The Portland daily press., 1884-01-16
PORTLAND q oGDENssURG.

PORTLAND q OGDENsBURG.
The annual EEseting-Reports and Eiec-
tion of Omcers--The Old board Re
Elected, with tAe Exception Of NHr. En,-
cry i'm Place of RHr. Thomas.
The annual meeting of the Portland & Og-
densburg railroad was held at the eompany's
offices in this city yesterday morning, Prssi-
dent Anderson in the chair. There was the
usual attendance of the stockholders.
The meeting was called to order at 1915 a.
M, and the notice for the meeting read. S. j.
Anderson was elected chairman of the meet
ing. The report of the president and the
stockholders was presented in printed form,
and handed to the stockholders, bat not read,
as it is not customary at these meetings of late
years to do so.
The following is the report of the directors:
DIRECTORS REPORT.
To the Stockholders Of the Portland Ogdens-
burg Railroad
very large amount OF work has been done
on the track, road-bed, station houses and
grounds, the more important OF which are as
follows:
The substantial brick building, erected to
supply the long needed accommodation for the
offices OF the company, has been completed,
and has now been occupied for nearly year.
IL mas proved to be IN every respect entirely
satisfactory.
channel has been cut through the flats
in front of the land of the company on West
Commercial street, opening into the main
channel of Fore River, through which vessels
drawing eighteen feet of water can come
aiongsoe the breastwork and transfer freight
directly to and from the cars. 1854 cubic
yards OF earth were here taken out and remov-
ed by dredging.
During the past year he general condition
been very much improved. There have heen
put into the road 45 ,667 new cross-ties and 500
tons OF new steel rails. The better part of the
iron thus displaced, has been used to restore
worn out portions of the track, and to increase
by some two miles, the extent of sidings. The
present length of eide tracks aggregate Is IA
miles.
There have been excayated and carried into
the road about 100000 cubic yards of earth to
form new embankments, in the continued pro-
cess OF changing, as soon as practicable, per-
lshable into permanent structures throughout
the road, and in widening out, ballasting and
surfacing up the road-bed in detail as follows,
viz:
Cubic
,,.,,. Yards.
Filling in Fore river fats in Portland for
criminal freight yard. LIZ 900
F Fig ABOUT the station at sebago Lake. 5000
flliing at North Conway to replace pile and
Lrestie bridge over the large arch culvert 80 900
Filling at Mill brook, to replace pile and
trestie bridge over the large arch culvert
Filling around the station at Bartlett. 1000
Filling and completing the embankment by
me Dismal Pool, at the White Mountain
Notcn ...-..,.... ...-..... ........,, 5000
Filling in a portion of the pile bridge at
seotts Mill in Dalton 5000
widening banks at Sticky river, Rich's mill
pond and East Branch of saco riyer..... 6ooo
Widening banks and cuts along the noun
eolA oiuO..s 1000
General ballasting and widening ......,... 10000
me Summit cut near the Crawford House
mas MiuSned out to procure material for the
OisnAi Tooi emDankment, and as a concnrrent
measure 10 provide against winter snow oh
bae ausion " erain operations there. This
retaining wall of more than 80 feet extreme
height, and rising some so feet above it. now
sustalns the track in the place where original
~ designed; and the exceptionally sharp curve
neretoiore existing there, being opened, the
alignment is comparatively direct and easy to
operate over
Inc grade summit near the Otter Ponds in
Standlsh, has been lowered two feet; and at
west Bald win, where the steam shovel is now
excavating earth for filling in the deem rayine.
now spanned by Break Neck Bridge the cuts
are being widened out, and the grade Lowered
four or i've feet, so that when the work is
finished here, as it will be in few weeks, the
start out from the station will be over level
TRACK IN place OF an Objectionable ascent for
trains going west. Relief from snow obstruc-
ton Will be gained. and a clear view of the
track from the station to several hundred feet
west of Break-Neck, which, owing TO the in
tervening grade summit has been impossible
heretofore Other improvements have been
made in the track, and about the stations of
Cumberland Mills, White Rock, Sebago Lake,
Hiram, Conway Centre and Bartlett.
The principal items of masonry executed
have been substantial arch culvert of 10 feet
N m M
way, and similar one in the Break Neck
bridge ravlne, comprising something over 800
cubic yards, at cost of "a ,016.11; q stone pier
laid IN cement has been built to sustain the
iron Orders east of the Dismal Pool bank,
heretofore supported by a band of wooden
posts The abutments here have also had a
coping of granite to retain the ballast; and a
heavy coping of granite blocks of large dinen-
sioEs was laid over the whole length of the
high retaining wall off against the Dismal
Fool. Besides these more important struc-
lures, the SO called 'overfow pass under the
Dole grade in Deering, some ten feet deep,
over which the track was formerly carried up-
on stringers of wood, has received permanent
covering OF granite at sub-grade, and ballast to
grade to receive cross-ties. The box culyert
west of Lake Sebago was heightened fiftv feet.
to carry the stream under the embankment
made there to subserve the changes of track
and yard since effected The masonry at the
lower ends of the abutments at Sticky River
AuiOb w A4dhO DopdSOt ulbtuFUeQ Dy unQeTcut-
ting of the stream has been laid over and pro-
tected BY very large omass Of rip-rap, placed
advantageously during the late unusually low
stage of water in the late. There has also been
laid in cement, at the base of one of the piers
sustaining the iron bridge at CONWAY Centre
some 10 yards OF masonry to protect it from
scour which threatened it. In all there has
been laid about 1000 yards of masonry.
AS rule the bridges are in better condition
than at this time last year and have recei we'd
seasonable repairs and renewals. The pile
bridges at CumberlandsMills and Gambo, both
crossing Presumpscot river, have been much
strengthened by additional piles and new tons
Hiram Gron) bridge has had new flooring
throughout of southern pine. A new and very
substantial wooden Howe truss has been erect
ed over Ten Mile Brook in Hiram and covered
in. The pile bridge, $50 # in length, over the
interval at Conway Centre, has received much
attention, and many new ties and posts to rein
force the piles but will soon have to be replace
ed by an entire new structure. An abutment
OF granite is now being constructed at point
about 900 It. east of the iron bridge over the
Saoo at this place, to which the pile bridge
will be filled as coon as the masonry is COM
pleted. The trestle part of the bridge at Will
ley Brook in the mountains has lhad some re-
pairs and must have considerable mora to car
ry it over to another year as reasonably safe
structure. This part ought to be replaced by
good iron structure similar to that extending
over the stream.
No passenger has suffered any injury during
the year.
Two new and elegant passenger cars. one
large smoking and baggage car and four obser-
yatlon cars have been added to the equipment:
which now consists of II locomotives 25 pas
senger, baggage and observation cars, ITO boz
freight cars, l52 platform cars, 20 4 wheeled
dump cars, vans, l crane car, tool car, 8
snow plows, steam ex-senator.
The following is the train mileage for wear
ending September 30. 1885,