The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-09


Rs,lroaas in Mane-Povtlamd and Montreal Raii~sy'-
Raiirey 10 WeterriHe and Bangor-Medium Gusse
cfb feet inches.
The railroad was this day opened from Portland TO
the Andrcscoggn river at Lewiston Falls, Ss,l miles
The Portland and Montreal railway known thaAtlan.
tic st Lawrence r. in the charters Of Maine New
Hampshire and Vermont and Is the st. Lawrence and
Atlantic r. r. In the charter of Canada this day
orened to Danvile, 2sl miles from Portland. At Dan
VILE road embrs inches, going east, now finished TO
Lewiston Falls, distance Ct miles, from whence &
being rapidly extended to Watervie in the direc
for Bargor, under q charter called the Androssoggn
and Kennebec R.R The directors and officers of the
two Companies the city government of Portland, sod
about 200 other invited guests, took seats In the
this and passed the two roads In
hour and 50 minutes, or at the rate Of over 20
miles to the hour, though the road entirely new
and the passenger cars had never been any
than IL miles Of it before. The time employed in
turning less than hour and a half nd, in the
of few days. the road will be in proper adjust
ment, and the run in one hour, or even less
time. The two roads are both being pushed rapidly
from the points of embran chment-one in the direc
ton Of Montreal the other in the direction of Bangor
The Montreal road is In process OF construction to
Paris 20 miles the junction. the Bangor road to
Wateryle, 81 miles from the junction. Stages in
cton with these roads in all directions that
| passengers can now reach Bangor in one day from
Portland ard rice rersa em Bangor coming this way
| a distance Of $50 miles
Maine has within three or four years, started with
extraordinary vigor in the work OF building railways
Within that time, Is companies have bee n chartered
whore yregate capital is Sl2 600 with autho
| rity to construct $50 miles Of road.
In Maine there are 20 chartered railway companies
whose aggregate authorized capital is 425 O0O and
who arr authorized to build e54 miles of road About
10 miles Of this distance in operation and 25S
miles more are in progrers-a large portion Of which
will be in operation the coming year.
The roads to Nontrs al and to Bangor built upon
the gusge Of feet inches on the medium
guage,n and the impression is gain ng ground that this
gusge will come into general use iu New Enga nd 1t
gives one third more to engine than the
row gusge allows wider and better is infinitely
stesdier in riding and permits much greater speed
with equal safety.
The Portland and Montreal railway will soon be
completed, because the two companies working to-
ward each other, at each end Thirty miles in Cana
da are already run upon, and will be opened for pas.
sepger travel the present month far as St Hya-
cin,ne. The belief is that the Parliament of Canada
at its coming session, will guaranty dividend of
per cent all the stock OF the road. If So the mo-
ney to complete 1t will soon be Forthcoming. At any
rate Canada at end, and Maine at the other will
put it through.
When once in operation in connection with the st.
Lawrence canal flour will be brought from Chicago to
Portland for sixty cents barrel So say the ablest
merchants Of and have said of the best
| informed merchants of New York.