Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-10-05

hA'l rehu'it l"e New Brnns"lck ROAD. Ht
va '.'ofo"-H t"hfpah man ne Nl""'
,nT,r ~ hi,, a. ,j',.tr ,, i,.,,h,,,
~ short line Of railroad to Boston ami 4
markrt All they could 20, however, wa-
to vote $500 coo, as county. where
ei.VVO.uoV were necessary.
The American express had been thrown
~ we New Bruus".ck whcn The e. I -n'
H. Just q Mr. Cram had orYn, shutting y
out from Aroostock, -. John, Halifax,
etc, ana Il voted - take 5000 900 worth
OF stock. Bangor and some outsiders sub
scrlbed slOO eco, aud Bangor gave Mr.
tram and hIs associates the Bangor and
Piscstaqui-, running from Old Town u
Moosehcad Lake and 20 kitahiin iron
works. m.lrsge Of ninety hye and four
/ tenth miles. "A road that was not srtf-eup-
porting, but one which President Jones
offered ; 300 600 for three year, before.
This road was valuable to the new
Ar0os,ook line. a. it ran To Browu,iI.e,
the southern terminus of the Aroo~:ook
road Bruwnvi!lc l. fnrty-nye mites north
~ Bangor and seventeen miles nearer
louitou. IN Atoo-touk, than Bangor III
The new corporation nad charter
which prohibited the building Of A paral
lclcd road on Maine soil for term Of
years bankrupt railroad available on.y
III case tic
MY rn,n,,,-
ana ABOUT one quarter the capital needed.
ne anadian iacihc woke up now anh
'pth the new proposed Hue and me far-
cI@n io.hS camPed IN New YORK and be-
gan the war. whenever Mr.. Cram anj
M associates approached bond buyers
sAd railroad builders, the e. L. II. went
ZOO "LdravpTlng - snow that the L. X,
/ covered the country well, threatening To
destroy the new line 10y a big cut in rates.
len men IN Maine put in s5"p0p for *
ptuSeS, the roadway wa- surveyed, ami
hhaiy aiter 2 long struggle, the M" Tine
people got tile cash. HIS was in March
last and then the Canadians retired beaten.
Some work has been done with the money
VOC" hg Aroustppk. hut ~" There va =
general hu-ue |" complete n'Eety-taree
ana ahd one-haif miles oi the ROAD 70 h7u.ton
tAl' year
contractor ipr the 212 mites was
iouhd 10 Mr. g 4. treat " thlcago. lt
AaS great wealth II i saiu ana IN to"k
l"e contract 70 Ou!'d '"e "n0'"- ne Al
once "eEah " Su''e'' most! |" western
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yard and Of the pattern last indorstd by
the association OF engineers, and as a
whole it is one Of the finest roads ever
| built anywh here. The road first to be con.
structed was on territory between Brown
vile and loulton. Leaving the hrst-
named place, the builders plunged at once
into 3 wilderness which continued for
| fifty miles. Once in six weeks the chief
engineer traversed it on tour Of inspec-
ton, meeting ct certain intervals the di-
vision engineers who had taken up their
| a5odes in the wilderness.
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