Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-01-01
FREIGHT TERMINAL
MAY Re IN CITY

The announcement III cAAu"S AA
1ng's Journal that Waterville was 10 pc
again made a terminal. tor frelghe
trains has been one Of the def topics
of conversation in the q since 1t
appeared. AS usual the ofiltiaas OF the
road say that they know nothing abcot
it. but their statements do not garry
q great deal Of weight, forsatfs rSehem-
bered that it was only short Nme
ago that it is understood high ofhcial
of the road made the statement over
the telephone that he had never heard
of the proposed new bridge at Fairfield,
although at that time the contract had
been signed and the plans were report
ed to be on his desk when he made the
talk. But it is known that men high
up in the brotherhood are making ar
rangements for rents in WaterVille,
that new switch engines have beer or
dered for this city and that in general
arrangements have been made which
would indicate that Waterville Is to be
the terminal which 1t should be. An
other thing which gives the people OF
the city hope that better things are IN
store is little statement which was
made some time ago by Maine Cen
trail official. A story appeared In one
of the papers Of the State written from
Waterville in which complaint was
made regarding the way Waterville
was being used by the road and the
story ended with the statement that it
was apparent that THE officials of the
road were planning to make Waterville
a flag station. A local man was in
Portland the day the story came out
and nj ho of hn ofo1
in question. The first thing the official
u clipping Of the story and he said,
When you go back to Waterville you
tell the writer of that story that the
Maine Central not only does not intend
to make Waterville a flag station, but
that better things are in store for. it
than for any other city in the State"
Perhaps the time has not come whepu
this is to be true.
That the Maine Central is to have
the traffic in foreign munitions and
supplies which will in future be shipped
from Halifax now seems certain. the
dispatches of the mountaineering out
the statement which was ae from
Waterville in the Friday kning's
Journal. What this will mSah to the
road no one can fortell. THAT it will
result in an immense Increase in both
the freight and passen q business is
certain. This will not mean any more
to Waterville than it will to other plac-
es on the road except that there win.
be more man who will stop here as q.
result of the making ofkhis place a
terminal. but it Soan bH Said on goodJ
authority that it will probably NJ =,
that where now one fralsht tralnf
running over the road there will he 1ok
Ihat additional passsenm Trains NAV
nave to be put on and cpecial mai,
trains will be the rul
Just one more thing FS(l1r1ins Ma,na
central plans which will meet with .
prompt denial from Portland but whic,,
IS true just the same: A new bridge 10
70 De ouilt across the Kennebec to 20
pace what is now. known as the IT,
CONC bridge between this cttv .,,a
" m'nsiow. Work on that with be start
ca IN the spring and the contract for
~ me cement work has been LEI r. ~
l. b. stuart & Son Company. the =. e ne
concern that put in the csnsnt 80
ior the bridge at Fairfield. It viii hs
d, d oouole track bridge and will be- sim
nai 70 tne one which was built at Az
susta few years ago. It Is exnec.ea
ter next VIM