The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-12-01
EASTERN STEAMSHIP co.
Official Says There Will Be No Change
in Terminus

Official Says There Will Be No Change
in Terminus.
An official Of the Eastern Steamship
Co. is quoted by the Bangor Commercial
as saying there will be no change in the
western terminus of the Bar Harbor line.
For year or two past the report has
been persistent, and has gained consider
able credence, that the Eastern Steamship
Co. was to change its schedule in this
respect; that the steamer j. T. Morse
of the Bar Harbor division would 20 to
Belfast to connect with the Boston boats
instead of to Rockland, as heretofore.
This belief gained ground this summer,
when the Belfast wharf property of the
company was greatly improved and con-
siderably enlarged.
An official of the company is quoted as
saying: 81 do not believe that such a
change will be made, or that it is even
contemplated. The wharf at Belfast was
enlarged because it was inadequate to
meet the demands made upon it, Even
after the enlargement, just day or two
ago, we had to put freight out of doors
for brief period on account of lack of
room.
Before the improvements were made
at Belfast the freight was taken from
the big steamers at one slip, the only
one there. The passengers were obliged
to either go up this slip, along with the
freight, or to leave the boat forward,
going out upon high stile and then
going down flight of stairs to the
wharf. The wharf was enlarged for
tWo-fold purpose: First, to allow of the
building Of another slip, SO that passen-
gers would not be Inconvenience in
leaving the steamer; and, secondly, to
allow OF different arrangement of the
freight sheds so that at least on an aver
age OF five minutes landing could be
saved. You can readily see that if five
or ten minutes is saved at every landing,
and we have accomplished that saving,
much is gained both in regard to economy
on the part of the company and of CON
venience to the patrons of the company.
These two reasons are the only ones for
the building of the sixty or seventy ad-
ditional feet to the Belfast wharf.
''Now as to the changing of the con-
Meeting point of the steamer J. T. Morse.
AS it is now, the Morse connects with the
Boston steamer at Rockland. They leave
Rockland at about the same time. By the
time the Boston steamer arrives at Bel
fast the Morse is half way to Bar Har-
Dor. If the schedule is changed and the
Morse goes up Eggemoggin Reach to
Belfast land the two trips are about
equal in lengthy she would have to wait
at Belfast until the Boston steamer ar
rived there, whereas, if she had good
straight run to Rockland, as she does
now, she would be taking on freight for
Bar Harbor division points all the time
the Boston steamer was going up to Bel
fast.
Take the down trip. The Boston
steamer leaves Bangor and goes down
to Belfast, touching there, and then pro-
ceeding to Rockland, where she meets
the Morse. They arrive there about the
same time. If the rumored change is
made, and the Morse meets the Boston
steamer at Belfast, the latter will have
to wait there until the Morse arrives.
This would, you can easily see, be great
loss of time, for at present the two
steamers are approaching Rockland at
the same time, and neither loses any
valuable minutes.
"Of course, if the schedule were
changed, part of the above difficulties
could be eliminated; but they would be
eliminated at the expense of the present
desirable and accommodating time table.
Bangor would suffer, for the hours of
arriving and leaving would be of neces-
slty much less convenient. And the Bar
Harbor patrons would also be inconven-
fenced. l do not believe that such
change will be made