The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-31
WILL Be LIVELY WINTER.
Grand Trunk Making Preparations
for Busy Season.
FOUR STEAMERS A WEEK TO ENG
LAND AND SCOTLAND.
One of the Big Wharves to Be Heightened
and New Sheds Built-Slr Charles Riv-
ers Wilson to Inspect the Grand Trunk
The New Bridge Over>Niagara.

and New Sheds Built-Slr Charles Riv-
ers Wilson to Inspect the Grand Trunk
The New Bridge OverNiagara.
| Three months more and the Grand
| Trunk will again be teeming with life
and the probabilities are that the coming
gone before it. The Grand Trunk Rail-
road means to extend it's business in the
direction of Portland as much as possible
1t has recognized the fact that with a
winter seaport here 1t can claim greater
share of European shipping trade within
the next few years and to bring this
about the wideawake management is
straining every nerve. Everything that
can be done to increase the facilities of
its Portland plant is being done. The
plans for the coming winter are on a
greater scale than ever before and the
road is now making preparations to han
die an immense business.
The wharf at No. 1, 2 and sheds will
be extendeedss 100 feet to the harbor
commissioners line. In order to do this
it will be necessary to drive over 1000 piles
Work will be commenced on this new
pier by August 1st, and the wharf will be
| completed as soon as possible. The
sheds are also to be heightened and in all
probability shed No. will be torn down
and a new and larger shed erected in it's
place.
During the coming winter Portland
will see more steamers every week than
she has ever before seen here. There
will be two steamers each week to Liver
pool weekly steamer to London and a
fortnightly steamer to both Glasgow and
Bristol It is anticipated that an immense
amount of grain will be handled here
during the coming season. { The first
steamer will arrive about November LIST.
The Grand Trunk has extended and
heightened its sidings from Portland to
Montreal and it is not unlikely that in
year or two double track will be laid
from here to Montreal. The immense
freight business which is handled by
this road will make this step absolutely
necessary in year or two.
A new platform is being laid on the
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This work is being done by big crew of
men and when it is completediwill be a
great improvement over the old condi-
ton of things.
So encouraging has been the success of
the Dominion line steamer Canada, ply
ing between Boston and Liverpool, that
the owners of the line are pushing for
ward the work on their new steamer, the
Dominion. She is now in process of con-
struction at the shipyard of Harland &
Wolff, Belfast Ireland, and will be ready
to make her first passage from Liverpool
to Boston, early next May.
The Dominion will be equipped with
twin screws, the same as the Canada,
and, it is thought, she will be even
speedier than her sister ship. The Domin-
ion will be considerably larger than the
Canada. She will register II 200 tons
gross. and her length will be $50 feet, 80
feet longer than the Canada. The depth
of hold will be SO feet, and she will be the
largest steamer running to this port.
Her passenger accommodations will be
| ample and the furnishings Of the same
luxurious style as those of the Canada.
1t has not yet been decided who will
command her.
The Grand Trunk have in view a
change in track arrangement in tn cir
yards here. In accordance Ito the plans
they will run double track from the
Transfer station to the India street
station so as to allow trains to enter and
depart without any switch interference.
To carry this arrangement out they have
in view changing the entrance to the
round house track (Which at present runs
between the depot and the store house, to
the track which is located between the
car shops and the store house. The Off
Gals are of the opinion that a small
number of switches on the main line of a
road is beneficial to the road for many
reasons. Faster time can be made and
the engineer S fear of a wrong set switch
is greatly lessened. Frank j. Carr, after
serving over ten years in the employment
of the Grand Trunk as storeman, leaves
his position Monday much to TIE regret of
many of the engineers, fremen and train
hands, with whom he has always been
courteous and obliging and one and all
wish him successful future.
Mr.. G. Butte, general purchasing agent
of the Grand Trunk system and F. W.
Moars, superintendent of the motive
power, were in the city Thursday on
tour of general inspection preparatory to
the visit of President Wilson, who is ex-
pected to arrive in New York this week
and visit Portland as starting point for
his proposed extended and thorough in
spection Of the Grand Trunk system.
GRAND TRUNK BRIDGES.
The New Structure at Niagara and the
Famous One 1t Replaces.