The Portland daily press., 1896-07-25
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THE SHORE LINE.

THE SHORE LINE.
At meeting of the directors OF the
Washington County railroad at Calais
Tuesday the county officers, State rail-
road commissioners and contractors be-
ing present, the final details in reference
TO the route were settled. Mr. Mitchell
said he should Immediately transfer his
plant from Jonesboro to Calais and set
to work proceeding towards Eastport.
and the survey shows that the line be-
tween the two cities Is to comparatively
easy construction, the bridge between
Carlow's Island and Pleasant Point be-
ing the only important structure of Its
class on the route.
There was a question as to whether
Calais was to be entered at the front door
through Robbinston and Red Beach, or
the backway by Charlotte and Midtown,
and it is settled in favor of the latter on
account of the great saving Of expense.
Tho contractors are owners of the old
Calais and Barring railroad. and by
utilizing several miles of track in enter
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made in expense of grading and land
damages, and the back rou to from Dem
nysville is over a comparatively easy
country for construction. In Charlotte
it Is to run east of Mount Tom crossing
between Lake Pennamaquon and Round
Pond. Somewhere here the PASSPORT
branch will connect track sixteen miles
to town making the distance between
PASSPORT and Calais about Thirty miles,
slightly longer than the present stage
route.
Penn broke will be on the branch with
a station near the old iron works. Cros-
sing at that point the road will run
through natural depression in the hill
opposite on to Little River in Perry,
where there will be station, then down
by Pleasant Point, crossing to Carlow's
Island, and over to Moose Island, follow
ing the deserted road until approaching
the road to the bridge. Running at the
base of the hill part the way up to Ken
dalls Head it will push along the Car
rying Place going around the eastern
side of Holmes Hill which Prince Re-
gents Redoubt crowns, then turning
from the shore at Harrington's Beach
crosses the Old Road just below the juno
ton at Pixies Corner, over the old Cath
Ollie cemetery, Chadbourne's and Battery
fields, in rear of the houses fronting on
the county road, and crossing Washing
ton street extension to the level open
place between that and Key street.
Somewhere there will be located the pas
senger station. TIL demands of freight
transportation will require Taccom moda-
tions downtown SO the track will be con-
tinued around through the valley, skirt
ing the northern shore of Shackford S
Cove to the water front at the end OF
Sea street.
1t is LEANED that the railroad to Ken
nebago depends on the action of the
Phillips & Rangeley road and the Road
ington Lumber Company. A railroad
official says the Sandy River and Maine
Central are ready to go ahead. 1t is un-
derstood that the railroads have made an
offer to the Berlin Falls Company to
transport from Kennabago Lake all their
lum her to their markets at rate of only
one dollar per thousand feet more than
they now pay from Berlin Falls. This
means that the Berlin Falls Company
must run their lumber from the foot of
Kennebago lake to Berlin Falls, for less
than dollar per thousand feet, or lose
money. 1t is estimated that there is on
the Seven Ponds land over 200 million
feet, and an equal amount on the Ken
nebago township. Four hundred million
feet over the narrow guage roads would
mean an immense amount of business.
The Bangor & Aroosook has received
eight carloads Of seventy-two pound steel
rails which they will lay from Dover and
Foxcroft towards Greenville. The old
rails will be used in the yard in Old
Town. Eventually the whole road will
have heavy rails.
Just after the ITO train over the Maine
Central left the Dover station Wednesday
Mrs. Abner L. Palmer and her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Parsons, and @ child, all OF
Foxoroft, were driving across the rails,
when the train approached. Mrs. Par
sons jumped from the carriage, striki ng
On her head. She was picked up unoon-
scious and carriedsinto the house near by
and DR.. Buck sent for. The doctor
found that she had received cut on her
head, but did not consider the injury Sc
rious. Mrs. Palmer. and the child re-
manned In the carriage and escaped I'M
injured although the train barely missed
it.
The City's Coal.