Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-09-20

twenty-five moro outside. thus nakir,
one OF the best Of the smaller industri.s
= the help 10 al Of high arade. IN
Ellsworth WOODEN Co.. ovnsd h. q 2
Dews, employs six hands. The cerriar
INDUSTRY here ID large one. e. e. Row,
!" large manufactures Of hieh cl.a
carriages Of all kinds, while the buck
boards made by h. e. Davis are sent Al
over the country.
INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITIES,
was an interesting group Of busines,
men that the writer recently met in thi,
charming little city, and among them were
Mayor Charles H. Leland, who is also
county register Of deeds; L. H. Cushmen.
superintendent Of the Bar Harbor & Union
River Power Co., H. B. Estey, president Of
the Ellsworth Merchents' association.
Roy c. Haines, secretary OF the same a..
ISOLATION and one Of the brightest hust-
iers OF the town, and Harry e. Rove. q
prominent business man.
Each and all were enthusiastic over the
future Of the city and anxious for the de-
velopment Of its resources. From these
gentlemen the Journal learned Of many
other opportunities for investm ent in that
section besides those already named. It il
natural potato section,. and the tubers
can be grown here O. well as in any mart
Of the State. One great need pointed out
10 potato house, where the tubers can be
stored until taken to market. The old
way OF putting them into the house cellar
u too cumbersome and should be dis
carded. Here ID an opportunity for some
bright business man with . small capital
to start thriving business.
Sweet corn can be grown around Els
worth in large quantities. No Less than
800 acres were pledged the past spring for
an enterprise OF this kind. Up to this
time but little has bsen done in this line
but the future will see this one Of The lead
ing agricultural industries. VITA four
Largo and houfishing oranges in the town
whose members are ready and willing to
do all in their power, there 10 NO reason to
doubt the agricultural possibilities OF
Ellsworth in the future.
One OF the principal wants of the BUSH
ness men in this city il an electric road
from here to Bayside, few miles distant.
Already there il . charter for such Q road,
but as yet nothing has been done about
the matter. This road should run to Bar
Harbor by the way of Bayside. This
would give an opportunity for the boats
from Stonington to connect with Ellis
worth. 1t is but three miles to Bayside,
and within radius OF twenty-fi five miles
there is large population that would be
served by such road. In fact, it would
include BROOKLYN, Sargentville and Deer
Isle with all their intermediate points and
population. Southwest Harbor lies some,
twenty-one miles away, and connection
could be made by bridge or steam.
Such system would open up vast
country for summer tourists. Union
River bay is but an arm OF Bluehill bay,
one of the most beautiful sheets Of water
in Maine, and best adapted for summer
resorts. An electric road would undoubt-
eddy bring hundreds Of cottagers to
these rocky shores and add immensely to
the prosperity of the county.
Turning to the north from Ellsworth
we have Green lake, Branch pond,
Patterns pond and Beech Hill pond, all
within few miles and all affording
splendid fishing for the sportsmsn. The
nights are extremely cool and entirely
free from mosquitoes, which is no small
attraction to the summer guest. A. .
section for winter camps it il also fine, -
this is natural game country, and here
rare sport can be had during the open
season.
ELECTRIC Road WANTED.
Speaking OF the proposed electric rail-
road, the charter Of which Is now held by
capitalists, it would be positive benefit
to the Maine Central railroad by the in
creased traffic it would bring into the
county. As the charter is now held it is
simply gag to an enterprise, and some
way should ct once be found to force these
capitalists to build the road or disgorge
the charter. No man or set Of men should
be permitted to hold up an enterprise OF
this nature which would so largely in
crease land values. Every ar-seeing and
progressive citizen Is anxious to see this
development, and is more than willing to
see the men who hold the charter make Q
handsome profit on their enterprise,
Another promising field Of enterprise In
and around Ellsworth ia aome kind OF
factory that could utilize hard WOOD.
There is an immense quantity OF such
timber here, and with s,0oohorse power
going to waste over these falls, it would
seem that here 10 q great opportunity,
Still another venture would be cannery
for fish. This is one Of the finest deep
sea fishing grounds on the coast, and sucn
factory would pay from the start
Around Bartlett's island and the west size
Of Mt. Desert herring are very abundant,
and there are plenty of places to plant
weirs.
Speaking OF the agricultural possiD'hties
Of Ellsworth, it is only necessary to point
to the success of E. W. Wooster, VINO nap
noless than eight acres OF land entirely de-
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