Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-08

fsssriss psliey Of sssr1ien md nsnsp-
oily. zisd = purchass u. AID oAsssd 0e
city Of Bangor % give tor Il 4lo0, 900 -
assume tie Yeadrs boisdsd i6debsedaess
Baz gsr refused the s6if anless ths nalse
C<strll would nske BErgcr eiInng
| paiss, ard tten The Maine Censzh fyied 70
wreck the Baseaf Phcatsqais ~ eempe-
tsiar asd discsimisasiir- TheJ puahed
rssa up from Newport to Dover ard Fax
croft, siyins the latter place . mnca
Shorter cat o. PossIsnd, and pat the freight
rates rishs devn for thase places The r.
suls vas that the b. Ard r. road 80
robbed Ct . large shsrs Of the bEaiasss y
had developed in Piscsssq ais county. Ths
Name Central also entered into arrange
menu With the cansdi,n Pacific vhsfehy
the i.sssr's freight frora the West 10 Ban
| sos should be delivered ~ the Maine Cen
tra. II Ma.ssvamkeas instead Of 70 the
Bangor Piscsssauis. In the came
Line Of Dtserlaiaaatsn
every p7und Of freight for the Aocsehead
lake region hasdlei By he Maine Central,
usless specially ordered to be shipped via
the Bangor { PiscsisqIlis vas hauled to
Mstawsmkess-riah, away from it, dessi-
| aasion-and delivered 20 the Canadian Pa
ciHc srd hauled back By them to Moose
bead. i. il sry wonder that operating
aader such Disadvantages the past
wear, the Bangor & lpiseataqsis fell be-
hi1d somewhs.s /. only lacked SIG. 100 Of
paying running expenses, however, and
suriey the year il laid $50 tons Of new steel
rails. built several bridges and made other
i'm postan. improvements. And the B. & F..
road 10 today paying he Maine Central
$50. 900 year for the right to run its pas
ser ger trains over that rpad-l2 miles-into
Bangor. II il remarkable that 1t has come
20 near paying expeDsss and Mr.. Cram
said TO me, speaking Of il, tina. with proper
management the B. & 2 road could, even
aodef prefen. circunh st,nces, be made TO
psy dividend.
Nov, the proposition 10 regard to
this read i. that il thi, company Is or
gsaizsd they viii ask the city Of Ban
gor TO give the Bangor q Piscataqnis
road to the Bangor IL Aroostook Rail-
road, or condition that the latter will
run it, take care Of ii, snd pay the interest
on its bonded Indebtedness. The new com.
pany proposes to build new line from Old
Town TO Bangor over to the vhsrves at tide
water, distance of twelve miles, using the
old Feszie road bed. and charter held By
THE city Of Bangor for the Bangor & PiscAta-
quiz.
Now you pour upon the latter line the
immense output Of Aroostook freight and
effect saving Of the $3l, 900 paid annually
to the Maine Central, and venture to say
that the net income of the Bangor & Piscata-
quis would be 800, COO. II is just the kind
Of white elephant we wsnt, because it will
give Aroos.ook direct outlet to tide water,
and give her the benef, Of competitive tariff
rates.
The speaker then proceeded to answer
some criticisms tha. hal been made upon
the proposed route that ii was circuit0us
instead Of direct line.
The distance from Bancroft to Portland
via the Maine Central is 2l5 miles, from
Houiton to Dsnforth 80, making 253 miles
On the other hand, the distance from Houl-
ton to Portland by the proposed line via
Dover, Is but Pa, making ii the shortest
possible roulette "ideal direct line" 1t
had been threatened that il the road was
butt the C. T. Railroad would put its freigh.
rates down, ana put on line of steamers
from 81. Andrews. L.: them 1t. The
proposition was to make the Bangor &
Aroostook an A l road, easy in grades and
curves. well built and bsllasted, road on
which an engine could draw 40 cars Of
freight instead of the fifteen to
which the Canadian Pacific is linn
tied by its heavy grades and sharp
curves, and in that wsy we could
meet them and defeat them in competition.
In that way 1t would be possible to handle
the vast lumber product, transplant mills to
Aroostook soil, and keep the wealth and
profit Of that great industry here. Accom-
plish this and you would soon build up fine
towns, and in twenty years the flourishing
villsges Of Northern Aroostook would
become cities, and the magnificent river
valley between Fort Fairfield and Msssrdis
would hold population of a hundred
thousand.
In concluding his remarks the speaker
produced and read several letters from Mr..
+ W. Cram giving interesting facts and
reasons showing the gain that such q road
would be TO the county, and giviog it as
lis emphatic opinion ,hss there was not
smother such unoccupie1 field in the entire
country as Aroossook county afforded FOR
building up s strong and successful rail.
road enterprise.