The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-29
HE BOUGHT TWO MOUNTAINS.
How He Came to Do It and Why He's
 Glad He Did It.

How He Came to Do It and Why He
 Glad He Did It.
 John G. Moore of New York was born in Steuben, a little village near Winter Harbor, Me, and has been eel ebrating that event by buying up eve rything that he admired when a boy. He has built a new schoolhouse and given an organ to the church in ac- knowledgment of his obligations for what these two institutions contribu- ted toward his success in life, and has bought couple of mountains which he used to contemplate from the door step of his fathers farmhouse as ideals of the majesty of nature; and he has built a beautiful macadam roadway to the tops of these mountains, so that he can drive up there whenever he pleases and renew his acquaintance with the pine forest and the sky and the sea.
 The natives look upon the transac- ton as queer freak of a rich man, and they call MT. Moore the king of Schoodic mountain" The summer boarders from the city suspect him of indulging in some great land specula- tion and are talking of the piles of money he is going to make by cutting his twenty thousand acres of pine for est and rocks into villa sites.
 When I asked MT. Moore his plan and purpose he said
 II bought these mountains for a number of good reasons. Just as oth- CT people buy pictures or pieces of china or diamonds, or fancy horses I bought them because I used to admire them when I was a barefooted farm CTS boy, and it is a great pleasure to feel that they are mine They didn't cost as much as many pictures and many horses, and they can't be stolen or burned up or die This is the only place on the Atlantic coast where the mountains come down to the sea, and therefore I own something that no- body else has or can have, and I be- lieve that I enjoy the possession of that promontory as much as MT. Mar quand enjoys his pictures or MT. Bon- ner his horses. There is nothing I ad- mire more than a mountain, especially when an ocean goes with it.
 Tn the second place." continued MT.
  enjoyment buying up that land. It was mostly in small tracts, belonging to the old families in this section, who seldom sell anything, but love to trade. I'm a Yankee myself and was brought up among them; thus, in buying this mountain I have sharpened my wits against theirs, and it has been a most interesting and amusing experience. It has taken my mind off my business cares, and the diversion has been worth all the money I have paid out.
 Then it is a good investment. don't expect to make any pecuniary profit out of it, but the land will grow more valuable every day. It is the finest summer climate in the world and some time there will be a large community on that island You know that the land on which Bar Harbof stands was once sold for fifty cents and now a villa site costs ten thousand dollars. I built a road to the top ot that mountain first for my own pleas ure and convenience, so that I could enjoy my kingdom, and, second, to stimulate local enterprise. The result is already apparent. The effect has been to inspire the authorities to inn prove the public roads all over the country I showed them how it could be done with economy, and they al once saw the advantages. As an ob- ject lesson in building it was worth all it cost. Furthermore, l never enjoyed anything more in my life than the construction of that road. It is nine miles long, and I enjoyed ev- cry foot of 1t. It was an entirely new experience. It did me and my family