Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-03-09
eastern Gimes.
BATH, MARCH 8, 1854.
z. and P. Railroad.

ideo, anu IL mas De6n HlduO tiiO OOIOA hiuOl
severe but merited reproof, for the very faults
we charged upon the road some months ago.
The following is one of the latest jokes we
have seen =
GA gentleman came into public house on
the line of the road, and inquired at what time
the train would be in from Portland. He was
informed that there would probably be no train
through that day from Portland. WHY not q
asked the gentleman. Because said his in
formant, at the time for the train to start, it
looked likely to Storm"
MIR. H. P. Toothaker, of Richmond, has
Perpetrated joke of more serious nature.
He says in the Portland Transcript, 81 have
had five car loads of ship timber loaded over
three weeks, bound to this place, and three
in Bath two weeks, and some seven cars be-
tween Portland and Kennebunk, as near as
can find out. have paid out over SIS in
hunting it up and trying TO get it over the
road, and have had the promise many times
that it should be done; and now | want to ask
one question, and it is, ichether the X and p.
r. r. is considered in Portland, as common
carrier
But the most curious development of rail-
road antics we have seen is the triangular
course of the Bath Mirror on railroad
ing. The desire of the editor to keep on good
terms with the road for the sake of securing
a few crumbs of patronage and free ticket,
and at the same time keep up to public senti-
ment, has thrown him head over heels, small
as he is, several times in the last month At
the time of our first animadversion upon the
mismanagement of the road, he set up bark
at us, suppOsing himself to be the bulldog of
the company, when he was but the cur We
quieted him as we generally do ours, with a
cuff. But lately he has found that public
opinion sustained us in our course, and left
him out in the cold. So he took the back
track, copying into his paper the severe and
just article of the Gospel Banner, and throw
ing out sundry little filings in his paper, Che
is an adept in Hale things,) at the road
the road wanted to know what he meant by
publishing the Banner article-he, fed by their
printing and patronage, turning against them.
This was a predcament. But the Mirror
man promised to retract, and make amends
for fighting with his bread and butter, by
knocking off the points of the Banner article
and barking again at the Times Thus the
matter was settled, and the article on the ssK
and P. R. R." in his last weekly, commence
ing, awe have noticed with regret" consul
tuted the retraction and the barking.
The severe criticism of the press upon the
mismanagement of this road, has already had
a good effect. We see it in the addition of
new engines and greater exertions TO satisfy
the public. Another notice of the TAXING off
of mail train, will probably not be issued at
present.
In all we have said against the management
of the road, we have said nothing against the
worthy superintendent. In our opinion, he is
not at fault, and never has been. Mr.. HYDE
has done all in his power-worked early and
late-but he never had the proper requisites
for running the road, or not until recently.
We understand he represented to the directors
last fall that more motive power and cars
were wanted for the winter business. But
economy, ECONOMY, was the word at head
quarters; and as Mr.. Hyde has always had
his hands tied, he was obliged to submit. He
has never been paid half price for supern-
fbo ha hac IL, boJ
the full superintendent in his hands. And
the present unenviable position of the road
may be laid to the charge, not of the superin-
tendent but the power behind him.
We perceive in the Tri-weekly &c com
munication signed by ga Stakeholder" max
ing complaint Of the Bath Times and Gospel
Banner, for railing at the x. and P. r. r.
That correspondent says cup to jan L, our
trains made as good trips or better time than
any road in New England" We have only
TO say TO that, that for the week previous to
Jan, 1st, bit t,co trips were made on the road
from Portland to Augusta But in the fall,
the complaint was not in relation to passenger
trains. 1t was because of the impossibility of
obtaining freight. All the extra power on
the road was required for hauling wood and
other purposes of the road But GA Stock
holder" gets at the true cause of the trouble
very easy. He says sit must be borne in
mind that we are not receirang dny diridends
for stock" That is it. The rigid economists
who manage this road are after the dividends
a little too soon; and in their great haste, for
get entirely that "haste makes waste,'' and
that dollar bye and bye is worth more than
dime now. They have nearly ruined the road
by their penny-wise and pound-foolish policy.
Now let this company thoroughly furnish
and finish the road-they will not have too
much furniture when the Somerset road is
opened-pay their superintendent proper
salary, and let him run the road clear of sslead-
ing strings" and they will finally get out of
their present disagreeable standing and condi-
ton, prepared to do all the public expect of
them.
Miss Lucy Stone.
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