Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18
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Of because his paxsicAlag theory - 10
route va not nrss oktaised. or cannot
nnv be catered TO- We have heard Is said
bv fA:issy GMcials than each tram nan
bad : notion whenever tims table SIS
made up, thA; he could hayt Gxsd some
part OF il little better than il 80 ar
ragged Is headq iaftsYs, but the trouble
you'd be that ii each had bis train ran -
suit him very. few offers weaid be accofu
mcdAted II sll The point Of this y thai
an ARoostoek railroad has eesn needed for
may yesfs, il needed nor mere fhAa evaY
before and is 70 be needed every day q d
Every hour in the future mofs than il l.
row. This Is universally admitted and il
nust also be admitted that the Arosstook
rosd - pfcpossd promises
More Advasaasss - nsAgsr
than any other BY any possibility could.
Ths testimony Of the great maj riiy Of our
practical business mn 10 substantially
unanimous upon shis point In considering
the question from standpoint Of tfsfa: !.
gre,snt and pfosps ctive. When yen sdd
to this the facts that the enterprise 10 being
pushed by Bangor mep, thst It compfs-
bends the utilization OF the Bangor and
piscassqsis road, that oil lesislasien
Arcostook's Aid and Pstten's aid, apply BY
this ronie anh this slone. there can, se
think, be 10 excuse for the Withholding OF
aid and sympathy. We put it upon the
bfosd ground Of the highest good for our
city and for our State. Beyond This. the
st.ituJe Of Arcostook cou1ty and the tosh
Of Pstssn towards as and ihs i'll oder We
would be sure to be in with every resitent
there il we wsrs 10 ''lie dorn.' and IT 10
e.sy to see Why we predict all the sub
stansial aid needed to the III cess Of ihe
enterprise. We know Bangor once Sup
aud dressed 10 patriolc out VI clear pubic
spirit, and We know II sncn we're not sne
case she would not throw away THIS oppor-
tupity.
A Favorable Time for Baiidfss.
Oos nh.ss NJ tina question. and 4 yery
important one, TO be Kept in mind, 10 the
favorable time for building railroads. We
believe 1t safe to say there never was and
probably will not soon be again such .
chance for buying everything that Is to be
needed. Looking back to the time when
some Of our railroads were beiog bailt,
their rails being relayed or equipment be-
ing purchased. we tiod that from 1867 to
1872 the price Of iroS rails sversged $7s
per ton and their average life under 4ot
heavy traffic was not over seven to Ter
years. We do not NOD steel rAlis quoted
at all until 1868, and then At $l75 per ton
Even in 1878 the average price Tor the year
was Sl20 per ton, t!ron $50 per ton Ine
best steel rntIs are quoted today at s5OPe.
ton. and they ought, II properly lsE and
properly cared for, stand up under shesvy
trsffic for twenty to thirty years at least.
At the time the European and North Amer
lean Railway was built tmail engine,
l4x22 inches cylinder, Weighing about ~ 10
W tons' cost $l4,ooe, witnout power oraxe
OF o'hsr hyue'n iupfosenen shsny
. .na 10 inc, e ~. ehs'nes eos' 30
ooo' An ioA.f ihen y ilnaei spslne. weisn'
lps 20 " 10 'ons, ~lsh a. n.ueln lnp.oss-
heh's' CAL DC purcusseu 'ooay iof MOI asr
FROM Hsif tine frice
of the smaller ones of 1870 snd will draw