The Portland daily press., 1889-02-27
CITY ADveRTssEnErT.
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City of Portland

pURSUANT to warrants from the Mayor ana
Aldermen OF the City0f Portland. i here
b warn and notify the Inhabitants Of said City Of
rortlend, qualified according TO law. b meet az
their respective Ward Rooms, on the first MON
DAY o. March, A. ID. 1889, being the fourth day
OF said month, at ten o'clock In the forenoon then
and there TO give In their votes for Mayor, one
Alderman, three Common Couneilmen, a Warden,
CLERK, and two CITY Constables, residents OF said
ward, 10 serve for one year Except that the
Island wards may each elect one eOnsiable)
Also In Wards Two. Four Six and Seven 10 give
IN teelf votes Tor one member Of the Supertntend
ing School Commttee, resident In said Wards. 10
serve two years, and In Ward Three for one mem
Der Of the experimenting School Committee TO
serve one year 70 MI vacancy
And further then and there TO give IN their
ballots upon the following question:
Whether the legal voters OF the City OF Portland
named Shall fan within the limits o. me cItv ~
Portland, an extension OF the Portland & R0ch-
ester Railroad or branch thereof proposed BY
the f0rtiand Rochester Railroad and It's officers
under the act hereinafter referred TO- Commencing
az point In Portland In or near the Mil Pond on
.ne Westerly SIDE o. Green street thence westerly
thence south westerly 10 a connection with the
railroad q the Maine Central Railroad Company.
between Portland and Congress streets.
Said question Is submitted IN accordance with
the provisions OF an Act OF the Legislature Of the
the Charter Of the Portland { RcehesleT Rais
road" approved February 18th, 1889. under
which said Portland & Rochester railroad aid on
ing with the Clerk q said Cliy Of Portland. fiil
and complete description OF the above Proposed
initial and terminal points Of said location and
tne courses and distances between said points, By
which said location should be liked and deter
mined, which said description so fled BY said
tenor
o, point In the MIN Pond at the END Of a curve
on the now existing Railroad OF the Portland &
Rochester Railroad, and beng six hundred feet
the track Of the Portland & Rochester Railroad
from point In the centre OF Green Street. thence
eenrvlng 70 the left with ten degrees curve, i've
hundred and seyenty-three feet radius, six hun
dred feet; thence on tangent TO said curve south
elgnty-slx degrees fifteen minutes west two hun
dred feet 10 station eight; thence on a curve Of
two degrees to the left twenty-eight hundred and
sixty hve feet radius, 1--WE hundred feet 70 station
left fourteen bundsed ana u 70 tne
half feet radius, three hundred and fifty feet 10
station sixteen plus fifty; thence on a tangent TO
west, eleven hundred and fifty feet 10 station
tWenty-eighti thence on curve 20 the left Of six
ts4ss hundred nRS onSrsd aRa INV i've set radius
thirty-one plus thence on a tangent TO said
curve south 70 ty-one degrees fifteen minutes
station thirty five plus seventy-seven; thence on
curve 70 left OF six degrees thirty minutes, elsht
Ave hundred and thirty feet to Inc main traeE ~
the Maine Central Railroad Company near Union
Station, between Portland and Congress Streets.
The lines described as Aforesaid are the central
lines OF said intended extension, which extension
and the location thereof viii lie two rods In width
on each side Of said lines.
said intended extension and the location thereof
VIII cross Grove street under grade and st. John
street and Portland street by o erhead crossings,
and Will be constructed, maintained and used ae-
cordng TO the directions and provisions OF said act
additional to the charter OF thu Portland 4
Rochester Railroad the Statutes and Laws
State.
Such question shall be determined in the follow
ing ns manner, that IS 20 say; Each voter In favor
preference by ballot bearing the word YES"
and each voter opposed thereto, BY a ballot
bearing the word "NO."
The polls on sfeh A. olccssyu Een.aln
epsa Until four O'clock IN the afternoon. wheD
they shall be closed.
l also give notice 10 said inhabitants that te
Aldermen Of said city will be In open session az e
Aldermen's Room, In City Building, from nip 70
twelve O'Clock In the forenoon, and from tvo 70
hve O'Clock In the afternoon, on each Of theIour
secular days next preceding such day o. election,
for the purpose Of receiving evidence OF the iual
neatiOn OF voters whose names have not BEEN Gu
tered on the lists OF qualified voters, IN and or the
several Wards, and Tor correcting said lists
GEO. Q. BURGESS, City Clerk.
City OF Portland. February 20. 1889 fen<ldtd