The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-15
RAILROAD MATTERS.
THE SHORE LINE RAILWAY.

THE SHORE LINE RAILWAY.
On Thursday evening of last week Colonel
Greene addressed meeting of citizens of
Calais concerning the proposed Shore Line
Railroad. He asked of the city $4,000, I'M
der proper guarantees that the through line
from Calais to Bangor should be completed
within two years from the time IF commenc-
ing work The result of the debate which
followed was the appointment of commit
tee, consisting of MesSrs. E. B. Harvey, Geo.
A Lowell, 9. b. Rounds, j. s. Clark and w.
A. Murchie, to draft proposition to be re-
ported at an adjourned meeting An express
sion of the sense of the meeting with refer
ence to the railroad was then taken, and the
vote was declared unanimous in favor of aid
ing the road.
The adjourned meeting was held Tuesday
evening" when the report eff the committee
was submitted by Mr.. Harvey. The commit
tee advised three propositions, from which
Col. Greene might take his choice The first
was that the city should subsidiZe the Shore
Line to the extent OF $4,000, II the llne was
connected with the st. Croix and Penobscot
above the upper bridge at Midtown. The
second proposition would give $4,000 when
the road is completed and connected with
the New Brunswick railroads by bridge
across the river at any point below the Union
Mills dam. According to the third the rail
road would receive $4,000 if the line should
connect with the st. CroixS and Penobscot
road at its terminus in Calais, the location OF
the bridge in that case not being considered
of Importance. A minority report was Of
fered by Mr. Clark, proposing to give a sub
sidy of $25, 900 if the bridge crossed within
half mile of the Midtown depot; and $780,
900 if the bridge across the river came below
the Union Mills.
After considerable debate, it was voted to
recommit the reports, to see if the committee
could not agree upon single proposition.
which Colonel Greene would accept and
fh,o if ho 1tafo m
submit to a vote of the people
The meeting then adjourned to next
Thursday evening, March 18TH
EASTERN RAILROAD.
A contemporary hears q rumor that
the gross earnings of the Boston and Maine
Eastern Railroads for the month of Febru-
ary show an increase of about $4,000 over
February, 1885, and adds: IF this is true,
we stand by our prophecy, that the gross
earnings of the combined roads for the pres
emf fiscal year will amount to fully $1,000
600, and 100000 gross means handsome
dividends for Eastern stockholders" The
rumor may be correct, but gross earnings of
600 for the present fiscal year does not
mean handsome dividends for Eastern
stockholders that is, not yet. If the COM
pany could pay dividends at all, which it
cannot, there might be logic in the remark
Boston Herald.
President Lord of the Boston and Maine
Railroad Company is seriously i'll of pneu-
monia at his residence in Newton.
A party of International Railway engi-
neerS have gone to Greenville to locate a line
from the terminus of the Bangor and Pts
cataquis Railroad at West Cove to the point
where their road will cross Moosehead Lake.
Twelve new hand cars have arrived in
Bangor for the Maine Central. They will
be distributed along the Eastern division of
the road
The.railroad commissioners will make an
inspection of the Maine Central and its
branches this week, beginning Tuesday.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be occupied in
an examination of the western part of the
line. Thursday and Friday will be devoted
to an inspection of the Belfast, Dexter and
Bucksport branches the Mount Desert
branch and the E. and n. A. diyis-
ion to Vanceboro The commissioners will
be accompanied by General Manager Tucker
and the heads of the roads various depart
ments.