Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-10


stands aud the Portland Company s
works: and vessels came up to the west
Of the old Custom House as far as Pore
street
But this has changed. and where in
former times the tide eblped and flowed.
we now see the Grand Trunk Passenger
Station, Round HouSs. freight sheds aud
Commercial street. built up ON either
side through to the old b. & NJ. R.R.
The work progressed steadily. and on
the 9th of March, 1851. the South Paris
bridge was completed and a train passed
over the bridge the following day as far
as Bethel. Previous to this date a pas
senger train had been run up as tar as
the Widow Merrilrs road crossing. a
short distance east of the bridge. The
railroad reached Gorham, \. H., Iulv
18th, 1852, Northumberland Nov. of the
same year. and Island Pond. VT, in
April, 1853.
The first agents of the Atlantic & ST.
Lawrence Railroad were as follows:
John {. Proctor, Portland, Me-, II. NJ.
Stone, Falmouth D. Gray, cumberland;
Samuel Lawrence, Yarmouth aud Var
mouth Junction; Samuel Dunn, North
Yarmouth; S. Morse, Pownal; Mic.
Rideout, New Gloucester; Mr. Cobb,
Cobb's Bridge; Jerry Stinchhed. DAN
willie Junction; Jas Foster, Hotel Road
NJ. Strout, Empire Road; Vim. Brown,
Mechanic Falls; d. Pratt, Oxford; \.
Hersey, So. Paris X. T. Lurvey, North
Paris tnow West Parisl; K. X. Durham,
Bryants Pond; Calvin Crocker Locke's
Mills; Charles Crockcr, (now NJ. w.
Chandlerl, Bethel, DR.. Allen. West
Bethel; ]. W. Kimball, Gilead; T. IL
Hubbard. Shelburnc, n. H.; Mr.. Fassett
(now 7. \. Adams), Gorham, n. H.
Simon Cole, (now A. X. Colel, Berlin
Falls; Samuel Mathews, West Milan;
Clifford Cole, Stark; George Cummings,
Northumberland, tnow Grovctonl Hir-
am II. Wright, Stratiord Hollow; Mr..
Hume, Island Pond, VT, followed by
Ned Fennessey, and John Reeve)
The first conductors of the road were:
GrosvenOr G. Waterhouse, Thos 0.
Gould, Orren Hobbs, Thos. Chamberlain.
John ]. Gerrish, A. A. Latham S. Stowe,
Lewis Whitney, Capt. Everett, John
White, Gossey Walker, Cornelius Davis,
Ben Royal, Sam Mathews, Asa Garland,
l.. W. Williams, George Lord, L. V Phil
brook, John Bcknell, A. S. futile.
The first engines were: / Pathfinder
& Jennie Lind, 2, Bristol, 3, Montreal, 4,
MaChigonnc, 5, Oxford, 6, VIM. p. Prebe
I, Waterville, s, Coos, o, J. S. Little,
10, Bethel, II, Vim. Jackson, -, Daniel
Webster, 10, Cumberland, II, Norway,
10, AmmonSeek, 16, Yarmouth, II, Paris.
IS, United States, 10, y. b. Baker, 20,
Railway King.
Engines from to 20 inclusive were
built at the Portland Company's Works,
8 and Il having #. wheels.
The first engineers were: /, Sam Morse
and Mr.. Green, of the Jennie Lind; .,
]. II. Nichols, 3, Dixcy Shackford, +,
Alden Fuller, 5, Harvey Hussev, 6,
George Hilborne, 7, Fred NJ. Cobb 8,
G. W. Moves, 9, John Mack, 10, Warren
Noyes, II, Kinds, -, ]. n. Martin,
ID, E. X. Blaisdell, II, Nat Grant, 10.
Gerry Wells, 16, Sam Syment, II, K.
Morse, IS, John Heseltine, 49, Albert
Fuller, 20, Dan Heseltine, 81, Oliver
Cummings, %, w. G. Little, %, w. |
Shorey, "a, H. Little, %, Hiram Cum
mlngs, 26, Wallace Severy, 81, Jack !
Sheridan, 2S, Life Derimplc, %, Clark
Davis, 80, Tom Nichols,
The last run of Wallace Severv was
on the Railway King from Gorham to
Island Pond distance of SO miles in 80
minutes. When interviewed by Supt. |
Corser in regard to running at so great |
a speed, his reply was, Il thought |
would see what she could do, but, here
Mr.. Corser, if YOU will let me try her
again, | will make the run in 81
minutes" Mr.. Corscr replied, Your
services are no longer needed"
The first regular passenger train over
the Atlantic & st. Lawrence Railroad,
left Portland March 10th, 1851, with G.
q. W aterhouse, conductor, !. H. Nichols
as driver on the engine Montreal, and S,
/. Corser, Supt OF the road, with several
OF the directors as passengers. The train
left Portland at 40 a. m, arrived AT K,
& P. X. r., (now Yarmouth Junction at
800, at A. & K. r. r. (now Danville)
Junction S.45 at South Paris, $40 and
Bryants Pond, 1890, reaching Bethel,
70 miles from Portland, at .O5 a. m.
At Bryants Pond, there was a large
gathering at the station TO see the cars
come in. In the crowd was one Rouse
Blsbee, an old bear hunter, who on hear
ing the engine, hunched up his shoulders
and said, mo more bears for me, they
Will all be driven from the town by the
unearthly wells of that engine"
On this same 10th of March. 1851, No.
2 passenger train left South Paris, at I 40
a. m, arriving in Portland at $50 a. m.
Train No. left Bethel at 90 D. M, and
reached Portland at 4.37 p. m. No. 4
train left Portland at 2.15 p. M, and
arrived at South Paris 1926 D. M. A
freight train also left Portland at $50 a.
m, arriving at South Paris at 1895,
leaving again at HOO and arriving in
Portland at $50 p. nj. This was the
first days work over the Atlantic & St.
Lawrence Railroad.