The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
Portland and Forest Avenue Hor,~
Railroad COmDany.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
IT. IL. Ca. February ~ 1868. I
The joint Standing Committee ON Streets. L c. to
the Portland & Forest Avenue fhayse Rail,oas'@ 70
ask leave TO submit the following Report for Ioca-
pon o. sad Horse Railroad, and for Rules and
Per order of the Committee,
>. w. LARRABBE, Chairman.
TTvHE tracks of the Portland and Forest Ayeuue
y Railroad Company shall be located in the city Of
Portland as follows: but upon the express condition
70 the location that said Railroad Company shall At
All Times after he rails laid down. keep in good
III, anH complete repair at their expense
wa. Poinoh vi All streets through which the said
as ~ OF may be laid lying between the rails and
ra. Ia poion o. The street lying outside Of the
,as ana aaJacehf thereto. extending one foot and :
half from ano outside each rail ,bro. gboni ths
whole length of said railroad i'm the streets of the
NY OF fortland and also that the work OF layinr
down the tt acks and OF said road shal he aane
under the direction and to the satsfaction on tbe
Committee on Streets aud of the Street Comm
err and also that the form and kind of rail 10 b. used
shai be satisfactory to said Committee and aid (om
missioner, and approved Of BY them. Said location
peghhing az or near the depot of the Atlantic ST.
Lswfehee Railroad, and thence extending with one
aek over the following streets viz: up India street
o5 IL M,th Middle thence from the junction
frebe street. thence from the head Of Prebe street
Lneoe street 70 Portland street. thence from the
land street to its junction with Paris street thence
from the junction of Portland aud Paris streets
over SAID Paris street to its junction with Kennebec
street thence from the jun ciion Of Paris and an
nebec streets over said kennsbec street 10 Grssn
street. thence from the junction Of kensebes an q
Green streets over behring's Bridge to the line Of
Wcstbrook. And diyergin from this route in Con.
gres street near the head OF Preble street. and ex.
street to the head Of High street. thence from the
junction Of Congress and High streets with one track
over high street to Spring street. thence from the
yuhcuoh OF high and Spring streets over Spring
street to Clark street. thence from the Junction o3
spring and Clark streets over Clark street to Pine
street thence from the junction of Clark and Pine
streets over said Pine Congress thence
from the junction Of Pine and Congress streets over
congress street to head Of High street as TO con.
meet with the tracks hereinbeore specifed and ex.
tending TO the head OF Preke street. and thence bv
streets over said Congress street to Atlantic street
Also dverging from Congress in front OF the
new City building nj the head of Exchange street,
ana eNtehding over said Exchange street to
Middle street. with such turnoufs a may be necesss-
~ Tor the safe and convenient operation OF said road
railroad shall be laid In the center of the
streets above named As shall be determined BY the
City Engineer. aud the Committee ON streets, and
the curves around the corners Of all streets shall be
located by The City Engineer under the direction Of
said Committee and with the cooperation of the Dr.
rectors OF said Railroad Company
And this location is granted upon the express con-
dition that in the construction OF said tracks bocks
Of stone of such form and sire a. the street Commis
sioncr and City Engineer shall direct shall he sia
down inside and outside of each rail And upon the
further condition that said Railroad Company shall
pave win the best ofsone material between the rails
and TO the distance of eighteen inches outside there
OF, whenever and wherever the streets of the city
double tracks laid and soon As they re aid
through which said rails laid. and whenever and
wherever said streets are macadamized said Compa-
ny shall macadamize between said rails and eighteen
inches outside thereof and wherever said streets are
made OF gravel or sand other materials said Com
Pany snail use the same materials between and out
side the rails aforesaid and all this work shall be
done TO the satisfaction OF the Street Commissouer
and the Committee on Streets And upon the further
condition that whenever there shall be snow or ice n
said streets TO the depth six inches or less ssid
Railroad Company may remove the same from their
orh v .t..w ls..4
plough as the Street Commissioner shall approve or
provided they level on and grade outside Of their
rams 50 As a 70 allow sleighs and other vehicles to
pass along said and over their rails with safe
~ and convenience. But whenever there solid snow
Or zee exceeding the depth Of inches in said Streets
then SAID Railroad Company shall not be allowed to
remove the same from their rails without first OBJ
tanning the consent of the Street Commissioner APP
proved by the Committee ON Streets and then only
upon condition that they haul II of and grade the
streets wherever said snow ice Is 50 removed, to
the satisfaction of the Street Commissioner. But II
their consent for removing said ice is refused
then said Railroad Company Is authorized to use Z
sncient number Of seighs TO convey passengers
the'r road until the be used their tracks.
And upon the further condition that said Railroad
company shall faithfully observe and obey the follow
trsf-Ihat no car shall be drawn at a greater spced
on their road than six miles an hour.
SecoRd-Ihaf while the turning the cor
ners from one street TO another the horses shall not
be driven faster than walk
!htrd-Ihe cars driven in the same direction shall
not approach each other within 4 distance of three
hundred ieet except in case of accident at sta
Io,rfh-That car. rn,,,n, q, a,s.-... .,-......
.haI ~, n. siiaa, = I'm. ~ u'neIehl oirecuons
~ sta,,ans o"s"o sup a''ea'' each other except
IT1h-rha, ro 80. .h.ut. III. a. -.
eross-walk nor n, fran. ~ a., " s.op On
cent 10 old eaiI;ion. ~ . A. sseng saree. ex-
IN the .,,se,s ~ W P'e'e"' uanees 10 persons
sixfh-Ihat in a.e the cona,c,or Of
onred IN sto,, AZ ths ,n,s-..ss ~ any al "
cei,e or Ia nd ~ ~. ~ ~ ~, N ~ r.
as to leave tbe rear nis, f, ,;s.i pe - noPPeu
crossing f 'e"'s W.T. '"' ~
sereath-Thai the Conductor. and driver Of each
riages nersor. an fa, sud ..a ~ seAhs, e.l
and mon IN. least sr,sar..r ~ ~ es ~
teams rar,iag.s re,so,f =. .t, ssk ~ s.Sn
stonred In ths sbir,ass ,,rea ,ss INC oAa s"~'' "
fighih-That The Condneiors AZ not .rox ,,a,..
mr. cS,,sr., - a,.. 10 NOV artow indies
lion e" :" e"'e' vi 'eA'o 'he cars WINE IN mo-
X;.th. Tina, M AL, ~ o,h.- .-.,.,. III,
i'm rsmai 10 " ~ s o.ns s ar,ele snsl oe used
nroye in;mr,on y, sl.;h on a,S . s., ~h,en nay
them without the eo,sac, ~ ,n So. 80 s.svssns
er ~ " 'Ae S"ee' No"a<-'on-
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place inside Of every ear used on their road
And also upon the further condition. thai ss;d Rail-
road Company shail accept the location herrinbefors
a., en-. -. ~ - IAN. WIN