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and made smooth with gravel. The Bridge to be 25 feet broad and 120 feet long, and guarded on each side with staunch hand Rails four feet high. The particular plan may be seen at the Office of the Common Clerk, to whom all persons wishing to contract for the building of the above Bridge will send in their Proposals in Writing, (Sealed) on or before the 10th day of February next.
By order of the Common Council.
Charles I. Peters, C. C.
St. John, January 16th, 1802.
Not far from the north end of the old mill dam, nearly opposite the Mission Chapel, there was a brewery owned by Charles McPherson, and along the shore to the westward lived William Hilt, John Weir, ——— McMahon and Archibald McNeil. In addition to the dwellings of those already named, houses were built by Hazen, Simonds and White for the following tenants at various places, viz., Andrew Lloyd, Stephen Dow, Silas Parker, William Sprague, John Thomas, Samuel Coombes, Silas Sloot, Alexander McAlpine, and Messrs. Day, Salisbury, Armstrong, Hardcastle and Peters.
The chief highways at this time were the road leading to the Indian House and a road from Fort Howe, eastward to Lily Lake and the Marsh, with a branch leading to the city around the head of the mill pond. There was also an old road from Portland to the settlements on the Kennebeensis which crosses the head of Hunter's cove (now called Drury's Cove), by a wooden bridge of ancient fashion. The remains of the bridge were in existence some fifty or sixty years ago.
The road to Indiantown probably has today a greater traffic than any other highway in the maritime provinces, but in early times it was indeed a hard road to travel. It was a succession of rocky hills and hollows that became sloughs in wet weather, well nigh impassable. To the pioneers at Portland Point, the sight of Main street today, thoroughly paved from end to end, with electric cars and asphalt sidewalks, would