The Somerset reporter., 1902-02-20
Maine Railroad Building.

THE prospect Of railroad construction
IN Maine for the ming season IL letter
than in rteebt year,.
The longest single line of broad guage
steam railroad to be built in the State
the coming season will BIZ the Fish river
railroad extending from Ashland To
Fort Kent. 1t will be 81 miles long,
running through and opening up pro-
life timber territory, Although built By
another corporation, II Is To be- operated
by the Bangor Il Aroostonk.
The work on the exfentioa Of the Rum
ford Falls Il Rangelev Lakes railroad
from Bemis TO the Outlet near the
Mountain View House, distance OF
nine. is well advanced. The extension
will be opened for travel by the last Of
June. The extension Is 10 be continued
from the Outlet to the foot Of kenne-
bago lake, II miles.
Another steam road, which is nearly
completed, is the line of the Wscasset.
/ Watervile g. Pennington harrow
guage, l3 miles from Weeks Mills to
/ Wnslow. The rails are ALREADY laid.
Already Wiscasset coal l. being hauled
over it for the use Of the North Vassal-
! boro wooden mill, but the road cannot
carry passengers until II i accepted by
the railroad commissioners. The design
is to build steel bridge across the KIN
nebec at Wnslow and extend the line 10
Pennington. The bridge will cost in
the neighborhood of $50 600. Some of
the masonry for it was laid several years
since.
The branch OF the Maine Central
which it was proposed To build between
Augusta and Winthrop has been much
talked about. lt WAS said that it would
be constructed last year but it WAS not
In the electric railroad field much nc
tiVity is noted in the central and western
sections of the State. The building of
of trolley road from Augusta to Win
throp is assured The distance is II
miles. The rails and sleepers are now
being hauled to points along the pro-
posed route where they will he needed
II will be 10 operation before July |.
The extension Of the Rockland, Thorn
aston & Camden street railway from
! Thomaston to Warren, four and one-half
miles long, is well along in constructions
IL is to be opened for business in the
| spring.
A charter has been obtained by Gov.
| Hill and others for trolley line from
South Berwick to York village, with a
branch line, three and one-half miles in
length, to Dover, n. H. The length Of
the whole proposed new system will be
from 10 to Is miles.
A three-mile trolley road is to be built
in the spring from kittery to Green
Acre, connecting at the former place
with the Portsmouth, kittery & York
railroad. Messrs. Hill & Macomber of
Augusta are interested in this.
The Portland Rail Company is going
to build trolley road this year from
Rigby right through to Saco, a length of
about II miles, and a short connecting
branch to Old Orchard.
The rails and ties are being hauled for
the electric railroad which Mr. Gerald
| aud his associates propose to build be-
tween Brunswick aud Yarmouth, nearly
IL miles long, connecting at the latter
town with the Portland electric road.
This will undoubtedly be built.
Several other lines are being talked up.
but it is not certain that any work will
be performed on them this season.
Among them are an electric road from
East Corinth to Charleston and from
Bangor to Pushaw Pond, one from Gar
diner to South Gardiner, and the York
county elect ic railroad from Limerick
to Center WATERFORD, II miles.