Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
MAINE. NEWS IN BRIEF.

Boston Il Maine. The other day. for
instance. a shfter sent some cars up
AGAINST some more cars and "A fiat car
somewhere in the procession and
doubled the Hat car up 'jist" as one
man said in describing the event.
Such things as this no doubt had to do
With Mt Sanborn's circular.
The Grand Trunk is having new
telephone exchange set up in the depot
ut Portland. to connect with the diff
ferent parts 'of the Grand Trunk
works. There Will be q central office
in the depot, which next spring will be
removed to the new depot. \ regular
operator will be in charge of this office
to make connections with the different
stations. These will be about fifteen
in number and will include the differ
ent wharv"S. elevators. Fish Point. the
coal pockets ana the works al East
Doering. This will be a great con-
venience as all the branches of the
Grand Trunk service can now be com
municatcd with directly from the depot
and they in turn can communicate
with the central office.
The Boston & Maine people are look
somewhere that has about twenty
heavy freight locomotives that they
can have to use for IA few weeks.
There seems to be no other way in
" hich they can successfully cope with
thn freight traffic which is being Of
f.red to them and which they cannot
haul with rolling stock noW in con-
dition to use. There was a story afoat
engines weI, in process Of construction
by the Manchester Locomotive Works.
/ ut one of the general officers says
that this is 4 fairy tale. TE"r" were
seven new engines ordered, hut the or
der was countcrmandei within A.
hours and the directors have been
kicking themselves ever since for DO
ing il.
During th, summer and fall months
just past the Phillips X kangeley rail-
road has kept 4 work train along the
line of its track every day. improving
and repairing the roadway. \ great
many train loads Of gravel have been
Tut on ana the track has been raised
i'll many places from eight To ten
inches. one Of the most important
changes was made ut the Madrid sta
ton. The long trestle ut this point has
been taken out ana a MI made. which
furnishes Il permanent and SAT" road
bed. The culyert timbcrs along the
road have an been replaced with new
work ana before the work is disc"n-
tirued General Manager Pope expects
t. have all II the truss bridges "n the
lin, replaced by new Eirder bridges "a
SANDY e. g
Phillips village.
The prosperity "f American rail
i, ad. in these days "f low rates ami
fast service is due largely (" l""
scientific reduction in tn" cost NY
np,rulng Some years ago wn,n .h"
western roads built into new and ~
developed territory there seemed u'
~, an element ut risk attached ~ Nh.
and money could only p" borrowed AZ
high rates ii interest. Seven per
cent construction bonds We're SOFA Az
discount but now that tn, country
has developed ana the railroads bf
good mana cement have established a
large and growing business mcHv-
can be had for about three per cent.
ana ~ II * found prntitah" To "N-
u, nd large. sums in improvements
which make it POSSIBLE - save money
In daily operation. The Burlington
system of 5000 miles. for instance. has
turing the past Two years spent hun
Ii eds Of thousands If dollars In re-
lucing grades ana eliminating curves.
the result being that heavier trains can
b., hauled with the same cngin" power.
besides making travel far more COM
Portable and also less dangerous. thus
reducing materially the loss incident
to claims for damag" and injury