maine would be overrun ;s.and, just
as soon as it's attractions and advantages
get further. known. by judioious adyertis
ing and otherwise, just 30 sure is in
crease of travel to be expected.
1t is only few years since that but
one camp in the Maine woods wasspromi-
nent, that Of Kennedy Smith, at Tim
Pond; while now, on looking at a recent
mum Der of 1.-THE Phillips Phonograph,
find over twenty-five advertised therein,
as being in. the Dead River and Rangeley
Lake regions; and if to these be added
the number / n the Moosehead. Katahdin,
Aroostook and Machias regions, we shall
have a greater number than one would
think possible.
And another reason why we should look
for increased travel is that levery one Of
these camps, together with hotels and
boarding houses in our State, are con-
stantly sending out their individual ad-
refreshments, with more or less result.
One has to bear in mind the fact that,
during the summer, when hot in other
parts of the country, the "Arctio
Stream" is eddying around Cape Sable
into the Gulf Of Maine, and cooling every
one of it's seashore resorts, and far intn
the interior; so that for comforta BILE
temperature lin summer Maine is far
ahsadSof ANYTHING in the world.