The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-12-16
By balance Sept. 80, 1884.

SOEHhANIENOkhTb 3 hhPORI.
Superintendent Lincoln report furnishes the
following abstract:
There has been slight falling of in freight earn
1nKs. owing chiefly to dull markets and short oropa
Of potatoes and apples.
m The passenger earnings show a slight increase.
The expense account 10 large owing in part to the
general improvement of road and equipment and
10 part TO the severe weather In February and
march, requiring extra labor to remove snow and
Ice from the track, and causing damage to To-
eomotives and delay to trains
The trestle bridge near Canton Steam Mill has
neen nlled, the course of the stream having been
changed. reducing bridge to span Of twenty-five
feet, as planned and commenced two years ago.
Darlington or Bartlett bridge has been replaced
by solid earthwork. Bridges over Burgenot Pond
and saltwater bridges have been repaired and
strengthened but will require some nsw piling and
caps another year. At East sumner we now have
an entre rev structure, consisting Of two substsn
tlal stone abutmeuts with clear water course OF
seventytve (75l feet, and rstclass spruce lattice
pridge All the old stone and wood work Is nov
being removed, and embankments made of gravel
The entire cost is about seven thousand 81 OOO)
dollars This work has been under the direction OF
5. L. stephen, Esq, .. E., Mr.. G. K. Joy master
carpenter, and Mr.. Daniel Dudley stone mason
Bridges at Buckheld, Hebron and Min0t have been
another year.
The road has been ballasted and improved In
many places; raised on Hebron meadow, near Sum
ner bridge on Burgen0t Pond and east on Canton
depot; the cuts and bitches between Canton and
Sumner enlarged also several small stone culyerts
rebuilt and water courses filed.
During June and July Ave hundred tons Of steel
rails, costing net SIS S24 rs, were dstributed and
laid as follows Enough to replace all old iron rails
between Mechanic Falls and West Minet station.
and from one mile north of Hebron STATEN to Buck.
field, with about twenty tons put in near Sumnar
bridge Since October LIST one hundred thirty tons
tons Of steel have been laid one hundred tons east
OF Canton, replacing the very light Iron and thirty
tons between Bucktield and Sumner. About thirty
tous OF good rails taken up between BuckHeld
and Mechanic Falls, were laid above Hartford re-
placing some badly worn.
The sidings at Mechanic Falls and at Blue Ont
Hartford, have been heightened also a new one
laid AT Hutchins Cut, Hebron, We have purchased
on the line OF the road three thousand ties and
from the West seven thousand cedar ties The
track is now in much better condition than lass
year. and this will aid in reducing operating ex.
pensss.
We have built two miles Of new wire fencing. cost
ing SOCIAL, and repaired old fences to the amount
OF $375.29. station houses at Minot Hebron
sumner and Hartford We habeen repairedsand paint
ed inside and out.
Locomotives are in good condition. The two run
ming on regular trains using coal for fuel: and
the spare one in the shop for general repairs Is
being changed to COAL PasseDges and mail cars are
wheels renewed and otherwise improved. Ten new
box cars have been added. Our fifty at cars are in
constant use, and with such receive from con
Meeting roads, are barely sufficient to meet the de-
mands OF our increasing business In that line. The
rolling stock now consists of three locomotives.
Two passenger cars, one combination mail ard
smoker, one freight saloon, eighteen box and cattle
cars nifty platform cars, and one snow plow. We
now have IN main line about ten miles seel rails and
twenty miles of iron. We have on hand for sale
about sixty tons Of old rails and about fifteen tons
of scrap iron.
The accommodations at Mechanic Falls junction
are somewhat limited for the amount OF business;
but am informed this will soon be improved
The employees have generally been faithful in the
discharge of their duties the regularity aud safetv
OF TRAINS bearing evidence to that fact.