The Portland daily press., 1893-09-19
RAILROAD MATTERS.
vestibuled Trains for Ordinary Travel in
Maine-Today's Worlds Fair Excursion
ists-summer Travel Ended.

A large excursion will leave Union
station this morning for the fair over the
Maine Central. The party will occupy
three Wagner cars and two Canadian
Pacific parlor cars. One of the Wagner
cars will be occupied exclusively with
a party of Auburn people, and one OF
the parlor cars is to be occupied by
party from Ellsworth. The Wagners will
run through to Chicago by the Nigaara
Falls route, but the Canadian Pacific cars
will go to Montreal, whence their occu-
pants will go to Toronto, thence across
the lake to Niagara and return, and
thence to Chicago. From Chicago the
party will return by way OF Washington.
Among those on the Wagner cars are
Hon. A. r. Bixby and wife of Skowhegan,
j. g. Paul, M. A. Parker, Fred Philbrook,
Nathan Cobb, Mr.. Turkey of South Wind
ham, A. C. Stilphen and wife of Gardiner,
and Mrs. Smell of Bowdoinham.
New Cars.
The new vestibuled cars just put on by
the Boston & Maine have been duplicated
by the Maine Central Ten of these cars
have been delivered, and six OF them
were in the yard yesterday, while the re-
mainder are running on the road. These
cars are not running on the Bar Harbor
and Boston expresses, which pass through
this city about noon, but undoubtedly
they will be in use before long on ordl-
nary through trains between Bangor and
Portland. These vestibule cars are some
thing entirely new in this region, and in
deed thespresent model is new everywhere
this year. Heretofore such cars have been
run as Pullmans or Wagners, and not for
the benefit of the ordinary traveller. The
type used was the narrow, hall-llke vestl-
bule The cars are ordinary passenger
coaches like those run every day, except
possibly that they may be little better
finished. The vestibule arrangement is
the distinguishing feature. 1t is the
entire width of the car, making the
passageway through the.train much more
roomy than the narrow kind. Nicely
arranged windows add to the excellence
of the vestibule device, and automatic
brakes for opening the doors and I'M
covering the steps make the operation OF
the device simple. The Maine Central
have baggage cars and smokers in the
number of new cars, SO that solid vestl-
buled trains may be run.
Summer Travel Ending.
The summer travel is almost ended
now. A few belated tourists are stray
Cling back westward, but the army
smaller this year than usual, has
already departed.
A new engine, No. Is, built for the
Bangor and Aroostook railroad by the
Manchester Locomotive company, went
east yesterday morning under the charge
of Engineer C.S. Mason. 1t will be used
in the passenger service of that road,
and has 51-2 feet wheels, its cylinder
being 16x24
Boston g. Maine.
Says the Boston News Bureau: "The
proposed union of the Boston and Maine
and the Concord and Montreal is off, for
the reason that the lease was defeated in
the Boston & Maine board by the Pull
man party after it was supposed to have
been practically consummated. The pro-
posed lease the Fitchburg by the Bos-
ton & Maine is also deferred. 1t remains
also for the future to determine whether
the Boston & Maine shall take the Bos-
ton, Revere Beach and Lynn, majority
of stock in which has been held for
considerable time in the interest of the
Boston & Maine.