The Portland daily press., 1896-06-06
THE PORTLAND RAILWAY coAPANY'o PAVILION =. Il INERT

better conducted street railway system
does not exist in America than that of the
Portland Railroad Co.. whose course
traverses the streets and suburbs of the
city Of Portland. 49,
The Portland Railroad Co. never does
anything by halves. They were not
among the first street railways to adopt
the electric system, but wisely waited
until the preliminary OF experimental
stage of electricity as motive power for
street cars had been gone over by others
and profiting by their experience and
mistakes, have system as nearly perfect
as possible in these days of progression
in all that pertains to the mechanical arts
to produce. In the construction of this
system, the company has had but one end
in view, namely, to secure the best of
everything, and how well they have sue
ceeded is best evidenced by the thou
sands of delighted patrons who daily pat
ronize their several lines.
To best describe the Portland Street
Railway system, one should start at the
Union Station at the extreme westerly
portion of the city where the traveller
alights from the steam railway in coming
to Portland and trace their routes from
this spot throughout the city. Let US
first board one of the Congress street cars
of The company. This car will take you
across Railway Square, a square by the
way of splendid proportions, past the
new West End Hotel and turning into
Congress street will continue it's course
through the entire length of the business
portion of the city to the extreme east
erly point of Portland, where,
at old Fort Allen which has
been transformed by the skill of the land
scape gardener into beautiful tract and
where the Congress street line termin-
ates, you may sit upon the grassy slopes
and feast your eyes upon a marine piano.
rama and view which for variety and
natural beauty cannot be surpassed in
any city Of the continent. There is the
splendid harbor, and the calm and placid
bay, the myriad messengers of pleasure
and commerce dotting its surface, the
scores of green islands which nature has
dropped into its lap, and beyond all, the
grandeur of the Atlantic ocean, stretch
ing away as far as eye can reach. The
trip along this line from Union Station
to Fort Allen with the infinite variety of
busy commercial life, residential section
and beautiful views which it develops.
is not surpassed by any city street car
DAD in the world.
he second line which starts from Kali
way Square is called the Union Station
route and its course runs from Railway
Square to the depot of the Grand Trunk
r. r. system, following the route of the
Congress street line to Monu-
ment Square, then branching, passes the
fine Soldiers monument and proceeds
along Middle street to the post office in
the very heart of the business section of
the city and thence proceeds via Pearl
street to Commercial street to the water
front, passing the West End, Preble,
United States, Swett's Hotel, Falmouth
and all the principal hotels, and also the
landings of the various lines of steamers
which ply the bay, and terminates at the
commodious station which is the Port
land terminus of the Grand Trunk r. r.
system. At Congress Square and Monu-
ment Square connection is made is made
by these two lines with the Spring street
route, which, aptly called the residential
route, passes through the quieter portion
of the city, presenting the fine views for
which Portland is noted, and is used
largely by the permanent residents of
Portland in coming to and from their
homes.
AS the city of Portland offered loca-
tons for street railway, the Portland
Railroad Co. was doubly fortunate in its
beautiful environments, for no loveiier
suburbs are to be found anywhere than
those through which the suburban lines
OF this system run. Their starting point
is Monument Square where the handsome