The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-19
OUR WESTERN TRAFFIC.
The Maine Central to Shorten the
Distance From the East to
Chicago.
Some Idea OF the Roads Next Sum-
ner Business.

The Toronto line of the Canadian Pacific
mas heretofore stopped at st. Thomas. and
from that point west the Canadian Pacific
mas used the Michigan Central. Naturally
the Canadian Pacific does not want to be be-
modem to the Michigan Central, and they
have now built road of their own to De-
troit, which will be opened to travel June 1st
next. and from Detroit-as has been stated
IN the PREss-a compact has been entered
into with the Wabash system of roads On
June LIST then passenger from Portland
for any point west will only have to step
from the car he took in this city, aboard the
train at Montreal, to make the passage with
out Inconvenience to any western city. This
arrangement will be as satisfactory to pas
sengers coming to Portland from the west
and southwest as to those going, and it
will also make great feeder to the Maine
Central mountain divisions in freight as well
as passenger traffic.
For the passenger traffic there will be
through Pullman cars from st. Louis, Du-
luth, Minneapolis and st. Paul to Portland.
those from Duluth and Minneapolis running
via the $500 and Duluth" line, the shortest
line between any point west and the Attain
tic ocean, because 1t is direct line between
those western cities and this port.
When the Canadian Pacific puts on those
trains June LIST the through train from Port
land to Chicago and points west will leave
this city at 9 a. M, and reach Chicago at o.
m. next night, a gain of IL hours over any
other route. The morning train will be
important, In regard to the points it will
touch at, and consequently the great number
Of passengers it will convey. Leaving the
Maine Central Union station, as stated, at 9
a. M, 1t will carry passengers, via the noun
tain division, to all White Mountain resorts,
to Montreal, Niagara Fall, and the western
cities as far as Vancouver if desired. The
cost Of a passage to Chicago will be $24-the
same as from Boston including Pullman fare,
and S21, or So less than from Boston, If by
ordinary passenger coach. The Niagara
Falls car, attached to the train, will on its
return leave Chicago every night In the week
for Portland at 1910 o'clock, and will afford
passengers the delights of the grand noun
tain scenery of the White Hills by day
light.
The p. m. train for the mountains has
always, heretofore, stopped at Fabyan's. 1t
will this summer, however, continue on over
the new extension and connect at
Scott's for Lancaster, Groveton and the up
per Coos road, formerly reached via the
Grand Trunk
The p. m. train will also be through
western express, and will connect with the
Canadian Pacific aud all through $500 and
Duluth" line trains, besides accommodating
the White Mountain traffic.
SO much for the train arrangements to the
west for next summer. Those FROM the west
will convenience the travelling public as
well. Formerly 1t was business for the
Maine Central to get people over its main
line without perhaps paying so much atten
ton to Portland as some of our citizens
thought right and proper. Now, at least, ir
is the effort Of the Maine Central to direct
great attention to this city. The possession
of the Ogdensburg has been of the greatest
importance to its plans. Did you ever think
for moment, said General Passenger AgenI
Boothby to the writer, of the thousands of
people brought each summer over the Maine
Central from the west and the east, who 60
down'to the islands, to Pine Point, Prout's
Neck, or perhaps as far as Old Orchard, but
really make Portland their headquarters and
spend lots of money in the town. This num-
Der embraces great quantities of Canadians,
and 1t will multiply with the new convent
ences every year. They are the people who
don't go to fashionable Bar Harbor, or to
Poland Springs, but the multitude of well-to-
do, who live in an economical manner
or build small cottage. let the children dig
in the sand and freckle in the sunshine, and
60 back to middle and western Canada In
the fall full of health, ready to encounter the
rough, severe winters.
Now as to the traffic east of Portland.
There is every indication that while the Bar
Harbor business will be very large, Sor-
rento is coming to the front for an extended
patronage. Poland Springs has become so
fashionable that again Mr.. Kicker has been
compelled to increase the size of his famous
hotel. The Rangeley and Moosehead lakes
become more favorably known yearly, and
the shore towns, with their superb ocean
views and delightful climate, are. fast OBJ
tanning customers for fayorite land and
water sites for cottagers. These are all
ASSNeho Va ehO 6hOoe 1AothO OOhehoi oy oeOui,
and the Grand Trunk also comes in for its
share at points where it can place the travel
ling public. The morning train from Boston
the coming summer will leave that city at s
a. M, and passengers will be able to dine at
Poland Springs. 1t will be solid, elegant
vestibule train, and it may be said here that
the Maine Central was the first to order the
first vestibule train, but the Pennsylvania
road was the first to run one.
1t may not be improper, in connection with
this article, to say that a leading railroad
official, not connected with any of the Maine
railroads, had most agreeable call on Pres
ident Van Horn of the Canadian Pacific,
within the past fortnight, and found him as
enthusiastic as ever in regard to the future
of Portland as the great railway terminus
for western traffic. The gentleman said that
while he thought he knew the railroads of
this country pretty well. he was quickly I'M
deceived as to the extent of his information
when Mr.. Van Horn pulled out his maps
covering the great northwest. and showed
how important point Portland was, and
how this city held its future in its own
hands.
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