10 NORTH-SHORE BREEZE 
tune, and others of the ‘‘smart set’’ resort. If Old 
Orchard duplicates Atlantic City, Bar Harbor duplicates 
Newport’s hysterical set. 
But a description of the Maine coast would not be 
eomplete without a word extolling its metropolis. Port- 
land, founded in 1632—battered in the Revolution by the 
British fleet—the home of many notables in American 
history—noted for some of the oddest and quaintest set- 
ting in the new world—of literary fame and blue blood— 
of Bramhall Hill boulevard, of beautiful parks, of ele- 
gant old mansions, of views at seaand inland tothe White 
Mountains, eighty miles away—of unparalleled harbor, 
of bay famed for centuries in Europe and America and 
archipelago of rare natural grandeur. Portland is the 
center. of seashore recreation with every imaginable 
pleasure and luxury added. It is the center of three 
ereat railroad systems and the port of luxurious coast- 
wise steamers. It is a city rapidly growing in promi- 
nenee and wealth, from which are radiating numberless 
projects and influences for the enhancement of Maine 
values; a city of which Maine people may well be proud. 
Men of millions have their eyes on land as the most 
staple security, and especially on seacoast territory so 
rapidly increasing in value as our interior population 
makes its constantly growing demands upon it. And 
these men of millions are buying in princely fashion of 
eilt-edged sea and sun-kissed lands along the Atlantic. 
Tn some cases men are buying square miles of territory 
icluding farms, villages, stores and even churches in 
much the same fashion as the lords of the land abroad. 
Even those familiar with the movement*along the sea- 
shore are amazed at. the steady and: rapid increase in 
waterfront values. And Maine is practically the only 
state bordering the Atlantic where there is still room 
euough for the great landed estates and hunting pre- 
serves demanded today by the multi-millionaires. of 
America. When landscape gardeners, tree experts, 
architects, builders and engineering skill gets to work 
in earnest on that grand stretch of coast the world val 
stand and marvel at the result. 
Editor’s Note-——This is the last in the series of arti- 
cles on the ‘‘ Atlantic Seashore Development’’ from the 
pen of the Rev. Louis H. Rugé. Every one who knows 
Mr. Rugé knows that he is an enthusiast on the Atlan- 
tic seashore. He is familiar with it and has made a 
study of the situation he describes which has been veri- 
fied by residents in places described. As he said in an 
early article on the development of the ‘‘North Shore’’ 
here, it is a detail of the comprehensive movement 
everywhere of unnumbered millions spent in seashore 
development in the last thirty years. The movement 
hy millionaires to make their country estates their real 
heme with a house in the city perhaps, after the manner 
of the English gentleman, is a movement well under 
wav with indications that the European landed estates 
will be eventually eclipsed by Americans. 
We suggest to those that keep files of the Breeze that 
they give the articles a second reading to get a com- 
prehensive idea of their significance. They are well 
worth reading again for ‘their choice phraseology and 
descriptive beauty aside from a study of seashore land 
investment. Mr. Rugé will be glad to answer any in- 
quiries if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped 
envelope. 
The yacht ‘‘Hope’’ belonging to H. M. Sears of 
Pride’s Crossing has gone out of commision for the 
season. 
M.J. MEAGHER 
Annisquam 
Bass Rocks 
East Gloucester 
Eastern Point 
Magnolia 
Pigeon Cove 
Rockport 
West Gloucester 
REAL ESTATE. - 
A Matchless: Service 
is offered through Mr. Meagher; :} 
due from his fifteen years’ per- |}. 
sonal. inspection, and. thorough: 
knowledge of individual proper- 
ties and locations. . . 
M. J. MEAGHER © 
11 Pleasant St.,. Gloucester, Mass.’ 
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