Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-09
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.

The assessed valuation OF the Boston q
Maine Railroad CompanyS propgr'y II
Boston this year is over Sll,Wo'ooo-
Jomes NJ. How of Portland, has gone to
\~hi,, \ IL. to run for 4 time between
%tSht,., .tnd Worcester on the Boston X
Maine.
During the past eight years N;;'5o tons
of new steel rails have betn iala ~ INK NH
Boston & Maine Railroad, me fails al'i'e
costing S3.p1GJ;1S.S2.
The two extra freight cars whicn
nave been running from Boston ana
Portland each night at ~ NJ nave
been annuled until further notice
The Boston & Maine RAILROAD has re-
conty nlaced an order Tor 1880 tons Of
~ feet - and ~ lbs. steel ran. ana 49,
Weber joints, for use during the coming
season.
Conductors of all Boston & Maine
freight trains are now required to report
10 the superintendent all ice, apples anu
export freight handled on their trains
each trip they make. This is a system II
vogue on the t'itchburS Railroad many
Years.
on Jan. 81. new regulation went INTO
effect on the Boston N Maine Railroad
whereby incoming baggage Is allowed 10
remain in the baggage room. Tree o.
charge. forty-eight hours instedu "
twenty-four as heretofore. Inc tlne Is
reckoned from the midnight following the
hour of ARRIVAL.
An employe of the Boston q Maine
Railroad recently applied to the superlh-
teudent Of Il division for pass 50 that
he could 90 home every night. Inc ON
cial refused il and said Now, II YOU
were working for a farmer you Wouidn
ask him to hitch up his horse ana tag s'
NO. admitted the employe, but II |
worked for a farmer and he mad morse
all hitched up and was going right past
my house and he didn't offer to take me
home | should call him pretty darn
mean" 1t is related that he got the pass.
The Boston & Maine has recently
adopted the consolidation type for freight
locomotives. This is the next size above
mogus having four driving wheels on
seen yet, weighing 40 tons when loaded
with coal and water and fully ready for
business. The four received are mum
bered 1863. ll6t, 1865 and ll6h. ana they are
intended for service on the Western por-
ton of the t'itchburg division where there
are some wonderful grades to be over
come.
There has been marked increase in
the anol,nt of freight handled on the
branch of the Maine Central between Do
yer and Newport. For week ending Dec.
-. l., more ioaded cars were lorWar"eu
over the branch from this point than in
the corresponding week of year prevl-
nuslv: week ending Dec. -, Is more, Jan.
;. u: Jan. Il, 81; Jan. u. lol; Jan 70. "
more Here is an average increase OF 81
ears per week more for the past sN
weeks than of the same period year
AGO. There will be. in all probability, for
the next six weeks an equally good
showing.
Today the freight car that has not q
capacity of at least b,oCO puuhus > con-
sIaered rather out of date. and ears for
! handling heavy freights. such as ore and
| coal. are constructed with a capacity of
lm.,,J pounds The size OF the lOcomo-
| tiyes and the weight of the rail in the
! track has been correspondingiy increased.
| When the large capacity cars began to
! come into use. Il Switchman ON the Union
! Pacific Road CHANGED to see one of the Old
! and small Union Pacific cars between two
! of the large and modern type, ana NJ
wrote on the side Of the car with chalk:
! be 4 freight house BY and BY" Another
7. eraulove seeing one OF the modern Goa
cars. with its unusually high sides wrote
on it: Shup. NO fooi- u II" Nationa
Magazine.