The Portland daily press., 1883-02-17

being made By the Blue Line officials Of tho
recent cuts that was satisfactory to the officers
OF the Boston and Albany. 1t is said BY the
Michigan Central, the principal road in the
Blue Line, that the evidence produced by the
Boston and Albany people as to the Portland
cuts was several months old. The irregulari-
ties at that time, the Michigan people say,
have been ended
Presumpscot Valley Railroad.
A bill has been reported in the House and
last week passed to be engrossed, so amending
the charter obtained of the Legislature of 1880
by Mr.. Bradstreet, "for railroad from
Bridgton to some point on the line of the
Portland and Ogdensburg or the Portland and
Rochester Railroads no nearer Portland than
the village of Saccarappa," as to provide that
the road shall start from the head of the Pre-
sumpscot in Standish instead of at Bridgton.
The time for the completion of the road is ex-
tended, some of the former corporators
dropped and new ones added, and clause in
serted providing that the building of even a
portion of the line within the time specified
shall hold the charter. A road from the Port
land and Ogdensburg up the Presumpscot val
ley is contemplated.
Vanderbilt VS.. the Grand Trunk.
A special to Thursdays Boston Journal
says that another step has been taken by Mr..
Vanderbilt TO equip himself with the weapons
of defence against the Grand Trunk Railway
OF Canada. Arrangements are now being per-
fected, says the Tribune, in detail for the ad-
mission of the Canadian Pacific Railroad into
the fast lines running over the system of the
V<1rl 4.o1 IL w
tions When they are completed the Wander
bit system will be furnished with connections
to Montreal and other Canadian points. AL
ready the Canadian Pacific and the New York
Central are exchanging business, but it will be
a month or six weeks before the fast freight
facilities now being provided for the two sys-
TENS can be put into active use. The Cen
trails line to Montreal is provided through
agreements with the Utica and Black River
and the Canadian Pacific roads
The Utica and Black River road
carries the route from Utica to Morris
town, opposite Brockville, Canada; thence
connection is made with Ottawa by the Cana
da Central, and its Brockville division, owned
by the Canadian Pacific. From Ottawa to
Montreal the line runs over the Quebec,
Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental road, which
is controlled in the interest of the Canadian
Pacific. The crossing of the ST. Lawrence
river at Brockvllle is made by ferry boats.
The new route is considerably longer than the
Grand Trunk between Montreal and the west,
bat the rates by it will be the same as by the
Grand Trunk. The Canadian Pacific short
time ago purchased the Credit Valley road,
running from ST. Thomas, on the line OF the
Canada Southern, to Toronto. An extension
of the Credit Valley, from Toronto to Ottawa,
pected will be finished this year
When this is done the Canadian Pa
cific will enjoy and will bo able to
give Mr.. Vanderbilt's western system more
direct line between Montreal and the west
than that now Supplied by the new Utica and
Black River line. The relations between the
Grand Trunk and the New York Central have
been the reverse of cordial for many years.
The latter company withdrew from all fast
freight line agreements with the Crank Trunk
few wears ago. The opening of the Grand
Trunk line to New York by way of the Cen
trail Vermont and the steamer line from New
London, Conn ; has been attended ever since,
II is alleged by the Central people, by more or
less cutting of rates to and from the West.
The securing by the Grand Trunk OF an indie
pendent line 10 Chicago also brought the Ca
madam road and the Michigan Central into
closer competition. More recently the Central
has regarded the Grand Trunk as fresh dis
tarbing element in railroad affairs by the CO.
operation 1t has been charged with entering in
to with the New York, Lackawanna and West
ern in cuts on west-bound traffic. The Grand
Trunk has persistently declined to join the
trunk line pool, but has always asserted that
it NAMED the pool rates.
Fast Trains.
General Manager Tucker of the Eastern and
NJ. G. r. T., has arranged for the running of a
fast train hatuvnar, Pos+~,,
will be put on about the first of June. The
run from Boston to st. John will Sbe made in
about fifteen hours The fast train will leave
st. John for Boston at about 1,30, arriving in
Boston by 10 O'Clock p. m. The fast train will
probably leave Boston for Bangor and ST.
John between u and one o'clock p. m, arriv-
ing in Bangor in time to connect with the
night train for st. John. For the four mon tbs
ending February 1st, the increase of gross earn
ings on the Maine Central and its branches
was fully $4,000 in excess of the earnings of
the corresponding four months of the previous
year.
Miuor Notes.
The Boston and Maine officials have con-
tracted for ten passenger cars, which will be
put on the road as soon as they can be built