Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-14
RAILROAD GOSSIP.

W. II. HAYDEN, assistant payn,astei
of the Central of New Jersey, has been
|anpointed advertising manager OF the
Boston & Maine, with headquarters d.
Boston, Mass.
| Frank J. Burgess of Calais has
resigned his position on the Washis
ton County Railroad and has gone u
Portland, where he has accepted d
lposition as brakeman on the route
Iron Portland to Boston.
| 1t is now thought that the new
Union station at Bangor VIII pe
finished as far as the interior WORK l.
concerned about the first OF March
| The carpenters will complete the oak
ceiling in the main waiting room ano
will then turn their attention to inc
ceiling of the restaurant.
| The Bridgton & Saco River X. X. co
has just shipped to the Wiscasset, Wa
tcrville & Pennington narrow eauSs
| company one of the locomotives whicf
| has been in use by the Bridgton COM
pany for several years. The locomo
tive has been thoroughly oVerhauleo
land put in first class condition. The
| locomotive was known here as NO. :
| hut has been re-christened for the new
owners, No. 5. The Bridgton company
has recently purchased of the Portland
| COMPANY a new and thoroughly up II
date locomotive, rendering the keeping
of this machine which has just been
sold unnecessary.
Conductor Fred S. Ring of Portland
after SIS years continuous service with
| the Grand Trunk railway, IL years a.
brakeman and baggage master and "a
years as conductor, has resigned ms
son, who is a druggist in Worcester
Mass. Mr.. Rings career on the Crane
Trunk has been an honorable one ana
he may well be proud of his record. III
| all these years as conductor no train
| in his charge has ever met with all
accident caused by his neglect of care
lessness. He commenced railroadins
as brakeman with the old link and Pill
coupler and hand brake.
The erection of the trainshed at the
Bangor Union station has been COM
mcnced and although not much pro-
gress has been made as yet, it is OK
been fairly started the remainder will
go along quite repidly. The trainshed
| is being erected by the American
Bridge Co. which has Sub-let the coz
tract to the n. p. Bergman Co. OF
Boston. This latter concern has had
Ell ected on the site of the trainshcd a
large movable derrick which slides
along the rails and can be moved as
desired. It has two powerful steam
engines stationed on it and these work
the two large cranes. The truss sec
tons 70 the shed are first riveted
together on the ground and then
hoisted into position by the two large
engines. One end of the truss is sup
ported by large steel pillars which arc
in turn supported by concrete piers.
There arc over so If these piers.
There are &c of these truss sections
pounds or a little over six tons. They
arc nearly 10 feet in length and are Oh
exceedingly heavy construction. As
each section is hoistcd into place. the
supporting steel frames between sec
tons are riveted into place. The conf
bined weight Of all the steel work in
the construction of the trainshed ::
149.2SS pounds. 1t is expected that the
work Of erecting the structure will
take in the neighbOrhood of six weeks.
After the steel construction is in place
the wooden covering will later be put
on This will be of hard pine and will
be covered with tin which has been
found to be the most suitable metal 70
Withstand the weather. The wooden
covering will not be put on until
spring. Already 10000 feet of hard
pine planking has been received in this
city and is on the ground. When the
new trainshed is finally completed ii
will be the first structure of steel con
struction in Bangor with the cxcep-
ton of the bridges in this vicinity