European and North American Railway Company records, 1850-1956.

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European and North American Railway Company records, 1850-1956.

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Directors' and stockholders' minutes, stock ledgers, dividend books, bondholders' records, trustees' records, contracts and conveyances, superintendents of land records, journals, ledgers, cashbooks, notes and bills payable, freight traffic, property inventory, and annual Interstate Commerce Commission reports.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

Consolidated European and North American Railway Company

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European and North American Railway Company

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The European and North American Railway Company was chartered by the Maine legislature in 1850 to construct a railroad to an ice free harbor in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia in order to shorten ocean voyages between North America and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1853 with John A. Poor as president. Building plans languished for years but were revived in 1864 when funding was secured. The company received credit of $1,000,000 from the city of Bangor to build the line and was also grante...

Maine Central Railroad Company

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In 1845 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to build a line from Danville Junction on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand Trunk) to Waterville, and the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to extend the Androscoggin & Kennebec line to Bangor. The former line was completed to Waterville in 1849, and the first train entered Bangor over the latter road in August, 1855. These railroads, forming a continuous line between Danville Junction and Bangor, were consolid...