Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-12-18

Take our own State 70 back to the days
Of the Portland and Kennebec, the Maine
Centred, ths S0nerset and Kennebec, the
AsdroseoGgin roads; the public paid high
Fates for freight and passenger con, eyance.
The ssrviee Of the several road. vas pour,
and there seemed to be decay along every
line. No one Of these roads paid upon
their cost end their bonds were not 1t .
pseoium. How different to-day; these
lines have been consolidated into one com.
mon company, and the Maine Central road
nos runs from nearly every prominent
point in the State. Have the public lost or
gained BY this consolidation Why, tie
stock If this great property ~hich few
year, ago vas practically worthless, 10 nov
q six per cent. stock. and its bonds are
worth one hundred and twenty-five dollars
per one hundred. commanding . large pre-
MUM. Look at the increased facilities
given To :he puhlic--see the many trains
run in every direction notice the fast
freight trains going oy cish, and By day,
Transporting the .sried products Of Maine
and the Provinces through the State to the
market OF New England zee the thousands
Of men employed in its vast business, and
notice thrift, and industry wherever the road
runs.
Nos What has beea accomplished BY res-
son Of the consolidating Of these several
lines in Maine will he increased and added
TO BY the union Of the three roads first
nsned in this article, making practically
nhe management, from BOSTON, which must
be the great centre Of New England to and
through Maine. This combination ha. been
obi Nd hc eh. lsas,o., of h. ,ad
to the Boston and Maine, and iVasmuch ss
the Eastern owns . majority Of the stock of
the Maine Central it carries with j, the con-
troll Of this road. From interviews With the
men Who were The leading spirits in bring
ing about this result, and from full con-
ference as TO their future policy, We feel sure
that this consolidation will work 10 the ma
ieriai growth and benefit OF Maine. and that
this new management should he cordially
received and thoroughly trusted by the peo-
pie Of this State. Confidence is necessary
to the full Development Of any business, and
the public Owe a duty to themselves TO aid
and encourage in every way this grea, rail-
road enterprise, because upon is success
depends the future growth Of eur grand old
StAr~.
The two men who will have the genera al
management Of thi, immense property, val
ned at more than FIFTY millions of dollsrs
and Who will come in contact with, and be
known BY the people. are Mr.. James 7. Fur
Der and Mr.. Ps,son Tucker. Both OF these
gentlemen have had a remarkable csree(
and both stand pre- eminent u. rsilr2 ID men.
Mr.. Furber Was born in GreA, Falls, n. II .
IN 1888. When a boy. his parents moved
TO South Berwick. IN this ST ate. and he vas
educated at the Siu'h iI-r~ick Academy.
In 1854 he entered the service OF the bns-
ton and Name road IN it, f'-i sht d~rartm- nj.
Tie served in all the ,srlugs grades Of .er-
wee IN the freish, and passenger depart
,ncn's, and ~ns made IN January. 1873, al
ter falfhful service of nearly twenty years.
the General Super ,ni-n'lent If the road.
He completed the -S'ru-i n of the rad
from u, rack 10 furt.and. snI run the first
~ ii". over II.
tud-r his management the stock II this
read la gone from b,l"w par IN the mar
,y',u> st,A.ce Of one Au1'.tl and sixty
.-,.u .iollar. per share. 'hI- 'r-i;fsing in
an unAn,aerahr fn-u-cr - a.. i irity and
c,pauit- Mr. .s-5 b. ~ -! ,n,1 WHO
tAv."ughiy uud. r>t.aa. sI 1l-' - prAc
;lral amazing ever, par ,i o. as con-
- 80, . -. nj IT. nIsn4..r Gr''. " "a i
,trut: sd robust pa,s.l.r. vi. graf
kuns q Of then. with arr- poser :" Sc
!e,t night rnrn for Responsible sulut.il ate
positions ara Al earnest desire - .iii>h
r,er,.j Ist G-mari oi 4 pt't'-c. and Alih a
firm purpose TO msk- ,bt> graf e;.t..:pgiss
ia ever, ~, .ucc-ssful ~ha an doubt That
the consolidation unIcr hi> guidance, viii
hut retluTnd - the bsgri: aud growth OF