The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-23
RAILWAY MATTERS.
A NEW AIR LINE TO MONTREAL

The completion Of the st. Lawrence bridge
will lead to the opening of a new air line to
New York from Montreal via the Canadian
Pacific. The Central Vermont, the Benning-
ton q Rutland. and the old Lebanon Springs
roads will form .he northern section Of this
new air line Only ten miles Of new road
have to be built. This section Is now in
course Of construction, and will extend the
Lebanon Springs to the State line between
Massachusetts, and New York State, where
connection may be made with the Housaton-
ic railroad. rhe idea is to use this road as
New York, New Haven Il Hartford railroad.
This would be an air line from Montreal
through New England to New York.
MAINE CENTRAL.
Conductor Clements, who has run the mixed
day train between Bangor and WaterYille
for a number of years, will be transferred to
the Waterville and Portland route after next
week, and Conductor George West will sue
ceed him. The new freight train between
Bangor and Waterville will be run by Con-
ductor Vigue. Conductors A. L. Skillings
and NJ: +, Hegarty have been assigned to the
night freights east of Bangor, 4. w. Ham
mond to the Mattawamkeag and Vanceboro
freight, and j. A. Starrett to the Mattawam-
nus ohN bAh6OA 1ACl6uts
BANGOR PIsCATAQUIs.
A railroad meeting was held at Tarr's
Hall, Monson, Friday evening Of this week,
the object being to secure subscriptions to
the fund necessary to be raised to secure the
extension Of the railroad from Harmony to
Greenville. The sum Of $4,000, or $4,000
per mile, will be necessary, and Of this one
third is said to be already pledged from
source that can be relied on. MonsOn Is in
debt, and can do nothing in its corporate ca
pacity, but the local paper argues that every
man owning property in Monson can well
afford to subscribe five to ten per cent of its
assessed valuation TO secure standard
gauge railroad to that town, because his
property will be worth from 80 to 30 per cent
more the moment the road reaches there.
wIscAssET 4 QUEBEC.
The committee of the Wiscasset & Quebec
railroad, which was chosen at Augusta, met
at Wiscasset ON Wednesday of last week.
and went down the river ON the tug Wave
noe to sound and measure the depths Of wa
ter, so as to report to the Canadian commit
tee. They were as follows: j. Manchester
Haynes, Mr.. Whitehouse and others.
KNOX q LINCOLN.
AT meeting held in Bath yesterday, of
COlhuiittccS lIOm the cities ana towns mold
ing stock in the Knox & Lincoln railroad, a
subcommittee, consisting of SAMUEL Bryant
and Leander Weeks, Of Rockland, J. ii.
Kimball and George Fisher, of Bath, G. G.
Levenseller, of Tbomaston, s. S. Marble, of
Waldoboro, E. Ross, of New Castle, j. A.
Hail. of Damariscotta, 4. X. Hall, Of Wal
d0b0ro, and Charles Weeks, of Wiscasset,
were appointed to take into consideration
the lease or sale of the Knox Il Lincoln rail
road.
THE ATHENS RAILROAD.
A large and enthusiastic railroad meeting
was held at Athens last Saturday, with
large delegation present from Canaan. The
proposed route from Burnham to strike the
Megantie road was thoroughly discussed.
The people of Canaan are very much in ear
nest, and will at once call town meeting
and vote five per cent of their valuation in
aid of the road. A committee was chosen to
confer with the citizens of the different
towns along the proposed route. The sug-
hogan to Athens meets with general approx
al. 1t is thought that $4,000 can be raised
in the town of Athens in aid of the enter
prise, that towns along the line beyond Ath-
ems will respond generously and that the
citizens of Belfast, seeing the great advan-
tage that must accrue to their city, will sub
scribe very literally for stock in such q road.
NOTES.
There is talk Of railroad from Rockland
to Camden.