Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-24

anu track has been improved during
,ne past year. Some of the bridges
VIII soon need to be renewed, though
ehey are now all right for present use.
/ PORTLAND & Rochester-Sevent
pound steel has been put in for about
liVe miles. Twelve hundred new ties
nave been put in, and much ballastine
mas been done, making the road first
class. The bridges and rolling stock
are IN first-class condition.
Portland & Rumford Falls Railway
considerable work has been done iu
correcting alignments and improving
the grades. The whole road is in ex-
cellent condition.
Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes. 81
The road and equipments are in frs
| class order
! SANDY River.-The road and equip
ments are in good order and we'll
maintained
Sebasticook & Moosehead.-The road
and equipment are in good repair.
Somerset Railway.-New steel has
been laid. ties renewed and ditchins
done. The road, rolling stock and
stations are in good condition.
st. Croix & Penobscot-The roadbed
and track is in fair condition. That
from Barring to Calais has been prin
cipally rebuilt in q thorough and sub
tantial manner The bridges, cuiverts,
rolling stock and stations are in good
condition.
Wiscasset & Quebec.-The road and
equipments are in good condition. The
pile bridge has been strengthened.
York Harbor & Beach Railroad.-In
good condition. Repairs have been
made wherever needed. The rolling
stock is furnished by the Boston &
Maine.
Electric Railroads.
Augusta, Hallowell Sc Gardiner.-The
road bed and track are in good condi-
ton, considerable improvements hav-
ing been made during the year, in sew
eral notable instances. The highway
in Augusta, has been widened and the
track improved by setting over. The
bridges are in good condition. One
trastle has been filled. The rolling
stock is in good condition. The wait
ing rooms owned by the company are
nice and tastily built and well kept.
Bangor, Eampden & Winterport.-
| The entire road and equipments are
iifst-class in every respect. A spur
track to Riverside park, has been laid.
Bangor, Orono e. Old Town.-The
track is IN first-elass shape, as is the
rolling stock and waiting rooms. Re
pairs have been made to the entrance
Of the Orono bridge.
Bangor Street Railway.-In Bangor
the track is in good condition The
new double track to the fair grounds
has proved to be a great benefit. The
roaGbed and track in Brewer are in
fair condition. The rolling stock is IN
fair condition, and the bridges all
right.
Biddeford & Saco Railroad.-The
roadbed and track are in fair condi-
ton. The bridges are safe. The
bridges on the Saco river need repairs
to keep them safe. The bridge at
Goose Fair brook has been thoroughly
repaired
Calais Street RaMway.-The road IS
| in good shape. The bridges and rolling
stock are in good condition.
Fryeburg Horse Railroad.-The road
| bed and rolling stock are in fairly good
condition. There are no bridges.
| Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street
| Railway.-The road is well built with
60-pound steel. well ballasted and tied.
The bridges are we'll built pile bridges
and substantial steel structures. The
rolling stock is first-class.
Mousam River.-The road and equip
nlent are in good condition.
| Norway & Paris Street Railway
The entire system is in good condition.
| Portland Railroad-This road which
was originally built in a substantial
manner has been we'll cared for. The
bridges and rolling stock are in first
class condition.
Portsmouth, Kittery & York Street
Railway.-The track is in good shape.
| The bridges strong and the rolling
stock new and first-class.
Portland & Cape Elizabeth Railway.
The roadbed is in good condition.
The new pile bridge relieving the
Portland bridge of the tracks, is sub
stantial bridge, we'll built. The rolling
stock is good and we'll kept. The
| Casino and Cape Cottage Park might
| well be termed waiting rooms. They
| are built tastily and of convenient de-
sign.
| Skowhegan & Norridgewock Rail-
| way.-The roadbed and tracks have
been improved during the year. and
| improvements are still going on. The
| road is in fairly good condition. The
bridges have been greatly strengthened
during the year. The rolling stock is
good and well kept.
Rockland, Thomaston & Camden
Street Railway.-The condition is first
| class.
| Somerset Traction Company.-First-
| class in every respect.
! waterville & Fairfield Railway and
Light Company-In good condition.
| Great improvements have been made
during the year, in relaying the track
through Main street in Waterville, and
in ballasting. The bridges have been
well looked after. The rolling stock IS
in fairly good condition and cleanly