The independent-reporter., 1910-07-14
FARMERS ALL ABOUT
H|NCKLEY REJOICE
New Bridge Brings them
New Opportunities
Canaan Already Plans for Electric
Road.

Farmers around Hinckley within q
radius of ten miles have, within the
last few months, been most abund
antly blessed and the future looks
bright to them because of this bless
ing
In this radius are some of the best
farms that can be found in the
county. They are very fertile. For
raising hay they are remarkable, for
stock raising they cannot be sur
passed and for crops of any kind
the soil is excellent. But until re-
Gently the farmers in this section
have been hampered great deal.
The distance In marketing their pro-
ducts has been from ten to twelve
miles unless they went to Hinckley,
which was a very much shorter dis
tance, but the old relic,-the ferry
boat, was worse than distance and
for that reason the farmers were
more or less discouraged. But light
began to shine for them when a new
steel bridge was begun across the
Kennebec river at this point and now
the prettiest steel bridge that can be
found on the river gives the farmer
wonderful opportunities. To show
how the farmers appreciate this long
felt want, it is we'll to state that in
one day 6S loaded teams crossed the
bridge one way and for several days
there have been known to be so or
more teams cross from the Clinton
SIDE
The farmers round about have be-
gun to make extensive plans for a
greater acreage OF crops. In the
town of Clinton just across the river
is some of the best farming country
that can be found. This is true IL
reference to hay growing. 1t is also
very good section for potato rails
ing, Clinton village is situated at
the eastern edge of the town and the
farmers in the western section are
Canaan village Is situated eight miles
from Skowhegan village, formerly
the only convenient marketing place
Up to now the farmers not only in
Clinton and Canaan but also in Burn
ham have not had good marketing
facilities. Hinckley is just as near
IL hnf 1rifhn11f hrid doa
crossing the river, products could not
be transported conveniently. Some of
the best sections of the towns about
Hinckley are now able to show their
worth.
Probably new stores will be built
al Hinckley in the near future, also
storehouses and a potato house, and.
too, there will have to be more rail.
road tracks.
Canaan has already begun plans
for an electric line to run from
Hinckley to Canaan village which
without doubt will be built ere long.
There is distance of only about five
b-llco llldI lH6 llu6 WOu1d nave W Dc
built and the lay OF the land is ex-
celent for this line. The bridge has
been built with the fact in view that
the car line will some time cross It.
Canaan has six water powers or
more One on. the outlet stream of
Morrill, Pond that can be converted
ito a reservoir with "a ten foot head,
on Sebattas Stream, the outlet of
Slbley's Pond, is another power with
seven foot head. the pond being
one by two miles and receives con-
tributions from Morrill, Pond; on Sc
battas Stream at Canaan village is
another power with an eighteen foot
head, also another with an eight foot
head; at Moore's Mills, mile be-
low Canaan, is power with six foot
head. The power on Sebattas Stream
Is only partly improved. 1t will fur
nsh one hundred horsepower the
year round Black Stream and Bog
Stream are both very constant In