Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-25
l. A. & ". Line Is Now
Extended to Wins|pw.
First Car Leaves Augusta Il
z O'clock Tuesday Noon.
Iwo-hour Trips...Hour. and. half
Schedule...40.cent Fare.

The Augusta and Winslowj line of. the
Lewiston, augusta & Waterville Street
Railway was opened to passenger traf-
fic at II O'Clock Tuesday noon, at
which time the combination car Mar
anacook left Bridge street, Augusta,
fer Winslow, in charge of Conductor
Smith and Motorman Whitney with
half a dozen passengers on board
Not the slightest mishap marred the
maiden trip. A moderate speed was
maintained, the cars running on an
hour and a half schedule for the first
few days, until the line gets into work
ing order. The Maranacook reached
the end of the line at Winslow at eX-
actly lis f. NJ. and left for East Vas
sliboro at 1870 F. NJ.
The passage of the car along the line
was greeted with much enthusiasm
From windows and doorways handker-
chiefs were waved and hats We're
swung. 1t was an occasion for the dis
play If great enthusiasm, and enthusi-
asm was decidedly in evidence
Two hours after the departure Of the
MaranacoCk. the Worromontogus with
Conductor Trask and Motorman Cole
in charge, left Augusta with Winslow
as its destination. The cars were run
on a tWO-hOu schedule throughout the
day and evening, and there was not
trip on which the new line did not find
patrons eager to ride on the first day.
While several parties have been over.
the Waterville line, and construction
cars nave traversed it many times in
the course of it's building, yet the real
first trip from the great public's
standpoint, at least, was made on
Tuesday, Nov. "a, 1908, and as such it
will go down upon the record as the
date when the line was opened to traf-
fic.
The management desires the Jour
nal to call the attention Of the public
to several important points:
Cars will leave Augusta for Winslow
at 6 A. NJ. and at two-hour intervals
thereafter the last car leaving at 10
P. M.
Winslow cars will leave this city
from Bridge street and not from the
postof1ice. This rule will be in force un-
til further notice
Cars will leave Winslow for Angus
ia at $50 A. NJ. and at tvo-hour intervals
thereafter. the last car leaving at 1890
p NJ
Cars for Augusta will leave the brick
yard at Winslow. the extension to the
fconic bridge across the kenncbec, NOT
having yet been completed.
While a tWo-hour service will he given
between Wnslow and Augusta, an hour
~ service will be maintained between
Wnsluw and East Vassalboro, this latter
has been in operation for some months.
As worked out, the system will be run
for several days at least as follows: At
o. clock one car Will leave East Nassal-
boro and another will leave Augusta. both
bound for Winslow. At $50 o'clock the
first car will have reached Winslow. re-
vcrsed and started for Augusta, while at
the same hour, the second car is half way
between Augusta and East Nassalbaro,
going north. AT o'clock the two ears
will cross at East Vassalboro. the FIRST
car continuing south to Augusta, while
the second car will continue Eorth to
WinsoW. The second car will arrive at
Winslow at 100 an hour and a half from
the time it left Augusta, while at the
same moment the first car will be half
way between East Nassalboro ard Au-
gusta, going south. The first car will ar
rive at Augusta ut O'Clock. At this hour
the second car which will have left
NinslOw at 30. will arrive at East Vas
Salboro. and instead Of continuing on to
Augusta will start back to. Winslow, ar |
irving there at $50. The first car will |
leave Augusta at o'clock and will ar |
rive at East Vassalboro at Q, crossing the !
second car, on it's way TO Augusta, having |
left Winslow at $50.
This rather cumbersome explanation IS |
given to draw attention to the fact that |
under tho present arrangement of hour
and a-half trips on {. two-hour schedule |
it will be impossible for one to 90 from
Augusta to Wnslow and "come right |
back on the same car" 1t will be neceS-
sarv to wait an hour at WinSloW. which
should not be irksome as the time is
lust about sufficient to pay a visit to the
ultimate terminus of the line, Waterville.
Within a few weeks this will all be
changed. With the completion of the
transformer station at Weber pond, the
b,,il1iny of the "Y'' at Winslow for turn
ing the cars. and the location of the turn
out north of Weber pond. the new cars
will be put onto the lire in place of the
Maranacooll and Worromontogus, and