The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-20
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Boston Globe says that the opinion
seems to be pretty strongly held by Prof,
George T. SWAIN chief engineer CT the
board of railroad commissioners, that the
statements regarding the railroad bridge
over the Annisquam river in Gloucester
were merely an attempt to make noun
tain out of u molehill. In his letter to
Pres. Lucius Tuttle he indicates that
there is not andsnever has been any cause
for anxiety. "We should be acting very
strangely" said President futile, "if we
permitted the use of railroad bridge
that was unsafe, or considered so by en-
gineers. The responsibility placed on q
railroad company in carrying passengers
is too great to permit of any risks being
taken, and the Boston & Maine company
certainly would not for moment think
of using q bridge that was not perfectly
safe for traffic.
j. Fl. Hanna formerly Travelling
Freight Agent Of the Grand. Trunk rail
way, has been appointed Assistant For
eign Freight Agent, with headquarters
at Toron to.
In Oldtown, Monday the Railroad
commissioners gave hearing on the pro-
posed crossing of the Bangor & ARGOS
took track at Oldtown, by the Bangor,
Orono & Oldtown electric railway, for
the purpose of extending the line to
Great Works.
The Bangor & Aroostook company
question the legality of the crossing and
object to it on the ground that within a
stones throw is the junction with the
Maine Central with fourteen regular
trains day and shifting going on all the
time; that the already crowded railroad
| ward complicates and makes dangerous
the proposition of a crossing; that the
prospects are that there will be largely
increased train service and that meas
ures will be taken for charging the
yard.
| +. Fl. Appleton, ESQ.,, of Bangor, ap-
| peared for the Bangor & Aroostook COM
pany and Hon. II. NJ. Heath, of Au-
austa, appeared for the Bangor, Orono &
Oldtown company. The commissioners
reserved their decision.
General Passenger Agent G. NJ.
Houghton, of the Bangor & Aroostook
railroad, returned Monday to Bangor
from successful fishing trip to Moose
head Lake.
| At the regular meeting of Pine Tree
Division, No. &C., Order Of Railway Con-
duotors, at Odd Follows hall, Wateryille,
Sunday, many were present. The meet
ing was called to order at 0.30 a. m. and
degrees were conferred upon Conductors
&. M. Britt, of the Mountain Division,
and John Curran of the Grand Trunk.
| The next meeting will be held at Cor
ham, N. H., June 14th. After the work
there was banquet at the Elmwood al
3 p. m. The regular meeting of Pine
Cove Division, No. 81, Ladies' Auxil
| iary, was held at the same time in G. A
R. Hall. There were about so members
and their ladies from Portland and al
returned by special train at 4. 80 p. M,
previous to which Caterer Murray at thu
Maine Central station served refresh
nients to the ladies.
The contractors for the construction O.
the Washington County Shore Line rail
road are now at Harrington getting
everything in readiness to push the grad
ing with all speed in few days now.
At Rockland. Monday morning crew
of 30 men commenced work, on the Sci
street extension of the r., G. & T. cleo
trio railroad. The work will be pushed
day and night until the road is finished