Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-09-04
ELECTRIC ROAD PROJECT.

| a short distance below the old road.
ELECTRIC ROAD PROJECT.
Directors Of Mt. Desert Transit Co.
Issue Statement.
|. meeting OF the directors Of the Mt.
Desert Transit Co. was held at Bar Harbor
Friday. The directors issued the fellow
ing statement:
The Mount Desert Transit Co. was incor-
porated In the month Of January, 1907, under
the laws Of Maine, with power TO build and
operate an electric railway from Ellsworth to
Bhr Harbor, and with branches to Seal
Northeast and Southwest Harbor making
total Of about forty miles. The company's
object and intention was, in the FIRST instance,
to construct the line from Ellsworth to Bar
Harbor.
The parties who applied for and obtained
the act Of incorporation were induced to do 90
In consequence Of public notice given BY
certain parties taaat they intended to make
application at the next meeting Of the legis-
lature Of Maine for charter to build an cleo
trio road from Ellsworth to Bar Harbor. Be-
ing led to believe that the intentions OF the
parties were bona Jfde, that they were able to
command the necessary capital and fearing
that the road would be built to large extent,
II not entirely, along the public highways,
the incorporators OF this company applied
for, and obtained charter from the railroad
commissioners Of the State, Last January, and
subscribed for the amount Of stock required
under the general railroad law in order to ef-
feet their organization.
Believing as they did, and as they still do,
that sooner or later an electric road will be
built between Bar Harbor and Ellsworth, and
to other points ON Mount Desert island, they
desired to secure the franchise In advance Of
others and so construct the road that perma-
nent residents would acquire al the benefits
| such . road could confer and at the same time
do the least possible damage TO the least pos
sible number Of summer cottagers, or others
who would prefer not to have railroads Of
any kind on the island. And also 80 to con-
struct the road and its branches as not to
mar, but to preserve, as far as possible, the
beauty Of the landscape.
| Immediately after the organization Of the
/, company negotiations commenced for the ac-
| quisition Of property suitable for terminal
! facilities, and these have been acquired both
in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor and title taken
| thereto.
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