The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-28


termediate point the increase of width will be fifteen
feet, whether the main line is curved or straight.
And now comes the Boston and Maine Railroad,
Corporation duly established by law of the State of
Maine by virtue Of the authority of the law of the
State of Maine and that conferred upon it by a char
granted by Act of Legislature of this State and
app roved by the Governor February 18th, 1871 and
having made the survey required by said charter byin
in accordance with the description in said charter and
which is the route of the Extension which the said
Engineer particularly surveyed: and submitted for
poration, held the seventh day of February, 1872,
and which is continuation of the line described in
the location filed and approved by the Honorable the
Commissioners for the County of Cumberland, De-
eember 26, 1871 to wit: beginning at point in the
line OF said Extension in the town Of Cape Elizabeth,
designated IN said approved location Station 22l6
thence continuing the to the right with radi
us of two thousand and twenty-five (2O22) feet,
Sa27 plus 60; thence 81 deg Is min (all the cours
es herein mentioned being magnetic). Twenty eight
hundred feet $500 to Station 2255 plus co. thence
dred and seventyve Q375) feet, six hundred eighty
G8 feet to Station 2262 plus 40; thence south 81 deg
E. two hundred fortyeght 24S feet to Station 2264
plus S.; thence curving to the left with radius Of
Jhirteen hundred and seventyve Q375) feet six hun
dred fy-one 5 feet, to Station 2271 plus 49, thence
N. S61 deg L. seven hundred seventynine (779 feet
to Station 2280 plus 8; thence curve to the left
with a radius of fifty-seven hundred thirty (573O
feet four hundred and six O6 feet, to Station 22S4
(970 feet, to Station 1898 plus S5 thence curving to
the left with radius of twenty eight hundred sixty
five (2865) feet, three hundred seventy (37O) feet
to Station 2297 plus 55; thence N. 65 deg. e.
eight hundred forty-seven (S4) feet, to Station
1906 plus q THENCE curving to the left with radius
OF nine hundred fifty five feet 955 five hundred forty
three 54 feet to Station 2311 plus As thence N AZ
E. eighteen hundred sixty QS6 feet, to Station 1880
plus g. at Maple Street. in the City of Portland TAX
ing strip of land with all the materials in and upon
the same four () rods in width, OF which the fore
going line as now staked out, is the centre line
throughout, with the exceptions hereinafter speci-
cal.y mentioned, and such other exceptions as NAV
be pointed out to the Honorable Commissioners and
specifically described in schedule hereafter to
be fl ed herewith. Said line passes through and said
upon the same of Portland Rolling Mills, heirs of NJ.
Dyer, Mrs. Raymond, r. Cram, Portland, Saco and
Portsmouth Railroad Company, Mrs Ingraham, j.
w. Lane, Hiram Brooks, n. c. Rice, j. G. True 6,
Co., H. N. Jose, P. c. HeTsey. j. B. Brown Portland
Gas Company, and the land of some other persons
whose names said Corporation has been unable as
yet to ascertain
At a meeting of the Directors of the Boston and
Maine Railroad February 7th 1872, the following vote
was passed. to wit:
"Poted That the foregoing location reported by the
Engineer between Station 2216 in the town of Cane
Elizabeth, Cumberland County, State of Maine and
station $3.50 plus in the city of Portland in said
county and State, be, and is hereby adopted. and
made the location OF the Boston and Maine Railroad
between said Stations and that the President be and
he hereby authorized to authenticate the same by
his signature and cause the same to be filed and an.
proved according to law" ~ 'p
Boston and Maine Railroad Extension Schedule of
Variations in width from the four az rods being the
exceptions above referred to.
Increase of Diminished Roporl,,