The Portland daily press., 1865-05-22
Letter from the State Capital.
AUGUSTA, Nav 20. Is

Letter from the State Capital.
AUGUSTA, May 20, 1865.
To the Editor of the Press:
Col. Robert R Coison, Maine State Military
Agent at Philadelphia for the past three years,
has resigned his position on account OF having
entered into business arrangements which VIII
occupy his whole time. Col Corson has Deen
conscientiously faithful officer, ana the gen
eral regret felt at his withdrawal from that
sphere of action. will only be mitigated by the
TACT that from the close Of the war There could
be little further need of his or any ones else
services in that capacity.
Col. Worcester, our State Agent at Wash
ington, has procured the transfer to this
Site of the Maine men in hospital at Point
Lookout, Maryland, a very unhealthy location,
more especially during the warmer months.
There wero forty six Of our men there. 1t is
probable that the discharges under late orders,
will be so many that all sick and wounded
men belonging to this State viii soon be trans
ferred. here,
The Perkins Institution and Massachusetts
Asylum for the Blind at South Boston. has in
creased its priceto $250,O0 per annum, and
recommends that hereafter parents shall bear a
portion of the expenses-say $1,000 q year.
/ sOfders have been issued by the War De-
partment for the immediate muster out and
discharge Of all troops in the Army OF the Po-
tomae and General Sherman's army whose
term Of service expires by tho first day Of Oc-
tober next. 'seeah asd9as q ssea a1sls
T. The new dummy car for the accommodation
train between this city and Gardiner, will ar
/ rive next week and commence running at once
under the charge Of Captain Holmes, the eff
Gent and obliging conductor of the same train
last year. The car is now on the way from
Trenton, N. j., where it was manufactured, and
il Is said TO be model Of its kind, needing to
be seen to be appreciated. -Four new first class
passenger cars have recently been added to the
rolling stock OF the road at cost of $21 900 co.
They were made by the WATSON Manufacturing
Company at Springfield, Mass, and tneir orna-
mentation, which is elegant, was done by Ed
I ward g. Pierce, late Of this city and Captain
in the Third Maine regiment. 81 ses Z
At the new repair shop here new mail as
well as a passenger car complete have just been
made and are nearly ready for the road. They
were wholly constructed, upholstery and all, in
the Company Shops here and would do credit
| to any corporation. The mail car, particularly,
is very fine.
| Two gravel trains, one above and one below
this place, are constantly at work on the road,
grading and repairing it. There are to be for
ty thousand new sleepers and some hundreds
| of tons of new iron, put in at once. Besides
this the corporation is building now the road
from Neal Dows tanneryfiu Portlandrt0 MOI
ribs Corner in Westbrook, distance of about
| two miles, This is to Be done by the first Of
| September There are three hundred and
i forty hands now employed on the road, and
th5 monthly payroll is fourteen thousand dol
lars. The receipts of the road for the quar-
ter ending with the month of March, were
24,832,61. u fk@ sN-Yga
There are now fifteen engines. seventeen
passenger and about two hundred freight
cars on tho road, and the new car shop here is
turning out more as fast as possible. The pas
seDger cars are almost Invariably full and
freight trains have all they can do with as
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much business offered for the coming season
as can possibly be done. Every department Of
the road is busy and full, and everything goes
on WE'LL. The directors have succeeded in
leasing the Somerset road for twenty years at
| $36,OOO.00 year and 1t is expected that before
the expiration of the lease measures will be
taken by which the two roads may be con-
ISOLATED. The bridges on the Somerset road
as well as the road generally, werein very bad
condition, but are fast being put in good re-
pair. 'Aes a3 toiagaa 4 siesrAd esf
ID A new depot, TO replace the one destroyed
by fra last winter, is very much needed here,
and, understand, there is talk among the d.
rectors, tending to this result during the
summer.
Few persons, who have never examined the
| subject, have any conception OF the intricacies
and extensive machinery of railroad corpor-
alton or what is required Tor a successful and
and efficient Superintendent. The great num-
Der of blanks, various kinds of tickets and ac-
counts, the proper disposition of the various
cars for the various trains, the number and
kind of laborers required for particular places,
checks, payment and collection of bills and the
ten thousand other details incident to the bus.
inesssCfg such an institution, require man of
vastpatience, experience, decision and prompt.
ness combined with shrewdness and ability
| rarely TO be met with in single person. Mr.,
Noyes has taken hold Of his duties like an ex-
/ pcrienced hand, as he is. He has the entire
management Of the whole road in all its de-
partments of trains, shops, repairs, expenses
and everything, and he does it well. he Is
entitled to the credit of setting the road In
complete repair-a work of time. Of course
and he is going on well with it. Mr.. Gushing,
| Treasurer of the road, has charge Of its imam
ces and is an able man in his department, as
well as q thorough gentleman and Is popular
with everybody. Mr.. ]. W. Clapp has sole
charge of the ticket and paymaster's depart-
ment. He is an active, energetic and efficient
officer who is sure to rise in his profession.
The conductors are all gentlemanly and oblig-s
ing, and the road is fortunate in securing for
itself and the public the services OF such men.
On the whole the road is probably as well
managed at present as any in New England. II