The Portland daily press., 1889-02-25
CITY ADvERTIsEmKNTs.
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City of Portland

DURSUANT to warrants from the Mayor anu
Il Aldermen of the Cityof Portland, ! mere.
Portland, qualified according to law, to meet at
their respective Ward Rooms, on the first MON
DAY OF March, A. ID. 1889, being the fourth gay
Of said month, at ten O'Clock In the forenoon. then
and there to give In their votes for Mayor, one
Alderman, three Common Councilmen, warden,
Clerk, and two City Constables, residents OF sald
Island wards may each elect one constable)
Also In Wards Two, -Four, Six and Seven 20 give
n Sch s1tSs lor one member Of the ~ ~
serve two years, and In Ward Three for one mem
Der OF the SuperlntendIng School COMMITTEES to
serve one year to ill vacancy.
And further then and there TO give In their
paliots upon the following question:
Whether the legal voters OF the City Of Portland
named shall fan Within IN the iints Of he CITY Of
rorllsnd, an extension Of the Portland & Roch-
tSe haLroad or branch thereof proposed by
tne roTtland q Rochester Railroad and its officers
under the act hereinafter referred to- commencing
az point In Portland I'm or near the Mill Pond on
tos AVA wSsser slde o. Green street thence westerly
InSnce south-westerly TO connection with the
railroad Of the Maine Central Railroad Company,
pesMeen fortland and Congress streets.
said question Is submitted In accordance with
the provisions OF Act OF the Legislature OF the
STATE saa o. Maine entitled "An Act additional 70
Tue Cnarter OF the Portland 4 Rochester Rail-
which said Portland & Rochester Railroad did on
the l6th day OF February, A. d. 1893, file In writ
ing with the Clerk Of said City Of Portland, full
and complete description OF the above proposed
extension, stating therein In definite terms the
inlllaI ana terminal points of said location, and
tne courses and distances between said points, by
which said location should be fixed and deter.
mined, which said description so filed by said
tenor
Commencing in the City of Portland at Station
v, point In the Mill Pond at the end OF curve
on the now existing Railroad of the Portland &
Rochester Railroad, and beng six hundred feet
the Of ne Forsnd e gares
from point In the centre of Green Street; thence
curylng to the left with ten degrees curve. five
nunared and seventy-three feet radius, six hun
dred feet; thence on tangent to said curve south
eighty-six degrees fifteen minutes west two hun
two degrees to the left twenty-eight hundred and
sixty-nve feet radius, five hundred feet to station
,nstteen tnence on curve of four degrees to the
ielt fourteen hundred and thirty-two and one
nail rect radius, three hundred and fifty feet 70
stalion sixteen plus fifty; thence on a tangent to
SAID curve south sixty-two degrees hfteen minutes
west, eleven hundred and fifty feet to station
tWenty-eight; thence on curve TO the left OF six
degrees, nine hundred and fifty five feet radius,
thirty-oDe plus fifty; thence on tangent TO said
curve south forty-one degrees fifteen minutes
station thrty-hve plus seventy seven; thence on a
curve 10 LETT OF six degrees thirty minutes, eisht
hundred and eighty-one and one-half feet radius
the Maine Central Railroad Company near Union
station, between Portland and Congress Streets.
lines OF said intended extension which extenson
\
and the location thereof will 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 viii be constructed, maintained and used &C.
cordng 70 the directions and provisions OF said act
additional to the charter OF ths Portland q
Rochester RailrOad,D the Statutes and Laws
State.
Such question shall be determined In the follow
ing manner, tnat IS TO say: Each voter In favor
Of such proposed extension shall express such
preference by ballot bearing the word YES"
and each voter opposed thereto, BY ballot
The polls on such day of election to remain
they shall be closed.
also give notice to said inhabitants that the
Aldermen OF said city will be In open session at the
Aldermen's Room, In City Building, from nine TO
twelve O'Clock In the forenoon, and from two to
nve o'clock In the afternoon, on each OF the four
secular days next preceding such day OF election,
for the purpose Of receiving evidence Of the quail
ncation Of voters whose names have not been en-
tered on the lists qualified voters In and for the
several Wards, and for correcting said lists
GEO. G. BURGESS, City Clerk
City OF Portland. February 20, 1889. feb2Idtd