The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-06
RAILWAY MATTERS.
THE CONGRESS STREET STATION

THE CONGRESS STREET STATION.
The improvements in the Congress street
station of the Maine Central railroad are ap-
preaching completion and will be finished in
less than two weeks. A gentlemen's waiting
room ten feet by forty has been built beyond
the ladies' room near the Congress street end
of the platform and between these rooms is
a commodious ticket Office with windows for
selling in both the waiting rooms, and bay
window opening upon the platform Be-
yond the gentlemen's room pair OF double
doors opens upon a covered portlc0 from
which brick walk extends to the horse car
track on st. John street with porte cochere
under which the horse cars will run so that
passengers will be under cover from the
horse cars to the station From the portie0
another walk leads to Congress street and
space for planting wood bines. The large
yard between the building and st. John
street is to be paved and used by hacks which
can drive through it to the portico. On the
inward track of the railroad an awning will
be built similar to that over the station
whole station is handsomely finished and
painted and will present fine appearance.
THE sKowHEGAN AND SOMERSET r. R.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Matthews of Low
ell, Mass, one of the owners of the Maine
State quarries, and Mr.. Mitchell. railroad
contractor, from Belfast, arrived at Skowhe-
gan having passed over the road OF the pro-
posed road from that place to Moosehead
Lake. They report this route avery easy one to
construct railroad over and are very enthus-
iastic oyer the project. Two surveying par
ties will go at once, one starting from Show
hegan and the other at Greenville. The lat
ter town has voted $1,000 toward the road and
it is expected that private subscriptions in
the town will amount to as much more A
railroad meeting at the Athens Town House
is called for Tuesday, November 10th at 10
o'clock a. m.
WORCESTER, NASHUA AND ROCHESTER,.
The Boston Post says: "The Worcester
Nashua and Rochester road is "a 48-100 miles
in length and runs from Worcester to Roch-
ester, N. H., where it connects with the
Rochester and Portland a road owned in the
Boston and Maine interest. The authorized
capital stock, as per the last report was $S,-
100000, and the issued stock, $3,699,S00 By
this lease the Boston and Maine brings up
the mileage of itself and leased properties to
5S7.77 miles. Adding to this the 527.47 miles
operated by the Maine Central, a road con-
trolled in the interest of the Eastern, and
we have grand total of 1116 miles in New
England under Boston and Maine-Eastern
Central. Its course from Portland to Wor-
cester would describe the half of circle,
the centre being at Boston. Granted that
the Boston and Maine cannot make the
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester earn 8 per
cent on its stock, and if any man can make
it earn that amount, that man is General
Manager Furber, it remains most valuable
requisition as either an offensive or defensive
weapon against the Boston & Lowell. The
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester offsets the
ST. Johnbury and Lake Champlain move of the
Boston and Lowell, and now it will be inter-
esting to watch what the next move will be in
the little game which the New England rail-
road managers are now playing"
NOTES.
Work has been begun running the lines
for the the additions to the Eastern Division
station of the Boston and Maine Railroad,
and several Portland contractors are figuring
for the job
The work of tearing down the Maine Cen
tral round house has been begun. The new
wooden structure at the Y is well under
way and will accommodate eleven locomo-