The Republican journal., 1905-08-31
Mystery of a Railroad.
Canadian Pacific Survey Party. Said to
be Working in Eastern Maine.

ladian PACING survey Party. SAID tc
be Working in Eastern Maine.
ULroN, Me-, August "a. 1t is
i here that a party Of men is sur
70 a railroad from Debec Junction
attawamkeag. If this is true, the
non opinion here is that it must
that the Canadian Pacific intends
IN up line between these points.
motive for doing so is a good
. puzzle. In an air line it is 40
hetween the two points. The
oly is one through which railroad
Bg would be easy, and only three
Il. extra miles would be needed to
me across there. Call it So miles
,e estimate is a liberal one.
ranadian Pacific has been want
Inc all its own between Malta
,eag and Saint John. Y From Mat
ukPag to Vanceboro it now uses
aeks of the Maine Central, an ar
ment that is unsatisfactory to the
ian Pacific people. 1t has been
sed that they would, some day,
re the New Brunswick Shore Line
ad from Saint Stephen to Saint
md build from Mattawamkeag
at Saint Stephen, thus
70 complete their own line from
to ocean. No railroad in the
nj states or Canada now has such
ut the Southern Pacific reaches
i.e Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of
and the Canadian Pacific lacks
nix to connect its rails in the
pf Maine with those in the
Of New Brunswick. n line
Nl,tawamkeag to Debec would
q link.
r. Mattawamkeag to Vanceboro
Is. from Nanceboro to Nc
-tyen miles. from McAdam to
-on Junction is 80 miles and
iericton Junction to Saint
miles. making a total of 146
m Mattawamkeag to Saint
N4ttawamkeag to Saint Step
..i require IS or 20 miles, and
line, legally designated as the
unswick Southern Railway.
niles to cover the rest of the
to Saint John, SO it would be
miles from Mattawamkeag to
nm if such a line were CON
Some 60 miles west from
n the New Brunswick South
SIS the Canadian Pacific branch
andrews at point 10 miles
Il seaport town. Such route
ing Mattawamkeag within 100
niles of Saint Andrews, the
Id Importance of the New
K harbors.
the 55-mile estimate from
ukeag to Debec Junction.
-oec to McAdam is 80 miles,
h 80 more to Fredericton
and Is to Saint John makes a
is miles between NIattawam-
I Saint John. Take the al
route and reckon from De
IS to Woodstock, six to New
TO Fredericton, % to Frederic
ION and Is to Saint John it be-
miles from Mattawamkeag
TT John.
mere knows what the rail
v4ers think Of the matter, but it
r5ously considered that the re-
sJrvey is for the purpose of Sc
, D exclusive through line to st.
+ not that, then what is it for?
AVE been persistent stories
the Bangor & Aroostook extern
30 stockton Springs is really a
for Il deal with the Canadian Pa
.ith is to be the actual occupant
arbor. Those stories seem to
-tatted from ignorance of the
took output of the freight in
and produce. People who saw
ives building at Stockton har-
ped to the conclusion that they
..o large for the Aroostook bust
au must, therefore, be destined
use of the Canadian Pacific
Y To people familiar with the
.onditions, it has all the time
tparent that the Stockton
- IAN furnish only temporary
,ation for the Aroostook bust
must be enlarged by another
SO Aroostook citizens have
stock in the stories about the
a Pacific Railroad going to oc-
--orkton harbor.
IS interesting to figure the dis
IF lIoulton from the new harbor
'ston. Eight miles to Debec, So
'raWamkeag, 43 to Brownville
a. 3 to wnville, % to
.agrange and 50 to Stockton
Is making 1913 from Houlton. By
aaEOr 4 Aroostook it would be 95
uNnyille and 81 to Stockton
~, 179 in all.
FL If the Canadian Pacific were to
nj lie harbor, no man outside the
..reles can imagine it as reason
ling such line into Aroostook.
-heory is promptly dismissed as
ferrous.
certain, however, that a party of
rs is spying out the land within
miles from the Canadian Paci-
way east from Greenville. The
as working from Onawa toward
notion, a week ago, and has also
ported at Enfield and eastward
Enfeld toward Nickatous lake.
aggests possibilityof a direct line
.uceboro or St. Stephen from some
vest of Merchandising, by which
of % to 80 miles might be made in
hi from Greenville to St.John. Now
ATTY is said to be between Malta
Gag and Debec. Some with the
are believed to have connection
madam Pacific. Just what they
.er and who they represent, the
the party will not say. but it is
monty accepted theory that
resent a railroad and the rail
the Canadian Pacific. What
..Ir purpose may be, it is of i'm
to the people of this part of
I,paJ tbot ~ NOV 1an6 to tho