The Portland daily press., 1882-04-27
RAILROAD NOTES.
Portland and Ogdensburg.

On Tuesday at St. Adams the committee OF
arbitration on the freight differences between
the Central Vermont and the st. Johnsbury
and Lake Champlain Railroads, heard testi-
mony after examining the section of the road
between Swanton and Rouse's Point. General
Manager Gaddis of the Ogdensburg road testi-
fed that the amount of freight delivered to
and received from the Central Vermont road
at Rouse's Point for the year ending April J.,
1881, was about 10, 900 car loads; had no ar
rangement previous to that date for all rail
through traffic; in August 1881, in connection
to Suspension Bridge, made arrangements
with the Great Western, Canada Southern,
Michigan Central and the Portland & Ogdens-
burg Railroad line, for forming through
route for billing freight without breaking pulk
from Western cities to Portland and northern
New England points; we agreed also to admit
Blue Line cars for through business, each road
contributing the following quota OF cars: Rome
Road, 500; Ogdensburg and Lake Cnamplain,
20O ST. Johnsbury and Lake Champlaln, Nv;
Portland & Ogdensburg, 200, making 110o in
all: the cars are marked northern New Eng
land, Blue Line; we subsequently made ar
rangements with the Wabash system for
freight from Missouri River points. He testi-
fed regarding the Blue Line cars and the
transfer of freight at Harwood and Rsuse's
Point, necessitated by the refusal OF the Gen.
trail Vermont to accept the cars, and also rela-
tive to the arbitrary rates paid the Central
Vermont on freight business.
General Freight Agent Moore OF the Rome
Coates at Rouse's Point testified substantially
as above. Gen S. j. Anderson, President OF
the Portland & Ogdensburg Road, said the
maintenance of such a line as the one IN ques-
tion for through traffic would be OF great ad-
vantage to the State of Maine; if a fair price
ho on, for the of the Central
Vermont section the tariff rate on through
traffic would leave the roads in the line little
margin.
Superintendent A. B. Jewett Of the st.
Johnsbury, and Lake Champain koad testi-
through line, and stated the location and prob
able cost of the projected Maquam branch to
Rouse's Point. He had received tenders Tor
building the two bridges and the eleven miles
John r. Anderson and James N. Brown,
bridge builders, testified regarding cost OF
bridges across Missisquoi and Lake Champaign
for the new road, their estimate for the work
being $135,O0O for both bridges. Tho petit
TONERS here rested their case.
Portland & Rochester.
The gentlemen comprising the new board of
direction of the Portland & Rochester Rail-
road left yesterday on a tour over the road
with the Receiver, Hon. Geo. P. Wescott, to
get correct idea of the condition of the road,
and an inventory of the property before it is
passed over to them by the Receiver.
Minor Notes.
The Portland & Ogdensburg has been doing
a large business lately We hear OF track be-
ing laid right into the Forest City Sugar Re-
finery and of large shipments of sugar to
Chicago. One shipment it is stated consisted
of sixty car loads of sweets, while welye car
loads of molasses were forwarded yesterday.
We also hear of two contracts one Of 100 car
loads of lumber from Ottawa, and another of
500 car loads from another city, and contract
of 400 bales of cotton to come to this port from
St. Louis.
Commenting on the proposed consolidation
of the Grand Trunk and Great Western Rail-
roads, the Stakeholder advances the argument
that it is so ely for the purpose of increasing
the show of earning of the former road, and
says that as the matter of freight is to be
governed by the pooling arrangement between
the trunk lines each road will only be allowed
its proportion.
A Chicago dispatch says the East ound
shipments by the trunk lines last week were
the smallest of the spring, and amounted to
only 81 1863 tons against 64,036 last year. The
percentages were as follows: Michigan Gem
trail, 1910; Lake Shore, 20.70; Fort Wayne,
$50; Pan Handle, IA 10; Baltimore and Ohio,
10 TO- and Grand Trunk, 1910.
The Grand Trunk Railway has decided to
make the through rate for unlimited tickets
the price of the local rates of the various lines
added. This will make the through rate over
this line for unlimited tickets from Chicago
to Boston $31. The limited rate to Boston
over the Grand Trunk is but $40, and it is
therefore not likely that it will sell many un-
limited tickets. Toronto Globe.