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126 Peirce, J. B-2.
133 Peirce, J., & Co. A-3.
135 Peirce, J., & Co. (Ship- Yard). A-3.
389 Pendleton, W. E-6.
316 Perkins, Jos. E-6.
375 Perry, A. G-6.
159 Phillips, Theodore N. C-3. 280 Walton, S. F-4.
162 Phoenix House, C-4.
21 Phoenix Row. C-4.
190 Pitcher, Wm. D-6; F-3.
189 Pitcher's, Wm., Store. D-6.
156 Poor, J. C-3.
322 Poor, Wm. O. F-5. 2 Post-Office. D-4. 370 Pottle, Wm. G-6.
367 Putnam, Danl. G-6.
324 Quimby, P. P. F-4. 205 Quimby, Robt. D-5. 209 Quimby, Wm. E-4.
193 Redman, J. B. D-5. 187 Refreshment Saloon. C-6. 246 Rolston, J. D-3. 48 Rust, Wm. C-4.
64 Sargent, Mrs. C-5.
217 School. E-4; F-4. 218 School House Square. E-4. 343 Shchan, P. F-5. 116 Shepards, J. C-3. 50 Shop. C-5; E-3; D-6. 170 Sibley, R. B-5; F-6. 188 .Simpson, J. C-6; D-6. 366 Simpson, Josiah. G-6.
134 Smith Shop and Steam Mill. A-3.
82 Spring, Mrs. C-5. 200 Stanley R. D-5. 201 Staples, S. D-5. 381 Stephenson, E. B. E-6. 197 Stevenson, C. A. D 5. 298 Stevenson, J. D-5; F-4.
128 Stevenson, T. A-2. 167 Stewart, J. N. 1)-3. 293 Stoddard, W. R. E-5. 9 Stone, W. D-4. 386 Summer, J. G. E-6. SO Snell, Mrs. C-5.
261 Sweet, E. E-2. 38 Sweetser, Wm. C-5.
71 Sylvester, Mrs. C-5. 333 Sylvester, D. G-3.
346 Tapley, Thos. G-5. 148 Taylor, G. G. B-3. 334 Thombs, Chas. R. G-3. 300 Thompson, Chas. D-5. 285 Thorndike, T. E-4.
271 Thurlow, S. G. F-3.
239 Toothaker, Mrs. E-3.
342 Toothaker, J. F-1. 78 Torrey, Mrs. C-5. 268 Town, T. F-3. 288 Treadwell, C. E-5.
210 Treadwell & Mansfield, Carriage and Smith Shop. D-4.
216 Unitarian Church. E-4.
282 Universalist Parsonage. E-4. 222 Universalist Church, E-4.
327 Wadlin, John. F-4. 325 Wales, Geo. F-4.
249 Warnock Ross. D-3.
355 Warren, N. P. G-5. 215 Washburn, H. G. O. D-4.
287 Webster, J. W. E-5.
147 Wells, N. B-3. 191 Wells, S. D-5.
117 Wells, W. C-3.
351 Wetherbee, L. B. G-5.
186 Wharf, Allyn's. B-4. 184 Wharf, Brown's. B-4.
176 Wharf, Commercial. D-7.
178 Wharf, Durham's. C-6.
181 Wharf, Frederick's. B-5.
185 Wharf, Gilson's. B-4.
139 Wharf, Holt's. A-4.
183 Wharf, Kimball's. B-5; 1-4,
179 Wharf, Lane's. C-6.
182 Wharf, Sibley's. B-5. 177 Wharf, Steamboat. C-6.
180 Wharf, Edmund Wilson. B-6.
61 Whitaker, B. C-5.
399 White & Conner's Ship- Yard. G-8.
398 White & Conner's Steam and Saw Mills. G-S.
112 White, las. D-3.
12 White, J. B. D-4.
10 Sleeper, Geo. R. D-4; F-5. 103 White, J. P. D-4; E-4; 208 Sleeper, S. D-4; E-3. G-6. 125 Small, A. B-2. 56 Smith, Il. C-5. 65 Smith Shop. C-5.
354 White, J. W. F-5. 199 White, M. P. D-5. 353 White, Robt. G-5. 247 White, W. B. D-3. 234 Wiggin, N. D-3.
290 Wight, Geo. E-5.
315 Wight's, Jos. Smith Shops, D-6.
214 Wilder, Mrs. E-3. 1 Williamson, J. D-4. 364 Williamson, Jos. F-6. 174 Wilson, E. C-5: E-1. 332 Winslow, Wm. F-3. 385 Woods, W. M. E-6.
