Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-06
STATE HOUSE.
Annual Report Of Phillips and
Range|ey Railroad.
Memories Of the BIoodiest Charge Of
the Civil War.
A State Officials Home Guaranteed
in His Absence.

in His Absence.
The following is the report of the past
year for the Phillips and Rangeley
railroad: directors-Calvin Putnam,
Danvers. Mass; Joel Wilbur Fletcher
Pope, Fred N. Beal, Joel H. Byron,
Sidney G. Haley, H. II. Field, all OF
Phillips. There are 81 stockholders.
Miles operated, 35; gross earnings from
operation, $3G, against $25,63760
last year, an increase of $11, 14o.12; oper-
ating expenses, $40,117.44, against s27,-
.O8.26 in 1902, an increase of $12, 4O9. Is;
deficit for the year from operation, 3d.
234.72, against $2,O7O.56, an increase of
81, 264.0G. Added to the deficit for this
year, the total deductions from income
of S17,764.SS. make the total deficit for
the year $21 ,099.6O. Passenger revenue,
s10,645.60: mail. s1,416.36; express, $780,
"a; other items, $397.91, making the to-
tai passenger earnings $14,a6O11, against
$l4, 794.3S, last year, a decrease of $232,6 !;
total freight earnings, $2199S.07, against
$40, 1898, an increase of S11,S35.04.
Maintenance of ways and structures.
$13,912.39, against $10,9SS.99, an increase
of $2,923.4O; repairs on roadway, $12,973.-
SO; renewal Of rails. $1,000; renewal of
ties, $110.07; repairs and renewals of
bridges and culverts, $215.4S; repairs
and renewals of bridges and fixtures,
s31S.50; stationery and printing, $8301
maintenance of equipments, $7,3S2.52,
against $2,3496O, an increase of 5000 80:
repairs and renewals of passenger cars,
1851. 20; repairs and renewals of locomo-
tives, s3,441.97; repairs and renewals of
freight cars, $2,17993 repairs and re-
newals of work cars, $226.S0; repairs and
renewals Of shop machinery and tools,
S71190; conducting transportation, ST.
667.55, against $13,621.03, an increase of
$4,05S.52 superintendent, $906.29; en-
CINE and roundhouse men, s3,60S.04; fuel
for locomotives, $6944.20; train service,
81, S23.4S; number of passengers carried
1892, against 11,011 in 1902, an increase
of 1862.
Major House Of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics has three interesting relics of
Petersburg battlefield, where he was
wounded in that famous third day
charge on June 18th, 1864. One is
fragment of an exploded shell. and the
others are mimic balls, one being bat
tered and flattened and the other still
perfect in shape The Major has some
thrilling stories to relate of that fam
Gus three days battle, having been
member OF the First Maine Heavy
Artillery at the time. The Union
forces, the 1st brigade, Sd division, I'd
army corps, were stationed on the south
crn side OF the Prince George Court
House road. Just across was an open
field, sheltered by woods on either side
for some distance, but finally coming
to more open ground near race track.
the track being on the right hand side.
The Rebels were ensconced at the end
of the open SPACE, facing the Union
forces and had fianking batteries on
either corner of the open space at the
end of the woods. There were II regi-'
ments in the brigade. the LIST Maine,
18th Massachusetts,, :th. 9Th, 18th, Sth,
and 18th New Jersey. The Maine regi-
ment was much the largest and formed
in front for the charge in three lines.
the others being drawn up behind in
one line each. The order to charge was
given With the hope of breaking
through the Rebel lines, but the
position of the enemy and their artil-
lery was not known with eXactness, or
that order would never have been Civ
en- The LIST Maine advanced from the
road on the run. 900 strong. The trees
sheltered them from all fire except the
rifles directly in front but the instant
they came into the open by the race
track, hell was let loose from the bat
| terias on the flank and no human being
could live under it. The lines wavered,
| broke. melted, and what was left of the
list Maine dashed back to the earth
works. The total loss was 242 killed
| outright, Sc fatally wounded and one
prisoner, els in all, or over 6S per cent
of the regiment. This was the most
| severe loss sustained by any regiment
| during the entire war. Scarcely man
escaped unscathed. Major House re-
| ceived two wounds in the head, though
| neither was severe enough to disable
him permanently. One interesting relic
picked up on the field was a piece of
lead which had been two mimic balls.
| They had met point to point in mid-air
and been welded together. A curious
| coincidence is that Rebel force was
| afterwards driven back over the same
field and left it covered once more with
| dead and dying. The field is now the
| property of the State of Maine. and a
monument has been erected there. to
| the memory of the boys in blue-and in
| grey.
A. I Brown, deputy to the secretary
| of State. is having the rather novel and
not altogether pleasant experience of
| having his house quarrantined in his
absence. His home is in Belfast, and
when he was visiting it, few days
ago. he found that his son. whom he
had caused to be vaccinated two weeks
ago yesterday, was showing some
rather odd symptoms. The attendant
physician pronounced them the result
of vaccination, and as the boy did not
appear to be sick at all, Mr.. Brown