The Portland daily press., 1886-05-13
RAILWAY MATTERS.
BOSTON & MAINE.


The Boston Traveller says: The Boston
& Maine road will change its timetable fol
the summer season on June 2Sth All of last
years White Mountain trains will be put on
and the same is true of the trains that run
through to st. John and Halifax The
opening of the bridge across the St. John
river at St. John, n. B., has made it possible
to make little better time between that city
and Boston, and in all probability the Ely
ing Yankee" train, which has come to be one
of the most popular trains in New England
will be quckened somewhat. Exactly how
much has not yet been determined.
The through trains will, as last year, leave
Boston at 9 q. m, 1890 and p. m. In the
matter of rolling stock, this road IS about TO
make some important additions. 1t now has
eight elegant cars, all finished in mahogany,
lust ready to come out of Brajley's shops at
Worcester; seven more of similar design
are at Wason's in Springfield (Brightwood) ;
four nearly completed at the company's own
shops, and two parlor cars, equal to any ON
the road, have recently been turned out, and
they will be ready June 1St.
THE MT. WASHINGTON ROAD.
The annual meeting of the Mt. Washing
ton railroad was held in Concord n. H.,
yesterday afternoon, and the following Off
GERS were elected: President, John H..
George of Concord; clerk, Crank L. Brown
of Concord; treasurer, Edward d. Harlow
Of Boston; manager, Walter Aiken OF
Franklin; directors, John II. George, Wal
ter Aiken, Emmons Raymond, and John
Thomas Vose, of Boston; Alyah w. Sull0-
way, Franklin; Nathaniel White, Jr., and
John M. Mitchell. Concord.
NOTES.
The Pullman train east over the Maine
Central Tuesday night, was the largest for
long time. Travel is very heavy now and
constantly increasing.
+. Il. Boothby, Esq, General Passenger
Agent of the Maine Central Railroad, and
wife, are in Bangor visiting Mr.. Frank M.
Rowe and wife.
1t is expected that all of the new steel
rails ON the Houlton branch of the New
Brunswick Railway will be laid by June 1st.
A. Middleton, c. E., who with party of
fifteen men is making the survey for branch
of the International Railway from West
Cove to the point on the west side of Moose
head Lake, where the road is expected to
cross, is now three miles from the cove, hav-
ing started from that place.
Two of the heavy Maine Central locomo-
tives now being built at the Portland Com
pany's Works, are for use on the Bar Har-
Dor branch the coming summer. One engine
is now being fitted up in such manner that
the air-brake attachment can be used from
both the front and rear ends. This lOcomo-
tive will be employed in moving the Bucks
port and Bar Harbor trains, between the
Maine Central depot and Penobscot switch.
Extensive blasting operations are going ON
near the foot of Newbury street, Bangor.
Last summer it was found that the Bar Har-
Dor branch of the Maine Central, near its
junction with the main line, was hardly long
enough to permit the transferring OF heavy
trains quickly. A crew of 30 or 50 men has
therefore been placed at work to lengthen
the branch, and to do so they are obliged to
blast out 800 feet or more of solid ledge.
They have erected blacksmith shop, and
are now carrying on the work in earnest: 1t
will be completed before the summer time
table goes into effect.