163 Wood, 1. C-1.
141 Woodcock, M. P. A-2.
390 Wooster, Amos, F-7. 365 Wording, C. H. F-6. 240 Wording, E. E-3. 313 Worthen, J. 1)-6.
The names are given as they appear on the original map.
303 Nelson, L. D-6. 92 New England House. D-4. 229 Sweeny, D. 1)-4. 58 Nickerson, S. C-5. 323 Nickerson, S. C. F-4.
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north side of Spring Street; thence northwesterly across Beaver Street and over the land of Humphrey Nicholas Lancaster and Samuel A. and Asa Abbott Howes, to a point in the southerly line of Main Street sixty-six feet south-westerly from the iron bolt begun at."
So much of High Street as lies " easterly of a line commencing at the iron bolt before-named as in the southerly line of Main Street, and eighteen feet westerly from the building occupied by David Lancaster as a store; thence southeasterly at a right angle with the said south side of Main Street, three hundred and six and one third feet, to a block of granite in the fence at the northerly side of the central entrance to James Y. Mc- Clintock's dwelling house," was discontinued. Damages of
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eleven hundred and twenty-five dollars were allowed to Hum- phrey Nicholas Lancaster, and three hundred and twenty-five dollars to Samuel A. and Asa Abbott Howes. A sheriff's jury afterwards increased the Lancaster allowance to two thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars, and upon an appeal taken by the Messrs. Howes, forty-four hundred dollars was awarded.
These changes are shown upon the accompanying plan; the dotted line following the old bounds, while the black lines are those now established. The wooden stores next to the Windsor Hotel, then the New England House, were moved back in 1879.
The sum of fifteen hundred dollars as betterments was assessed upon the Masonic Temple lot, on account of increased value by reason of the foregoing changes. Upon appeal to the Supreme Court, it was reduced to one thousand dollars. In excavating for the foundation of the Masonic Temple the old Nesmith spring of water, surrounded by a well-preserved barrel embedded in clay, was discovered at about twelve feet below the surface, show-
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ing that the street level had been much raised since the spring was used.
Control of the lot at the junction of High, Bridge, and Church streets was given to Dr. Lewis Warrington Pendleton, in 1877, by the City Council, subject to revocation. The following year, Dr. Pendleton graded the lot, and set out four trees, of which three now remain. The city has no title to the premises.
Holt Street was accepted June 4, 1894, without name, as fol- lows: "Beginning on the easterly side of Bridge Street, near the southwesterly corner of land of Daniel C. Toothaker, at an iron bolt; thence north seventy-eight degrees east one hundred and ninety and seven tenths feet, to an iron bolt standing twenty-two and seven tenths feet westerly of George Holt's house and in line with the southerly side thereof; said street to be fifty feet wide and to lie on the southerly side of the above line. Damages of one dollar allowed, respectively, to estate of Robert Franklin Peirce, estate of William Holt, and William H. McIntosh." The street was officially named July 2, 1894.
John Street. January 4, 1875. "Ordered, that the street known as Peirce Street, leading from High Street past the house of John Stanwood Caldwell, on Waldo Avenue, be and hereby is named John Street."
Main Street. February 7, 1876. The southerly line of Main Street was accepted as follows: "Beginning at the northeast corner of Frederick Austin Knowlton's store; thence south eighty-three and one fourth degrees west, on a line with the front of the said Knowlton's store, fifty feet; thence south sixty-eight degrees west forty-six and one half feet, to Samuel Augustus Blodgett's line, five feet from the northeast corner of said Blod- gett's blacksmith shop; thence south fifty degrees west eleven rods, to bolt in the ground on land of Mary E. Hatch, said bolt being in a line with the front of the stores belonging to Enoch Crowell Hilton, Reuben Sibley, and the heirs of Robert Potc. Awarded to Mary E. Hatch, one hundred and twenty-five dollars ; to Milton F. Carter, one hundred dollars; to William Augustus Swift, one hundred dollars; and to Mary M. Hall, one hundred and fifty dollars, as damages for land taken."
