Oxford Democrat., 1915-07-13
Perbaps Ne ,bouldn't have got them II

Perhaps We shouldn't have got them I
1t had been any other day than Sunday
but 1t would have made your moutl
water to see the heaping platter of brool
trout that was set In the middle OF th'
table for rs at supper.
Tourists who 60 into the Magaliowa!
region are there mainly for one Of twt
purposes; either to fish or hunt, or to se'
the dam. In this instance We were ther'
especially for the purpose Of seeing tn
dam. OF course people generally arr
more or less familiar with the main fact
regarding this dam, which was built sole
ly for the purpose of storing water. II
makes out of what was not . large
stream lake twelve miles long and o.
varying width, holding In storage half al
much water a. the whole system ol
Rangeley Lakes, on which 30 much haf
been spent. Az the water is needed to
run the industries along the course OF thu
Androscoggin River in it's drop OF two
thousand feet to the sea, It is released
from the dam. The rains and SHOWS Of
the past year have not been sufficient To
fill It within six feet of the top OF the
dam, and indeed, It has been filed but
once since It was completed.
Under the guidance Of Mr.. Cobb, az
engineer stationed at the dam, who wss
there when 1t was built and has been
there large part of the time since, we
inspected the dam inside and out, going
through the walk 10 the middle OF II
from one end to the other.
No one needs to be told that the dam
Ia magnificent structure, and lasting
monument to the men who planned and
carried ont the enterprise. The point
which specially impresses the laymau Ia
the fact that this big concrete dam Ia
forty-three miles from the nearest rail-
road station at Colebrook, and that all
the material of the dam, all the boilers
and engines, tools and implements, sup
plies aud everything else-how many
hundreds OF tons can not here be stated
had to be hauled by horses over that
road which 1t had taken us over two
hours of actual running time to cover In
an automobile.
Before starting for home we made a
call on Mrs. 8. s. Bennett and her fam
ily. Mrs. Bennett has been the Wilson's
Mills correspondent of both the Dem.
ocrat and the Advertiser for many years
and our readers can testify that she
has chronIcled the not numerous hap
penipgs of that community with faith
fulness rarely equaled.
Though there are still some bad spots
in it, as a whole the road from Enrol up
the Magalloway Is in very good shape
for route that goes simply to the "epd
OF the road" in the woods, and is still
being improved. Some time 1t may not
he the end of the road. A petition has
been presented. and hearing is ordered
to be held at Wilson's Mills on the 2Sth
of September, for road going east from
Wilson's Mills about eleven miles and .
half through the woods to point on
Mooselucmaguntic Lake nearly opposite
Haines Landing. This road will cost
considerable to build, but II built 1t will
make a portion of the shortest highway
route from the mountain region OF New
Hampshire to the Rangeleys, as we'll as
making a short cut for people In numer-
ous lines of business and pleasure.
From Errol We made our way to South
Paris and Norway by way of the Grafton
Notch road, getting dinner at the Alb
bott House in Upton, stopping to look at
Screw Anger Falls, and making q few
calls along the road, arriving home about
FIVE o'clock. In the four days OF our
outing we made about $50 miles Of road,
through the finest of the magnificent
scenery of western Maine and New
Hampshire, and spent considerable time
enjoying the lavish hospitality OF the
people of Lancaster and other places In
the north country.