Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-04-07
sNEWS OF THE RAILROADS.

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Engineers have begun work along
the line of the Biddeford & Saco Rail-
road surveying the curves in prepara-
ton for the laying of new rails. Z
The new stone overhead bridges of
the Boston & Maine between Green
land and Salisbury are we'll under
way and will be completed in time for
summer travel.
Morris II. Smith, the veteran station
agent of the Boston * Maine RAILROAD
at North Hampton, completed' his
forty-third year of service with the
company, Saturday.
William II. Perkins. formerly an en-
ploye at the Maine Central station. in
gage master on the steamer Frank
Jones for the coming season.
All Of the passenger cars formerly
run on the Portland & Rochester road
have been sent to the car shops and
will return marked Boston q Maine
with new coats of paint and varnish
on them.
The Sandy River Railroad Company
will build a new station in Phillips,
this spring. The plans are all made,
the contract has been let and work
will go forward within couple Of
weeks
The Boston & Maine Railroad have
put large gang of men at work on
the new double track between Sails
bury and Greenland. The new track
will be ready for travel by the last of
June, or when the summer time table
takes effect.
Traffic over the Maine Central ana
Boston & Maine Railroads is on the in
crease daily. 1t is a little early for
business on the road to be starting
up but such is the case and it is taken
as an indication that the railroad
business will be the best for years.
During the month of March, 562 East
man heater cars passed through Ban
gor from Aroostook county points for
Boston with potato shipments for the
market in that city. This is one of the
largest numbers on record. Besides
the heaters. over 800 stove-cars passed
through. thus bringing the total num-
Der Of carloads close onto 1000.
the blacksmith shop Of the Portland
& Rumford Falls II. r., at Rumford
Falls, for the past five years. has
severed his connection With the COM
pany on account Of poor health ana
gone to Canton, where he contcmplates
buying a farm.
The Boston railroads are considering
favorably the new signal lights of
Prof. Louis Derr of the Institute of
Technology, who, after a series of
tests. decided that yellow should be
the caution" signal and green the
safe signal. making with the red
three easily and surely distinguishable
colors. the only qualifications tending
toward safety. White would he dis
carded. An accident to the glass
would stop the train.
L. p. Neil. organizer for the Order
of Railway Photographers. is in Old
Town in the interests of that order
About q per cent of the operators on
the line of the r. & a. ana on the
eastern division of the Maine Central.
including the Bar IIarbor ana Bucks
port branches. have become members of
the new order. with headquarters in old
Town. where all lodge meetings for
this section will be held.
The Aroostook Times learns that the
Bangor & Aroostook Company intend
t. build machine ana paint shops in
Houlton during the summer. \ por-
tion Of the engine house has been used
for paint ana repair shop, but the
room is needed to house engines. The
shops will be built back of the black
smith shop which now stands north
of the engine house Directly behind
the blacksmith shop will be the ma
chine shop and the paint department
will be directly behind that. The shops
will be on a small scale as there is not
sufficient room to allow for an exten-
sivc plant such as the company would
prefer to build.