Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-05-23

OF movements for the practical inauy
nfat'nn of the enterprise at this end o
the inic:-
STATE or MAINE.
II TIE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THoUsANt
EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO.
An Act TO incorporate the Bangor an,
Ctiais Shore Line Railroad Company.
Dc It enacted by the Senate m,
House Of Representatives in Legisla
/ tue assembled, as follows:
! Section |. ). T.. Strickland. ). II
Blak'. Geo. W. Ladl, James banning
1 G. !. Brown, Henry A. Wood. Geo. q
Pickering, \. l.. Simpson, Seth lis
/ dAic, III. M. Hall, JOHN ID. uopkins
\ 4. >awS cr. Il 'h-~t Gerry junior
lohn +. Whitcomh, Chas. IL. Macon
. bar. John West. Wm. II. Card. JOHN
I. llllI, Gilbert 4 simpson, WIN. l..
Guptiil, Handy Leighton. George l.
Baker. Joseph W. >twycr. Mariner :
tIcAett. James W. VI ,orc. Alexander
Campbell, ID. ". Campbell. james A.
Mtl'Nrn, VIM. freeman intor. Sainucl
/ Campbell, JOAN ". Cali. Harrison
lldmC. NrIhpurn H. Wiley. Samncl
Ray. y. +. Wiley, Albert VI Nash.
Holmes W Rtn>lcil, Joseph ". Cot-
hn, Joseph C-audon. James l.. Buck.
maa. John II Crandou. Daniel J. Saw
tcr. luAu Plunmer. i. G. Nash. llor-
ace Z. Hall. WIN. B Etwvll, John f..
Harmon. George MaiNyr, I.natiu,
Sargent, Jpln X. Aiuc~, T. Twin Long
Fellow. hiram Gardiner. Geo. W. Dri.-
60, Mason ii. Wilder. Stephen Long
tellow. W IN. ii. llrmcuway, =. II. Ia
h't, John &. Talbot, Wm. II. Pope.
Geo. " Pope. Jeremiah Foster. T..
" A!tau> Peter H. No-c, y. :. Allen,
y. II. !lonAIt. w. i. Hobart, Geo. X
Hatch. Horace Harmon, Charles H..
Haskell. y. g. Buck, Caaric, Dtcrms.
N- i. Mutt, Charles Paine. Samuel ID
Lcatitt, Samuel Adams. ". ". Bra.-
ti5a. Eu1ch Fisher. GIDEON Mayo. RI
A. PIX Il. HI. q, ,t,.-. thrir associates.
successors Aul asst Lu,, arc hyrvb,
nad" and constituted boiy corpor-
ate aui polite, h9 the name OF the
Bangor AMI talAi, Shore Line Kau-
at Company. anl hy thi, name may
-uc ani hr sHci. plead ann be impl, ad-
NJ. ani ,hall h..yo ann tij ~ aii proper
rcme,iir, ~ law ani d equity ID secure
aud protect them in the exercise II
the rights aud privileges hereinafter
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t"tftoI or Interruptions in the eNet-
else and cnipl n-nt of the same; ; and
the sIli corporation il hereby authur-
'led AMI cmpowcrci ID locate. con
~truct and complete. after aud keep In
repair, q railroad with one or uorl
sets 81 rails pr tracks. and of a .suaLc
mt ir-s than three feet, or more than
ionr irci ci-ht ANN uuc-half inches.
WITH ANT sltahlc bridges. tunnels, VIA
.iHc!~, turhuuts. cu,yvrt,. drains. aul
all Other necessary arprnl1gcs. from
some pOlut IN the city of Bangor. 50
a L. connect with ANY railroad in said
city. and th"ncc tp srmc point above
the l'cnohscol River Al Brewer: thence
extending cl-tc.iy through Brewer.
Orrlngton Or Holden. Dr.iham. or tile
north part OF Bucksport and Orland to
Ellsworth thence castcrly Through
Hancock, Fral kiln. sullivan or Goulls-
borO. No. Seven Plantation and >tcu
ben u Cnerrytirld, with The right 10
pass through MiIbrdgc if found expe-
dent so Ia do thence easterlv through
either Harrington. Columbia. C,lun-
hlL Falls. Jsncsboro'. Crnterville.
WhltneyNilic. Mar>hfield to Mlchias
thence north easterly through East
Nachia~, Marion, Edmunds or Whit
| Ing. aud either of the towns Of Den
nysVlile, Pembroke, Charlotte, Robin
stpn, MeddtbempS and Barring. to the
| city OF Calais. and with the right to
/ construct branch from the trunk line,
| at or near East Machias to Lubcc.
| And said corporation Shall nu ana
here by is invested with all tn, powers.
privileges and immunltics which are
or may he necessary 10 carry into ef
feet the objects and purposes OF this
act ; and for this purpose said cprpor-
alton shall have the right t. purchase.
or take and hold 50 much or the land
and reai estate OF private persons and
| corporations as NAV he necessary iol
| the location. construction and couven-
/ lent operation of said railroad; and
they shall also have the right to take.
remove and use for the construction
and repair Of said railroad aud appur.
tenancos any earth, gravel, stone, tim.
DER or other material, on or from the
land so taken provided. however. that
said land 50 taken shall not exceed six
rods IN width. except where greater
width Is necessary for the purposes oil
excavation or cmbankment; and pro
vlded also, that in all cases said cor
poration shall pay for such lands, es.
tate or materials SO taken and used
such price AS they and the owner ol
owners thereof may mutually agree up
va t'iN ~ N.''S ottiti SiidIl uOl
otherwise agree, the said corporation
shall pay such damages as shall be a.
certained and determined by the coun
tv commissioners of the several coua
ties in which such lands or estates
or materials may be situated. in tn,
same manner and under the same con
ditions AS are by law provided in th,
general laws of the state rcgardins
railroads and the land so taken b,
said corporation shall he held by it in
like manner as lands taken and appro
priated for highways. And no appli
cation to said county commissioner,
to estimates said damages shall b,
sustained unless made within tire,
wears from the time of taking sucl
land or other property; and in cas-,
such railroad shalt pass through an,
woodland or forests, the said compal,
shall have the right to fell or rcmov
any trees standing therein within fou
r.,Ba ~ ri -. l..