The Republican journal., 1910-12-08
Dr.. G. C. Kilgore of Belfast spoke as a resi-.

out summer visitors. He believed that the
change in the road was matter of advantage
to the town and to travel Mr.. Cobe was de-.
serving and liberal citizen, large liberal
hearted. whole-souled man and benefit to
Northport; and said that his work in the inter.
est OF the Waldo County Hospital in the past
year had permitted them to have the privilege
of doing more than 81 900 of free work. He
is great benefit to Belfast, to Northport and
to Waldo County.
E. K. Pierce of Belfast, many years a resi-
dent of the west, thought the matter Ma
tlonal question and one deserving Of a great
deal of deliberation. Mr.. Cobe represents the
Chicago class of wealthy men; men who are
foremost in great city in wealth and philan-
throphy, and man whose standing in Chicago
is in the very front ranks. People are giving
more time to recreation and summer places
and this section is one of the prettiest. New
port Bar Harbor and other places have sum-
mer colonies from Philadelphia, New York and
other points, but it remains to Northport to
secure the Chicago colony, and this is their op-
portunity. Mr.. Cobe is the man who under
great philanthropic interests of Chicago, and it
lays with him to secure others to make Chi
cago colony in Northport.
John Bragg of Islesboro, appeared for the
petitioners and made statement of what had
been done in 1slesboro. He said that you had
to use the summer visitor about right if YOU
wanted to get him to locate in your vicinity,
Were it not for the summer colony in Islesboro,
that town would be the poorest town in
Maine today. We have always found that we
must first make the conditions agreeable for
the cottager before he will build, but in this
case the conditions have been changed He
has built and you have been invited to make
the conditions agreeable that he may stay.
Charles 0. Dickey of Northport said that he
had talked with the people on the South Shore
and found that as rule they were in favor of
the change, except few who did not under
stand the matter.
Rev. G. G. Winslow of Belfast spoke in be-
half OF the petition. He said that he had seen
the grounds change from colony Of tents to
the present home of many wealthy cottage
owners and he felt that some inducement in
little things should be offered them for further
improvements and with the improvements and
the additional taxable property others would
come and the town and county would be bene-
fitted.
Roscoe Hurd, first selectmani of the town
spoke in opposition to the petition on the
ground that it was against the interests of the
town. He said that he had told Mr.. Cobe at
the time he talked with him, that he saw no
since then he had looked it over and had
decided that it was a damage to the town to
make the proposed change.
Col. Algenon S. Bangs of Augusta appeared
as the leader of the opposition and as cot
tage owner at Temple Heights. He presented
a petition signed by himself and eighteen
others asking that the road be Strengthened in
its present location by the Cobe cottage and
the grade lowered some four feet, and with
the eighteen others offered to pay all the ex-
pense of lowering He did not believe that
the proposed change was for the good of the
public and those who travel over it He con-
sidered the granting of such petition nothing
but class legislation and asked that his petition
just presented be allowed. He thought the
change was being made for one man, and rep
resenting the citizens of Northport he was
strenuously opposed to it.
Hon. R. F. Dunton, attorney for Nv. Cobe
said that the petition just presented was sign
ed by very limited number of the taxpayers
of Northport and was an effort on the part of
few to destroy the property of Mr.. Cobe 1t
was blind. short-sighted policy on the part of
few to destroy the property of man who
would do much to improve conditions and place
good buildings in place of the barren land
At the close of the hearing the county COM
missioners gave their decision which was ad-
verse to the petition in behalf of Mr. Cobe.