Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27
INDUSTRIALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY
CHANGE WOULD BE FOR THE
BETTER.
Beautiful Lake in Center of Town-Detaed Description OF
Changes Which the Building of Dams Would Make
in Topography of Cty-Pettion for Neces-
sary Changes in Roads Now Before
City Government
City Government.

OF the second, or lower dam, within two
years of the signing of contract.
There will be employed in the work of
construction from 300 to 300 men, and in
hiring men preference win be given to
home labor. The advantage of this plan
in distributing the work of construction
over two years viii at once be appreciated.
THE UPPER DAM.
The upper dam, to be built first, as al
ready stated, viii be at ttae site of the In
FAINT street bridge, where the river mar
rows to $50 feet. 1t will be 700 feet long
and sixty feet high at the highest point.
| II would raise the river thirty-four feet at
the dam, and flow out the whitcomb,
Haynes & Co. and the Treworgy dams.
Following the west line of fiowage, In
FAINT street would be flooded out for about
/ 75o feet, or in other words, the west bank
OF the river at this point would be just
beyond the house OF Frank Cottle, and
| within 400 feet of the old Bangor road.
Gong north along the river, the line
would gradually near the old Bangor
road until it reached and crossed il near
the Arthur Hamilton place.
Following the general line of Hamilton
or Durham brook, which would be swelled
into g part OF the lake itself, the water
would reach back on the present Bangor
road about 100 feet west of the Charles
Moore place, flooding out the Bangor road
from that point to the Bangor bridge, a
distance of about 1000 feet, except for a
short stretch on the road just above the
Bangor bridge, where the road rises over a
ledge. The group OF houses on this hill
would not be flooded out.
Following back along the line of the
railroad embankment, the water line
would sweep around the hill just mem
toned, and back almost to the present line
of the river, then above the railroad would
widen out abruptly back from the present
line of the river nearly 800 feet From
this point north to Brimmer's bridge,
where the river now in time of freshet
flows over q large tract of meadow land,
the new line OF fiowage would average
only from 300 to 500 feet west of the present
| line.
AT Brimmer's bridge the road west of
the bridge would be flowed for about 500
+, feet.
Above Brimmer's bridge the river would
be raised and widened proportionately,
but as from this point northward it is
largely meadow and wild land, the flow
age damage would be comparatively
slight. 1t would be necessary to raise
Jordan's bridge, between the towns of
Wsltham and Mariaville, about six feet.
On the east side of Brimmer's bridge,
the road would be flowed for only about
l50 feet. From this point southwark the
west line of fiowsge would take very
irregular course, following the lines of
the several brooks and coves which stretch
to and across the Waltham road. From a
line just south of the shRckford house to
a point 800 feet below the south line OF
the Howard whitcomb property, about
1900 feet Of the Waltham road would be
flowed.
AT this point all the land between the
Waitham road and the present river, in
Guiding the steammill property at the
head of the falls, and the road leading to
il, back as far as the Charles Smith house,
would be under water.
From the Smith house to the railroad
ENHANCEMENT, the river would be but
slightly widened on the east side. Be-
iow the railroad and TO the proposed new
dam at Infant street, the river would be
widened an average of 800 TO 400 feet on
flowed from the Edward Finn house to
Infant street.
LOWER DAM.
The proposed lower dam would be built
right on the site of the present lower
dam. This dam would be 700 feet long, 60
feet high, and would furnish about 1880
horse power. A power house would be
built on the west side Of the river, ON the
site OF the present Boston Reduction
works
The building OF this dam will form the
lower lake before described. On the west
sAdS INC hoWasS VIII Uc sAlShtf owing ~
the sharp rise of the river bank, until the
mill OF the Ellsworth Lumber Co. is
reached. This mill and the dam will be
flowed out, together with the mill build
ings. AT the Doyle bridge the road west of
the river viii be flowed for about 400 feet
from the present line, or up to the Fer
maid house. Above the Doyle bridge the
river viii be widened but slightly on the
west, up to the present electric light works
| and dam, above which point and up to the
upper dam, the river will be unchanged.
On the east side OF the river from the
lower dam, the water win reach up on
Second street as far as Royal street, fow-