The Portland daily press., 1874-11-18
PORTLAND & woBCEsTKR.
Completion of the Through Line.

The PRESS has, from time to time, spoken o
of the road that is SO soon to connect that city
with this, but now comes the news of the com
pletion of the road We clip the following
from the Worcester Spy of Monday:
The last spike in the connecting link Of rail
| way uniting Worcester and Portland in links
| of iron was driven on Saturday afternoon last
Brooks of the Worcester & Nashua road. The
last rail connecting the Nashua & Rochester
with the Worcester & Nashua road, near the
junction with the Lowell & Nashua and Con
from Worcester to Portland, was laid at a
l quarter before five o'clock, and the concluding
| spike fastening it to the sleepers was driven in
| presence of a large multitude of citizens, from
| whom went up joyful congratulations at the
completion of an undertaking which is to do
terprise and growth, not merely of the three
cities more closely connected with each other,
but OF all the numerous towns and villages on
the line of the through route.
The new road from Nashua to Rochester,
which is 48 miles long, passes successfully
through the towns of Hudson, the depot in the
central village of which is about two and half
miles from Nashua; West Windham, seven
miles; Windham, ten miles, crossing here the
Manchester and Lawrence railroad; Hamp-
IL, l.
way; Epping, %, where the road crosses the
Concord & Portsmouth: Lee. 80; Darlington,
AZ; Comic, 46; to Rochester, 48, where connec-
ton is made with the Portland q Rochester,
and the road to North Conway and the White
Mountains. The nine depots at the principal
stations named on the line of the Nashua &
Rochester, under construction by Mr.. j. q.
French of this city, have been finished and the
twenty-five bridges all completed The con-
tractor for the bridges is Mr.. VIM. FL. Virgie,
hot tba Of oc huo of the
most substantial ever constructed, of 40 feet
span, costing $4,000. 1t is built of Florida
pine and supported by two piers, the stone work
costing over $50 600.
substantial and satisfactory manner in every
respect, the newest style of fish jointed rails
being used, which are SO easy to ride over.
Considerable manufacturing business is done in
all the principal towns on the line OF the new
road, and their business will be large developed
thereby. Rochester is large add thriving
town Of some five thousand inhabitants, hav-
idg three hotels, several churches, one news
paper, numerous manufacturing establishments
and lively trade generally.
"A week rs labor is necessary to camplete the
ballasting and otherwise finish the new road,
and put it into perfect condition for the run
Mug of trains 1t is contemplated to begin
running the cars one week from tomorrow,
Nov. "a.
AS the managers are quite anxious to get the
through line in working order, the formal op-
ening will Lot occur until some time in Deem
ber Next Tuesday morning the first train
will leave here for Worcester at s a. NJ, and
arrive at Worcester at 2 p. M, and in New
York at II p. m. The next train will leave at
81 p. m. and arrive at Worcester at 8 p. m
The morning train will connect at Woodford's
Corner with the Maine Central train that leaves
A,,1r 49, 49,
will connect with the Maine Central and Grand
Trunk
The trains east will run as follows: The
morning train will leave Worcester at a. M.
will be an express and will arrive here at LIS
p. M, connecting here with the afternoon
through trains on the Maine Central and the
Grand Trunk, the former at Woodsords Cor.
ner and the latter at Fish Poiut transfer sta
ton. This train will connect at Worcester
with the Norwich line from New York.
The afternoon train leaves Worcester at 40
p. M, and will arrive here at 10.43 p. m. Pas.
sengers can leave New York at 10 a. m. and
arrive here on the train that connects with the
midnight train east on the Maine Central.
The afternoon train from here will connect at
Epping for Manchester and Concord, N. H.
The train from Albany will connect at Worces-
ter with the train leaving at 40 p. m.
Baggage can be checked from here to New
York over the Norwich line of steamers, or via
Springfield by rail-
The Rochester road has six fine passenger
cars in the shop of Osgood Bradley at Worces
ter. which will be completed this week; also
three in the shop of the Patten Car Company
at Bath. These new cars are all to be heated
by Bakers heater, each seat having pipes be-
meath it. The company have also fine loco
motive that will soon leave the Portland Com
pany's Shop The Nashua & Rochester road
have nearly all new rolling stock.
The completion of this road opens up fine
field for trade. Merchants along the line who
have been in the habit of buying goods in Bos-
can now get their goods in Portland and have
them left at their very doors. We trust that
our merchants will look after this important
area of trade.
ARRIVAL OF REVENUE STEAMER.-The
revenue cutter Galiatin, built at Buffalo, for
the Boston station. arrived there to-day, under
command of Captain G. T. Chase of the Dali
las. She sailed from the goth of October, and
coming via the Welland, Cornwall, Beauhar-
nois, and Lachine Canals, arrived at Montreal;
from thence to Quebec; thence to Port Null
grave and Canso; thence to Halifax. and thence
to this port. She encountered considerable bad
weather, but was brought through all right un-
der the skilful direction of Captain Chase. She
made such time on the way as to prove her one
of the fastest vessels in the service. On her
trial trip, at Buffalo, she steamed - 3-10th
kuots, and equalled this on her first run, hav-
ing steamed from Ogdensburg to Kingston, y
miles, in five hours. The Gallatin was built
expressly for the Atlantic seaboard service.