The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-30
ABOUT THE RAILROADS.
VIVA, the Committeeman. say OF Their
Condition.

The Railroad Commissioners have just
completed their annual certificates Of the
condition Of the railroads We append
abstraets OF the INC st important
STEAM ROADS.
Maine Central-The roadbsd and track
of the main line from Portland to Vance
tore, from Cumberland junction to
WateryiiIe and the Mountain division are
in sxcs lient condition. In good alignment
and tie surface well ditched, "a milss
Of new 75-pound steel rails With Weber
j,ir {, haze been laid tie wsen South Gar
diner and Augusta. Beinham and Clin-
ton. and Bangor and Webster. From
Faith to Lewiston and bennington the
track 10 In good condition. Between
bath and Lswis,on 67.pount steel rails
with Weber joints have been laid. b.
tween Bath ard Rockisnd 38-pound rails
Rave been laid with continuous JOIN 10.
The Skowhezan aud Belfast branches u re
in good cono itiou. 1t Q rosdbed and track
of tie Foxcroft and Bar Harbor branchts
are In good condition On the latter IL
N lies OF o7-pound rails have been laid
with Weber iuts. The raadbsd and
trsck on the Buck sport branch are Ia good
cordition for the trsific over tie road.
About II, COD cubic yards Of ballast and
$40, COO new ties have been ussd on the
track during the year.
With the exeep 'oa Of tbs hard pine
trestle at 6rriiner the ri igss on the
m an line are Of iron or steel and well
ada pied to the travel over them. Between
Bangor and vanceboro the principal
bridges are OF iron, the others being SUD-
stantial and equal to the loads carried
over them. On the Mountiin division
the IN Jst Of the bridges are Of iron or
steel. Between lewiston and Rocklend
all are safe for the rolling stock. A fine
St. ell plate girder bridge with solid mas
onry has taken the place of the old ons NJ
Thomaston. The oulvsrts of the system
ars generally In good condition, six new
cnes having tesn constructed during the
year.
The rolling stock lie 10 excellent oondi-
ton. The cars are modern, we'll kept
and In good repair. SIX nav locomotives
have Teen added together with Two new
observation cars, one baggage and mail
car, SO coal cars. 25 fiat cars and ISL tox
Gals. Ire stations and other buildings
are In good OF notion. New passenger
st %iior have tesn built ut Brunswiok,
Washing on Junction and West Baldwin.
New freight static ns have been construct
ed ut Clinton, Hiram and South Wind
ham.
Grand Trunk-Roadbed and track ax-
csllent. In good Alignment and well
ditchsd. kors Of the s0-pound rsils have
been laid th ere being now 40 miles he
tween Portlaud and West Paris and II
NJ lie, near Gilead and SheIburne, max
ing In oil GO mills Of this rail- In the
state. An additional siding has rom
added 1T Dserins 6, tbat this yard will
hold 1900 cars. Bridges. In good repair
and safs abutnents at Mechanic Falle
have been made ready for modern
double track bridge. Rolling stock In
good condition. The stations are In good
repair.
phillips & RaugeIey-Tr ack 10 In excel
lent condition; roadbed Is well ditched.
Quite little repairing has been done TO
the trestlss and bridges.
Portland & Roceesttr-The track IL In
good line; Tie S have been renewed so that
all are good; considerable ballasting has
teen done. The bridges are mostly sub
stantial stsel structures. Thoss OF wood
are frs. olsss. Tho rolling stook and
station buildin9s ara convenient and
kept In coed condition.
Washington Coupty-The Iaok Is In
good lire and surface and well ditched.
4 his track has been thoroughly ballastet
and In oth,r WAYS greatly improved dur
ing the year This bridges are IN good
condition. The rolling stock IL first els IS
and we'll maintained. The station build
ipgs are we'll kett.
Wisoe sset g. Q Isbso-Tbe roadbsd and
last 10 needed The bridges are COMPARE.
lively new and kept In good condition.
] he rolling stock and station buildings
arc In good condition.
Bangor e. Arosstoek-1he roadbed
from Old Town TO Caribou 10 In excellent
condition with 70-pourd rails. Branch
from MIN to Grsenviilo has been praoti
cally rebuilt. Other branch lines are In
excellent condition with great care hav-
Ing been used. The Van Buren, branch
o: S3 : miles has been constructed OF 20
pound rails and IS iuohes OF ballast The
III - Ifra .naff In nh nj N
tial iron ana steel structures. New
bridges have been erected the past year at
Beel's Rips, Green leland and Black
leland. Between Milo aud Gieenvilie
about I2 tIestles have been changed TO
earth road bed. In all S402 feet have BEEN
Brook n bad place, formerly cut, has
been made through ledge, and the
ravine spannsd by a steal viaduot. On
the Van Buren, extension the bridges are
CT hard pine or ST vel. Tbs rolling stock
Ia in excellent cen tition and many addt-
lions have besn made during the past
year. The station buildings have been
well kept
BridGton s. Saco River-Roadbsd and
track IN good condition; rolling stock
and stations in good repair.
canadian Pacific hsiiwsy-Track In
good condition. As. COO ties have teen used
80 tons of steel rail have been laid and a
large amount Of ballnsting done Bridg-
rs are all coed, mostly of iron or stesl,
Three urestlss have been oiled and IL
culverts rebuilt. Rolling stnok ana
station good,
franklin 81 Megantic-Rosdbsd and
track in good condition and great i'm
provements have bas n made The trastle
at Ledge Hin has been replaced by an
smpankmsnt. The rolling stock Is In
good condition and stations in good re-
pair.
Boston s. MAine-The track ON the
ERst ern AMI Western divisions excellent;
much repairing has been carried on. On
the Eastern, 80 miles Ia Mains have besn
oiled. The other parts of the systsm In
Maine is defined a. being generally In
good condition. The bridges are spoken
Ct as being In good rspair, most Of them
teing OF iron or steel. Ga ths Western
di vision the trestlss over the scarborough
marshes havs been rebuilt. The rolling
stock Is first GLASS and the station build
ings in good repair.
Portland 81 Rumford Falls-The road
hid and track ara in excellenk condition.