The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-30
RAILWAY NOTES.
The Mechanic Falls. Poland & Gray Rail

The Mechanic Falls, Poland & Gray Rail
road.
The corporators named in the charter of the
above road met at Cobb's Hotel, Mechanic
Falls, Wednesday, March 2Sth, for the purpose
Of accepting the act Of incorporation, organize-
ton and to take action in regard TO building
the same.
A large meeting, consisting Of tia corpora
tors, together with number Of the business
men from the towns of Gray, New Gloucester
and Poland-all on the line Of the proposed
road--also from Minot, Buckfeld, Sumner,
Hartford, Canton and Dixdelds on the line Of
the Rumford Falls q Buckheld Railroad, was
held, and all were OF the opinion that active
work, by way OF public meetings ia al towns
and villages interested, should be held AZ once,
The corporatcrs voted TO accept the charter and
to organize under the same. e, P. Kicker, Of
Poland Springs, Otis Heyford, Of Canton, War
rem II. Vinton, Of Gray, George d. Bisbee, Of
Buckheld, John s. Briggs, Of Poland, Dara
Bradford and II. j. Deshon, Of Canton, j. a.
Buchanan, Of Mechanic Falls, and Frank
Stanley, Of Dixfeld, were elected directors
Subsequently the Board of Directors organized
by eleoting George ID. Bishee President, r. r.
Kicker Treasurer and r. @. Bradford Clerk.
Il was decided to hold public meetings in
Cumberland, Gray Corner, Poland and other
points at an early day; also 70 confer with the
Maine Central aud Rnmford Fails & Buckneld
Railroads as 20 connecting terms aud other Pc
cuniary assistance.
This road will leave the Maine Central some
twelve miles from Portland At or near Cum
berland junction; thence pass through GRAY
Corner. Nl4cy ar IN pa.
land Springs and Poland Corner 10 Mechanic
Falls, q distance Of some twenty miles, At
MECHANIC Fails il llsconneot with the Buck
field road which extends 70 the AndroSeoggin
river IN Canton, thirty miles north Of Mechan-
A survey Of the proposed line will he made
as soon as the season viii admit.
The citizens of Dixfield are also moving fer
an extension 70 the road from Canton TO their
village, and have made arrangements for a
survey OF tho line.
Tho Consolidation.
Tbs Journal sage Il was apparent AZ the
meeting Il the Eastern Stockholders yesterday
that nineteer-swensieths Of tho stockholders
were against the lease, but when 1t came to
testing their voting power 1t was all The other
way It WIS also noticeable that quite nuns
Der Of people who held stock in both corpora
lions voted yes at tho Boston s Maine meeting
and no at the Eastero.
Notwithstanding tho modification Of the
lease Of the Eastern to the Boston 4 Maine in
regard 10 the dividends upon preferred stock,
when issued, it is claimed that there Ii an op-
portunity for a tlrst-elass lawsuit under certain
contingencies. The sanction of the lease by
the stockholders Of the Eastern is subject to
thesapproval Of the union By the Legislature
of New Hampshire.
Minor Notes.
Work has been begun on the International
road in Maine near the Quebec border. The
contracts LET call for the completion this year
Of the road from the present terminus, at Lake
Megantic, to the Maine State line, about fif-
teen miles, and section Of twenty miles in
Maine.
The conductors on the Boston & Maine Rail-
read ara being sworn IN special police officers
fer duty on trains.
a patent has been taken ous fer an Improve
lent IN locomotive headlights. BY simple and
ingenious machinery, controlled by rod at the
hand Of the engineer, the headlight can be
turned in any direction, from front 70 rear, on
a sliding platform, which has the width OF the
engine at its widest part.