. Leading business men of Kennebunkport, Kennebunk and Old Orchard beach, with an historical sketch of each place. OCEAN STREET FRONT. f Each year finds an incieasin.: number of peo-ple visiting Old Orchard Beach, and the hotelaccommodations of that famous resort, exten-sive as they are, are sometimes severely taxedin providing for all who apply. Located onehundred miles east of Boston and twelve mileswest of Portland, the beach is conveniently sit- uated as regards nearness to the business cen-ters, and the frequent trains over the Boston &Maine R. R. make it one of the accessible re-
. Leading business men of Kennebunkport, Kennebunk and Old Orchard beach, with an historical sketch of each place. OCEAN STREET FRONT. f Each year finds an incieasin.: number of peo-ple visiting Old Orchard Beach, and the hotelaccommodations of that famous resort, exten-sive as they are, are sometimes severely taxedin providing for all who apply. Located onehundred miles east of Boston and twelve mileswest of Portland, the beach is conveniently sit- uated as regards nearness to the business cen-ters, and the frequent trains over the Boston &Maine R. R. make it one of the accessible re-sorts on the New England coast. A beach ninemiles in length and six hundred feet in widthcannot be matched in the world, and that isjustwhat may be seen here, affording bathing facili. LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF OLD OBCHARD BEACH. 55 ties that are availed of by hundreds. A sea-slioreresort where little or no surf bathing is doneBuffers greatly from a picturesque point of viewwhen compared with one where this healthfulexercise is widely indulged in, and Old Orchardleads the van in this respect among New Eng-land watering p
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