Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-03-10

u TIE Hcn2ra5r 2 tbe Senate and H5nI
ef RtPrefHfatiYe5 of tie Comm2n.
qoeahb ef MgGacknEtt5, ~ General
C9u,t y m6ttA
IT HE Peruon Of the fabfcribers, inhabi-
tants Of the town cf Cape EEzab-tb, and
0t1,JOyo1gb, in the couAty Of Cumberland, hum
bly, thews That BY An act Of incorporation
by the Legilatnre Of this Commonwealth
certain perleRs were incorporated fomc time
fince bv the naIue and ltv!e Ut the Maine
Turnpike Alocia,ion, for the purpofe Of Ila
king and keeping ii rspair A turnpike road
from the line Of Newhan9fhrc t0 Portland
in the county sforelaid, and to erect and build
all the necetlary Bridges over the leveral
freans and rivers upon the ronte Of fad turn-
pike ;-and we your petitioners tcing fully
convinced, that the completion of faid turn
pike WoGld greatly facintHte a communication
from the mott agricultural parts VI Sca-bc-
rough and Cape Elizabeth 10 Portland afoe-
laid, where our lurplus produce finds ready
market; and being alto convinced by late
lurvey IF part Of f4id turnpike, Of the e1pedi-
ency o ereS3ing bridge from Maams neck,
70 called, i'll Cape EIiz1beth, afOrelad, over
fore river to Portland, afOrelaid; as it would
lhorten the diRance for A greater part of the
Inhabitants of laid Cape Elizabeth, and fer all
thole who nhabit the lower part Of faia town
Of Scarborough, from two to Ihree miles;
and alto entirely avoid all thole Comfortable
hills, which, now render the PaGage from laid
Cape Elizabeth, and Scarborough, extremely
difficult for loaded teams and sarriages;-being
ALTO fully convinced, that the erection of the
a NJ, NIL Ill
forelaid, by another Corporation, will very
much promote and haltea the accomplishment
Of the important obje& for which the Maine
Turnpike atiociation was incorporated, have
made application TO the members Of laid csr-
poratoH, requeltng them to reiinquith to rs,
and iuch others as may lHoCiate with Us, all
their rights of erecting bridge from Malam's
neck. .aforetaid, to fad POrtland.-And where
as the members Of the corporation afOretaid,
have in legal meeting, duly called for that
purPole, taken the fubjeGt of our laid applica
tiOn into eull confederation, and by their vote
acceded to our propoition aforeiaid, and agre-
ed to reiinquin their right to erect the briEge
atoreiaId, provided we your petitioners can
obtain an act of incorporation, to carry oar
iaid Obie& into ehect--and provided allo that
70 much Of tho acts Of incorporation Q. the
iaid Maine Turnpike aAo,iatiOn NAV Le re-
peaIed, as rclpccts that part Of the route from
the line Of Newhanpthire 70 Portland, aforc-
iaid, which is between the bank 1f fore rive-
at Malam neck, afOrciaid, and taid P0rtlapd
-Wht refore, bec4ulethe bridge contemplate
by your petitioners will realize to the faid
towns Of Cape Elizabeth, and Scarborough,
the important objects herein before AajcJ and
allo greatly benefit the Inhabitants IL the vic:
ni,y Of he places aforetaid, aad the whole
public at large vour petitioners humby pray
that they may D. Incorporated TOR the 7urpoie
OF erecting taid bridge, and th1t ~ much Of
the acts ofincorPcration Of the Maine Turn
pike aforslaid, as relpeds the distance between
the bank Of fsre river and NTalams neck =
foreiaid, ana The laid Jsv.n Of Portland, may
be repea. aI; and as in duty bound viii ever
pray.
99T1I5y, 1906
Ebenezer Libby, and
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