The Portland daily press., 1898-10-20
BETTER THAN EVER.
Already Splendid Car Service To Be
Improved.
NEWLY BUILT LINES MAKE THIS
POSSIBLE.

North DeeYing Belt Line To:Be Extended,
Running Over Aritc hell's Hnl-New
Belt Line To Be Established-Workin
mems Cars For WestbroOk.
Portland is soon to have another electric
belt line in operation. The Portland
Railroad company will soon have com
pleted the line on which they have beer
at work for the past few weeks.
The new line referred to Is to commence
at Preble street, and run out over Forest
avenue to Woodfords and up Spring street
over the Westbrook tracks to Stevens
Plains avenue to Bradley's corner and
from thsnce over the Stroudwater tracks
to the Union Station. The cars will Their
continue down. Congress street to Preble
down Middle to the Grand Trunk depot
The return will be made from the Grand
Trunk depot up Middle street to Preble.
That car will then go over the Congress
stree. route and into Deering, returning
as it went previously through Woodfords,
and ON reaching Portland will swing
across and down Middle street to the
Grand Trunk depot. The second car
starts at the same time as did the first on
its initial trip and is to run up Congress
street to the Union station and from
thence out through Deering and return
| to Portland and then to the Grand Trunk
depot. The second car will then return
over the Preble street and Woodfords
route to Portland.
The cars are 10 leave the head Of Preble
street every half hour over the new
route. This will be pretty ride and the
residents Of tho west end of Portland and
large portion Of the Deering citizens
will be greatly accommodated in the
way of quick service to the Union station
as we'll as to the Grand Trunk depots.
When the new line is in operation the
cars over the North Deering division will
use the track continuing over Portland
street Mitchell's hill, so-called, In Deer
ing. At Brighton street and Stevens
Plains avenue the North Deering cars
will branch off and run over the Stevens
Plains avenue route to Morrills corner
and North Deering as at present The
! return trip of the North Deering cars to
Portland will be over the same route.
| The Brighton street extension which con-
meets with the Westbrook division at the
junction OF Spring and Brighton.streets
and running in over Portland street is
the most direct route to Portland from
Westbrook and it is proposed to run the
early morning and O'Clock evening
trips to Portland over that route as it
will enable the working people of West,
brook to ride to and from Portland with
out being as at present, badly crowded by
the large number of Oakdale and Wood
fords people that ride at these hours.
! Under the new regulations the people
of Spring street, Il Woodfords, will have
the same service that they are getting
now, the difference being that instead OF
the North Deering cars running over that
street the new Congress street and Union
station belt line and the Westbrook cars
are to go over the street. In the summer
season the people of the West End OF
| Portland aud Bradley,'s corner are to
have better service than ever before tc
Riverton. A portion of the cars instead
of running through Woodfords will be
| run up through Congress street to the
| Union station and over the Stevens Plaint
avenue route to Riverton. This arrange
mept will, besides giving the people Of
tho localities mentioned better facilities
for travel, will enable the company to
move their cars faster, owing to the fact
that they will not all be obliged to go out
over the Woodfords route as at present.