Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-01

iron has been laid. Two bridges have
peen renewed, three repaired and three
good substantial culverts built. AL!
are kept in condition creditable ia
the manager OF the railway. Mr. w. NJ.
Aver.
Sandy River Acknowledgement i'm
provement has been made in align
ment and gradients. A large number
| Of trestles have been filed and al,
| bridges put in good repair.
Phillips 4 Rangeley-The bridges are.
carefully looked after and have been
strengthened and repaired.
Sebasticook 4 Moosehead--The rolling
stock is somewhat worn but is kept in
larry good repair and cleanly
st. CrOix L. Penobscot-The roadbed and
| track are in fair condition. One hundred
and nifty tons of a0-pound rails. 4sO cubic
.arus OF pailast ana a1l6 ties have been
placed in the track. At Salmon Falls a
steel plate girder bridge has been erected
and the wooden portion repaired hard
pine stringers being used. The Barring
bridge mas been recovered and general
repairs made on the Union bridge.
Kennebec Central-The bridges have
been rebuilt this year hard pine being
used in making the repairs.
Wiscasset Quebec-The roadbed has
been improved by ditching and widening
surface. The bridge near Weeks Mills
has been renewed and other bridges re-
paired.
The roadbed and track of the Georges
Valley Railroad are in fair condition
The BridgtCn 4 Saco River shows r.ra
full attention. the station buildings of the
Monsoon have been painted the Lime
Rock is i'm good condition. the station
buildings of the Patten & Sherman are
eommodious and neatly kept. the road
ha1 md D.l- Of No,
tic have been much improved and the
bridges strengthened. and the bridges and
culverts of the Kngtied K Dead River
are safe for the trains used. Many inn
provemeAts have been made in the York
Harbor 4 Beach.
Augusta. Hallowell 4 Gartliner-The
roadbed and track are in good condition.
Twenty-four hundred ties and 400 yards
of ballast have been used. The trolley line
has been much improved by the use of
new overhead material and 80 new holes
The bridges and culverts are in fair con-
dition. but safe. Two new trucks and
equipment have been purchased.
Watervile & Fairfield-The roadbed
rails are needed. especially through Main
street. Waterville. and the tracks needs
to be aligned and surfaced. The rolling
stock is in fair condition
Bath Street Railway-Three hundred
cubic yards of ballast and 100 ties have
been used. The track is well maintained.
Bangor Old Town Il Orono-The repairs
on the OrOno bridge have been completed
and both sides are in good condition. The
trestle bridges. though of light construc-
ton. are safe. Two closed cars and four
motors have been added.
Rockland Thomaston & Camden-Con-
siderable cinder and gravel ballast has
been deposited. One car. one four-whcel
and one eight-wheel truck and four mo-
tors have been added during the year.
Lewiston g. AuhIlrp HOrSp-l 10 road
bed and track are in good condition. The
bridges are those of Lewiston and Au
burn and are first-class structures. The
rolling stock is good and maintained in
good repair and clearly.
Bangor Street.-The roadbed and track
are in good condition as a whole. 1t has
been double-tracked far as the ear
barn on the Hampden road. The bridges.
which are those of Bangor and Brewer.
are in good repair. The rolling stock is
fairly good.
Skowhegan 4 Norridgewock-This road
has been much improved. Two thousand
yards of ballast and 300 ties have been
used in repairs and improvements. The
trestle bridge has been repaired and
strengthened
The bridges of the Brunswick Electric
Railway are second-rate structures. poor
ly adapted to the business of the railroad:
the Calais Street is in good condition:
the Portland Railroad is tirst-class in ev-
cry respect: the roadbed of the Norway
& Paris Road is of sand largely. but the
track is kept in good line and surface:
the roadbed and track of the Biddeford
& Saco are kept in good condition in the
cities and fairly good outside. and it
rides well: the bridges of the Portland 4
Cape Elizabeth are few and small and
safe: the rolling stock of the Somerset
Traction Co. is comparatively new and in
excellent condition. the bridges of the
Mousam River Road are string plate Cir
ders on fair masonry and are in good
condition.