Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-19
STATE HOUSE;
L. A. & W. Praised by the
R. R. Commissioners.
Dates for Dairy Institutes Sup
plying Demand for Teachers.
Maine Up TO Date In Relation to
Poor Reliei-.nominations
STATE HOUSE cAILNDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council Will Be Held at 10 A. M.
Wednesday, March rs.

The annual report of the State Board
of Railroad Commissioners, which
was filed with the Governor and Coun-
Gil Wednesday speaks as follows of the
physical condition of the Lewiston,
Augusta & Waterville Street Railway:
1.-The main line of this road extends
from Waterville through a good farm
ing district to Lewiston, by the way
of the cities of Augusta, Hallowell and
Gardiner and the village of Sahattus.
The branches extend from Lewiston
to Mechanic Falls, Turner and Bath,
and from Augusta to Winthrop and
Togus.
The roadbed, track, overhead con-
struction equipment and buildings of
the company are in first-class condi-
ton.
"A large amount of Reconstruction
work has been done on the Auburn
Turner line in order to bring it up to
the standard of maintenance adopted
by the company for the rest of the
system All rail joints on the Lewis
on-Wa terville line from Lewiston to
Sabattus, distance of five miles, have
been rehonded with brazed bonds. Sew
| eral thousand dollars were spent dur
| ing the past year for ballast used on
various parts of the road. The COM
! pany is now engaged in replacing a.
number of cattle passes and culverts
with steel and concrete construction.
Five miles of double trolley wire
have been replaced on the lewiston
Bath line and approximately three
miles of new trolley wire have been
used OH the city lines of Lewiston and
| Of la Wit
| 10 wire the number one and number
three guage wire on the lewiston Bath
| transmission line, which was In pro-
| cess OF construction last year, has
| been completed. A very important i'm
| provement was effected by the re-
placement of the two steel viaducts of
heavier construction. on the lewiston
Bath line, over the tracks of the Maine
1 Central Railroad Company. A turn
out of 20 pound rail with Weber
joints was put in the Mechanic Falls
i line.
THE following permanent work has
been accomplished in Augusta:
The location of $500 feet of track
was changed from the north side of
Western Avenue = to the center, in
connection with the work of resurfae-
ing the street by the municipality. Six
hundred feet of Hassam paving were
laid between the rails and the Is
inches outside. on Rines hill, ard on
Water street, from the foot of the hill
4 to the postofiee the granite block paw
ing was re-laid and grouted.
Eight hundred feet of track on State
street were reconstructed by cutting
off the ends of the rails, relying and
grinding the joints, and on Grove
street $40 feet of 60 pound T rail track
were replaced with rails of the same
pattern weighing 20 pounds Weber
joints We're used on this re-construc-
ton work.
In Lewiston permanent work has
been constructed as follows
Thirteen hundred and twenty feet
of track were re-laid on Pine street
with 100 pound T rail and paved with
granite blocks, and on North bridge,
between Lewiston and Auburn, the
double track was re-laid with four
inch 81 pound Trilby girder rail on
steel ties and paved with granite
blocks, grouted. The company paid
its proportionate part of the ccst of
erecting metal poles for ornamental
street lights and for the suspension of
is trolley system on Lisbon and Main
streets.
ION Turner street, in Auburn, $40
feet of 100 pound T rail track were
paved with granite blocks which were
specially fitted to the rail This is
the first block paving laid in this man
ner in the State of Maine. Four miles
of worn out trolley wire from Lake
Grove TO the junction of Court street
and Minot Avenue, were replaced with
new 40 wire. Two automatic block
signals were installed on Minot avenue
to insure greater safety in the opera
ton of the cars.
I'm Brunswick, on Mcclellan street,
1000 feet of track have been recon
structed by cutting off the ends of
the rails, relying and grinding the
joints. Weber joints were used on
this reconstruction work. A 400 X. w.
motor generator set has been installed
in the Brunswick substation and 800
K. w motor generator set has been
installed in the new sub-station at Lis
bon Falls, replacing the 200 X, w. ro-
tary converter which was destroyed
by fire last summer. 1t is expected that
this suh-station will be in operation
the first of next year.