Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-02
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The Baltimore and Ohio south Westerr
Railway Will lay five thousand tons o.
steel rail this fall.
During three days recently the Bangor
& ArOOstOOk Railroad has Transported s.,
600 bushels Of Aro0stook potatoes to Ban.
gor to be sent to other points.
A football team is being organized
among the employees OF the Portland q
Cape Elisabeth electric road for the fall
season. Superintendent Macreadie will BIZ
captain OF the team, and Merle Griffith
will act as coach.
The old locomotive, that hauled the first
trains over the 8. 4 n. Railroad. and OF
which the late Jesse Matthews was engi-
neer, has been sent away to the shops to
be dismantled. The days of usefulness OF
this machine are over and probably II will
never be seen In actual service again.
The completion OF the new railroad
bridge OF the Portland & RumfOrd Falls
Railroad across the Androscoggin at Jay
completes a circle that includes the
Rangeley lakes, Rumford Falls, Jay,
Pennington and Phillips. It Is probable
River, Phillips & Rangeley. Rumford
Falls & Rangeley Lakes and Portland &
RumfOrd Railroads will run around the
circle excursions in conjunction with the
Rangeley lake and Mooselookmeguntic
lake steamers.
lHeTe IldS Ately Deen DullI at the car
house at Klttery under the direction of
Supt. Meloon of the electric road. q car
differing In some respects from the ones
now running on the Portsmouth & Kit
terry Electric road. This car at first
glance resembles the ordinary fiat car
such as Is used on steam roads with the
exception OF the trolley pole. which is
by large upright made of iron
pipe, securely fastened to the floor Of the
ear: The wires from the motors to the
trolley are inside this pipe. This car is
four wheeler. fitted with motors, brakes,
and gong all complete and will
be used to convey rails poles, gravel and
In fact anything needed In the construc-
ton OF the road and will save consider
able freighting by teams.
The last yellow car Of the Boston and
Maine passenger equipment has gone into
he Lawrence shops to receive its coat OF
the dark color to which all but this car
had already been changed. This car Is an
old one which is to be made into a wreck
ing car and kept Mt the bridge In Boston
IL mas taken over six years to make the
change. the first car to get a coat Of the
lark paint being turned out of the shops
July 81, 1881. The general public knows
but little what II means to change the
lon and Maine and OF the expense OF
the same In the item of
painting and vanishing alone. They
probably think that the outside of the cal |
y treated ABOUT the same as house |
given II coat or two OF the requisite col |
,red paint and that is all there Is to it, |
But the fact is. n ear. II burnt Off to the |
wood. as II usually Is when painted. gets |
bout eight coats OF paint, three or four |
4 these being surfacers to rub down with |
'lock pumice and water and. after strip |
ng and lettering with gold leaf. II gets |
hree coats of slow drying varnish, and |
must then have several days to dry be- |
ore going on the road. to say nothing of |
he interior finish to be renovated or var
lished. AS there are now about 1921 cars
n the passenger equipment of the Boston
md Maine. IL will be readily imagined |
hat there IL a good deal OF work for sew
n out OF ii shops on the system devoted |
o the maintenance of passenger cars to
perform in the space of about nine
months In the year. as during July. Au-
ust and September there is such q de-
nand for cars In extra travel that 1t is
ft1cult to get them into the shop for
nything short of "A defect in the running
ear.