A Circular From The Land Office Descriptive Of The Public Lands Of Maine 1858 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from A Circular From the Land Office, Descriptive of the Public Lands of Maine, 1858 By the above mentioned routes, goods are now carried from Bangor to Pres ue Isle, one hundred and lift -hrs miles, at about thirty dollars per ton, and rom Bangor to Ashland, one undred and forty-five miles, by the Aroos took road, at thirty-five to forty dollars per ton. Such rates add so materially to the cost of supplies brought thither, that it is no wonder if a cheapo? Mode of communication be sought. This, the easterly ran 8 of townships enjoy for so much of the year as the river St. John is nav gable, which may average about five months. Frei ht is brought from the city of St. John to Tobique, within six miles of Fort It'airfield, at a rate varying from eight to eighteen dol hrs per ton; by steam to Frederickton. Ninety miles, at all times when the river is not closed by ice. And when the depth of water serves; also by steam. To Tobique, otherwise by tow boats, from Frederickton or Woodstock, up. From Tobique to Presque Isle is nineteen miles, and twent -four miles thence to Ashland, and here 1 was assured by the traders and lum r-men, that at the resent time, not one twentieth part of the goods sold at, or of the supplies tributed from, this point, were brought thither from Bangor, whereas. For merly, nearly the whole were. They now procure them via the St. John, and, including some forty miles or more of land carriage over a hard road, at a for freight usually of about one half the charge from Bangor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.