The Portland daily press., 1873-10-10
Portland & Oxford Central Railroad.

Portland & Oxford Central Railroad.
The final hearing Oh the petition of the Rail-
road Commissioners for an injunction to re-
strain the managers of this road from running
passenger trains, took place yesterday before
Judge Virgin in chambers. 1t seems that for
long time this road has been greatly out of re-
pair, and, in the opinion of the Commissioners,
unsafe for passenger trains to be run over it;
consequently in June of 1872 an examination
of the road was made by them, and notice Civ
en- to the President, Francis B. Smith, of its
dangerous condition, and time stated in
which it must be put in repair. The time hay
ing expired and no repairs having been made,
the-Commissioners filed their petition in the S.
j. Court, Oxford county, in Sept. 1872. A par
tial hearing was had and continued till the
December term, and then the order for further
hearing revoked and the case continued to
March; no examination having been made in
the mean time on account Of the road being
covered up with snow, the case was further
| continued to September term, and was then
| agreed to be taken up before his
| Honor. Judge Virgin, in chambers, and the
Court adjourned by his order, to hear this mat
| ter The Railroad Commissioners appeared as
| witnesses for the prosecution of the case, and
| F. o. j. Smith and his son, F. B. Smith. deny
| the allegations in the petition. Enoch Foster
Jr., county attorney for Oxford county, ap-
pears for the petitioners and F. O. j. Smith
for the road. The testimony ELECTED showed
the road was in very bad condition, as the
Commissioners have made two examinations
| subsequent to the filing of the injunction.
The case is the first of the kind ever presented
| to the courts under the railroad law, and the
| Commissioners are DESTROYS of testing the mat
| ter, to know whether or not they have any au-
| thority in matters of this kind
CATHOLIC FAIR.-Last evening the Orphan
Asylum building on Free street contained
something beyond crowd. it was jam. Lo-
comotion through the various rooms was ex-
ceedingly difficult, and when the proper hour
for closing the building for the night arrived,
nobody seemed to want to go home
The various tables have been replenished
with new and choice articles, the list of SUBJ
scriptons to the numberless rafi1es is rapidly
increasing, the refreshment tables are extern
sIvely patronized, and money appears to be
flowing into the treasury of the Asylum from
all directions. At Mrs. Carrolps table there is
magnificently chased silver tea service valued
at $50, a chance of gaining which costs only
one dollar There is also on this table splen
did harp, called the Harp of Taiars Hail."
made of wax, and valued at SIS.
At Mrs. James McLaughlin's table is splen-
did ''prie-Dieu," to be given to the most popu-
lar lawyer in the city, Hon. w. L. Putnam
md A dhur q ,o
with Col. Bradbury ahead Other articles on
this table are especially noticeable, which Miss
Mehan and Miss Gullins, the polite assistants,
are ready to point out.
At the Altar. Society table of st. Domincs
is fine porcelain picture of Father O'Callagha
Mrs. McGlinchy's table contains great many
rare and costly articles, well as articles for
wear and use. Mrs. Anna O'Connor, the grace
full and lovely assistant at this table, has charge
of the vote on the cane, which last night stood
as follows: Father O'Callagha 1876; Father
Wallace 131; Father Powers 115; Father Brad
ley 100. The vote ON the sword and belt stood:
Sherdans 2SS; Montgomery Guards 800. The
vote on the clock stood: Montgomerys 80; EN-
eralds "a; Longshoremen II; Sheridans Is.
SHAw's CoNCERTs-The grand success OF the
recent series of concerts inaugurated and car
ried out by John L. Shaw, esq.,, has encouraged
him to believe that the music loving people of
this city would sustain series of chamber
concerts" or matinees, to be first class in every
respect so far as the talent employed and the
character of the music presented is concerned
1t is understood that, there will be six of this
class of entertainments given in Congress Hall
at which both home and foreign talent will be
represented. 1t is also understood that the
course tickets for these concerts will be sold by
subscription and but limited number will be
issued, as the seating capacity of the hall will
not overrun four hundred. The well known
superior musical character and executive abf-
ty of Mr.. Shaw are sufficient guarantee that
these chamber concerts will prove highly
successful
HARBoR CoMMIsSIoNERs.-Yeste after
noon at o clock the Harbor Commissioners
gave a hearing to the County Commissioners at
Portland bridge, on the petition of the latter
for an extension of the piers of the draw of the
bridge A good deal of trouble has always
been experienced by the owners of vessels pass
| ing through the draw ON account of the short