The Portland daily press., 1888-12-14

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Total bonded sI2, ,39l 600. 90
GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT.
Inc following report of the operations Of
the Maine Central Railroad Company for the
fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1883, is respect
fully submitted:
Total number Of passengers transported
for the year was 1,521, 1851, an increase over
the previous year OF 166,874, or 1882 per cent.
The total amount of freight transported
over the main line and branches for the year
was l,OlO,934 tons, an increase over the preyi-
ons year OF 1871 tons, or 14.44 per cent.
The earnings for passengers were 81, 49,
s75.9l. The earnings for transportation Of
freight were sl,743, 6205l. The earnings for
etc., were Sl60,611 06. The total gross trans
So, 1856, ,0O7 4S.
The number Of miles run by passenger
IRA trains ms was 1,115,S67, and by freight trains
oUe,Z5l, and by working trains, switching
etc, 3O,313; making the total number Of
miles run 2, 2,755,4i1.
Bridges.
The following bridges have been built dur
ing the year:
AT Portland street new iron through span
ma mas been erected to accommodate four tracks.
The wooden span at Yarmouth road has been
replaced by an iron structure.
At the crossing OF Abagadassett stream,
near Harward's Road Station, a heavy iron
plate girder span has replaced the wooden
bridge In use at that place. One Of the short
spans lust east Of B0wdoinham station has
received new iron plate girder bridge At
seven Mile Brook, near Riverside station,
Two new iron plate girder bridges have been
erected. one spanning the highway and one
the stream, and the remainder OF the open
ing has been filed, thus replacing the old
wooden trestle and Howe truss bridge about
600 feet In length, with 70 feet of substantial
IRON bridges and 800 feet Of solid earth EN-
Dankment. In connection with this bridge
work the track has been lowered some six
ieet between the bridge and the station, thus
ocviatlng heavy and troublesome grade.
AT freely Road crossing, near Walnut Hill
station, new abutments have been built, and
new iron plate girder through span has re-
placed the old / beams resting on wooden
trestles.
The short iron span near Danville Junction
mas been replaced by a heavy iron plate
order bridge. At Turner street crossing. in
Lne city OF Auburn, the old wooden Howe
Truss has been replaced with a new through
rlyeted iron span, and the old abutments
winch were last becoming unreliable have
been replaced with first-class granite mason
~. In the city OF Lewiston the old wooden
Howe truss bridge across Oxford street mas
been replaced by new iron plate girder
span. The short wooden deck span near Mt.
Hope has been replaced by a new iron plate
girder bridge. At Passadumkeag a new
through riveted iron span has been erected in
The fourth and last span of the old wooden
Howe truss bridge at Orono has been re-
placed by an iron through pin connected
span, and all four spans Of this bridge are
now iron. In addition to these new spans Of
iron bridges extensive repairs have been
made on Brewer, Crossuntlc, Meadow Brook,
Ilconic, kennebec and many other bridges.
considerable amount Of new masonry
mas been built at various points along the
lne, and many old culyerts. cattle passes,
etc., have been rebuilt. The company's
quarry has furnished for this work thirty-six
hundred and thirty-nine cubic yards Of stone
The following materials were used for re-
repair and construction:
IONS.
iron iron RAJ s'..'.-.................. 7l5 S8S-2240
Ofoss ues........- ....-...............T1l,2O 200
JOINT piates bb6, ,563
rIdek spikes ...................2lO,9
Track bolts and nuts. ,906
Our locomotive equipment has been in
creased during the year by seven engines,
four built by the Portland Company ana
three at our shops. There have been built
at our shops 101 platform freight cars, 4
snow pl0ws, and l combination passenger
car. The amount of coal and wood used
anthracite coal, 4,923 208O 22l0ths tons; wood
1884 cords.
There have been 25f miles Of track ballast
ed, using 5000 cubic yards Of gravel; IA $50
rods OF fence have been built; l1,O19 barbed
wire. 5000 boards and 520 cedar rail.
Among the more important buildings there
have been a 20 feet wide and 200 feet long
addition built to the freight house on West
commercial street. a new baggage room at
freeport, signal tower east Of Benton
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house and extensive changes made at Ban
gor; freight house at Or0no; addition to sta
tons at Lincoln, Danville junction and
Leeds; and crossing gates put up at Brigh-
ton road. near Portland. and Pearl and Lin
coin streets In Deering.
PAYsoN TUCKER,
General Manager.
The report closes with the printed lease Of
the Portland & Ogdensburg to the Maine
Central