The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-08-16
along the Seaport Railroad.
Penobscot Park a Popular Resort, ES-
tensive Developments at Cape Jellison
Stockton Springs and its Board of Trade.

Stockton Springs and its Board OF Trade
| IN these summer days it is an ENJOY
able trip to visit Penobscot Park. the
new resort near the bay terminals OF.
the Seaport Division of the Bangor X
! Aroostook Railroad leaving the
train at kidders Point it Is but stroll
! Of live minutes along the shore TO the
pavilion OF the Penobscot Park Com
pany. Penobscot Park is some II acres
/ in extent and midway between klGder' 5
Point and Mack's Point and directly
/ opposite Sears Island with which Il is
Joined by bar that is ont OF water
several hours out of each day. the
/ pavilion is handsome and cOmmOdlUuS
structure IS by - feet III size and two
stories high, VIII 4 spacious vaTanda
around the four sides, where fine
/ view of the water can be obtained. in
addition to the main pavilion there is a
/ dance pavilion about 80 by 80 and also
il the vicinity a merry go-round that
will accommodate 40 persons. The
/ spacious grounds around the pavilion
/ Lave been laid out for baseball, foot
/ ball, golf. tennis and other games.
/ At loW tide it is an interesting stroll
/ to cross the bar and visit Sears Island
which is of large extent comprising IN
the vicinity of one thousand acres,
much of it covered by woods. This big
island is owned by a syndicate of men
prominent III the Bangor Il Aroostook
Railroad Company and III the not dis
tant future it may be the scene of ex-
. tensive summer resort developments.
The Penobscot Park Company is
otficered as follows: President, c. J.
Of
taIy and Treasurer, Thomas t. Glynn
Searsport; Directors, c. J. GiltilIau b.
c. Yerxa and c. D. Getchell. Peno bscot
Park was opened about July 4ch and in
the brief weeks that have since inter
vened large business has developed
and there have been many visitors.
For fifty cents Manager IerXa will
serve a superior shore dinner and all
who visit there are sure to be pleased.
Manager 1erXa is prepared to supply
dinners for large parties and Penob scot
Park promises to be favorite resort
for excursion parties throughout the
season.
From Penobscot Park an excellent
view is obtained across the water of the
Searsport station of the Bangor Il
Aroostook Railroad and also the man.
moth coal pockets at Mack's Point
where vessels of large size are at all
times to be seen dlscharging black
diamonds for use by the Bangor &
Aroostook Railroad and the big mills
throughout northern Maine. At Kid
der's Point dock the Bangor Il ARGOS
took Railroad have established large
and commodiouS waiting rooms and ex-
cellent opportunity Is offered to inspect
the big steamship docks reaching 500
feet into the bay and $50 feet in width.
Near the head Of the dock a big power
house is now in process of erection for
lighting the yards and termina of the
Bangor 4 Aroo6took Railroad. This
building is of brick IS by 40 and with a
brick chimney 95 feet high. W. n.
Sawyer of Bangor is the contractor and
as soon as mpleted the work of in
stalling the electrical equipment will
be commenced. The engines and boilers
will have capacity of $50 horse power
and the building will be of sufficient
capacity that the plant can be readily
doubled or trebled whenever there is
any necessity for the same. At Kid
der's Point Dock Mr.. George M.
Houghton of the Bangor & Aroostook
has commodious offices and he is untir-
ing in his efforts to explain to visitors
the points of interest when they visit
there.
I At Cape Jellison big developments
are in progress and visit there dlsclos-
es much of interest. The mammoth
iron steamer J. L. Luckenback has
been at the dock this month discharg-
ing cargo of sulphur and large fleet
OF schooners are buslly engaged taking
on cargoes of Aroostook lumber. The
bulkhead that reaches 400 feet along
the shore is to be extended $50 feet
making total length of 1850 feet and
this will hereafter be known as Pier
Number One The big pier which
reaches out into the water 1900 feel,
1000 of it being 200 feet wide, is hence
forth to be called Pier Number Two
and the new pier now building and in
tended for the shipping of potatoes is
to be Pier Number Three. This new
pier is in process of construction by
Contractor Spellman, and is now out
about $50 feet. The pier is to be ex-
tended this summer SO that it will have
a total length of 100 feet and so feet
wide, there being slip OF 125 feet be-
tween the big pier and the potato pier.
At the head of the potato pier Carter
& Corey, the big ArooStook potato
shippers, are now building mammoth
StorehouSe 600 by 125 feet. j. &. Chad
wick, the Houlton architect and builder,
is the contractor and work is progress
ing expeditiously on the big structure.
1t has "a feet posts and is to have low
pitch roof, there being in all 200 bins II
10y % feet in size and of a capacity of
1900 barrels of potatoes each, the total
capacity of the structure being 240, 600
barrels of tubers. 1t is expected that
this big potato storehouse will be fol-
! lowed by the erection of Others, plans
having been made for potato store
houses extending in length 1900 feet
Tracks are to run on either side of the
storehouse and every modern con-
venience will be supplied to facilitate
the handling of the potatoes. Plans
have already been formed for the build
ing of two more piers here. For the
lighting of the big piers at Cape Jelli-
son AZ arc lights are to be employed,
power coming from the big power
plant at Kidder's Point. Eventually
the cars will be moved on the big piers
by electricity so that the heavy steam
locomotives will not have to travel on
the piers. The St. John Lumber Com
pany have erected an Office and board
ing house for their men, and the Ash
land Company have built an Office,
while Mr.. Cassidy of Bangor has put
up big boarding house, and there is