The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-09-21

that Searsport, the town in which | was
born, should have industries established by
which the people who inhabtated it, wheth-
Ell descended from the original settlers or
not, should be able to earn their daily bread
and not be dependent upon the mere ca
price of number of rich men who might
constitute summer colony.
The railroad going through those towns.
although gladly welcomed by the majority
of its citizens, who i'll town meeting pledged
it financial assistance, has never asked any
favors except that it should be fairly treat
ed and that an unreasonable price should
not be asked for the rightS-Of-Way. The
establishment of the industries in the town
which is being contemplated will employ a
great many able bodied men and will
enable every person now living in the town
who desires to earn an honest livelihood.
The criticism which is made in relation to
the cut of Long Cove is clearly uni uSt and
must have been written by some person
who is disgruntled in some way ,ether from
the fact that he was unable to sell land at
all eXorbtant price, or that he has some
private grievance of which none Of US are
aware. 1t is clearly an attempt to raise
again the cry of sectionalism and division
OF the interests Of the town. We may as
sumo that it is done, as the man is not will
ing to disclose his name, from purely
eitish motives. Everybody knows that the
railroad commissioners and the county
commissioners in Maine, and | have always
assumed the railroad commissioners of
Maine and the county commissioners of
Waldo County were men who look after the
interests not merely of the State and county
but OF the separate towns.
Clearly the person who wrote this article
cannot have been informed on all the cir
cumstances. The railroad itself has care
fully avoided crossing any highway or
coming in conflict with any highway along
its whole line which would interfere with
the ordinary methods of travel. The sug-
gestion that was made by its officials that
they would abolish the hill at Long Cove
provided an appropriation was made suffic-
lent to enable the building of bridge that
would withstand the weight of the dirt was
certainly generous. The method which is
now adopted has been carefully gone into by
skilled engineers who are acquainted with
that line of work. 1t is within the knoWl-
edge of everybody living in Searsport that
there is not grade crossing on the whole
road from the SearspOrt line to Mack's
Point. Of what other railroad, in what
other town, can this be said?
The person who wrote this article appar-
the uprising of the people as one man. One
would think from the character of the per-
son. if seaman, that he had learned this
in the forecastle and is trying to put into
effect mutiny against the master. Would
it not be wiser, more gentlemanly, and in
Lne exercise OF Detter judgment, TO walt
until the construction is completed, and if
at that time the road was found to be I'M
safe, or was admitted by persons who knew
something about the matter to be unsafe,
to have the question discussed soberly?
| trust you will be willing to print this in
the ''Searsport Locals" and you see in this
matter that am willing to sign my name,
which will disclose the fact at least that
more than one generation of my people was
born in the town.
| remain, Yours very truly,
EUGENE P. CARVER.
Boston, Sept. IA, 1905.