Mayo Street was accepted without name August 6, 1888, as follows: "Beginning on the easterly side of Northport Avenue, at a stake in the northerly line of Captain Harrison Mahoney's
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land; thence, by line of said Mahoney's land, south eighty-five de- grees, two hundred and sixty-four feet, to stake at said Mahoney's northeast corner; thence south eighty-four degrees, thirty-eight minutes east, ten hundred and thirty-five feet, nearly to a stake at high-water mark; said street to be forty one and twenty-five hundredths feet wide, and to be on the northerly side of above described line." No damages for the land taken were allowed. The street was officially named June 4, 1894.
Northport Avenue. August 2, 1875. "Ordered, that a sum not exceeding thirty dollars be expended upon the land leading from Northport Avenue, between lots No. 44 and 45, to the shore." In 1885, a petition for widening Northport Avenue was made to the City Council and renewed five years later, supported by a private subscription. The plan contemplated rows of shade trees.
Pacific Avenue is designated in Colton's "Atlas of Maine," 1885, as running westerly from Waldo Avenue, on land of the late Hiram Emery Peirce. It was never laid out or accepted by the city.
Park Street. In 1875, a street was accepted without name as follows : "Commencing at the corner of Park and Union Streets, nearest to the house occupied by Thomas J. Farrow, running thence north fifty-two and one half degrees east thirteen rods, to its intersection with Bay View Street; said new way to lie on the southwestwardly side of said line, and to be three rods wide." No land damages were claimed or allowed. It is a continuation of Park Street.
Pine Street. October 12, 1885. The Street Commissioner was directed to remove the fence recently erected across Pine Street on the easterly side of Church Street.
River Avenue, laid out in 1874, was accepted without name July 5, 1875, as follows : " Commencing at a point on Peirce Street, ten feet eastwardly from the house of Mrs. Miller on said street; thence north thirteen and one fourth degrees west twenty-five rods and five links, to the stone wall between the lands of Eben Peirce and Benjamin Franklin Field; said street to lie to the east- ward of said line, and to be three rods wide." September 20, 1875, it was voted that it be named River Avenue.
Salmond Street was widened November 8, 1875, northwardly two rods, making said street four rods wide. The northwardly bound of said additional two rods in width being as follows:
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"Beginning at a stake in the easterly line of Congress Street, four rods northwardly of the south bound of said street; thence east five degrees south thirty-seven rods, to Cedar Street; thence across Cedar Street, continuing the same course fifty-five and one fourth rods, to Northport Avenue." No damages were allowed.
March 3, 1879. Salmond Street was accepted as a three rod street as follows: "By adding one rod in width to the northerly line of said street as originally located, along the entire length thereof, between Northport Avenue and Congress Street."
Union Street. An extension of Union Street from Allyn Street to Condon Street, was accepted May 26, 1890, as follows: “Be- ginning at an iron bolt in or near the northerly line of Condon Street at a point one hundred and thirty-two feet easterly of the easterly line of Northport Avenue (said one hundred and thirty- two feet being measured at a right angle with said easterly line of Northport Avenue); thence northerly, parallel with said Northport Avenue, four hundred and seventy-seven feet, nearly, over land of Durham and Hall (known as the Allyn Field), to the northerly line of said lot; thence, same course, about twenty feet, to the southerly line of Allyn Street, and opposite the pres- ent terminus of Union Street. Said street to be forty-nine and one half feet wide, and to lie on the easterly side of the above- described line."
Wight Street, without a name, was accepted July 6, 1891, as follows: "Beginning on Northport Avenue at the southerly line of land of David Whitten Dyer, on lot number forty-three of the first division of lots, twenty rods southerly of the northerly line of said lot number forty-three; thence westerly parallel with said northerly line of lot number forty-three, to Congress Street; the line described to be the northerly line of said way, and said way to be three rods wide, and southerly of said line." The street was named Wight Street August 3, 1891.
November 6, 1899, a street without name was accepted as follows: "Beginning on the westerly side of Congress Street at the northeasterly corner of land occupied by Elisha Knowlton, and the southeasterly corner of land of Addie Maria Stimpson and Elizabeth Aleria Stimpson; thence running westerly on the southerly line of land of said Addie Maria and Elizabeth Aleria Stimpson, five hundred and eighty-four feet, to the northwesterly
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corner of land occupied by A. K. Wood, the line described to be the southerly line of said way, and said town way to be one rod wide."
