Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-12
MORE IMPROVEMENT
Brought About by the Wash
ington County Railroad.
Steamship Service Between New York,
St. John and Winter Harbor.
Electric Road to Connect Washington County
Railroad and Winter Harbor.

Ellsworth, Me-, Oct. 1.-(SpeciaD.-
A line of fast ocean steamers plying
between Boston or New York and st.
John and touching at Winter Harbor?
It seems almost inconceivable but
that's the project now seriously under
consideration by the good people of
Gouldsboro. Winter Harbor and nearby
towns and as the scheme has ample
backing it may end in the establish
ment of the line.
John Moore, of Moore, Schley & Co,
and j.. Montgomery Sears are much
interested in the scheme. These two
shrewd financiers are now looking over
the prospects of making the new line
pay if they get any encouragement it
will in all probability be running, next
summer. 1t is to be an all the year
round line.
OF course just now Winter Haraor
hasn't any facilities for making con-
nections with such a line as the one
proposed but this difficulty is to be
overcome by building an electric road
from the harbor to connect with the
Washington County Railroad near
Gouldstboro. This electric road will be
built next season. The port of Winter
Harbor is excellently located for the
accommodation of ships of large size
and would make one of the best ports
in New England with small outlay.
Influential residents of Gouldsboro
are trying to secure an appropriation
from their village for the construc-
ton of a highway from West Goulds-
boro town hall, through Township No.
z, to meet the Warrington County road
about half way between Cherryfield
and Franklin. Its junction with the
w. c. r. r. would be near Tunk Pond,
one of the greatest sporting camps in
the State. These men who are pushing
the project are bound to see it through
and if the town of Gouldsboro won't
set apart the required sum they will
pay the cost themselves. This turn
pike would furnish an easy means of
transporting freight back and forth.
1t is also necessary to build the high
way before the electric line is started.
A survey for The road has already been
completed. The distance from West
Gouldsboro to the place where the pro-
posed electric road will join the w. C.
r.. r. is about four miles.
The main idea in constructing the
electric line and putting on line OF
fast steamers is to make of GouldsbCro,
Winter Harbor and nearby towns some
of the best summer resorts on the
coast of Maine. Winter Harbor 1T is
expected would soon rival Bar Harbor
as a resort during the summer season.
Many wealthy men already have sum
mer homes at Grindstone, and other
neighboring places. At Schoodic Point,
Mr. Moore has one of the finest homes
in the State. He has spent many thou
sands of dollars in this vicinity and
says he intends to keep on doing 50 I'M
til he has developed the surrounding
region into a great resort. Mr.. Moore 5
interest springs not so much from any
hope of making money out of its devel-
opment as the pride he takes in the re-
gion where he was born He wants the
people to have all the advantages pos
Sible.
No part of the Maine coast is more
picturesque than that near Goulds-
boro. The scenery is remarkably fine
and anyone who has ever been fortu-
nate enough to have spent a few days
there always finds pleasant things
clustering about it in his memory.