The Portland daily press., 1900-01-22

Randall; the money rairsd being amply
su flicfent to care fof every worthy oass-
and 10Y 20 know that, through the fnstru
mentality Of the gentleman IL ives our
coed fortune 10 honor. more business was
20 be turned Into and through our city,
snip service
but on both Of these subjects, the loss
Of the Portland" end Its replacement BY
the "Governor DinEiey," and Of the de-
velopment OF the transatlantic trade,
We are 20 hear Later In the EVENING"; as
we'll as something In relation 70 the policy
pursued In the management OF the affairs
Of this good city Of ours, and also that Of
our neigh boring child of South Portland
--destired, 1t Ia hoped. TO besome our
own BY adoption. Soon she may be
praying to US as did the child Of whom I
care Of himself, for, Il anything happened
to him. they might al go 20 tho Devil.
IA. then, tbs gsndsmeu from whom
you are to hear are likely to give you In
teresting facts pertsiping to the City and
its business relations, desire. before they
are introduced, to say few words On the
Importance Of Portland ~ q summer re-
sort.
So MANY have eulogized Its situation
that will attempt nothing in that dirso-
tion. IL 10 only within a very few years
that visitors have been seeking our bor-
ders in such numbers; and to my mind
this has been largely due to the facilities
and frequency Of service, etc There
was really not much comfort In riding
In the old-faehiond CARA Of the time. and
over chair track we had no night trains
by which We could leave Ut seasonabls
hour and arrive In the morning. say, ut
our journeys end.
10 the DEVELOPMENT Of the railroad,
then, as well Us the steamboat, We eve
much Of our prosperity. In summer. BY
through car servios, 70 II possible to ride
between Chicago and Portland without
ohapge-this By the Grand Trunk; the
Maine Central Niagara Falls Route; and
with but one change by this Maine Gen.
trail CANADIAN Pacific routs; or via the
Boston 81 Maine, Albany or Tunnel
routes; and the services Is always extsn-
sively nd vertised throuehout the West.
And the steamers now running between
New York and Portland direct are some
thing to BIO proud of. as are those OF the
sailing between this city and eastern
ports.
do not see why we have not train and
steamer service, In all directions, sum-
client for present needs; other than one.
and hope the time Is not far distant
when We shall have q night train between
Postl nd and New York direct, via the
Worce ster, Nashua g. Portland Division
of the Boston a. Maine X. X. That seems
to be the only thing now lacking TO make
our service complete. Such train
shculi, OF c1urse, come into and depart
from the Union Station. thus connecting
with trains of the Maine Central, not
only from and t. points east, but with
trains 10 and from the White Mountains
as we'll.
Speaking Of the Union Station. no
building OF modern times has been more
the subject OF the photographer than this.
and the knowledge Of It's beauties OF ar
chits cture Is world wide.
The fact TINT Portland Is growing az u
summer resort must be apparent to every
one, and its beauty Of situation ON Casco
Bay IL not alone responsible for this, Tor,
next to the railroads and steamships. the
ex oellenoe OF Portlaud's trolley system and
island steamboat service has much to do
with it's attractivensss. Nowhere In tbs
spots for recreation than at Riverton, and
Underwood and the Cape Casino; and
what can compare with our theatref And
while praise OF Portland's electric railway
Is every where heari, too much cannot be
said In regard to this management OF the
Casoo Bay and Harpswell Steamboat
ompaniss-especiAlly OF the Casco Bay
company, with It's handling OF three
quarters OF o million passengers per year
without q sinele accident.
The excellence Of all our hotels-city.
island and shore-has before bsen alluded
to.
Not only Is Portland benefited BY the
people who visit the city, Its shore and
Islands, but by every one who visits any
part OF Maine; for It's proximity to Wells.
kennebunk, Old Orchard. Harpswell.
etc., brings to MS those people on excur-
siops, or on shopping expeditions; and
when people do net so come, Portland Ia
benefited as the commercial metropolis
of the State, from ths trade derived from
the purchase of supplies needed by almost
every town Of Maine and Of Northern
New Hampshire, for the living and other
expenses Of thsss summer visitors
Again, our banking Institutions are
business for the natioral, and increasing
deposits In our savings tanks.
Portland Is the gateway for all travel
t. and from Maine. Northern New
Hampshire and Vermont, tho Lower
Canadian and Maritime Provinces.
prominence than she formerly had, 1t
would have been utterly impossible to
have arranged for such an important
nesting Of railroad men as IL to be neld
here next week nesting to arrange
summer excursion rates, affecting all
points north OF Washington, and east Of
Port Huron Detroit and Niagara talls,
thus taking In those to and from Mon
treal, Quebec .and Portland. Portland.
then, reckoning our steamer business as
q part, might be called the hub around
which such summer business revolves.
A prominent railroad president once
said, at the establish ment Of q new train
on his line "To know whether IL Ia to
bs q success or not, we must walt and
see how the dead heads patronige It." In
the same principls. Portland 10 Q surs
success, as evinosd by Its patronage by
these gentlemen next week, and their
stay here trust you will sndsavor TO
make q pleasant one.
Perhaps we have not talked Portland
enough, and 1t may be q good deal like
the cas-. of the maa who, when chided
because he had married q second wife be-
fora obtaining tomb stone for his first,
said that he knew where che was, and
that was enough. II such Is the case,
let us resolve from tonight to bring her
to the front, where she belongs.
And In closing l want to impress upon
you the Importance Of the movement
which is being made for an Old Home
Week In Maine, and the desirability Of
oentralizing, II possible, general meet
ing In our own city.
II such a gathering conld be secured