Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-01
Jeff DAVIS IN MAINE.
prrrY YEARS AGO he VISITED
THIS SECTION.

nvryrSo ron THE GOVERNMENT =
VEN IT'LL LIVING WHO ABAEM
BEE HIs vIsrT.
r;,,v wears ago, In 1867, In the Last year
:, jefferson Davis term Of services - sec-
oa.arv Of war in President Piercc's admin
:s,ration. the Afterwards noted confsdsr-
.,e president spent two months In this SOC
.,or Of Msine, with hsadquartera ct Cher
ryfeld. cnerryneld Vas then township
nearly the sams siss - now, and the seat
~ an extensive ship building industry -
well as a large lumber business in : size
OF lumber now scarce.
The nearest railroad station wea Bangor,
which had only Just bssn opened - an
extension OF the railroad from Waterville.
rberrvfeld was the halfway station
between Calais and Bangor Of the old air
line stage route. Ths commonest means
81 communication with the outside world
from Cherrynsid then was By water By
steamer up tbs Narraguagus river from
Nilbridge.
II was in this way that JsflsEson Davis
and q parry Of snginssrs, equipped with
the best instruments Of The day, and with
. platoon Of U. o. eoldisss 70 guard their
property, cana 70 ChsGxyhsld IN ths lats
summcr Of 1851 to nnish IL bass line Of
o. 8. coast survey No. ., which ~ lOeatsd
partly in tbs town Of Chsrsynsld and part
" in Columbla.
For three pesessding ysars large forcs
OF men from ths surrounding country
and several engineer mon Warrington
and the South had bsen preparing the
base-line road through ths thsn heavily
wooded tract Of land, which h now blue
berry bArrens, practically denudsd Of
woods, aud OWNED By q. q. Freeman, ESQ.,,
senator Jasper Wyman, and several other
smaller owners. But tbs elimination Of
the three ysars' work was whsn Jefferson
Davis, the SECRETARY Of war, With his wis,
spent two months on the line Of work.
There are yet living many Of the older
residents OF this section who can rsmem-
Der Davis visit.
Last fall Rsv. Brown =. Smith and "A
B. Gupsill, Of CAsrsyAsld, and John E.
Stewart, Of wsss Bridgswstss, Mass., bat
formerly longtime resident Of Columbia
and Cherrynsld, took carriage ride over
the entire bass-lins road on the barrens, I
distance OF 6vs and ono half miles, study
lug the features ofshs road and rehsarsing
It's history with ssvsfal old inhabitants.
In making . government coast survey .
system Of triangulation u used from
permanent bass line, usually about six
miles long. 6ometimes . section Of the
country has to b ssarchsd ovsr long b.
fore such line Of land, and about that
length, can b found. Il was some time
before right linz Of land could b found
in this section for the work Of the coast
survey.
The late Jadgs Milnksn, Of Cherryneld,
did many days Of preliminary surveying
before he found tbs right piece Of land for
the bass linss spds ttsn vAs only able 10
get Ave and . nals miles Ia length. The
eastern end Of this line begins in blum
overlooking Addison and the ocean, ard
the western end also terminates IN blum
looking sway towards Beddington and
Deblois across the blueberry barrens.
These barrcns extend now in blusberry
iana pfacsicany nom Mscni.s 20 mary
neio' ana sn army o. S'oU plckels tent ON
them in blueberry season.
ms osse iine vas : roao maoe =. Per.
iee.'y smooth. tfue sr.oe' twenty-nve Iees
vice, ana tne paaoea wne5e y was niieo IN
raised up, o. cnt down arc plainly seen
after the my years OF non-uange. 30 DEL
icate were the Instruments Of measure
ment ueeo on In1o naoo line ROAD That lte