The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
TROLLEY CHAIN.
Another Link in the Line to Boston
Town.

The III eiao5tin route from Portland TO
boston IS rapidly assuming share NEXT
1hnvFdaY iaorning In tie b stem &
Mnins etario1 at Ola OIchara the Maine
railroad commissioners aill give bear
ing ca ghs petition of the Cape elizabeth
division OF the Portland system to ex-
tend is tracks along the high way frrm
portland to Saco with branch to Pine
Point ard Old Orchard II thst line Is
built, and Its promoters mean business.
tbe first link in the chain will be COM
plsted. Steps are being taken to put in
another link on the other side Of nidde-
ford. This section VIII include line to
start at the terminus of the Portsmouth,
Kittery and York road In the latter town
and extend northeFly along the coast TO
correction with the Biddeford ST stem
aud thus with the Portland lire.
The gentlemen who are behind this
move are men whose names guarantee
sueeess. They are the famous Goodalls OF
Sanford and the directors of the proposed
read are as follows: E. NJ Gocian, Geo.
b. Goodan. Louis b. Goodall, Charles A.
Bodwell, W. j. Bocwell and Fred J.
Allen. K. NJ. Goodall Is to be president
Of the company and Louis 3. Goodall, ths
treasurer.
In the articles of Incorporation that
have been filed by them the capital stock
of the proposed road has been set at $500,
OO0. A representative of the company was
present at the meeting of the street. rail-
~ hall
Merrymeetlng park and when the N after
OF connection and cooperation was
brought up there In conference, be bearsi-
y entered into the plan. The Goodalls
are already actively engaged in success sfal
railroading. At the last Legislature the
secured a charter for the Sanford & Caoe
Pospoisa road that is now in operation
Over it they transport their raw stock
from their vessels and send out their
manufactured products from thsir big
mills at Sanford.
The Sanford & Cape Porpoise electric
line of the Goodall firm is crowded all the
time.
A straw which shows which way the
wind blows in railroad matters is found
In the determination of the Boston &
Maine to transform its York branch into
a trolley road. This Is parallel road to
tae Portsmouth, Kittery and York and
the move of the Roston s. Maine MANAGE
ment may mean competition for the New
all electric scheme.
Several car loads of poles for the trolley
wire have been distributed along the line
Of the York railroad and 1t Is stated that
the fare between Portsmouth and York
beach, twelve miles over this route will
be but ten cents each way. This is even
lower than the fare on the Portsmouth,
kittery s. York road. The now line win
Of course be more direct and will, SO far
as speed is concerned, have the advantage
Of level grade all the way. The run
will be made in thirty minutes.
On the other hand the delights of the
present trolley road are many and its
winding course through the villages of
YORK and along the sea front have made
ride over it one of the favorite diversions
Of the summer visitors in the section.
The work OF connecting Lewiston with
Portland by trolley is already under way,
the route Of the extension of the Lewis
ton, Branswick and Bath from Bruins
wick to Yarmouth have been staked out
preparatory to the beginning of active
operations in the spring. The broom stick
trains win soon be running from village
TO village and city to city in the Pine Tree
State.