The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-22

Attest 3. W. FEssENDEN, Clerk.
TO station given, will be straight excepting when
the main line Is curved in which case the direction
will vary with the curve. IT, for example, two sta
left of five feet and twenty five feet at half way in
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, a
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 1t by char
ter granted by Act Of Legislature Of this State and
app roved by the Governor, February 17th 1871 and
having made the survey required by said charter byin
President and Engineer now files the following locatio
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
approval at the meeting OF the Directors of said Cor
poration, held the seventh day of February, 1872
the location FLED 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 curve to the right with radi
us of two thousand and twenty-five (2022) feet,
1927 plus 60; thence n 81 deg 4s min 1.-THE cours-
es herein mentioned being magnetic. Twenty eight
eurving to the right wltha radius of thirteen hun
bred and seventyfve Q375) feet, six hundred eighty
@s feet to Station 1852 plus 90 thence south 81 deg
plus 49, thence curving to the left with radius of
thirteen hundred and seventyfve Q375 feet six hun
bred ftyone 65D feet to Station 2271 plus 49, thence
N. S61 deg. E. seven hundred seventy-nine C79 feet
to Station 2280 plus 8; thence on curve to the LEFT
with radius of fifty-seven hundred thirty 6730
feet four hundred and six 1906 feet, to Station 22s4
plus 49, thence N. 82s deg E. nine hundred seventy
(97O feet to Station 1898 plus s5; thence curving to
the left with radius Of twenty-eight hundred sixty
five (2865 feet, three hundred seventy (370) feet
to Station 2297 plus 55; thence N 65 deg. E.
eight hundred forty-seven @iO feet, to Station
Of nine hundred fifty five feet 955 five hundred forty
three 54D feet to Station 2311 plus 49, thence ~
eighteen hundred sixty $500 feet, to Station 1880
ing strip of land with all the materials in and upon
the same four AZ rods in width, Of which the fore
going line as now staked out, is the centre line
cal;y mentioned, and such other exceptions as may
be pointed out to the Honorable Commissioners and
specifically described in schedule hereafter to
be Fl ed herewith Said line passes through and said
location takes the land with all the materials in and
upon the same of Portland Rolling Mills, heirs of N.
Dyer, Mrs. Raymond, r. Cram, Portland, Saco and
Portsmouth Railroad Company, Mrs. Ingraham, j.
w. Lane, Hiram Brooks, N. G. Rice, j. G. True &
Gas Company, and the land Of some other persons
whose names said Corporation has been unable as
yet to ascertain.
At meeting of the Directors of the Boston and
Maine Railroad, February 18th 1872 the following vote
Tas passed, to wit:
"Toted, That the foregoing location reported by the
Engineer between Station 2216 in the town of Cape
elizabeth. Cumberland County, State Of Maine and
Station 1880 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
he hereby is authorized to authenticate the by
his signature and cause the same to be filed and APP
proved according to law"
Boston and Maine Railroad Extension Schedule of
Variations in width from the four az rods being the
exceptions above referred to. ft4.-r 80
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