Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-08
RAILROAD INTERESTS

At the annual meeting Of the Burton
Stock Car Co., held in Portland. Tuesday,
Mr. Joseph c. Moore was elected president,
and Clarence Hale. secretary. This COM
pany manufactures the only sensible, safe
and humane cattle car in the world.
The Knox Lincoln Railroad has made
a comparative tatement, showing the fol
lowing improvement in business Receipts
for December, 1888 sl2,435 81; for De
cember, 1859. Sl3. 799 80. Gain for three
months over previous year, 50 ,l67 g..
The first annual concert and ball Of the
Maine Central Railroad Relief Association
will be held at City Hall, Portland, on Wed
nesday evening, February 18th Tickets
at one fare for he round trip will be soln
at all stations to those holding ball tickets
General Manager Furber of the Boston
& Maine Railroad has placed signs all along
the line of the road, forbddirg any signs
Or advertisements being placed or painted
On the fences, and hereafter the eye of the
passengers will not be greeted with large.
flaming pain ings 1t is estimsted that
there are 250O or $500 of these signs be-
wesn B,-ton and Portland. which adver-
,isirg sgents have placed on fences Or
TbChr, uiCu CDti lht hb'NIbbVIs SiDiOVp
All these signs viii be destroyed.
There is a very brilliant prospect for busi-
ness over the wiite Mountain division OF
he Maine Central for the ensuing season.
The completion of the Canadian Pacific
Railway extension to De roit and their
connection there with the Wabash will
take place he first of June, when solid
trains will run betseen Chicago and Bos
ton and passengers for Portland will only
need to step from the through car to the
Portland car in Moatreal. 1t is expected
hat through car will be run between st
Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Portland
via the 500" Line and Dulu b Line, and
these in connection with the already es;ab-
Ii, he'd line of through cars for Chicago will
give q msgnlfi en-, service for people going
vest from Maine or coming to our State.
A Maine Central engineer has just com
pleted a preliminary survey of the route
frt m Dover to the Canadian Pacific, a step
ev IDENTITY preparatory to extending the d Z
,er and Piscstsqus line to a point on that
big trunk rosd The route is through Gull
ford, along the shore Of Sebec Lake, up
the valley Of Ship Pond to the outlet OF
Lake Onsway. The distance from Fox
croft TO the Ca adan Pac DC il about the
same a. from Foxcroft to Dexter and the
line would open country abeunding in
valuable lumber, hard and soft. sla;e and
one of the beat granite quarr,es in Maine
The Dexter Gazette says; That railroad
extension must come in the nature of tn ~
and if the first dirt is not shuvelled next
summer. then some circumstance not az
vet apprehen will overthrow plans al
ready formulated"
New York papers say that the reports
which have been circulated so freely for
the last few days TO the effect that the New
York & New England Railroad Company
vas at last to have the independent en-
trance into this city which it has 90 long
been anxious to procure, are undoubtedly
based on . strong foundation. Mr.. Rus
sell Sage. about two years ago. purchased
q little railroad running to the north west
ward from Cslais, Ne. The road was
bankrupt at the time, and had been bank.
rupt for several years. Curious people
wondered what Mr.. Sage could want with
such property. Bat Mr. Sage did not ex
PLAN. He 10 not given to making expIa
nations Of what be does. The reason fol
his purchase has now been made PLAIN
1t NAV be stated positively that Mr.. Sage
has observed with come glee that bis little
road 10 likely to play . most importan
part in big scheme, back of which is tbs
Canadian Pacific Railroad. The scheme i,
to deliver passengers, mails, and freish
! from New York in Liverpool in exactly ivt
days. This. it 10 declared. can be done By
4 "a hours rail journey to ST. John, and I
four days sea voyage from St. John t
Holy bead. Included in the mail route ar
to be New York and New England, tn,
Maine Central to Bangor, . new road to b,
built by the Maine Central from Bangor I.
Calais, on the St. Croix River, and Mr.
Ssge's little road from Calais to St John
From St John there will be run to Europ
line of steamers of modern construction
under Canalian Pacific Management. Th
Maine Central, it 10 said, will begin sctiv
operations on the proposed road from Bar
gor TO Calais 10 the early spring Th
charter for the road vas granted some tim
ago, and it 10 predicted that within Q yea
the land portion Of the new fouts To Europ
viii b completed.