Citypoint. December 4, 1882, a street from near the store of S. Otis & Co. to near the Depot was accepted as follows: "Begin- ning at a cedar post ten links north of the northeast corner of the store of Samuel Otis & Co .; thence in a southeastwardly direction thirteen rods to a birch stake in the ground one rod north of the northwest corner of the Depot building; thence in a northwardly direction, on the line of the railroad company's land, three rods to a birch stake in the ground; thence in a northwestwardly direc- tion fourteen rods to an iron bolt in the ground one rod from the front of the store of Albert Gammans and three rods from the place of beginning."
February 6, 1899, a town way was accepted as follows: "Be- ginning at an iron bolt and stones about one rod north of the northeast corner of the dwelling house of Israel Adams Gardner; thence running northerly through land of said Gardner to the easterly line of the Paul Road, so called, at the northerly line of said Gardner's lot, fifty rods; the line described to be the east- erly line of said town way, and said town way to be three rods wide."
February 7, 1881, it was ordered: "That all that portion of the three spans of the bridge over Passagassawakeag stream at Poor's Mills, commonly called the Poor's Mills Bridge, which lies easterly of a line twenty feet easterly of the westerly side of said bridge as now built, be and hereby is discontinued, and the width of each of said spans of said bridge is hereby established at twenty feet."
August 3, 1885, a report of a committee on the petition of W. H. Banks et al. for a discontinuance of a portion of the road lead- ing from Poor's Mills Road, so called, to the Luther Pitcher Road, so called, recommending that the prayer of the petitioners be granted, was accepted, and the road discontinued in accord- ance with the report of the committee.
October 4, 1894, it was ordered: "That the road leading from Waldo Avenue, near the school-house, to High Street, near the residence of Albert Boyd Otis, be discontinued." (McMullin's Lane.)
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NORTHPORT AVENUE AND VICINITY, IN THE EARLY PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
The map of Northport Avenue and vicinity, facing this page, showing it as it was in the carly part of the last century, was begun about 1902, by the late Charles Read, at the request of the late Judge Williamson, for this volume. Mr. Read did not finish it before his death in 1903; but his sons, George Tilden and Willis H., into whose possession it came, have, with the help of Hiram Pitcher Farrow, Civil Engineer, completed it in 1912. On pages 634-35 of Volume I may be found some interesting data relative to the original road.
In this connection the following letter will be of interest: -
BOSTON, MASS., April 9, 1913.
MR. ALFRED JOHNSON.
DEAR SIR: In reply to your questions I send you the following: My father, James Patterson White, moved into his new house at the junc- tion of Church and High Streets, late in 1840. At that time there were no structures on the east side of the Northport Road south of this house excepting "the pound," which was at the corner of the lane leading to the subsequent White & Conner shipyard. This enclosure was situated upon the Allyn lot, was forty feet square, and of large boulder stones, some eight feet high, and along its top were laid flat, longitudinal halves of old ship-masts of the largest size, the whole forming favorite roosts for village boys. From "the pound " to an elm tree opposite the Read house going south, it was a measured mile, hence the name "mile tree " (still extant, 1913). This road was used as a trotting-course, and for timing the speed of horses. The fields between the Northport Road and the bay were given to growing grass for hay and for pasturage. There were few trees on these shore lots, but in one of them, the present Johnson lot, not far from the shore, there was a deep ravine, in which were pools which held water all through the summer. Here, largely owing to the presence of this fresh water, was a favorite camping- ground for families of Penobscot Indians, who came down from Oldtown in their birch canoes, erected canvas tents and made highly colored baskets of ash strips. The women, including the famous "Molly Molasses," who lived to be over a hundred years old, wore long calico jumpers, and men's tall silk hats. The men hunted seals and porpoises, and fished. There they spent several weeks cach summer. At that time the waters of the bay often swarmed with tinkers and menhaden, and both shad and salmon were abundant in their seasons. The houses on the western side of the Northport Road, running south from the ruins of the old Academy, burnt in 1842, were, as I recall them, occupied by the fol- lowing: Salmond, Robert White (original lot No. 41), Coombs, Whalen, Eells, Read, Murphy, and at the corner of the road leading to Little
River Bridge, the Dodge house. The eastern portions of all these lots were devoted to hay, pasturage, and the growth of vegetables; the western portions to wood lots.
The house which my grandfather, Robert White, built in 1801, on his lot No. 41, was Colonial in style. It had a porch with columns in front, a long ell in the rear, a dairy, a great barn, and sheds for sheep and swine. Large colonies of cliff-swallows built their mud nests under the eaves of the barn and upon the roof timbers within.
