The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-22

NO u JOilS u freight. 81. 900
The trains have been run with great regulari-
ty. No passengers have been injured on the
regular trains Clinton futile was struck nv
a bridge Iear Otter Pond on June 10Th, and
knocked from the top of passenger car where
he had carelessly climbed on a free excursi
train and injured so as to cause his death soon
after.
You now have the following rolling stock IS
locomotives, IL passenger cars, baggage and
smoking car, smoking cars, 2 brake vans for
freight trains, 40 box cars, 40 platform cars,
crane car, snow rlows, all of which are in
very good order.
No stockjhas been added during the year. Two
first-class engines have been ordered from the
Portland Company's Works. More freight
cars are wanted for your business, the ordering
of which is now in contemplation.
There has been built since last year freight
depot at Portland, 260x20 feet the old depot
having been taken down and the land taken by
the Boston and Maine Railroad as com ing
within the line of their location.
A small freight depot has been built at
White Rock, 2Ox25 feet, and a wood shed at
Fryeburg, 200x20 feet.
j. HAMILTON, Superintendent.
ENoINEErs's REPoRr
~ From the report of the engineer, Mr.. John
f. Anderson, we learn that the grades of the
road have been much improved the past year,
making the road bed a matter of comment for
its smoothness Among the important i'm
provements have been the construction of an
arch culvert at Ink-hOrn Brook, in Windham -
feet span, IA feet high 50 feet long, at a cost of
$1,000. The grade here has been reduced fro IN
so to 80 feet to the mile, and the bank across
the arm of Lake Sebago, near the mouth of
Sticky River, raised so as to have a level sur
face instead of two grades; a spur track extend
ed into granite quarry near Richville station
stone pier has been constructed in the Little
Saco and the Pettus truss replaced by two sets
of substantialtrussed girders, and the track
extended in the city to Emery street, beside
the new freight house. The grading of the ex-
tension of the road beyond North Conway, COM
menced In August, is in progress under the i'm
mediate supervision of Assistant S. G. Earring
ton, and seven miles are fully graded and pre-
pared for the super-structure; both the abut-
ments at the east branch of the Saco, land those
at the Ellis river are erected and most of the
culverts on the division constructed. The Ellis
river has been turned, for the distance of
quarter of a mile, and flowing in its new chan
mel. The work upon this division of twelve
miles to Upper Bartlett can easily be construct
ed IN time for the next summers travel.
Final instrumental examinations have deter
mined the location of the road to cross the Saco
Tor the fourth time at point over against the
house OF MIR. Frank Stillings in Upper Bartlett
and recrossing the west side once more, and
finally, near the farm in Harris location thus
obtaining surface admitting uniformly as
cending grades. Near this point. at the so
called Lawrence Place. the hieherl grades
commence, although there will be none sleeper
than 30 feet per mile until past the old "Mt
Crawford Hotel,' Is miles from North Con-
way, to which point the road is definitely locat-
ed and under construction, and may be COM
pleted and open to business the coming sum-
mer.
In respect to the location of the road through
the Notch, assistants Thomas E. Poverty and
S. L. Stevenson under instructions have locgt-
ed it, the one in the Eastern the other on the
Western side of the Notch. The grade (max-
imum) is ZIG feet to the mile and is eight miles
in length, of which seven miles is Just the
grade mentioned. From the Laurence Place.
to the summit at the Crawford House, dis
lance of 10 1-3 miles by this location, the aver
age grade is SO "a feet per mile, and of the
eight continuous miles which embrace all the
maximum grade, the average is only 10Y feet
per mile. The alignment throughout is re-
markably good, mot only in its general direction,
but in an almost entire absence therefrom of
severely sharp curves there being but five in
stances where one of less radius than 995 feet
has been resorted to, and each of these quite
short, comprising altogether less than half
mile of the line, and where they occur the
grade has been reduced from the maximum IS
to so per cent. The report concludes with a
letter from George L. Vose, Esq, Professor of
Civil Engineering at Bowdoin College, showing
the appreciation in which the report of Mr.
Latrobe (who was consulted in relation to this
survey two years ago, was held by distin-
guished scientist.
TREASURES REPORT
From the report of the Treasurer Mr. w. III.
Anderson, we learn that the recipes for the
eleven months from January LIST, 1872, to De-
cember /, 1872 were $115,4 8412, of which
omount the passenger traffic includes $50 co., AZ;
the fright $59, 326 As; the mail service $3 1844S
express 81, 062. so; miscellaneous $3O3.21 The
expenditures were $75, 1922 of which amount
the wages of track-men and repairs amounted |
to $1,000 91 stations and wages of station
men to $13,095.61; trains and wages of train
men to So rs 15; engines and repairs $685.
50; cars and repairs 81, 544.29; shop $487. SO;
fuel $10 6506S; oil and waste 81, 638 90; salaries,
taxes, ETC., $12 41440; leaving to In
come Account $40, 360.90
From the Income Account we learn that the |
earnings of the company for the first fifteen |
months after its going into operation were $57,-
661 SO; for the past eleven months $40, $3.50. 80,
making total net earnings of $9S,022.S &C. The
interest on the funded debt upon coupons of |
July 1, 1871, January l, 1872, and July 1, 1872,
to S69 1920, leaving balance to
new account in favor of the company of $685.
1885,
The whole sum charged to the construction
and equipment of the road from JAN /, 1872,
20 Dec. l, 1872, was 1901, 1857, of which con-
'truction beyond North Conway under contract
With Messrs Fuller and Harding amounted to
s63, 64940; accounts not rendered previous to
Ian. l, 1871, $27, 21444; bringing accounts I'M
ettled previous to Jan. l, 1871, So. 275.5S.
The following is the trial balance