. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . WILLIAM MERRITT Superintendent of the Boston & Maine 1855-1873 CHARLES MINOT Superintendent of the Boston & Maine 1842-1850 BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE 49 The Portland, Saco and Portsmouth now put itself intothe market to excite competition among the three roads,the Maine Central, the Boston and Maine and the East-ern. Six, eight, and finally ten per cent, was offered. Atlength the Eastern Railroad also offered ten per cent., andthe new contract in perpetuity was awarded to it, largelybecause the people then i
. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . WILLIAM MERRITT Superintendent of the Boston & Maine 1855-1873 CHARLES MINOT Superintendent of the Boston & Maine 1842-1850 BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE 49 The Portland, Saco and Portsmouth now put itself intothe market to excite competition among the three roads,the Maine Central, the Boston and Maine and the East-ern. Six, eight, and finally ten per cent, was offered. Atlength the Eastern Railroad also offered ten per cent., andthe new contract in perpetuity was awarded to it, largelybecause the people then in control of the Portland, Sacoand Portsmouth road happened to be more interested pe-cuniarily in the Eastern than in its competitor, the Bostonand Maine. As soon as the Eastern became the solelessor of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth, it refusedto take on the Boston and Maine trains at South BerwickJunction, as always had been done in the past, and haulit to Portland as part of its own train. The conductorsof the Eastern trains were instructed : On your arrivalat South Be
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