Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-02
TO DEVELOP 1900 ACRE TRACT
INCLUDING CHAIN SMALL PONDS
Near CITY AS LOG CABIN COLONY

comprising about 1900 acres, on the
Augusta Belgrade road, about seven
miles from Augusta. The tract Is
said to include 16 small ponds.
Mf. Coburn, who is a wooden mill
promoter. has recently returned from
Los Angeles, where he was engaged
In real estate business and was con-
nected with syndicate which de-
veloped a tract of land of 700 acres,
nine miles from Los Angeles, which
was named Coburn Park. He has
also had experience in real estate
business in Connecticut and New
Jersey before coming to Sangerville
AT the suggestion of Roy d. Eads,
of Oakland, who is representative OF
the c. S. Fellows real estate concern
In Waterville and who knew Mr..
Coburn in Piscataquis county, Mr..
Coburn, on his return from the West,
looked owed the land proposition on
the Belgrade road, became interested
and decided to promote it as a Gen.
tral Maine development. Mr.. Coourn
says that this work will be carried
on by the Recreation Land Com
pany," which is owned entirely by
Maine people, of which Mr.. Cobur,,
is president and general manager;
his son, Lemuel J. Coburn. Jr., is
secretary and treasurer, and Maurice
Giedhil. a wooden manufacturer of
Skowhegan, Is a member of the
board of directors.
1t will be of interest to the peo-
| pie in this section of Maine to know
that Mr.. Coburn and Mrs. Coburn
who, during the session of Legisla-
gusta House. will make their home
here. AS manager of the wooden
mills in Sangerville, Mr.. Coburn was
interested in the water power law
and many other legislative questions
He was a member of the executive
committee of the Maine Public
Health association before going te
California, and was active in re
organizing the old Anti tuberculosis
association. He was also one of the
organizers and directors of the State
Chamber of Commerce and Agricul-
tural League, and was chairman oil
the county commission in Piscataquis
county. He was the builder of the
WOODEN mills at Lincoln.
In speaking of the conditions in the
West, Mr.. Coburn says that during
the last one and one-half years, there
have been more and more people out
of work, and many of them are try
ing to procure money enough to
bring them East. To quote him, 81
saw the bottom drop out of real es-
tale business in southern California
In all developments, the opportunities
in the east for people with or with
out money. are better than in the
west. There is more talk about
Maine in the west than ever before
On returning east, from Washington
to Maine. 1 heard continually that
Maine was coming to the front"
Lemuel j. Coburn, Jr., who with
his wife, is also coming to Maine to
live, has been through all the de-
partments of WOODEN mills, is a grad
uate of the Philadelphia Textile
school and while in California had a
great deal of experience in real es-
tate.
Mr.. Coburn says that the work on
the new development. on which the
engineers are to begin very soon, will
be divided into two units, the first
section of 500 acres in the southern
part, nea, est Augusta, to be opened
Immediately. There will be free
camping established right away with
later country club with an 1S-hole
golf course adjoining the property
The buildings on the land will be
mostly log cabins, with much larger
lots than usual in shore property
The land is six hour run from Bos-
ton, by automobile, and $50 miles
nearer the Hub than Bar Harbor.
A contest to which only Maine peo-
pie will be eligible, will be conduct
ed in which the person who sug-
gests, the best name for the new
opening will receive $3.50 in gold.