Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20

Council, speaks as follows of the physi-
cal condition of the Maine Central Rail-
road CO..
"a large amount of maintenance re-
pairs and permanent improvements we're
made by this company during the past
year.
New s5-lb. steel rails were laid on the
main track-single track basis-between
the following places: Between Portland
Limits and West Falmouth, 254 miles,
Between Halfway and Phillips, 10 miles;
Between Northern Maine Junction and
Bangor, AS miles; between Veazie and
Basin Mills, rs miles; between Palmers
and Orono, 247 miles; between Orono apd
Old Town least bound, $50 miles; be-
tween Orono and Old Town twest bopnd),
$50 miles; between Old Town and OLA
mon, 1891 miles; between Sprague's and
Meadow Brook, rs miles; between For
est and Tomah. $50 miles; between Po-
land and Piper's Point, .49 miles; total,
SSH miles. The main track-single track
basis-was relaid with relay ss5 pound
steel rails at the following places: Be-
tween Yarmouth Junction and Freeport,
Il % miles; between Dresden and South
Gardiner 1.s6 miles; between Corinna
and Dexter, 7.56 miles; total, 1857 miles
Seventyfve pound steel rails were laid
in the main traek-single track basis-at
the following places Between New
Meadows and Bath, IL miles: between
Montsweag and Noblebero, 3S6 miles;
between Franklin road and Mount De-
sert Ferry, 6.6i miles; on saltwater
branch, .oJ miles; between Jay and Will
ton, 556 miles; between East Sumner and
Anasagunticook, 4,s3 miles; between
Charlotte and Meadows. 800 miles; total,
$3.50 miles.
THE main line between Thompson's
and Hartiand--.47 of mile--was relaid
with relay rails weighing 81 pounds.
During the past year S72, $50 cross ties,
2oe27 switch ties and 1890 bridge ties were
used. New side track aggregating 67,163
feet was built and 2s.099 feet were taken
up. In reballasting 1903 miles of track,
I29, 4o5 cubic yards of gravel and 1895
cubic yards of cinders were used, and
272, $50 feet of woven wire, 464s feet Of
barbed wire and 20o2 feet OF board fenc-
ing were built during the year.
New bridges were built at the follow
ing places during the year; Halls. deck
plate girder, single track, one span; Car
rying Place through plate girder, single
track, one span; Tunk River, through
plate girder. single track, one span;
Swift river, through plate girder. single
track. one span; Bemis Stream, deck
plate girder, single track, one span;
Caratunk, one span. deck beam, three
spans, through truss. single track; Main
Stream, deck plate girder, single track,
one span; Cobb's road, through plate
sirder, single track, one span; Rumford
Falls, three spans, deck plate girder, one
span, turn truss, single track Overhead
bridges were erected as follows: Main
street, Calais. one span, Seabury's, five
spans. New Gloucester road. four spans;
Railroad street. Rumford Falls, seven
spans. fsnTd #sF
During the past year, 6275 cubic yards
of masonry were laid BY this company in
structure foundations, culverts, cattle
passes, turntables. and bridge abutments,
of which amount 1900 cubic yards were
laid in bridges No. 1 and No. and re-
tanning wall at Bowdoinham. One thous-
and two hundred and six yards were
used in the reconstruction work at
Vanceboro and 1926 cubic yards were
used in the abolition of grade crossing
work at New Gloucester and Rowe's.
New buildings were erected by the
company as follows Augusta. passen-
ger station, signal maintenance house
and freight house: Waterville, boiler re-
pair shop; Bangor. addition to engine
house for heating plant, car repair
engine house-six stalls-storehouse and
sand house; Auburn, section house and
freight house: Lewiston, Upper. addition
to express room; Wiscasset, addition to
freight house; Rumford Falls, temper
airy station; Oquossoc, section house;
Livermore Falls. signal maintenance
house; Scion, addition to freight house;
Brewer Junction, storehouse and shop;
Dead Water, passenger station; Wood
land, addition to freight house.
During the past year the company
suffered losses by fire as follows: Rum
ford Falls, station, baggage building and
awning: wytopitlock, station; Green
lake. section house. Three highway
crossing gates were installed at Oakland
Train order signals we're erected at
Oouossoc. Hartland. Bald Mountain and
Dead water.
Track scales were installed at Belfast,
Old Town and Bangor Two turntables,
SIS feet each, were put in at Bangor and
vanceboro. During the year the COM
pany purchased for use on it's entire
system new equipment as follows: Three
passenger locomotives, eight freight To-
comotives, one dining car, 500 Eastman
heater cars, 800 rack cars. 100 gondola
cars, 200 voal cars, $50 fat cars, two
fianger cars, 10 caboose cars, % produce
cars, 200 coal cars, $50 fiat cars, two
one holster car and one steamboat. The
contemplated improvements of rolling
stock as follows; Application of tran
som draft gear to Rodger ballast cars,
NJ. C. numbers sll-s5O inclusive; applica-
ton. of steel center and draft stills to 2oGo
box cars; IL four-wheel caboose cars
were lengthened and changed to eight
wheel caboose cars.
1.-THE track on the grade revision and
change of alignment, from New Glouces-
ter to a point -tenths of mile east
of Rowe's was opened for traffic Dec. 1.
1912. and further extension of 13 miles
was opened August 81 1918. Separations
OF grade crossings have been made at