Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-06-18
INTERESTING FEATURES.
In Regard to the Summer Time
Table Of the Maine Central Rail.


| road.
The night trains between Bar Harhnr
| and Boston. with sleeping cars attached,
| commenced to run daily sundays il,
| Guided. ON June :.
| The train leaving Boston at a. M,
| and Portland at li:20 a. m, now runs
| through To Mount Desert Ferry and Bar
| llarbor without any wait in Bangor, ar
| riving at Bar Harhor nj go y. M. and
| Pullman Parlor Car runs through 10
i Mount Desert Ferry instead of to Ban
| gcr only. So, too, the train leaving HoS-
| ton at y Il. M. and Portland at l:lI y. III.
| has conner tions through to Bar Harbor.
| arriving there at s:la H. m. This train.
however. carries Il Parlor Car tn Bangor
only.
Full summer schedule on all main lines
and branches of the Maine Central X. r.
| will take effect Monday, June -. and Will
| be similar To that of last year, with few
very important changes as follows:
The II. m train from Portland, run
ming to Waterville only. and there max
| ing connection for Skowhegan. will also
this year make connection for Belfast.
| But perhaps the most notably change.
| and accommodate ing the greatest NUM-
| Der of people. will he that whereby pas
| stnStlS for points on the Old Knox and
! Lincoln division and Rockland. instead
| of being compelled To wait in Portland
| after the arrival of the?a. IN. train from
Boston, the departure of the local train
at |: Ia p. M. win he taken tn Brunswick
! un the Bar Harbor express leaving at
| l2:30 p. m. and thence run express 50
far as the travel will permit to Rockland.
| arriving there at 4.lU y. M. Il feature
! which the people on the line of the
branch in question will undoubtedly APP
| preciate.
The afternoon train leaving Portland
| at I:Uj y. m. is this year to be- continued
through to Rorkland, the same as last.
| but instead of returning from Rorkland
| as Il night train. it will come back as a
morning train, leaving Rockland at
! Il. M: other trains from Ruckland to run
as usual.
| This change To have a train leave Rock
land early in the morning is partially
due To the fact that the Boston and
Maine r. X. is To quicken up their time.
81. that tn" train leaving Portland for
Boston at . II. m. will reach Boston at
1880, instead of 1850 p. m.. as now. thus
allowing Il connection with the l p. m.
train for New York. and this, of course,
not only from Roc ckland. but from Water
| vile. Lewiston and intermediate sta
tions.
Another notable feature will be the
establishment of additional trains be-
tween Portland and Lewiston. Il train to
leave Lewiston at 2:l5 p. m.. connecting
with the $3.50 p. IN. train for Boston, as
has been run during the winter, this
train in addition to all the other trains
run between Portland and Lewiston to
return. leaving Portland at s p. m.. or
| after the arrival of the train leaving
Boston for Portland at 4:15 p. M, and
this p. IN. train will carry parlOr car
through from Boston, to return from
Lewiston ON the first train in the morn
ing.
The same elegant train service be
| tween Boston and Bar liarbur will he
in effect this year as last, with express
trains leaving Boston at Il. m., running
via DanNille junction: Il. M, running
via Augusta. with the night train from
Boston to Bangor and st. John at p. nl.,
| to be followed at 9:45 p. NJ, with fast
night Pullman Express train. the Sa. m.
train from Boston to make the usual
connect ton for NIoosehead Lake via New
port and FoNcruft.
Returning from Bar Harbor, the fast
express leaving at : a. m. is to be con-
! tinued. then at 1890 Il. m. train connec-
ting at Bangor with the Flying Yankee:
at p. M. local night train, to be fol-
lowed at S:45 p. IN. by fast Pullman
Sleeper Express.
Facilities for reaching the Rangelry
Lakes either via Pennington OF Bems
will be as good a $ last year.
For the Provinces and ArOOstook cOun-
'ty, st. stephen and st. Andrews. the
trains to be takenare those leaving Bos-
ton at u. M, Portland at 1l:0j u. m..
and leaving Boston at p. n,.. and Port
land at II p. M, but the Bar Harbor EN-
| press leaving Boston at 9:45 p. m. will
overtake at Bangor the train for the
| Provinces, though the first train men,
toned carries the through Provincial
sleeping ear.
On the White Mountain divson trains
will run as last year that is. leaving
Portland for Montreal at S:4j a. M, for
| White Mountain points at l:25 p. m.
Returning trains will arrive in Port
| land at $40 a. m. from Montreal, 12:13
p. m. from White Mountain points.5 p. m.
from Bartlett and 1:42 from Chicago,
Montreal. etc. and the only notably
| change, so far as the Mountain division
is concerned, is that i'm the trains to and
from Quebec. it being possible this sum-
| mer To leave Portland at s: 80 p. m., and
| orrive in Quebec early the next fore
| noon. though the through sleeper will
| leave at l:25 p M. as usual. and wait at
| Fabyans the arrival there of connecting
trains before being taken on to Quebec.
So, too. it will be possible to leave
Quebec about 4 o'clock in the afternoon
and to reach Portland at $40 the next
| morning. though the sleeping ear will be-
| dropped from the train at Fabyans,
which arrives there at 4:45 a. m.. and
remain until the train leaving Fabyans
at $3.50 a. m., reaching Portland at 12:l3
| y. m.
| For COlebrOOk and Dixville Notch busi-
| ness the mail train leaving Boston $40
| q. m, which last year ran to Lancaster
only, will this year run through to Cole
| brook. arriving there at g.: Is p. M. and
Beecher Falls G:3S p. M. and returning
| there will be a train leaving Beecher
| Falls 1880 u. m, COlebroOk IL :15 a. m.
arriving Lancaster 1870 p m., Boston
S:2J p. m. thus getting summer tourists
to the Parsons Farm. Colebrook and the
| BalSamS and DlxVlle Notch m season
for supper and not be obliged in coming
out to leave until after breakfast. an
entirely new feature this year.
Through sleeping cars between Mon
treal and Portland will commence run
ming June Is. and parlor cars on the 9th.
First through sleeper for the season
over the Niagar Falls ar VIII t. n oun-
tain line leaves Chicago Saturday night.
June II. arriving in Portland Monday
night. the 18th, ana on and after Tues
day, the 18th, this car, I. e.. through
sleeper from Portland to Chicago via
Niagara Fallss will leave at S:45 a. m.
the balance of the season.
Even now the officials of the Main
Central are receiving many Inquiries in
regard to the summer schedule, and this
early announcement is made that people
may have information on the subject