The boats now running on this line are the Katahdin, the Penobscot, the Lewiston and the City of Bangor, and during the season daily trips are made. The Boston & Bangor Steamship Co., which came into possession of this line some years ago, also owns the steamer Rockland, which runs between Bangor and Rockland.

The fine public buildings seem to congregate on Hammond street, for in addition to those already named, are the new city hall and Columbia block. The former is an attractive and commodious building, well suited to the needs of the various city departments, and a building to which every citizen may point with pride, and through which every visitor should pass before leaving Bangor. It is owing to the energy and persistency of the present mayor, Hon. F. O. Beal, that the present attractive edifice is there, and then it was in the face of great opposition on the part of some who were opposed to the plan proposed for raising the money. The late Gen. Samuel F. Hersey left $100,000 to found a public library, and this money was to be put at interest, the income to be used for the purpose named. The city used this money to build its city hall, which is called the Hersey Memorial building, and the interest continues to go for the benefit of the library, which in turn is planning to build a home of its own on the corner of State street and Davenport square, next to the First Congregational church.

The Hampden academy was incorporated March 7, 1803, and has had a long and highly useful career which it still enjoys.

Bangor is well provided with hotels of a high order, and they are well patronized. They are the Bangor House, Penobscot Exchange, Windsor House, Bangor Exchange and St. James, with two large family hotels, The Jerrard and The Lowder. The Penobscot Exchange, or a portion of it, is the oldest hotel, having been built by Zadoc French in 1827, and was considered so much ahead of the times that it was called French’s Folly. It has been enlarged to three times its original size and capacity. The Bangor House was built in 1833—34 and was opened on Christmas day of the latter year.