The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-17
RAILROAD NOTES.
The New Fast Train to Chicago.

The Central Vermont and Grand trunk
Line has taken new departure IN tnlougn
passenger traffice between Boston and lineage
and inaugurated fast train system and
through Pullman sleeping car service TINS sea-
son over the Boston, Lowell and Concord,
Northern, Central Vermont and Grand trunk
roads between these points. The first sleeper
left Boston Monday night at Z o'clock, ana the
first daily Pullman car for Boston left Chicago
at $50, and will arrive in Boston at f.oo To-
night. From Montreal the run to Boston is
made in ten hours on limited last express
train, which made the run OF 334 miles Mon
day, with twenty stops, on schedule time Win
ease The roads interested in the Central YER
mont line between Boston and Montreal have
entered into an arrangement to furnish CERTAIN
complement Of passenger, smoking, mall ana
baggage coaches for service between the two
cities. The cars are Of first-class make and
are painted q handsome dark olive color and
marked Boston and Montreal Express, via
Central Vermont Line. Close conneceiVn 70
and from the West is made at Montreal, and
dining cars are run on the Grand trunk ROAD,
which 10 now steel rallied into Chicago. a Iast
day express with through car service was all
put on Monday by the Central Vermont Pc
tween Montreal and New York, leaving tne
former city at 7.15 a. m This new move on
the part of the northern lines for Eastern ana
Western passenger business is not unex pected
in view Of the completing OF an independent
line into Chicago by the Grand Trunk ROAD.
Minor Notes.
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad
will be held at Kittery on the 9TH OF June.
The eastern-bound tonnage from chicago
last week by the trunk lines was 1885 tons,
of which the Grand Trunk received but Oh
per cent.
It is annouced from Woodstock, Vt, that
the subscription for the survey of the proposed
pleted, and that work will be begun at once
and pushed forward to completion.
fridays Railroad Gazette records the con-
struction Of 900 miles OF new railroads, max
ing 2503 miles thus far this year against 1918
miles recorded at the corresponding time in
1881, 1854 miles in 1880, 493 miles In 1879, 312
miles in 1878, and 354 miles in 1877.
Recent London papers contain full proceed
ings of the meeting of English shareholders
in the Great Western Railway, relative to the
offer Of the Grand Trunk Railway Company
10 lease the former property at q rental OF ~
per cent. of the net receipts Of the joint COM
panies, with guarantee that In no year shall
that proportion fall short OF sum sufficient
to meet the fixed charg es OF the Great West
ern Company, the dividend on the preference
StOck IN luil, Lno expense u l,anok OAaonU, "Au
give to the ordinary shareholders per cent.
on the full value OF their stock. The meeting
ended in the election of a new board OF Direc-
tors, who will carry into execution the plan OF
amalgamating the road with the Grand Trunk
Railway.
3 The Crank Trunk earnings for the week
ending Mays, compared with the same week
last year, show decrease OF $3992.
Mr.. j. D. Edgar has resigned the Office OF
president of the projected railway from Grav-
enhurst to Sault Ste. Marie, upon which he
has bestowed infinite pains and labor for years
past. He gives place to Mr. Hickson OF the
Grand Trunk, whose acceptance of the office
is an earnest Of the early construction of the
line The Grand Trunk is now employing
every artiice to obtain possession OF the
Northern system, but we hope that it will fail,
and that the construction of the line to Cal
lender may aid in enabling the Northern to
maintain its independence. Toronto Globe.