The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-08
FAN AND RISE or FRANKFORT
strange Little Town I'm Maine where the
Granite Genes frO m.

Granite Comes frO IN,
FRANKFORT. Ne, Dec. IA century ago
the town Of Frankfort WA one OF the lead
Ing commercial ports ON the Penobscot
River, ranking next to Bangor In shipping
and leading every other port on the river
In ths amount OF tonnage built In It's yards
The Collector of the Port had the highest
salary Of any United States officer east
Of Portland. To-day Frankfort village
has less than 900 inhabitants three-fourth
OF whom are stone workers who are ON
ployed on the granite quarries back from
tho village. The whole village s con-
Quoted and controlled by a great granite
company. which has contracts amounting
To nearly $40, Ooo. 900 now In process Of oom-
pletion and others involving twice the
money ia contemplation.
Thu work under construction In the sheds
includes the Post ONCE and Cou House
building at Chicago, costing $4,000 DIG
the Frick Building at Pittsburg, Pa, 1900
100; the approaches 10 the new bridge be-
tween the boroughs Of Brooklyn and Man
haitian, n. Y, 81 800, oOO, and ascore Of smaller
Jobs, all Of which are we'll along. Mean
time the company has secured the cont acts
for the new Custom House at New York
city and the new Hall OF Records at WASH
ington, ID. c., each Of which will cost more
than S5,O0o,Oo0.
lage was known all over Maine rs the Mink
Hole" SO called because it was placed
among some low salt marshes. which are
the chosen home Of minks and nuskrats
Later on. when the Treat family gained
control Of the village. an Mort wa made
to call the place neatville, but the Trea ats
were of the so-called -copperhesd" stock
and the nane wa not retained. Although
more thar q 900 600 worth OF dressed gram
tie liz shipped from Frankfort every year
the town is wholly sequestered from the
outside world. depending upon a daily
stage for It's mail.
In summer stone is shipped from the
quarries by scows and schooners Of small
draught, and the supplies for the residents
come in the same kind OF craft. II goods
are wanted after the river freezes UP, they
must be hauled with horses from Bangor,
fourteen miles away. There Is but one
lawyer in town, and he is 10 years old and
has done no business for years. The only
doctor who lived IN the village sold out
and moved away a few weeks ago. There
Is no regular preaching in either OF the two
churches.
Less than a century z Frankfort had
the largest area OF any tow in Maine
comprising all OF Hancock county west
OF Penobscot River, Gradually II has e
subdivided. thereby driving the parent
town far inland and giving IL no water
outlet except a creek where small vessels
NAV float al high tide.
Although Frankfort has fallen from one
of tn. largest towns In Maine TO the small
est town in Waldo county, which is one of
the smallest counties in the State. there
are few towns that carry on more business
or are as widely known TO the outside world
In every large city east of the Rocky
Mountains are one or more lofty buildings
constructed Of Frankfort granite. and
every year more than two hundred business
letters sen. by citizens Of the United States
10 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Germany, find
their way down the Mink-Hole-on-Marsh-
Creek, fourteen miles below Bangor and six
miles above Bucksport.