Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-08
Popular Resort Now Ready
For Coming Season
Several Cottages Already Open
Others Soon viii Be
People Who Are There and What
They Are Doing

capitol Island, Me-, June I.-(Spe-
ciaD.-Capitol Island is just as beau
tiful and just as picturesque as ever
coming season, which will be on in
earnest in about two weeks. The island
is now the scene of considerable ac-
tivity and quite a number of the cot
tages are open, some of them under
going repairs, while at others are some
of the members of the island colony
who like to enjoy a few weeks of
| quiet at the seashore before the rush
and festivities of the summer season
begin. Several of the cottages have
already been let for a portion or the
whole of the season, bookings are COM
! ing in we'll at the Richardson House.
and everything indicates that the pop
| ulation of the island during the
months of July and August will be a
! big one.
The honor of unlocking the front
door of the island, so to speak, this
| spring, belongs to Major Charles B.
Day of Richmond, who owns a hand
| some cottage at the north end of the
island. Major Day, who has Capitol
/ tits to the extent that he can hardly
keep away from the island even in
the winter months, went down this
year before the snow was off, and at
time when none of the steamers
were running to the island, so that he
had to go by the way of Wiscasset
and after taking the steamer Winter
Harbor to Boothbay bride the captain
to set him over to Capitol On arriv-
ing a. the island he found his front
piazza buried under a snowdrift and
snow in the woods everywhere. but
that made no difference and he and
Mrs. Day, who is a close second to
him in admiration of Capitol have
been going down nearly every Sun
day since that time. They are here
today and have as their guests Mr.
and Mrs. II. L. Duren of Washington
state.
The first place on the island to open
for the season was the Richardson
House. which is now owned by Capt.
! ). Fl. Thompson of SomerviIle, Mass.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson came down
April -, and are now getting ready for
the summer rush. Mr., Thompson has
done a lot of work in the way of
changing the arrangement of the in
/ terror of the house and some of the
regulars who have been going there
/ for a number Of years viii be sur
prised when they arrive Heretofore
1 the stairWays leading TO the second
and third floors. with their twists and
! turns, not to mention their darkness,
| have been something of a problem to
/ guests of the house. and many have
been temporarily lost on the way TO
| their rooms until they learned the
combination. but these are a thing OF
/ the past and have been superseded by
/ two direct and well-lighted flights
/ leading TO the upper floors. The
change has also resulted in the addi-
/ tioa of a roomy hallway, all of which
/ will be appreciated
Among the cottages which are open
are the Danforth cottage, at which are
/ Mrs. Eugene Danforth and her sister,
/ Mrs. Libby, both of Gardiner; Sans
/ Seuci cottage, Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Ham
1 ilton of Gardiner, Adams cottage,
| Mrs. Reuel Adams of Weeks Mills;
| Crafts cottage, Miss Emma Crafts;
I Robinson cottage. the Misses Brenda
/ White, Pearl and Mildred Costell and
! Ortha Anderson of Richmond; Bar
ker cottage, Mrs. Anna Barker of Gar
| diner; Small cottage. DR.. and Mrs.
/ Small and Mr.. and Mrs. Thurlow of
Richmond, Field cottage, DIR, II. e.
| Field and Miss Margaret Soule of
Augusta; Cleudman cottage. Mrs, Lucy
Mansell of Gardiner; Cove voltage.
Fred Leavitt and family of Gardiner
! At the Richardson House, Mr.. and
| Mrs. S. H. Thompson of Somerville,
! Mass, the Misses Mildred and Minnie
| Hudgins of Dorchester and Miss Ma
rion Gray Of Somerville. Up in the
Wade building over the postoffice are
| Capt Bert Knight of Richmond and
Eugene Merryfield of Bath.
| The taxable property on the island
has been increased this spring by the
building of three new cottages, one of
| which, thta of Charles Hewitt of Rich
mond, was commenced last fall This
| is a very pretty cottage, next to the
| Theobald cottage, a short distance
southeast of the Wade building, and
will be, completed within few days.
| 1t contains seven rooms and Il bath
and will make a comfortable seaside
| home. MIR. Hewitts father, Capt.
| Charles Hewitt of Richmond, is also
| building a cottage of the same siZe
| on the main path south of the wade
building and expects to have it COM
pleted the first of July. Another new
cottage is that of Fred Colby of Ce-
| dar Grove, which has just been COM
pleted This is located on the west
| side of the island near the Sans Souei
cottage and on the south arm Of the
| cove. 1t is seven-room building and
one of the prettiest on that part of
| the island, Other work now in pro-
gress is the building of a new piazza
| at the Small cottage on the east
| shore,
I The principal sport of the cary
| corners at the island is catching bake
| from the steamboat landing, ana
after supper fishing parties" are all
the rage. Barrels of the fish have been
! taken from the wharf, and also many
codfish-something that has hitherto
been unheard Of The. party Saturday
evening was a large one and many
| bake were taken, Those fishing We're:
| DIR. Field, Miss Margaret Soule, Mr..
and Mrs. II. E. Duren and the Misses