Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-08
nssvs q The Railroads.

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A refrigerator car will leave Caribou
every Monday on the B. & A.
New Sweden expects to hear the en-
CINE bell by the middle of July.
Albert Hayes. a Maine Central brake
man has been appointed signal man at
East Newport.
The Portland Railroad has received
new eightwheel open car painted
red and numbered 152.
Dennis Buckley for several years B.
& A. station agent at Ashland Falls,
has taken charge of the station at
Millinocket.
The Portland Street Railway Com
pany has just put a new system of
transfers into operation upon it's lines
in the Forest City.
Pullman Conductor F. r. Barker is
running from Boston to Newport, VT,
this summer, instead of being on the
BostOn-Bar HarbOr run.
Samuel Stackpole, station agent at
Pennington for Sandy River road, has
sent in his resignation to take effect as
soon as his successor is secured.
George A. Harmon has been ap-
pointed inspector of the time service of
the Boston & Maine for Portland.
There is no other inspector on the
main line between Portland and Bos-
ton.
The Washington County Railroad is
to add extensively to it's rolling stock
outfit. Two engines and several cars
nave been ordered. A round house is
being built at Salmon Falls. The road
is doing an immense business already
The American Express Company has
extended its service to the Kennebec
& Boston Steamboat Company. MeA-
sengers will run on every boat and
local freight agents will be required to
meet all boats.
A. st. Denis, for five years in the
employ of the Grand Trunk Railroad
in Portland and for one year it's bag
gage master. has been transferred to
Detroit. Mich. John Gubbins has been
appointed night operator.
Up to this year the Old Orchard
Beach Railroad was the only branch of
the Boston and Maine system that did
bate slips for cash fares. A cash regis
ter mas been added to the equipment of
every car on the line now.
All the flag stations along the line of
the Washington County Railway are
now equipped with mail cranes and
baggage cars are all supplied with
mail catchers so that no stops will be
necessary at these places unless the
train is signalled. This is in line with
the idea of quick time and no unneces-
sary stops.
F. Business over the Boston & Maine
system is looking up. both in the
freight and passenger departments.
Ticket sales at the Union station.
Portland. for the first fifteen days in
June were $500 greater than for the
same period last year. The movement
of freight cars is largely in excess of
that during June, 1898.
new stage was put on recently to
ply between the Grand Trunk Rail-
road at oxford and Naples. The stage
will connect with the steamers Haw-
thorne and Louise. which makes daily
trips between Harrison and Sebago
trail.
On account of increased freight and
passenger business through the east,
the Maine Steamship Company. direct
line of steamers between New York
city and Portland, has found it neces-
sary to open a branch office in Ban
gor. The office will be in charge of c.
Fl. George. who for the past five years
has acted as travelling agent for the
Work is progressing rapidly on the
Sanford & Cape POrpoise Railroad
Part of the rails have arrived and the
work of laying them has begun The
rails are GO feet long and weigh 1900
pounds each. Fifty Italians have re-
Gently been added to the working
crews. The wiring is being done and
Sanford citizens expect to see the road
in operation by the middle or last of
July.
The gross earnings of So roads for
the third week in June were 1881 1896 |
against Sc, $50. 1886 for the third week in
June. 1898, an increase of $1141, 100 |
Fifty-three roads show increases and
i've decreases. Since January 1 the
roads referred to above earned $1S3,-
5O2,1 an increase of 81, 336,442 over |
the 171.965. 749 reported for the CORES
bonding period of 1898. For the longer
period 40 show increases and nine de- |
rreases.