Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-12-26

offer any considerable expectancy OF Inn
proved industrial conditions for Ellis
worth and its surroundings as result OF
the building of our present railroad or
of any OF hers that may be built In the
near futuref Candidly, l do not think
| 1t did or does of itself. Our conditions
| were and are different. We have no great
quantity of things or commodities
| originating here for which demand for
| removal exists, and for that reason cannot
create a demand for the removal OF other
things to and for us. We are no farmers
on that scsie-nature forbids 1t. Our
timber interests alone are certainly not
now suffi cient. and for them as well as for
any others OF sufficient magnitude to
make of US large centre OF exchange for
surrounding country, we have and al
ways have had free access to the Sea-
| highway which cost nothing to build
aud which would have accomplished 1t
alone before this II we had had resources
enough OF our own aud tributary to us.
But the building OF the railroad bad its
usual effect. SNOW we Will have some
factories" This is the first cry voiced al
ways with the ring OF hope. Sometimes
the hopes are fulfilled, oftener not. And
why not always? Because of the condi-
lions or lack OF conditions just recited.
We all remember the efforts of that day,
the meetings OF our people In the lower
Hancock hall and elsew here, the dis
cussions, the expressions OF views and
opinions in which, as usual, in oh, 40 many
instances, all over this broad country of
ours, only those who favored the doing of
sonnet hing Immediately which called for
the expenditure OF money and the seIec-
tion Of directors were listened to. 1t did
not seem to be Of so very much import
ance What direction IT took.
There was repetition OF the familiar
phrases, familiar to every one who has
seen, heard or read OF similar proceedings
and they are going on now all over the
country: I'VE must pull together" ave
ought to have few first-clsss funerals"
etc, etc, and then followed the sub
scription papers; OF course those who
had talked most subscribed least. though
in justice to them 1t ought to be said that
they probably would have contributed
literally II they had had the means at that
time.
The outcome OF 1t ali was the building
OF the upper shoe factory, followed not
very long after by the building OF the
lower one, aad son'e otn.r new movements
Of minor Importance. An excellent sys-
tenn OF water works had been completed,
aud We were all ready to boom.
Whatever else may be said 1t IL plain
now that we are victims OF disappointed
hopes. The boom did not materiatize, aud
here We are IN II condition that surely
leaves much to be desired. / do not mean
to be understood as thinking that the ait
ustio is without its redeeming features.
although these two articles have neces-
sariiy Teen devoted almost exclusively to
the dark side.
l purpose now to claim that all these
innovations and changed conditions have
been but parts in gradua, trsnsforma-
tion that will ultimately work out to
situation that will place US upon a much
better footing even than we or our pred
ecessors have ever enjoyed before, and to
which our railroad and our water works
and new ventures generally, including our
experie rave besn worthily con-
tributing though In a din srent way per-
haps from that originally expected and
hoped for.
TO BE CONTINUED.