The Portland daily press., 1873-05-27


The foregoing was received, filed and entered on
Commissioners, approved and ordered to be recorded
"A Attest: i. W. FEssENDEN, Clerk.
NOTE. In the schedule the side line from station
to station, as given, Will be straight excepting when
the main line is curved in which case the direction
will vary with the curve. If, for example, two sta
tons are given with an increase of width right and
left of five feet and twenty feet at half way in
tcrmediate point tie 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 by char
ter granted by Act of Legislature of this State and
apr roved by the Governor February 18th, 1871 and
having made the survey required by said charter byn
President and Engineer now files the following ocatio
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
and which is a continuation of the line described in
the location et and approved by the Honorable the
commissioners for the County of Cumberland, De-
cember rs, 1871, to wit: beginning at point n the
line OF said Extension in the town of Cape Elizabeth
designated in said approved ocaio as Station 22i6
thence continuing the curve to the right with radi-
us of two thousand and twenty-five (2022) feet,
eleven hundred and sixty feet o0) feet to Station
2227 plus co. thence N SO deg 46 min (allthe
es herein mentioned being magnetic). Twenty eight
hundred feet (2sO0 to Station 2255 plus 60; thence
curving to the right with radius of thirteen hun
dred and seventy-ve Q375) feet, six hundred eighty
(6s0 feet to Station 2262 plus 49, thence south 81 deg
E. two hundred fortyeght (24s feet to Station 2264
plus 49, thence curving to the left with radius of
bred fy-one 65 feet to Station 2271 plus 49, thence
N. SCI deg. E. seven hundred seventynine 779) feet
to Station 22S0 plus 8; thence a curve the left
with a radius Of ifty-seven hundred thirty $3.50
feet four hundred and six 06 feet to Station 2284
plus Is; thence n. S2t deg E. nine hundred seventy
(970 feet, to Station 2293 plus So; thence curvng to
the left with radius of twenty-eight hundred sixty
five (2S60 feet, three hundred seventy $40 feet
eeb sfs andred 5 feet TO Station
2306 plus q thence curving to the left with radius
Of nine hundred ftyfve feet (e55 five hundred forty
E. eighteen hundred sixty 1890 feet to Station 1880
plus at Maple Street. in tie City Of Portland tax
ing strip Of land with all the materials ,a in and upon
going line as now staked out, is the centre line
throughout with the exceptions hereinafter specif-
caly mentioned, and such other exceptions as may
be pointed out to the Honorable Commissioners, and
more specifically described in schedule hereafter to
be 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
Rar RpdoSs R g Ree e. ne
Co., H. N. Jose, P. c. Hersey. 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 meeting of the Directors of the Boston and
Maine Railroad February 7th 1872 the following vote
was passed, 10 VIII: a,
"poted 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 kaliroad
between said Stations and that the President be and
he hereby is authorized to authenticate the same by
his signature and cause the same to be filed and ap-
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.
Increase of Diminished Remarks.