The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-05-11
THE NAME SEAPORT R. R.
What Our New Brunswick Neirhbors 9,
of II.

What Our New Brunswick Neiehbors Saw
of 1t.
How Names newest railroad enter-
prise is viewed by our Canadian neich-
bors is told by the Moncton. N r
Daily Times, as follows: ''
Mr.. p. S. Archibald arrived home
Saturday afternoon from Bangor. Ne,
where he is engaged as consulting en-
gineer with Mr.. A. E. Trites in con.
structlon of section of 70 miles of
railway for the Bangor & Aroostook
Railway. Mr.. Archibald saws the
weather has been little backward for
the work, but nevertheless Mr.. Trites
is making good progress and there is
every prospect that he will complete
his contract within the time specified.
The contract on which Mr.. Trites is
at present engaged is by far the largest
he has yet undertaken for the Bangor
& Aroostook people. 1t consists of the
construction of 70 miles of road to be
completed and ready for operation by
October 81, next. The Bangor & Aroos-
took system comprises some $40 miles
of road. 1t extends through eastern
the New Brunswick border and has
branches to Houlton, Fort Fairfield.
Presque Isle and Van Buren,, and at
each of these four places it connects
with the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
At Fort Kent it touches the Tennis
couata railway from River du Loup
Another branch of this road, Mr.. Ar
chibald says. is projected to open up
the northern section of Maine which is
an entirely new country without rail
ways. At present the Bangor & Aroos-
! took is feeder for the Maine Central,
but with the new line now under course
of construction, completed, the Bangor
& Aroostook people will be able to ship
| their stuff from the new seaport town,
called Stockton, about IS miles distant
from Brownvi)le Junction, to Boston,
New York and other points in the
United States.
! Although this extension to a deep
water terminus on the sea coast is
primarily for the purpose of giving the
Bangor & Aroostook an outlet for the
large local business, which is growing
| enormously every year, it might at a
later date become a shipping port fol
the Canadian Pacific Railway instead
of Saint John.
From Brownville Junction where the
Bangor 4 Aroostook and Canadian Pa.
cifc Railway connect to Saint John is
100 miles, while from the same point to
the new seaport of the Bangor & ARGOS
took the distance is only IS miles, a saw
ing in distance of 1l2 miles. The grades
on this latter line are much more favor
able, too, than over the Canadian Pa
citc to Saint John. Mr.. Archibald says
Saint John people better keep their eye
on the development going on at this
new seaport. Wharves to cost over q
million dollars are already projected
and President Cram says that is only
the beginning. This would look as il
he had in view something beyond the
local business of northern Maine.
Mr. A. E. Trites, the we'll known
Salisbury contractor, who has been en-
gagged in railroad construction in Maine
for the past II years, has won high
reputation in connection with the build
ing of the Bangor & AroostoOk and its
branches. He has been the largest in
dividual contractor on the Bangor 4
Aroostook. In fact, it may be said that
! he has built the bulk of the system and
in no single instance has he failed tt
| complete his contract or to carry out
his undertaking to the entire satlsfac
ton of the company.
Consequently it was only natural
when the Bangor & Aroostook people
required such an important contract
undertaken as the construction of 1C
miles of road through rough country
| in few months time, that MI. Trltes
should be entrusted with the project.
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