The Portland daily press., 1897-10-02
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SHORE LINE ROAD TO BE BUILT.
A Calais despatch to the Bangor Com
mercial says: "After many years OF impa-
tient waiting on the part OF the people Oh
! Washington County Shore Line railroad
seems like an assured fact, though there
are many cynics who readily express
| their distrust in the late reports concern
ing the immediate building CT the road. .
| President George A. Curran states
officially that everything is now in readl-
ness, and that work on the road will be-
| gin as early as the present week. Engin-
esrs are now on their way east, and
crew of 1000 men will be set at work con-
structing the road between Calais and
| Franklin station. A part of the work
men will operate near franklin, another
| crew at Machias, and the third near this
city, each crew to be under separate en-
gineers
In building the road the engineers will
follow the old Buckland survey to Ma
ohias, Cherryfeld and connecting with
| the Bar Aarbor branch at point be-
tween Franklin station and Ellsworth.
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ger than that proposed by Col. Green,
and will not touch SO many towns in
the county. A New York syndicate is
behind the project, and the necessary
| amount of capital will be furnished to
carry out the work. Mr.. James Mitchell
of Portland it is said is no longer in the
deal.
| Mr. Mcdonald, who represents the
| New York syndicate, states that large
| crew will be set to work at once, and
that the road will be completed by the
first of next August, and even before that
time if the crews are able to work during
| the winter months. Mr.. Mcdonald is
| confident that he will be able to push his
work all winter and complete the road by
the first of next June. Col. Green has
applied to the company for contract to
build a part of the road, but it is not
likely that his offer will be accepted.
The construction of the Washington
| County railroad will mean much to the
people of the county in the way of open
| ing mills, the establishment of new in
dustries and the development of the coun-
| ty. Several electric roads will be built
| connecting towns off the line with the
new railroad. The first to be built will
be the railroad from Cherryflled to Mil
bridge, the company having already been
formed with adequate capital.
An order has been issued by the Boston
& Maine road, which will go into effect
next Monday, whereby the locomotives
drawing through express trains out of
Boston over the Southern division will
be run through to White River Junction
and Woodsvfl1e, with a change of crews
at Concord. On the Canadian Pacific air
line trains the locomotives will be run
through between Concord, N. H., and
Newport, VT. the crews changing at
Woodsville. This change Is made as an
experiment In the line of economy, one
locomotive being able to do the work
of two under the system now in use.
The Boston, Bar Harbor & Maohias
Steamboat Company has chartered the
steamer New Brunswick for winter SER
vice on its line, and beginning October 4,
the New Brunswick will make two trips
a week between Boston and Machias un-
til spring. This service will be of great
Importance and convenience to the people
of the eastern coast of Maine, who have
heretofore been practically out of the
world during the winter months, having
neither railroad not steamboat service,
and being obliged to depend entirely
upon stage coaches west to Mt. Desert
| ferry and east to Calais.