Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-06-03
WINTER HARBoR.
Freight Accommodations Street
Lights-A New Process.

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| Lights-A New Process.
| The matter of freight accommodations
| is matter OF much moment to men going
| into business, and 1t is an ever-recurring
question to men already In business In
| place not blessed by being on the main
| line OF through rail or boat service.
The disadvantage OF extra freight ex.
pense Is large feature In small place,
or in one distant from large places, tech
nicalIy known as billing points; for II
competition is sharp, profit or loss may
often hang on this one item.
In Winter Harbor, for instance, a small
| bill OF goods from Boston on the west
would have to come on the Boston and
Maine to Portland, thence by boat to Bar
Harbor, again by boat to Winter Harbor,
and then, II the business is In nearby
villages, 1t must be forwarded by team or
stage.
As rule the business men OF Winter
Harbor intend to place their orders al
this time OF the year, so that they get
goods shipped SPILLED through to Winter
Harbor", and the transportation COM
panies agree on a rate that Is not exorbi-
tant.
Members of the firm OF c. T. Hooper &
Co. have recently returned from business
trip to Boston, and they say that their
single shipment will be over LOO pieces.
and will weigh nearly ten tons, SO that
they probably get their goods put here
for five to eight cents q hundred pounds
less than small buyer. This item alone
Is Of no little conse quence, and accounts
to some extent for the fact that some men
fall In small place while others succeed.
Winter Hsrbor voted $500 for street
lights for the summer, and survey has
been made and staked off, affordiDg as
much light on all streets as the sppropri.
alton will allow.
The Winter Harbor Gas & Light Co. has
been organized with the following Of
ficers: Bedford e. Tracy, president;
Capt. A. b. Holt, vice-president; q. E,
Grover, treasurer; Harry E. Hooper, clerk;
directors, B. E. Tracy, c. E. Grover. F. r.
Bunker, c. T. Hooper, w. B. Harrington,
Winter Hsrbor; A. B. Holt, j. w. Bun
ker, South Gouidsboro.
The company has a capital of $4,000
The first block Of 1000 shares is to be
placed in local hands at $3.50 per share,
and greater part is already subscribed.
The Victor acetyIene machine. made In
Auburn, Is being used. A 100 light ma.
chine ia now installed, and about seventy
five lights are ready to turn on. The Or
ganization of the company had In view
the field covering Gouldsboro and Winter
Harbor. A large building has been
bought, and a main pipe will be laid to
serve the cottages at Grindstone aud at
Prospect Harbor, Corea, and up along
through South Gouldsboro, Gouldsb oro
and West Gouidsboro and into AshviIle,
covering practically fifteen or twenty
miles OF service.
M. K. Jordan is superintendent OF pip
ing and fitting fixtures, and will have
several assistants.
The light from the gas differs In color
from that OF kerosene oil lights, being
winter, more like electricity, and much
easier on the eyes.
A metre system will be used. and
statistics prove that the lights cost the
users at the rate OF about three. fourths
OF cent per light per hour, or, In other
words, 1t will cost for home use, say six
lights from 7 to 10 O'Clock, only four
cents. This is cheaper than trimming
oil lamps. Six lights, with oil, woul
cost nearly fifteen cents an evening
Think of the sttp our grandfai her
took from candle to oil, and one gels a
idea OF the step from oil to modern ga
The step to electricity from this kind
gas is not far away.