The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-21
ANNUAL REPORTS.
cortland g. ogdensburg Railroad

Foye.
On motion of Gen. S, j. Anderson Mayor
Walker was chosen chairman.
The reading of the annual report was dis
pensed with. 1t reads as follows:
The directors respectfully submit the fol-
lowing report, showing the work done and the
Improvements made upon the road-bed, track
stations, &C., on the line of the road and its
present condition, also detailed state
ment of the earnings OF the company
for the twelve months ending Sept. 80, 1879,
with the operating expenses fer said year Ind
a comparison of the same with the pre-
ceding year.
Inc e., engineer .eports that during the past
year '-oce have been about $1,000 cross ties
,,laced in the road-bed and about $50 tons of
iron laid in the track of your road; that so far
as affected 10y its cross-ties and the road-bed
surface, your road is in a very good condition,
but there is need of more new iron or steel
rails.
The bridging of the road has been main
tanned in a safe and serviceatle tcrdition by
constant attention to ALL and frequent repairs
to the wooden structures.
A new overhead bridge has been built aero IS
the railroad on the Dole farm near Stroud
water. A new and important siding and i'm
proved facilities for freight traffic have been
added at the Cumberland Mills station yard.
The heavy bank over the new arch culvert
at Collywright or Dole's brook has been
brought nearly up to the designed grade line
and the inconvenient break of grade at that
point no longer disturbs the movement of
freight trains as in the past A similar inn
proyement has been made and completed at
the Black brook where the old pile bridge has,
in like manner, given place to a substantial
arch culvert of stone, laid in cement, with
solid earth embankment carried up to grade
surface, that obliterates the depression before
existing there, and the arch culvert at Ink
horn brook which was laid with rough ledge
stone also is being relaid in cement. New
bands of piles have been driven in Presump-
scot river between every span of those now
supporting the Gambo bridge, thus reducing
the spans and very materially Strengthening
this structure, which from its position at the foot
of ratherheavy grade. Is occasionally subjected
to almost unavoidably severe stress, especially
in the movement of freight trains.
The overhead bridge on the highway lead
ing from Standish village to Standish Neck
has been entirely rebuilt and raised some four
feet from the former level. The truSSed
girders over Sticky river in standish which
were so burned as to be deemed unsafe have
been replaced by new. The arch culvert at
West Baldwin, the bottom of which had been
undermined in the great freshet, has been
thoroughly repaired. Breakneck bridge in
Baldwin has been supplemented by full set
of trestle support.
AT Fryeburg station the freight house has
been moved to a convenient place between the
main track and siding, where it was orig finally
designed to be located. Upon the Conway
Centre iron bridge there has been put a full
set of new cross ties and new tsringers The
trestle bridge over the westerly channel of the
East Branch of Saco River has been filled with
stone, and quite large amount of rip-rap pro
lection given to the railroad bank at this point.
and further west, against the encroachments
of the Ellis River.
At the so-caled "Saco River BRIDGE in
Bartlett, the river bottom was so badly secured
by great rush of waters last spring as to
threaten seriously the stability of two of its
piers. The foundations of these have been
thoroughly repaired, strengthened and secured
by bedding about them in full cement large
blocks Of granite, finishing with smooth sur
face on an quick decline into the stream each
way from the several piers.
The high snow fence, One-third of mile
long, near the Crawford House. has been re-
built and snow sheds in the Notch repaired.
Quite number of under-drainS have been put
in at points along the mountain side, which SO
far prove quite effective and promise to save
much labor and expense in keeping the track
comparatively free from icy accumulations, to
which it is there peculiarly exposed. Several
sidings have been put in and others moved at
points along the line of the road for the ac-
commodation of its patrons. Almost all the
platforms have been rebuilt, many of them
heightened and otherwise improved.
A considerable amount of wire fence has
been erected, which it is believed will effect
saving in this quite important element of ex-
pense in annual repairs and renewals.
A pile bridge is now being built along the
line of the company's land in Portland harbor
in connection with the proprietors on either
side. to facilitate the shipping of ice and trans
fer of other freight to and from the freight
trains of your road
The equipment of the road has been kept in
good condition, to which there have been
added two platform cars and one ''observa-
ton car built at the company's Shops and
since the close of the fiscal year, Sept. 80,
twenty new platform cars have been built and
delivered to the company by the Portland
Company. One passenger car has been with
drawn from service.
The equipment now consists of locomotives,
II passenger cars, . smoking cars, 4 observation
cars, baggage cars, l smoking and baggage
car 3 brake vans, As box cars % hay cars, 90
platform cars, 90 ice cars, crane car, 3 snow
plows.
Number of miles run during the year:
BY passenger trains ................ ....132, $40
freight trains ........-.......... g, 1863
construction trains. ..................... 1879
shifting engine. ......,.........-....- 1854
Total. ....... ................. ...2l0,9o2
Passenger and freight traffic.
Passengers in year ending Sept 80, 1872. s2,514
Passengers to and from other lines. ...... 29,010
Tonnage in year ending Sept: 80, 1879. .,12o,s79
Comparison of same with previous year:
1873 1879. Increase
Local tonnage. ........84,5 28 94,7O0 1O,172
Foreign tonnage .....25,2 PAT &c. 79 932
No accident has occurred causing injury to
the person or property of any passenger or
portion of the road during the past year. The
regularity and safety with which your trains
have been run is certainly very remarkable,
and is due partly to the superior quality of the
locomotives and the good condition of all the
rolling stock, and especially to the vigilance
intendent, and the faithful discharge of their
duties by the employees of the road.
The company has paid during the year in
addition to the coupons on its first mortgage
bonds, amounting to $4,000, the coupons fall
ing due on the scrip issued under the agree
ment made in August, 1877, with the trustees
of the first mortgage bonds providing for the
payment of overdue coupons on the bonds
to $1S,720, also the interest and u
portion of the principal Of the Dalton con-
struction loan, amounting to $9,427.96.
A comparison of gross earnings from all
sources for the year ending Sept. 30, 1879, and
Sept 80. 1878, shows: