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On the streams that we crossed, there are several fine mill sites, 

 commanding good water power, which will become valuable when- 

 ever the adjoining lands are settled. 



In conclusion, I will say, I am fully convinced that if the State 

 should encourage the settlement of these lands by constructing, or 

 aiding liberally in the construction of a road that would render them 

 easy of access, and afford a way of transport for their produce to 

 some of our commercial towns, she would soon reap a rich reward 

 from their bountiful contributions to her agricultural wealth. As 

 soon as a road shall have been constructed, scores of our enterprisino- 

 young men will there make for themselves comfortable and happy 

 homes, instead of seeking their fortunes in the distant west. When 

 our State does her duty to her young men, they will not be unmind- 

 ful of their obligations to her. Respectfully Yours, 



Seward Dill. 

 To S. L. GooDALE, Esq. 



P. S. While coming down the Kennebago Stream, our guide 

 informed us that we were passing at the south-west, a tract of land 

 of about three thousand acres, covered almost entirely with sugar 

 maple growth. I would further add, as a fact worthy of considera- 

 tion, when speaking of settling these lands, that the southern ter- 

 minus of the road proposed to be opened, is within forty miles of a 

 railroad station, (at Farmington,) which is more than can be said of 

 any other such tract of land in the State of Maine. S. D. 



