The Portland daily press., 1882-09-15
RAILoAD NOTES.
The Railroad Changes in Maine and New
Brunswick.

The stockholders of both the European and
North American Railway in Maine and the
Maine Central Railway, having ratified the
lease negotiated by the Directors of those cor
porations, that most important consolidation
of lines will take place at an early day, ana
the Maine Central managers will control the
entire line from Portland to the New Bruins
wick line in Vanceboro'. At the same time
the New Brunswick system of railroads, now
controlled by several corporations, will fall Ia
to the hands of a syndicate of capitalists IN
New York and abroad, who foresee that WIN
proper management, these lines may be maoe
profitable investment This syndicate Will
CO ntrol the New Brunswick section OF the
European ,and North American Railway, the
line from st. Andrews and Calais to Houlloh
and Woodstock and the lines running along
the st. John River in that province. 1neio
WILL however be such arrangements between
the Maine Central management and that Oh
the New Brunswick lines which connect, tna''
SO far as the public is concerned, there will Do
but one line. The European and North Amer
lean Railway Company has been III sacn
Strengthened financial circumstances that IL
has been unable to develop and encourage
business in the country through which us INC
runs. OF late it has not been able to con trol
proftably sufficient rolling stock to DO inc
business. Superintendent Tucker OF the
Maine Central, who will have charge OF the
entire line, says that the Maine Central man
agement proposes to provide ample facillties
for the prompt shipment OF the products u
that section as fast as possible. SO many IN
dustries have sprung up along the line during
the past six years, and the products OF the
Aroostook Valley have become SO large, that
all that the Mano Central can do at present
is to take care of the business offered it. This
will require large expenditure for rolling
stock, which will be secured as rapidly as
possible after the lease between the companies
is ratified When the company shall be
able 10 take care of the business offer
ed it will adopt the policy which has been pur-
sued with such gratifying results along the
line of the Maine Central during the past SIX
or eight years-that of encouraging new IN
dustries with a view to the increase Oh lts
business. The latest achievement in this line
is the transfer of portion of the shoe manu-
featuring business of Keene Bros. OF Lynn to
Skowhegan. The liberal offers OF the Maine
Central management and its active co-opera-
ton with the citizens of that town to induce
the Keenes to go to Skowhegan had very much
to do in leading them to select that town. The
line of the European and the country which 1t
opens will afford wide field for putting this
po'icy'int operation. The business OF the
Maine Central has never been SO good as dur
ing the past season. The travel of 1881 was
very large, but that of the summer of 1882 is
largely in excess This is due to the fact that
people are learning that Maine is most de-
sirable Summer resort, varied, roomy and OF
moderate cost. There will be no radical
change at present in the general management
of the European and North American in
Maine, so far as officials repair shops, etc.,
ETC., are concerned. Taken all in ALL this con-
solidation by which the European is put into
the hands of railroad men of the highest
capacity, who are able to control capital, is
one over which the people of Aroostook,
Penobscot and Western New Brunswick may
be congratulated without reserve.
Minor Notes.
The Bangor Wing says that second-class
passengers on the all-rali line between St.
John and Boston will not be obliged, those OF
them who do not use tobacco, to submit to the
performance of those who do. Up to the pre-
sent time passengers. many of them ladies, who
are entitled to the privileges of second class
ticket, have had themselves encompassed Dy
pillar of fire by night and cloud py day. 4hls
nuisance is now to be abolished, regularly or
dained smoking cars having been attached to
the train, in which all smokers will be IN
generated.
We learn that Oct. 1st the time tables OF the
Maine Central and e. g. N A. roads will cor
respond.
The first train over the Bangor and katah-
din Iron Works Railway arrived at the Katah-
din Iron Works Wednesday. This important
event in the history OF the Iron WORKS was
celebrated there by grand display of bunting
and the firing of cannon.