The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-20

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Brunswick Electric, 7l,i33 9e,323
ryeburg Horse, 9,Oz5 S.5oj
Lewiston & Auburn, 1,0l7.1l9 1850, 445
Moueam River, 81 s23 Ia, 247
Norway and Paris lS5, 63s 2,83
Portland railroad 4,9os, SU9 5,444, Sg7
Portland and Cape
Elizabeth. 1871 ia 095, 666
Wateryille g. Fairfield, 1872, 425 40s, $50
This not earnings of all straet railroads
in Maine We're 10. IS9. 2s, compared with
S .43, 1885 for S97.
The number of persons injured by the
operation of street r.ilroads for the year
ending June s., 1898, was fourteen, one
only being killed.
The number of passengers injured was
| twelve, none injurea fatally. Six of those
were injured Upon the Lewiston and An-
| burn horse railroad by a rear end
collision. The lerson killed was an old
man quite deaf, who stepped in front of
a car.
Considering that "A, 65l, l6l people were
carried, travel by street railways is shown
| to be pretty safe.
| Since June 80. 1898, the date when the
mileage rs shown in our report, is closed
considerable railroad mileage has been
added to that therein reported. On June
80. there was l,748 95 miles of railroad
operated by steam. since then the Wash.
| ington County railroad has been
practically completed, adding lls miles.
The Bridgton and Saco River Railroad
company have extended their road from
/ "a - - q
miles, and a short extension has been
added to the Portland s. Rumford Falls
railway at Livermore Falls giving go
miles additional. This makes the total
mileage of steam railroads in the state /,
| S72 so niles
The street railway mileage in Maine on
June 80, 1898. was i65. ~ miles. Since
| that date Al. 81 miles have been built.
| The Increase was the result of the cons
struction of the Portland and Yarmouth
! Electric railway, from Portland to Var
mouth village, thirteen miles, the build
ing by the Lewiston, Brunswick and
Bath Street railway of 20 milk s of road
| from Lewiston to Topsham. connecting
the Lewiston and Auburn Horse railroad
with the Brunswick Electric railway
from Brunswick to and in Bath, 8 10
miles. -connecting with the Bath Street
railway, and a branch from Lewiston to
Sahattus. 4.90 miles; the construction of
s53 miles by the Portland railroad, in
the city of Deering, and .25 miles of ex-
tension to the Waterfalls & Fairfield rail-
way, making total street railway in the
state of 2l3..3 milss.
OF the new Washington county railroad
the report says: The equipment is modern
in design, built by some of the best build
ers in the country. Their motive power is
heavy and equipped with all the modern
convenienoes.
Of the Panobscot Central, the report
says: This is a line extending from Ban
gor through thu villages of Kenduskeag,
Corinth to Charleston, distance ofssbout
twenty seven miles. 1t is an electric road
but is novelty in this part of the
coun ry, in fact there is no other road IN
the United States that uses the particular
motive power to be used on this line. The
motor known as the Patton motor is bo-
ing used here, which by the use of a gaso-
line engine generates electricity in the
car, connected with storage battery to
store the electricity generated when the
motor Ia not in use so that the load on
the engine is comparatively constant.
The use of this motor does away with
power houses, overhead construction anu
bonding.
OF the Yarmouth road the report says:
The road is very we'll built, and the
equipment is good. 1t is quite evident
that the business of the road is very muon
larger in volume than was anticipated by
tho r,r0nlOfara 0f fha aptarprina
The commissioners in reporting the re-
suits of their inspection have special
word of criticism for any of the roads,
finding them generally in good condition.