Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-03
Ausustads WHO Are Not Augusta Born.

Augustarfs Who Are Not Augusta Born.
No onccan say that Bangor IS not
able TO appreciate outside talent. At
the present time the mayor. the munic-
iral judge, the postma ster and the col
lertOf of customs are men who were
not born in the city. Few cities IN
Maine are 50 generous to outsiders. III
fact Bangor is capable Of recognizing
talent wherever it may be found.-Bah-
gnr News.
The conditions indicated in the
above item are found in other Maine
cities than Bangor, and that is by no
means the only city where outside tau
ent is recognized or where il becomes
prominent and predominant. Here in
Augusta we hay" no collector of GUS
toms but our mayor, municipal judge
and postmaster were all born outside
Of our city and outside of the county
The same was true of Very large pro-
PORTION of their predecessors. In Port
land there is no postmaster just now,
but the mayor. municipal judge and
collector Of customs were all born out
side of the city. Ii is not at all unlike
Iy that little investigation would
show similar results in some Of our
other Maine cities.
II is OF interest TO carry this matter
furth. + in the case Of our own city Of
Augusta. and probably most readers of
TIE Journal viii be amazed at the small
show ing. numerically considered, made
hy those who are natives of the city.
There are - lawyers in Augusta ana
om;y six Of them were bonn here. There
iIc 80 physicians credited to the city III
TIE Maine Register for 1905 and only
fiIr Of them are natives of Augusta.
These Two leading professions are Sc
lcctCd because they are easiest 10 ct
Information about ana not because they
al" c%tr"m" cases. The proportion
VIII vary III other u ofc,;SionS and lines
o! business. but ii VII be found that IL
al, or nearly all "f them. those born
biiSI'!t tHe CIT are III Il large majority.
How many %. the merchants on Water
street vc." born here? Not NOR" than
half a DOZEN or half a score out Of tie
who'd" Number. II is not 50 strange
that no clergyman in the city WAS born
lice. but il will also be fnund that Il
l;i"Ir majority If oar teacEers We're
Lorm rls"W hclc than in Augusta.
y canvass of our oNa establishment.
- st"rday. revealed the interesting fact
that of the 20 persons employed by
the kcnucbrc Journal only eight are
natives Of this city. Probably there is
not much larger proportion of .hu-
RCsta employed at tile larg" pub
,tsIi!!g houses in the city. on ut the
or III tie Insane hospital. lii some
IN taiIccS Tin" proportion is doubt
loss smaller than the 10 per cent. in
the Journal plant. OF course. this does
not mean. however, that III the city as
Il Whole. including children and all.
Their" is no larger proportion than this
Of nhtitc-horn. II simply shows tina,
thoS. who are carrying on the activi-
tics Of the city. til" solid business and
professional men on the street. and
those working in the publishing houses.
stores ana manufacturing establish
,,E ii,
hoin elsewhere tnan in Augusta
And from this condition Of things
several Interesting deductions and con-
cliSio::S can be drawn. 1t does not
come about because this is a new city
or the contrary. Augusta has been an
inc rloratcd town for considerab bly,
over Il century. and a Sood-siZed city
as Maine cities go. for over half a cen
fury. II simply comes about because
people. ANA because the tendency OF
population is from the country TO the
city una from the small city to the
larger one. n very small! proportion
Oh las rflldlll ana Nuke our nTht Tor
success III the place where we were
born. Most of the business and pro-
fcssioial men of Augusta and most of
those working here in our places OF
business We're born on farms. Their
sons and daughters will. in the natural
order of things drift largely to Massa-
cEnset;S and the W est, and their places
will be taken here by new recruits from,
other parts of Maine. OF the 10 Au-
eusta lawyers. born outside of Augusta
all were born in this State; and of the
26 Augusta doctors born outside of the
city. only one or two were born outside
OF the Stale. While these men. ant
rs large a proportion in other lines
hove come TO Augusta, it is likely tina
fully as many sons of Augusta hav:
gone away from here. Il few to othel
Nrine cities but most of them to point: