The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-12-08
BANGOR AND HER NAl1EsAKEs.

The November number of the Industria
Journal contains an address delivered Nov.
2Sth by Secretary E. NJ. Banding under the
auspices of the Bangor Board of Trade, on
sour City and Her Namesakes." 1t gives
a history of the old-time psalm tune for
which the city was named, the origin and
significance of the name Bangor, and in
teresting correspondence from a score of
BangOrs. This address is not only one of
great local interest but is valuable con-
tributi0n to Maine history. Mr.. Banding
finds that there are at least Is Bangors in
the United States, as follows: In BlOunt
county, Alabama Butte county, California !;
Marshall county, Iowa; Coffey county, Kan
sas Morgan county. Kentucky; Van Buren,
county, Michigan; Otter Tail county, Min
nesota Franklin county, New York Wake
county, North Corolina; Northampton
county, Pennsylvania; York county, South
Dakota; Kitsap county, Washington and
Lacrosse, Wisconsin. Nearly all of them
were named in honor of Bangor, Maine, by
people who had migrated from that city.
''The Bangors across the sea-" says Mr.
| DioHuluSS dlc VI cnt dSC anu AlSA w
torical lore. Bangor-is-y -coed dates its
founding to 1888, A. d., while Bangor in
North Wales is supposed to have been es
tablished in 525. Bangor, County Down,
Ireland, is also place of much antiquity,
and is claimed to have been founded in 55S
Our home city ON the Penobscot with its
population of $4,000, is the largest of all the
Do i'm h,s
about $4,000, and Bangor, County Down,
Ireland, about 6,0o0."
The writer had a glimpse of the latter
Bangor little more than two years ago, in
returning by steamer from visit to Bel
fast, Ireland In writing of the trip this
mention was made of the place: GAS we
passed down the bay we noticed town on
the right whose buildings all seemed to be
of a bright red, a color rarely seem over
here, and this we learned was Bangor.
With Belfast just behind and Bangor on
our right we felt quite at home" A letter
to Mr.. Blanding from the town clerk of
Bangor, Ireland, gives the following par
ticulars:
Bangor is prettily situated at the mouth
and is reached from Belfast by rail in thir-
ty minutes. 1t is to Belfast what Brigh-
ton is to London. A new promenade pier
has recently been built at a cost Of 25,OOO
pounds ($125,ooo). The bay is one of the
finest for yachting and aquatic sports. The
new clubhouse Of the Royal Ulster Yacht
Club, situated on the Clifton cliffs, is one
OF the adornments of the place. There is
excellent bathing accommodation, swimming
ponds and hot baths. New golf links have
recently been opened, and both ladies' and
gentlemen's clubs are in healthy operation.
Bangor enjoys an enviable reputation as
health resort. Its moderate, equable tenn
perature in winter has attracted many per-
manent residents.
1t is interesting to note the reversed
positions of the Bangor and Belfast of the
old world compared with those places in
Maine. Bangor, Ireland, is down the river
from Belfast, Ireland, and is the smaller
place. Here Belfast occupies the position
Of Bangor over sea and to a certain extent
is to Bangor what Brighton is to London.
The bay here, like that at Bangor, Ireland,
is one of the finest for yachting and aquatic
sports, etc