The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-22
Total bonded debit. s13,2o6,7
GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT.


GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT.
Total number of passengers transported
for the year was 1,758, ,088; an Increase over
the previous year Of 236, ,237 or 1852 per GEN.
tum. The totalIamount Of freight transport
ed over the main line and branches for the
year was !, 1929, 326 tons; an increase over the
previous year Of 31S,392 tons, or 31.49 per
centum.
The earnings for passengers were $685.
1854. The earnings for the transporta-
tion Of freight were 81, ,991, ,019.64. The earn
ings for transportation Of mails, baggage,
express, ETC., were S19l. .806.03. The total
gross transportation earnings for the twelve
months were S3.S28, 1871. The number OF
miles run by passenger trains was 1.286 902
and by freightstrains, 970,27l and by work
ing trains, switching, etc, 9S4,974; making
the total number of miles run, 3,242,147.
The short wooden span east Of B0wdoin-
ham station, has been replaced by an iron
plate girder bridge. At Vaughan's Brook,
near HallOwell, two spans of riVeted plate
iron girders have been erected In place Of
the wooden spans formerly there. The old
wooden Howe Truss span, at Hallowell
street crossing, has been replaced by a new
through iron span. AT the crossing of Two
Mile Brook, short distance east OF Angus
Ia, the wooden span has been replaced by an
iron plate girder bridge. The old wooden
draw span at the crossing of the Kenduskeag
Stream, in the city Of Bangor, has been re-
placed by an iron plate girder draw span.
At the crossing Of Sunkhaze stream, be-
tween Milford and C0stigan, the old wooden
Howe Truss span has been replaced by a
through iron bridge. The long trestle at Sa-
battus, on the branch between Crowley's
junction and Leeds Junction, has been en-
tirely rebuilt of hard pine. At Fitz Pond,
on the Mt. Desert branch, "a through iron
span with riveted connections has been
erected. At.the crossing of Union river,
near Ellsworth Falls, the third and last span
Of Aarrh htfd hsun kra AAd bWFr
iron through span with riveted connections.
The two long spans at the Centre Conway
crossing of the Saco river have been re-
placed by two through iron spans with riv-
eted connectionns. The above list includes
only such spans as have been made entirely
new, and in addition to these, expensive re-
pairs have been made on many other bridges.
There have been supplied from the quarry
at North Jay, owned by this company, 1912
cubic yards Of granite, and this amount of
stone has been used in the new masonry
built at various points along the line.
The following materials were used for re-
pairs and construction:
Steel rails, tons. ,606 934-2240
iron rails, TONS. hs...'...........'.' 49, 50l o94-224O
cross ties.... oH
JOINT plate, ponnds ,567
Track spikes, pounds. s........ .320700
Track bolts and nuts, pounds. .156,60S
Our locomotive equipment has been in
creased during the year by nine engines.
eight built by the Portland Company. and
one at our shops. There have been built at
our shops: Platform freight cars, $50; box
cars, 20; freight saloon cars, four; work
mems cars, five; second class passenger cars,
two.
The amount OF coal and wood
used Is bituminous coal, 79,S47 105-
2240 tons; 1851 1260-2240 tons
were used for locomotives and the re-
mainder for engines in shops and water sta
tiops, anthracite coal, 4,96S 197c-2240 tons
2,570 tons Of this coal were used in heating
passenger and freight stations; 1.301 760-2240
tons for steam ferry between Mt Desert
Ferry and Bar HarDor; 3S5 850-2240 tons for
warming passenger cars; the rest for engine
houses. Wood, 1907 cords, distributed a
follows: To locomotive. 178 cords to shops
IL cords to passenger cars, 45 cords; and
the remainder to engine houses, water sta
| tions and freight trains.
A large number of size tracks have beer
laid, 10 miles of track ballasted, using %, ,OOt
cubic yards Of gravel.
2S,440 rods of fence have been built this
year. or this amount 25, 450 rods were barb.
ed wire, ,327 rods were board, and 663 rods
were cedar rail.
A considerable amount Of work has been
done in rebuilding and repairing stations
the past year. Among the principal items
IN this connection are new passenger sta,
tions at Bath, Passadumkeag. Thorndike and
Lambert Lake; new coal sheds at Malta
wamkeag and Crowley's Junction; new
water stations at Lincoln, Sebago Lake and
Fryeburg. Some OF the buildings on the
Portland & Ogdensburg Railway have also
been remodeled and new platforms built
Three new iron turntables have been sub.
etituted for old wooden turn tables. Gener-
al repairs and renewals have also been made
at many other stations.
PAYsoN Tucker,
General Manager.
1t was voted to make proposition to the
Shore Line Railroad for lease of that road,
which proposition is not made public at pres
ent.