The Portland daily press., 1885-02-14
BOSTON & MAINE.
The Work of Rebuilding and Repairing
at the Car shops-Hmp rOvemeuts ON the
Eastern Division, Boston and Maine
Railway.

NHstcFM DaF1sA0n, Boston and MaRMe
Railway.
The Eastern Division car shops of the Bos-
ton q Maine railroad present the appearance
of busy hive Of industry this winter. From
130 to 140 men are now employed, the repair
ing and repainting of the passenger cars furn-
ishing the larger portion of work. In the set
ting up shop the Pullman sleeper Bangor is in
process OF entire remodeing, and is to be furn-
ished with all the latest modern appliances.
1t is stated that some $4,000 will be expended
upon this car. There are also two other pas.
senger coaches in the shop in process OF rebuild
ing. In the paint shop, which is believed to
be the most spacious and con venient connected
with any similar car shop building in New
England, there are ten passenger cars in pro-
csss OF repaintng, renumbering and reletter-
ing No. 2S8 will leave the shop to-day and
No. 1893 is about ready to 60 out. From liz, the
last Boston and Maine passenger car number,
the cars OF the Eastern Division are to be re-
numbered, and the numbers will run az high
as $50, 1t is stated. The baggage cars of the
division are to be repainted as rapidly as pos
sible, Tuscan red replacing the yellow brown
color heretofore in vogue. The redwood cars
l74 and l75, built last year, are to be stripped
OF their outer covering, the redwood giving
place to white wood, which when painted and
vanished withstands the action of the wealth
er and wears better than the vanished red
wood. No. ia has already bean recovered With
white wood. and viii be replaced on the line
as No. 34l. An exceedingly handsome car,
No. 175 will follow General Foreman Arthur
M. Watt, the efficient head OF the Eastern
Division shops, had devised many new i'm
provements to be added to the cars. The tools
will hereafter be carried much more compactly
and conveniently under each car instead of in
box under the end seats as heretofore, and in
the neat receptacle in which they will be
placed can be got at much more easily The
axe, saw, bucket aad bar, carried inside of each
car, will be hung in plain sight OF each passsn-
ger as is the custom on the Boston and Albany,
Lake Shore and Western railroads. The Pail
man psrlor car Chelsea is also in the paint
shop for repairing and repairs. A combina-
ton passenger aud baggage car is to be built
THIS winter, and some twenty-five box freight
cars. AS fase as the freight cars come in for re-
pairs the draw bars are 10 be changed to con-
form to the uniform standard coupling ia use
on the Boston and Maine road. There are at
these Car shops wrecking Car and blocking
car which are models of convenience in their
way, their interior arrangements originating
with Mr.. Waltz The inside of the wreckipg
car presents an appearance like that of the
tween decks" Of q naval vessel, with its array
OF neatly arranged tools upon the sides, it's
long lockers filled with the multifariouS arti-
cles requisite for the equipment, all arranged
with seamanlike order and regularity, and the
heavy hawsers coiled away on its shelves.
There is a large cook stove and smaller stove
for heating, and closets for the commssariat,
tea and coffee and other supplies being Kept
on hand ready for use. The car will carry
from seven to fifteen men, as emergency re-
quires. Coupled right behind it is the block
ing car, in which are the jacks, levers and
blocks and two sets OF trucks, arranged to run
through doors opening from the end of the car
and out upon sbids to the track beneath. The
car has also hinged trsnsom doors upon the
sides. Heretofore the blocking has been car
ried on a platform car.
With its Eastern Division shops and its
main shop at Lawrence, the Boston and Maine
railroad company's facilities for Car building
are probably uneaualed in New England. The
REMEMBERING and reeLtering of the Eastern
Division passenger cars will procsed as rapidly
as possible.
The new station for Portland is much talked
of in Boston. 1t will be according to the plans
400 feet long, and have three tracks inside and
three outside. 1t will accommodate with ease
the business of sixty-fye passenger trains a
day.