After my grandfather's death, this house was occupied by his son, Bloomfield White, who later removed it to another lot, where it was rebuilt, and erected a new house upon the same site. The latter is the house in which his daughter, Caroline White, now lives.
When my father's house, the James Patterson White house, was first occupied, no buildings intervened between it and the water, and the whole expanse of Belfast Bay was open to view from its lower windows.
Yours sincerely,
JAMES CLARKE WHITE.
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Hinds, Father of Daniel
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WILLIS H. READ
GEO. T. READ
CHARLES READ
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CHAPTER XXVI
BRIDGES
Principal Bridges in 1875 - East, or Lower, Bridge - Repaired at Great Ex- pense in 1885 - Project of an Iron Bridge at Foot of Main Street - Loca- tion approved by United States Government - Eight Bridges destroyed or damaged in 1896 - Lower Bridge entirely rebuilt - Cost and Description - Free Ferry - Upper Bridge - Other Bridges.
TN 1875, the principal bridges in the City of Belfast were the East, or Lower Bridge, Upper Bridge, Citypoint Bridge, Head of the Tide Bridge, Goose River Bridge, and Little River Bridge.
East, or Lower, Bridge. In 1881, about two thousand dollars was expended in repairing this bridge and in erecting a new pier. The City Council ordered an inquiry into the cost of a new bridge from near Lewis's Wharf to the Rag Wharf, so called, on the East Side of the river. In 1885, extensive repairs were made, costing between three and four thousand dollars; about half of the roadway being covered with cedar and gravel. Travel was suspended for two months, and foot passengers were carried across by a ferry.
In 1895, the project of building an iron bridge across the har- bor from the foot of Main Street to near Durham's Wharf on the East Side, a distance of thirteen hundred and fifty feet in- cluding abutments, was agitated. In August, it was submitted to a popular vote for the instruction of the City Government, with the result of six hundred and eighty-three votes in favor to seventy-five opposed. The evening before voting a mass meeting was held, at which the dangerous condition of the old bridge, and the prospects of an electric railroad if a new one took its place, were discussed. Plans and specifications having been prepared proposals for the new structure were advertised for. A report of the committee to whom the matter was delegated, recommend- ing an acceptance of the offer of $69,300 made by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, was rejected by the City Council. A remonstrance by citizens opposed to the project was then made to the United States Government, upon the ground that the location would injure the harbor. After a hearing at Portland,
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attended by several citizens, the Secretary of War approved the western terminus, but ordered that the eastern one be farther up the harbor. A proposition to divert the proceeds of railroad stock to build the structure being threatened by legal proceed- ings, the plan came to an end for the want of funds.
The draw in the Lower Bridge was rebuilt and other repairs made in 1899.
An account of the freshet of March 1, 1896, which carried away or damaged eight bridges on the Belfast or Passagassawa- keag River, including the Lower Bridge is given in another chap- ter. Until the Citypoint Bridge was replaced, a fortnight later, travellers to and from the East Side were compelled to go by the way of the Head of the Tide, and over a month elapsed before the former means of communication were restored. Meanwhile, a ferry for foot passengers was maintained.
In 1900, the defective condition of the Lower Bridge rendered thorough and immediate action necessary to provide a safe and suitable highway across the harbor. A change of location to the foot of Main Street was urged, but after careful consideration by the City Government, it was determined to build an entirely new structure, upon the site of the old one. Proposals having been advertised for, upon specifications made by Hon. Parker Spofford, C.E., a contract was completed in May with Harry A. Babbidge, of Islesboro, for $6775. Work was soon commenced, and on the 12th of September, 1900, the present structure was opened to the public. Its length is twelve hundred and ten feet, and the surface is a foot higher than that of the old one. It is floored with double planking. In behalf of the City, Cap- tain James Henry Perkins superintended the work, and while it was in progress provided accommodations for foot passengers. During a portion of the summer, Samuel Batson Holt ran a free ferry from his landing to the East Side of the river.
Upper Bridge. In 1876, Hollis Smart received one hundred and forty dollars as draw tender, an occupation which is now sub- stantially gone. During 1895, the bridge was almost entirely re- built, at an expense of $972.50. Bancroft Huzzy Conant and San- ford Hills Mathews were the contractors. It was destroyed by the freshet of March, 1896, but was rebuilt. Three years later, the western approach was graded and widened.
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