The times., 1898-10-04
TWO MOUNTAINS.
How Man Came to Buy Them and
He Glad of 1t.


John c. Moore. of New York, was born
in Steuben. a little village near Winter
Harbor Me, and has been celebrating
that event by buying up everything that
he admired when a boy. He has built
q new schooIhouse and given an organ TO
the church in Acknowledgements of his OBJ
| legations for what these two institutions
| contributed toward his success in life,
! and has bought couple of mountains
which he used to contemplate from the
doorstep of his fathers farhouse as Heals
! of the majestic 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 Ienew his acquaintance with the pine
/ forest and the sky and the sea
The natives look upon the transaction
as the queer freak of rich man, and
! they call Mr.. Moore ''the king of School,
| die Mountain. The Summer boarders
| from the city suspect him of indulging in
some great land speculation and are talk
| ing of the piles of money he is going to
make by cutting his 10000 acres of pine
forest and rocks into villa sites.
! When 1 asked Mr. Moore his plan and
! purpose he said;
Il bought these mountains for a num-
| Der of good reasons. Just as other people
buy pictures or pieces of china or dia-
| n1onds or fancy horses, ! bought them
| because l used to admire them when
was barefooted farmers 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 OF burned up or die. This is the
only place on the Atlantic coast where
| the mountains come down to the sea
| and therefore | own something that no
body else has or can have. and | believe
! that L enjoy the possession of that pro-
monotony as much as Mr.. Marquand en-
| joys his pictures or Mr.. Bonner his
! horses There is nothing ] admire more
! than mountain. especially when an
| ocean goes with it.
I'm the second place, continued Mr.
/ Moore, Il have had three years of solid
| enjoyment buying up that land. 1t was
mostly in small tracts. belonging to the
| old families in this section. who seldom
| sell anything. but love to trade. I'm q
Yankee myself, and was brought VI
among them; thus, in buying this moun-
| tain / have sharpened my wits against
| theirs and it has beenra most interest
! ing and amusing experience. 1t has
| taken my mind off my business cares, ano
! the diversion has been worth all the
money have paid outosr ~
| Then it is a good Investment / don't
/ eZrect to make any pecfniary profit out
of it, but the land will grow more valua-
| b every day. 1t is the finest Summer
climate in the world, and some time there
viii be a large community on that Is and.
| You know that the land on which Bar
/ Harbor now stands was once sold for so
/ cents, and now villa Site costs $40, 900.
| built a road to the top .oftthat mount
| ain first for my own pleasure and con-
venience so that l could enjoy my king
dom, and, second. to stimulate local en-
terprise- The result is 9already apparent.
| The effect has been to- inspire the au-
thorities to improve the public roads all
over the country. l showed them how 1T
could be done with economy, and they at
once saw the advantages. AS an object
| lesson In road building it was worth all
1t cost. Furthermore, / never enjoyed
anything more in my lie Inan the con-
| struction of that road. 1t is nine miles
| long, and I enjoyed every foot of 1t. 1t
was an entirely new experience. 1t did
me and my family as much good as a
trip to Europe. and didn't cost any more.
Besides, it gave employment to large
| number of people who needed the
money
/ relate this story of an unusual in
/ dulgence with the hope that other rich
men may see it's moral and do likewise.
! never heard before of any man who
bou5 MT mountain to look at and beau
| tilted 1t because he loved 1t, but it is a
| habit that ought to be cultivated.