Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-28
STATE HOUSE.
Railroad Commissioners Re-
port on Condition of Roads.
Favorable Showing Of Street and
Steam Railroads In State.
Many Additions and Improvements Made
During the Past Year.

=" VIC several railroad corporations IN tint
state reports of their recent examination.
of those roads. These reports show thu
general physical condition of the road,
throughout the State, of which there art
in all about 80.
The report shows IL generally healthy
condition, with large extensions and addi
tions in many eases.
The report of the Augusta, Hallowell &
Gardiner Street Railway says: ''The road
bed and track are in very fair condition
About POO new ties have been laid, and
some 800 yards of ballast have been pat
under the track, Three hundred feet Of
girder rail has been substituted for Il rail
at the north end of Water street; 800 feet
Of track has been relaid. Two miles OF
the trolley line has been rebuilt, new and
larger poles being used, and systematic
improvements begun which we are assured
will be continued. The bridges and cul
verts are in a safe condition four having
been strengthened during the year. The
rolling stock is in good condition. Five
cars have had new and improved electric
equipment, and all have been strengthened
and painted"
The report on the condition Of the Maine
Central from Portland to Bangor shows
that the roadbed and track of this portion
are in excellent condition, first-class in all
respects The Mountain division is salts
factory, as is the Lewiston and Farming
ton division.
The report states: while the roadbed
and tract, of the Bath branch may not be
in us good condition us some other por-
tions of this system, the work of improv-
ing the line is continued and it is being
brought into first-class condition. The
lines from Waterville to Skowhegan, Burn
ham to Belfast, Newport to Foxcroft, Ban
gor to Vanceboro, Pcnobscot junction to
Bucksport, are well maintained and in
good condition. The Bangor & Mount
Desert Ferry line is well cared for, and
although the rails are light, they are Of
excellent quality and wear well.
con the Portland and Bangor division,
the bridges are modern and substantial, of
iron and steel, excepting the wooden tres
tie at Gardiner, which Is strong and in
good condition On the Mountain divi-
sior, the bridges of iron and steel are sup
ported on good stone abutments. The
wooden structures, of which there are Il
few, are strong and in good repair.
"On the Bath and Lewiston division the
bridges are carefully looked after, and are
in good repair. The one at New Meadows
has been replaced by new steel super
structure, with substantial stone masonry.
From Bath to Rocl>land there are more
wooden structures than on any division.
They are carefully watched and in good
condition. Trcstles at Ncquasser Loud
Bridge and Sheepscot have been rebuilt.
"The Waterville and Skowhegan divi-
sion has two bridges of iron in good condi-
ton. The culverts are maintained in good
shape.
1.-The railway stock of the road, especi-
ally that used on the main line is first
class in every respect. Two new locomo-
tivcs have been added during the year and
three old ones replaced by new. Fifteen
new vestbulc passenger cars, SIX caboose
and 600 new platform cars have been
added to the equipment The station build
ings are we'll designed, convenient and
comfortable and kept in good repair. New
stations have been built at Carmel and
Lincoln.
The Bangor & Aroostook shows that the
new line from Milo Junction to Caribou,
is well maintained and everything is done
to keep it up to high standard, The
Bangor & Piscataquis has recently made
great improvements, especially at Old
Town and Milo, where heavy steel has
been laid, new ties put in and balleSting
done. The entire line shows new improve
ments. with many sidings constructed
within the past year The katahdin Iron
Works branch is in good condition. The
bridges are safe and are of the best design
and construction The wooden bridge that
formerly crossed the Piscataquis river near
Milo has been replaced by new one, one
Of the best in the State. The rolling stock
ia renorted to be in good condition, mostly
new The passenger cars are IN every
WAY adapted to the comfort and safety OF
the patrons of the road.
The Western division of the Boston n
Maine shows tracks in good condition,
with many sidings built. The bridges
are sound, with large margin OF safety
and are mostly new The rolling stock Is
all right, and in all ways satisfactory TO
It's patrons. Those in use by through
trains are as good as any in the country
being provided with all the Injuries as
we'll as comforts which are found on any
| of the great trunk lines.
The Canadian Pacific has put IN 4o'oou
nQarlV all the