The New York herald., 1922-06-11
automobile Tours
Mapped Ont Along
the Maine Coast
Motorists Arriving for Vaca-
tion-Cottages on Islands
Open for Season.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw YonK HnALD.
PORTLAND, Me-, June 10.-A notice.
ably large number of automobile tourists
is daily arriving from various sections
south and west. many carrying trailers
with their summer camping and vaca-
ton equipment. These arrivals are plan
ming to spend the vacation period al the
Cape Shore, Casco Bay Islands or Fall
mouth Foresde resorts. Harpswel! and
Orrs Island are connected by bridges
and for this reason are favorite vaca-
ton center OF automobilists.
The many delightful automobile tours
from Portland and nearby resorts appeal
to the summer residents and tourists
and the Maine Publicity Bureau has
mapped out several desirable runs OF
unusual panoramic scenic beauty. Port,
land to Rockland. thence to Bangor on to
Bar Harbor to Calais and ST. Sterhens,
N. B., is one of the most popular of
these. Another of equal beauty is from
Bar Harbor to Bangor and thence to the
Moosehead Lake and the Rangeley re-
gion to Bethel. Rumford. the White
Mountain section and back through the
Fryeburg and the Sebago Lake region to
Portland.
Many inquiries requesting information
for deep sea fishing grounds and for the
names of mariners conducting sailing
and fishing parties have reached the
Publicity Bureau. The Cape Shore,
Casco Bay Islands and Falmouth Fore
fxyinO
the season rarely opens much before
the middle OF June, these vacation
centers have been very active during the
past two weeks.
Mrs. Robert E. Peary. wife Of the
late explorer and her daughter. Mrs.
Edward Stafford, and her two children,
open their Eagle Island summer home,
the coming week. Robert z. Peary,
Jr. who is a freshman at Bowdoin
College, will join them after the coll
lege closes. The Peary family usually
arrive early in the season and remain
until very late. Their summer estate
at Eagle Island is one of the show
places Of Casco Bay and commands an
unobstructed view of the city, noun
tains, ocean and Casco Bay Islands.
The island and several others In Casco
Bay are owned by the Peary family.
The explorer willed Eagle Island to his
son. Robert, requesting that he keep
II to be handed down from father 10
son.
tate at Hope Island will not be occu-
pied this season. 1t was expected that
friends of the family would take up
their residence there this season. The
idea has been abandoned and the
beautiful place will remain unoccupied.
The Elkins home is one OF the most
pretentious in Casco Bay. 1t has been
said that the entire island Is for sale
at low price.
Professor and Mrs. L. NJ. Po>sano OF
Brookline. Mass, are at their summer
home at Windemere, Chebeague Island
Professor Passano Is of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology faculty.
Or. William III. Howell and family OF
Baltimore arrived this week for their an
nual sojourn at their summer place at
Chebeague Island. DR.. Howell Is dean
OF Johns Hopkins.
The Merryconeag Hotel, at South
Harpswel, opens June Is with large
registration list Five new cottages are
In process Of construction at Harpswell,
AID several have already been completed
and will open for occupancy the middle
OF the month. Cottage building has been
active at Cundy's Harbor this season.
The large notelS ana podiulhs Ho~S'o
down the bay open the coming week, and
all report a most satisfactory early sea-
son patronage.
Mrs. Robert p. Morse and family or
Washington, d. c., arrive next week for
their annual three months vacation stay
at Sagawatha Lodge, their fine summer
estate at Deer Point Mr.. Morse Is
chief engineer Of the Maryland Health
Bureau and Of the District OF Column
bit Sanitation Bureau. He is one Of the
country's prominent consulting engineers.
His father. the late Prof Harmon N.
Morse of Johns Hopkins, was pioneer
Chebeague Island summer resident.
Mr.. Antoine Dorticos and family OF
East Orange, ". j.. are among the early
cottage arrivals at Windemere.
7 Mr.. George Shaw Sabin and family
OF Springfield, Mass. are at their Cape
Shore summer home f5r their usual stay