The Portland daily press., 1884-03-03

and on either side of the car is level open
frame work with dozens of open-mouthed mail
bags hooked as millers hook their sacks, only
on all sides OF the bag. Above is row OF box
es with irsD-door bottems which can be used to
tumble their contents into open bags when
the boxes have been filed. Along on one side
OF the aisle is work table upon which the
clerks sort their mail matter, throwing it into
the myriad open mouths before aud behird
them. The table folds together, so as to allow
a second aisle when it is necessary to pull the
bags ont. AT the head of the Car is the rack of
the post office, for sorting the letters into small
packages Here are hundreds of pigeon holes
ARRANGED in circle, peculiar feature being
thaf the sections OF the rack can be taken out
aud reversed, the labsls for trip east being on
one side and those for a trip south on the 9TH
er. This of course doubles the facilities OF the
rack. The car is brilliantly lighted by Argsnd
burners, and is steam heated by q johnson
heater, which serves the clerks as a cooking
stove. The Car is furnished with washstaDd,
water close, clothes presses, and everything one
could want for his habitatic n. Saw, AK, crowbar,
sledge and other tools are at hand in case of
accident. Chief clerk j. II. Jefferds OF the
Eastern service, came from his headquarters at
Portland to superintend the christening tip OF
the car, which will be in charge OF clerk q. q.
Paitee and three assistants to Portland and
two to Bangor, the work slackeniDg beyond
Portland.
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road.
Alderman Colwell OF st. John. N. B., who
has Just returned from Ottawa, where he held
conference with Quebec aud Halifax dele
gates in rel -tion to the eastern terminus OF the
Canadian Pacific, in presenting his report to
the city government OF st. John, spoke OF
the evident preference shown for Portland,
Me-. over Maritime Province ports, which he
said was due to its being nearer Montreal, and
he felt that ST. John could not compete with
Portland, Me-, until it could get a shorter
liue from NJ ntreal than the distance between
Montreal aud Portland. He claimed that it
was not the government but the shipper that
controlled the trade aud therefore the latter
would ship BY the shortest route irrespective Of
what the government desire.
uinor Notes.
A meeting of the st. Jobnsbury and Lake
Champlain stockholders will be held at the ST.
Johnsbury House on March 20, t. see II they
will vote to issue bonds to raise money and to
see II they will authorize a mortgage Of the
real and personal property and franchise Of the
company to secure the payment OF the bonds.
The Railroad Commissioners gave hearing
at Lawrence Saturday on the petition of the
Boston and Maine Railroad for leave to cross
Canal street in that city. Representatives Of
the Essex Company, Evelitt Mills and Russell
Paper Company, appeared in favor of the pc
ttion. The Boston and Lowell Railroad made
no open opposition. Decision was reserved.
The Railroad Commissioners inspected the
branch which the Boston and Maine propose
to build at Lawrence Saturday and decided
that the exigency was such that it can be cou-
structed.