Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-05
News Of the Railroads,

Ten pay roll of the B. & NJ Railroad
system weekly amounts to one hundred
and sixty thousand dollars.
The station at East Hebron on the p q
r. +. RailwaYsshas been connected with
the outer W. ~ telegraph.
The Boston Il Maine have five work
construction trains working between Con-
way Junction and Portsmouth.
The name of the Maine Central station
at Brewer. has been changed from PEI
nohscot junction 10 Brewer Junction.
The Boston & Maine road has placed
an order with the Manchester locomotive
works for six passenger engines; six SIX
wheel switching engines and a l0-wheel
freight engine.
The old wood burning engines on the
Bangor X Aroostook Railroad are no
more. The last one was turned out of
the shops at Hartweil. last week fitted up
TO burn coal and was sent to Dover to
haul shert train.
The b. & NJ. ran the first ice train this
season over the eastern division, last
week, Boston to Conway junction. and
on returning the train passed through
Portland with thirty nine loaded cars of
ice consigned to Boston ice firms.
The route of the road as projected will
be from Biddefcrd to the Pool and thence
along the shore to Fortunes Rocks. Goose
Rocks. Kennebunkport. Kennebunk
Beach, Wells Beach, ogunqu.t, Cape
Neddick, York Beach and York Harbor.
Geo. +. Ellis, who has been engineer on
the L.. d a. train between Greenvi!le and
Ola Town has been transferred to one of
the trains between Old Town and Bangor.
Engineer Fuller has been transferred from
the Grcenville freight to Ellis run and
Arthur Dudley will take Fuller's train.
Barker Holt, who was appointed station
agent of the Maine Central road at New
Gloucester when the line was opened in
1870. severed his connection with the road
last week. Mr. Holt has been in the rail-
road business over 80 years, and is now en-
joymg vacation and rest for the first
time.
The Sabasticook & Moosehead Railroad
Company will fit up offices in the Osborn
block, Pittsiield. A. =. Thompson who
has acted as conductor on the road for
number of years. has been appointed
to the position of superintendent and
Charles Shaw of this place has taken
MIR. Thompson's position as conductor.
The Portland ard Rumford Falls road
have just completed extensive repairs at
canton. The station was moved back 16
feet at one end and four at the other
new sidings have been put in and track
from the village around Lake Anasagun-
ticook, which formerly was one of the
greatest curves on railroad in Maine
has been Strengthened.
The workmen at the Boston & Maine
car shops are informed by Mr.. Geo. Mill
er. foreman, that they will commence
Tuesday morning. July G. to work full
time. ten hours day. The men have
been working for nearly a year burt eight
hours day owing to the scarcity of
work. but business is now increasing
thus necessitatinS the increase of work
ing hours.
meeting of the incorporators of the
Atlantic Shore Line Electric Railroad
Company will he held next Wednesday at
the office of Addison j.. Haley in Kenne-
bunk. and 1t Is understood that the object
of the meeting Is TO organize with a view
to proceeding under the charter granted
by the Legislature. The charter was re-
newed at the last session of the Legisia-
ture, and has now been held by the PEE
for six years.