Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-09-17
Correspondent.
Mr.. Tftas in the West.
IxpIAvAroLls. 50, 80. 3. lao.

INDIANAPOLIS, iSD-s sept. ., ief2-
You talk about Maine being over
crowded with papersi There are towns
out tn this section smaller than Ellsworth
with two dailies and one or two wcoklies.
For instance, is Auburn, Ind, population
3 .sSsS-two dsilies and one weekly; Bloom
ingson, 5000, three dailies, a semi-weekiy
and two weekiies; BIHffton, 1900. two
daiiies and three weeklles. So II goes.
have jast happened to look at those towns.
There are lots more like them.
How they (the pspers) live do not
know, bat they do, for In the case OF
Button, the iast town mentioned, the
youngest paper Is three years old. And
the surprising part OF II IL that they have
some mighty fne little plants with limo
type machines and psrfectlng presses,
where you would expect to find an old
Washington hand-power. dost Of these
towns, too, are reached by some OF the
big city dsiiie- in time for breakfast.
think some OF the Ellsworth people
who are ssepticai concerning The Ellis
sorth-Csstlne electric read proIees might
change their minds II they coald ride on
some of the So called ''tractioa"Iines out
this wsy. Many OF the towns out here
are coupled up with these electric roads.
The cars are almost IS large rs q regular
railway coach. They are attcd with
whistle instead OF the customary gong.
and as they go spinning along through
the country footing for crossings they
remind me Of nothing SO much a. The odd
dummies" we used 10 ride on at Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn.
Ttey made good time, too. For in
stance, cars run from Anderson to Iu-
dianopoiis, thirsy-six miles, in al hour;
express cars, making no stops between the
two cities. do ii Ia even less time.
But hat surprised me, and caused the
suggestion that Ellsworth people would
change their minds regarding tho posi-
bilisy Of the Cazsine road, IL the country
through which the cars run. I rode
twenty miles on each OF two lines In OHIO,
between small cities, and on neither line
did We pass through a settlement az large
az Surry.
Nothing bat farms, snd with farm
houses far apart, too, tor farms here are
large. There were miles and miles OF corn
Acids, with no houses 10 sight. On one OF
the lines there was enly one little settle
ment OF about atty houses, and on the
other two settlements of about the same
sixe. And both Of these roads ran parallel
with a steam railroad.
Do they payT Well, they are not
through building them yet, and Cipcin
natl and indianapolis will soon be
connected ty tbnsa reads.
Here's another thing that might furnish
food Tor thought for Ellsworth people
inst at this time. At Anderson, Ind, the
other day bad iew hours on my hands
whllr waiting train, and took in the
county fair which was In progress. As an
agricultural exhibit, It would not touch
candle TO Amherst's fair. The midway
was longer, bat no hyeIier than that at
Nyman park. There were no gambling
games on the grounds except the pool
selling on the horse races. The races were
no better than those at Mountain park or
Wymsn park. Bat everybody in Ander-
sou said: "H's a good fair" II runs fisc
days. The attendance Thursday was
60,oooi W. II. TTTUs.