The Portland daily press., 1896-05-23
RAILROAD NOTES,

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The Maine Cen trail directors held their
regular monthly meeting yesterday. All
the Maine directors were present and
President Tuttle and General Lawrence
of Boston. Only routine business was
transacted.
The emoployes of the Western division
of the Boston & Maine held their annual
outing Thursday at the Eagles Nest,
Pine Point Biddeford and Saco were
well represented These gatherings Of the
employees of the Boston & Maine, which
include everybody, from roadmasters to
trackmen, are the Jolliest affairs imagi-
nable, and grim care is thrown to the
winds for day and everyone is out for a
good time.
The Bangor News says that the bonds
of the Bangor & Aroosotok railroad have
steadily increased in value, and the con-
fidence which Is felt in the financial So
lidity and future prospects Of the young
road may be estimated by the fact that
the Mutual Life Insurance Company has
added OF the $3.50. 600 in B. g. A. bonds
already in it's possession an additional
block of 500, 600. \
q. D. Lancaster, president of the S. &
M. railroad, was in Cambridge last Sat
| urday. W. r. Davis, Of Boston, was with
him, looking over the new survey from
Mainstream to Cambridge with the in
tention of taxing the contract to build
the same. The new route surveyed Is
considered very feasible bone, 1t being
very low and easy. 1t is said that there
is only five feet rise from Mainstream to
Cambridge.
Monday Conductor Tulley, of freight
train No. "a, Waterville to Portland, had
an experiences with tramp that he does
not care to have repeated. He found the
tramp in the saloon car and told him to
40 out, and the tramp refused to do SO.
Tulley started to put him out when the
tramp pulled revolver and fred two
shots at Tulley. AS it appeared to be a
case of do or die, Mike grabbed for the
tramp, got him, threw him down, took
the revolver away from him. put him off
the car and came along. Tulley had the
rev Oliver in his possession.
West Sullivan is expecting visit from
the Secretary of the Navy or one of his
engineers, to decide whether the Shore
| Line can bridge the harbor. By the
way, there seems to bs more railroad talk
at tho Sullivan end of the route than in
Washington county. There is pa inful
silence down cast What does it mean?
Ira Yelling men coming across the coast
bring rumors that are far from en-
couraging. Let ITS hope they are not well
| founded.
Newport people learned with much
pain the news of the death of Maurice Il.
| Traitor, who was killed by train at the
Washington street crossing of the Boston
& Maine railroad in HaverhiI. Mass,
last Saturday forenoon. Mr.. Traitor has
been employed by the B. & M. railroad
as night operator and switohman at
Bradford, Mass, for about year past,
and, being right across the river from
Haverhiu, did his trading in the latter
place. Saturday he left his home in
Bradford in the best OF health and spin
it's, and crossed over to Haverhill, where
he purchased provisions for dinner
| Meanwhile the train he was to return on
had started for Hayerhill station, back.
ing towards Bradford, at which station
they head down the Georgetown branch.
Young Traitor ran to the Washington
street. crossing with his hands full of
bundles. Tuoking some of them under
his arm, he grabbed hold of the hand
rail at the rear end of the first Car, and
those who saw him say he reached the
lower step when he began to lose his
bundles. Releasing hold with h is right
hand he reached down to grab the
bundles that had slipped from under that
arm, and Was instantly jerked between
the platform Of the two cars, losing his
hold with his left hand, which was Grip
pied and often caused him much inconye-
nience. His hold being broken he was
Immediately dragged under the trucks Of
the second car and shookingly maugled.
Death WAS instantaneous. His wife and
i've months old baby waited in vain for
his return home. He was insured in the
New England Order of Protection for
$4,000.
Capt. Elisha Higgins, of Bangor, has
been engaged to run one of the electric
launches which have been purchased by
the Bangor. Orono & Oldtown Street
Railway Company, and are to be put on