Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-12
<NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.

on the Washington County Il. r.
The Somerset Railway is to build
new depot at Arson. lower village, this
spring on the site of the Norton store
1t is said that work will begin in few
weeks. 1t is also reported that that
village is to have a new depot the com
| ing summer.
w. II. Mitchell, who for the past Is
years has been the station agent fol
the Maine Central Railroad at New.
port, has rendered his resignation tn,
same to take effect on May 16 Mr.
Mitchell will soon begin the practice OF
law.
At tie Rhode Island Locomotive
Works there are being built for tho
Boston & Maine Railroad, five ter
wheel passenger engines and six ter
wheel freight engines. all of which vii
be ready for use within a short time
The p. & r. f. R'y is hauling about
u cars Of pulp wood per day for the
| International Paper 60. from points
along the G. T. r.. and also ten car
loads Of logs per day from Bemis. t,
keep up the supply until the water
goes down so they can sluicc their logs
! from above the falls. the 1000, 600 or 81
which they had piled on the canal
bank being used up.
| If the employees Of the Boston &
| Alainc system We're cOngrcgatcA at a
given point their number wonld be
sufficient to inhabit Il good sized city
During the month of March 1855 en-
| ployes were included on the pay rolls
| and even this number is greatly in
creased during the summer season.
The management Of the Yarmouth
Electric Railroad is right up to date
and will shortly place in service new
and beautiful cars. These will be
| equipped with air brakes which is
something new in this State These
cars are expected to be running about
June Il.
Cutting the running time in half be
tween ST. Stephen ana st. John. is
what Gen. Supt. McPeake Of the Shore
Line. says will be the result Of the
amalgamation Of the Shore Line and
| Washington County Railroads. The
time required for the run between
these points at present is four hours
but the superintendent says with i'm
proved roadbed and rolling stock nee
essary for through business two hours
will suffice to carry passengers be
tween the border town ana st. John
Ii is said the summer schedule Of the
| Washington County Railroad will go
| into effect about June 18th. when the
running time will be reduced . min
utes. The company purpose doing a
| In Of H..
the coming season, and within the past
week Mr.. Seaman. an engineer from
New York, has made a trip over the
road. The past winter has been a good
test Of the road and like all new work
Of the kind. it has suffered some but
not so much as was expected. as on no
occasion has it been found necessary to
! issue 'slow time" orders. which is CON
sidered a remarkably good record.
| The Grand Trunk management has
made one more change which abolIshes
Richmond F. O.. as division point
| for freight crews. In future all crews
Will run through from Montreal to Is
! land Pond instead of doubling back
and forth between Montreal and Rich
mond or Richmond and Island Pond as
| formerly The same arrangement has
| been planned for this division ~
which the crews will be run through
from Portland to Island Pond instead
Of stopping at Gorham \. II. 1t is
understood that some fifty or seventy
five families will be obliged to move
from Richmond or Corham to Island
! Pond
While 4 number Of the western rail
roads that tried To experiment ,f
treating their roadbeds With oil are u
discontinue the practice, owing To the
complaints that the dust stirred up by
the fast trains ruins the more delicate
fabrics WON by passengers. ii is
| learned that the Boston & Maine man
agement is 50 thoroughly satisfied with
the results on the 4f3 miles Of its track
| that We're oiled last year. that an
| engagements have been perfected fin
continuing the sprinklinG The cause
| Of the complaints by patrons Of the
| western roads is said to be due to the
| character of the ballast used. which is
! fine sand. In the case of the Boston &
Maine, gravel was literally employed
as a covering before the oil was put
on. 50 far there has been total alb
sence Of complaints, and many passen-
| gers have complimentcd the manage
ment. Last year the company had
distributed 1893 900 gallons Of oil. and
it is the intention to greatly exceed
these figures the present season.
While it is proposed to sprinkle new
sections. it is also the intention to re-
oil many, if not all, Of those heretofore
| treated. The experiments We're first
! tried on the Gloucester branch. ana
fully 100 miles Of track on the eastern
division were covered, as was also
much of the western division. other
parts of the system oiled are 30 miles
of the southern division, the Connect
cut River and the Worcester, Nashua
and Portland branches. The re-oling
| this year Will be started between
Salem and Rockport. The late rise in
the price Of oil will not affect the pres
ent intentions Of the company.