Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-08
The City Of Bangor and the New Ar0Os
took Railroad.

On Mocday. March IA, the voters of this
city will be called upon to Determine what
disposition shall be made OF the Bangor &
Aroostook R,ilrosd Company. This is
purely busiGess matter and the people
should not lie! it get mixed up in their min 70
with any question CT municipal rolti IS.
The railroad question lie ose which the
Wing approaches With an en,itely ucbissed
judgment. having no Interest to serve o her
than what we conceive to be III. interest of
Bangor, for which this paper has lAbn,ed
day in and day out for more than half q
century
The Wing thoroughly believes that this
is an opportunity for the CITY to dispo'e Of
| It's road. something they do not want, ia \
way TO reap the best possible results 10
years to come. We do not care fSrltiug
| about the "sins' OF omission or coma ,sioo
10 years that have gone. They are today
dead issues and no amount of talk will put
the breath of life in them again. Nothing
is to be gained by continually reminding
the people that we might have sold the road
years ago. The fac. 10, Whatever may be
the merits of the question, we did not sell
the road. It is still on our hands and the
only question FOR the people to decide Is
~Hetuef tuey ucslfc " ~ ou oPefoaL ~ ~
q loss to the city.
The city has been runring this road fol-
a good many years and We believe that as
a rule the people regard this as a favorable
time to get out Of an uncomfortable position,
aDd at tee same time form 9 connection
that will materially benefit the busine's Of
Bargor. Go about among our lescicg bus
iness firms and see how they view the qust
ton. We venture to say thst four out Of
| FIVE Of all the leading houses in the city
will publicly declare their faith in this pro-
ecs. We purpose this week to send our
reporters among the business men TO sscer-
tain their views and give them to our read
ers in order that they may judge for them
| selves.
A more sig' fiat fs,t AID one that
| seems II answer tie sktp icS, IS that the
men who are mos: fam;!isr Win the bust
ness Of Arous COX. a d heref)te ia psi
ton to FOX II me idea of its flu u.e poss:
bilities, ate ssa ruie snorg the most en-
| thusiastic supporters Of The proposed new
| line. From thelf Inimste kuo8letRe CT
| the resources OF t!.is most fertile secti)1 Of
| the ) ate, ,hey have fsth to b.i-ve that
ihs business OF the county will develop very
rspidiy orc, the people axe given ad, qu.te
| railroad facilities, and they naturally q, sire
ihst Bangor may receive the ben fit Of this
expansion Of trade. That iheir faith is well
foundt would s ERA to be suostsn lated BY
| the develo pms n. that has taken place undo r
| the present adverse circumstances.
The increase in traffic in eighteen years
has in some instances bsen sixty fold with
only four towns served with rsl ways. In
$50, of Aroostook potatoes alone, over one
and half million bushel. wire offered for
! shipment, and enough more were ground
for starch to bring the total we'll up to three
millions Of bushels. Iils72. only forty
thousand b1shels we're shipped from Houl-
ton. A similar il crease ia the other prod
| ucts Of tbs county might be noted, but
his will serve to shos the posi-
| bili;ies Ih.' may reasonably be ex-
pecied IT. m lie tpeInted with 3
view Of DIV. l0ptos 4 sc iun Of Msine that
| is about the 80 o. the whole state Of Mas
81 chusei;s. spd 50 sith in ia u;sl resource 8
tia, II has aeii bten lam ID the asrdel Of
New f CLAM.
These the matters the people are now
considering. sad II cur opiaiou they will
deciie hat is for their advantage to have
this CIV The terminus Of the line which is
| to set the vii els Of indus ~ N motion in
| Aroostook.