Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-01-16
THE POWER DAM.
,ouN r. GRAHAM TELLS OF
BUILDING PLANS.
&c CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN
EARLY SPRING WORKING FUND
FOR BOARD OF TRADE.

- hall last evening, when John II.
c..bam. of Bangor, president OF the Bar
,,s,hor 4 Union River Power Co., ad-
dressed the board OF trade and citizens of
r-,Isworth in regard to the proposed de-
-slonment OF power on Union river.
NJ Graham was introduced by c. L.
,,arang president of the board OF trade,
..,ho presided at the meeting. MIR. Gra-
-, who is more man OF action than of
.rords. told in a straightforward, bust
,.s,like way OF the plans for building the
dam. He said ne was first interested in
40 plan for power development here
.rI l.. Halman. He said in part: ''We
h,noht the property ON the river here for
the purpose of development. 1t is our
nrrnose now 10 develop $500 horsepower
srst ON plans which will allow its increase
as needed to 5000 horsepower as needed.
will give a bond Of any reasonable
amount to any responsible manufacturer
that we will be ready with power when
needed.
.The power here has many advantages
over those in other places. By the devel-
.opment OF storage plans, we can, II neces-
.arv. hold all the water that comes down
the river.
sin regard to industries, think we
should take steps to bring them here.
The first thing is to have money which
will give the board OF trade a working
fund which will be needed to bring men
here. show them what we have, and induce
them to locate here.
"The first thing to work upon is the de-
yelopment Of natural products. / believe
there is plenty OF excellent hardwood on
this river to create a large industry. lam
already in communication with q man
who is now in the West, who is coming
here to investigate this matter.
"There is mill here for sale, and / am
now talking with parties in Bangor with
the view OF inducing them to take hold of
that mill. l believe this will be accom-
plished.
.shoe factories and other industries OF
similar nature are harder proposition on
secount Of lab or and freight rates.
"The air here is full of electric railroad
talk. It looks to me as il there would be
railroad from here to Bar Harbor soon.
| have had considerable experience in
electric road building and operation in
Maine, and believe they will be a success
here. They will create business. We will
be ready to furnish power for any railroad.
Even il they could build a road in three
months We would guarantee to have power
for them.
81 think there is going to be a big boom
all over the State of Maine. We are going
to keep our young men here"
In answer TO questions later in the even
ing, Mr.. Graham said they proposed to be-
gin work on the dam as early in the spring
as weather will permit. The power devel-
opment is to be first-class in every par
tcular. 1--WE want If possible to sell
every horse power we can produce here,
but il we cannot sell it here we will sell it
elsewhere. 1t Is for the board of trade of
Ellsworth to work to bring industries
here"
Mr. Graham suggested subscription
for working fund for the board of trade,
and headed the list by a subscription of
500.
l. l.. Halman, who ran down from Bos-
ton to attend the meeting, returning on
the night train, was called upon. He
urged the people to give every help
possible to Mr.. Graham, who, he said, ''has
the largest financial backing of any man
IN New England" He said the electric
road to Bar Harbor was sure thing, and
also expressed confidence that the cross
county road would be built. He urged
the necessity for the people of Ellsworth to
encourage the building of electric roads,
and so encourage financiers who would
come here to look the field over.
The chairman called upon several in the
audience to address the meeting. A. W.
King said he was pleased to have the
assurance Of Mr.. Graham that the devel-
opment OF the power here would soon
begin. The board of trade should CO.
operate with him. He moved that a sub
scription paper be circulated at the meet
ing to provide working fund for the
board OF trade, and a committee OF five
appointed by the chair to solicit subscrip-
lions for the same fund after the meeting.
chief Justice l.. A. Emery said: "My
hopes have been raised SO often to be
dashed so low, that am almost afraid to
oelleve our hopes are at last to be realized,
out the earnestness of Mr.. Graham and
the confidence of MIR. Halman lead me to
nope that all these things are to be. A
most encouraging thing about it is that
TINS company asks no subsidy; they ask
no contribution from the people OF Ellis
worth, but merely ask US to exploit the
advantages of Ellsworth.
There is one thing further we can do
10 make Ellsworth more attractive to
business men and to residents, and that is
70 provide good schools, good streets and
good city government, at the very lowest
possible rate of taxation"
b. L. Sowle said the citizens of Els
worth ought to take hold and do things,
aha urged concentration of energy
through the reorganization of the board