. Trolley trips through New England ... st beach along this coast, flat as a dancing floorand guarded by sand dunes. At KENNEBUNK the line to Sanford branches off. (Thisrun goes thro some real Maine backwoods, and leads to the twoisolated but wideawake settlements of SANFORD and SPRING-VALE.) The main line continues thro Kennebunks pretty street, withits arching elms, which v/ere planted on the day of the battleof Lexington. At the old TOWN HOUSE change for KEN-NEBUNKPORT, where one may canoe up river or in surf, or forCAPE PORPOISE Casino, on a rocky point, and cool even whenthe mercury of Br
. Trolley trips through New England ... st beach along this coast, flat as a dancing floorand guarded by sand dunes. At KENNEBUNK the line to Sanford branches off. (Thisrun goes thro some real Maine backwoods, and leads to the twoisolated but wideawake settlements of SANFORD and SPRING-VALE.) The main line continues thro Kennebunks pretty street, withits arching elms, which v/ere planted on the day of the battleof Lexington. At the old TOWN HOUSE change for KEN-NEBUNKPORT, where one may canoe up river or in surf, or forCAPE PORPOISE Casino, on a rocky point, and cool even whenthe mercury of Broadway registers 100 degrees. Here the day-tripper feasts on clams and lobsters, served to the queens taste. Now straight up thro York County we rush, by birch and pine,toward the mills of BIDDEFORD and SACO. Do not stop we may if we wish, drop off to the 16-mile bathing beachat OLD ORCHARD, where the surf rolls in neck high. Of thismore later. Meanwhile we strike north direct to Portland. 42 Trolley Trips Through New England. The Eastern PromenadePORTLAND, MAINE (HOTELS: Falmouth, Congress Square, Lafayette, Here in Monument Square, the towns center, we end our longjourney from Manhattan to Maine. Here is waiting station andinformation bureau where the visitor may easily find out any-thing about Maines fine electric system, and outside, by thiscorner, pass the cars that will take us where we may wish to go. A good city to do business in, and a delightful city to stayin is Portland .Maine. A city of delight it surely is to itsround million of visitors yearly. Seated on a peninsula jutting into Casco Bay, Portland ismost attractively situated. With a population of 60,000, itboasts an unrivaled steamer, trolley and train service. Naturally,it is one point of departure for the innumerable resorts ofthe Maine coast and interior. The city proper lies along a saddleback, and along the tworidges curve the pretty Western and Eastern Promenades. Thereare fine views from both,
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