The Portland daily press., 1869-02-25

MAINE CENTRAL RALRoAD.-We take the
following statistics of the Maine Central road
from the reports to the stock holders who met
at Waterville yesterday.
The Directors state that though the busi-
ness OF the country through which the road
runs has not been especially active the past
year the gross receipts have increased. No
accident or casualty and no injury to persons
or material injury to property has occurred.
Expenses have been reduced, and nett gain
accrued amounting to 33.00626. over 1867 The
directors have constantly improved track and
rolling stock, maintaining both in first class
condition. The Directors have executed a
mortgage of the road secured by $1,1O0.OOO
worth of bonds, but have withheld the bonds
from the market thus far, believing it may be
desirable TO change the amount of bonds to be
issued under certain conditions and restric-
tions. The Newport and Dexter railroad has
been so fnr completed that trains are running
under direction OF this company. The lease OF
this road for $4,000 has been drawn and ready
TO be executed according to your votes. The
Somerset road 1t is believed, 20 far as the first
division Is concerned, from its connection with
this road in Waterville to Norridgewock win
be opened for use this year. Since the last
meeting il has been agreed by the Board to
subscribe $4,000 toward the completion of the
Somerset road, subject TO your approval,
which will secure TO you fair share of the
traffic of Somerset county and eastern Frank
lin county. Ii is expected that arrangements
at no distant period, will be entered into by
the Directors Of this company and the Belfast
and Moosehead Lake company who have To-
Gated their road and are rapidly grading it,
This company is now connected at its eastern
terminus with the European and North Amer
lean railroad.
The Treasurer states the earnings of the
road above expenses were $2l3443 60. Fund
ed debt of the company is 81, ,43l OSO, of which
$l06,2 $50 is payable in capital stock. Earnings
$544,950 80; expenses, $331 ,5O6 90; liabilities,
S16099 II; assets. S136,225 30. The Superin-
tendent says trains have run 214,512 miles
No engine escaped from the track, and but
one passenger ard smoking car, and those
without material damage With proper fa-
cilities for transmission and trans-shpment at
Portland for freight to Boston the earnings
from transportation of goods would have been
largely increased. There have been 71f' tons
of new re-roled rails laid in the modern
three thousand nine hundred sleepers have
been laid and nine miles of road-bed prayelled.
A substantial bridge built at Kendalps Mills
across two islands in the Kennebec river; four
large culverts rebuilt, and at Hermon, stone
ahuments have been applied to the bridge.
One first class locomotive one passenger and
baggage car combined, three boxed merchan-
disc and seven fiat cars and one saloon car
have been added to rolling stock One snow
plow and one fange clearer constructed A
new wing has been built to the depot at Ban
gor to accommodate passengers. The equip
ment of the road now consists of fourteen first
class locomotives, fourteen passenger cars,
three smoking cars. one passenger and bag
gage car combined, five mail baggage cars, one
hunared and sixteen covered, and one hundred
an anu oWenty-seven fiat merchandise cars, and
t9lrIy caC5ie cars. There are also seven snow
ploWs, anu three hange clearers,
THERE is nothing more wicked and unnrin-
cipled than for individuals to give THAR sun-
port to cause which they believe to ba q had |
one, for the sake of any supposed ga;n 20 |
themselves. a forti0ri it is wicked for a ion,
nal, carrying with it the influence OF manv in
dividuals, to take such course. Our copser-
vative neighbor stiles individual convictions
on the capital punishment question, intent
upon gaining the public favor. Such conduct
has in it the essential element of venality.
Such paper may be had for any purpose The
highest bidder takes it. "What will you have
gentlemen," it says to the public,-"what priaa-
ciples do you wish us to support? Just give us
your bid" Columns of pUintless editorials
cannot obscure the baseness of such conduct
nor can reams of paper covered with depreca-
.ory articles in behalf of respectable journal
ISM snleld that baseness from the lash it de-
serves we can very easily imagine that
man VINO mas committed highway robbery may
have choice as to the terms that are used in
describing him. He is extremelv SENSITIVE 70
any vlgor of expression. He would have tho
journalistic style conform to the reou;ra,ro',4.
of the most fastidious purists Exaot,r 80
with men who prostitute journalism 70 +ho
advocacy of bad cause in the rigbtfnlneos
and expedency they do not themselves believe
LYNCH Perham, Peters and Pike voted to
susfain Tho Prasidanr'S vnfo of ba oor,,o. L..