Mt. Moosilauke (1854) - Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad
". . . The first annual stockholders' meeting held at Plymouth appears to have been held in 1854, and after that time, with the exception of three or four, at Laconia, Meredith and Plymouth, and the stock was largely distributed along the line of the old Boston, Concord and Montreal. Stockholders' day was a day when everyone travelled. Every passenger car and engine that could be secured was pressed into service to handle the crowds.
Stockholders on that day were allowed to ride all over the road, and they usually availed themselves of the privilege by figuring just how much riding they could get for themselves, their families and their neighbors. They did not mind so much about attending the meeting as they did about the riding. They would start on the first train and ride on every train possible and get home on the last train at night. In consequence of this every train was crowded. It was one of the big days for northern New Hampshire. . . ."
From "Early Railroad Tales" by George E. Cummings, pp. 429-454, The Moosilaukee Reader (Vol.2). ©1999.
