The Portland daily press., 1889-02-23
CITY ADvERTIsRmrNTs-
ch ADsEsTHsEmENT
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City of Portland

DURSUANT TO warrants from the Mayor anc
IL Aldermen of the Cityof Portland, here
BY warn and notify the Inhabitants Of said City d
Portland, qualified according to law, to meet a
their respective Ward Rooms, on the first MON
DAY OF March, A. ID. 1889, being the fourth dal
OF said month"; at ten O'Clock in the forenoon. theI
and there to give In their votes for Mayor, one
Alderman, three Common Councilmen, Warden
clerk, and two CITY Constables, residents Of saiC
Island wards may each elect one constable)
Also In Wards Two, Four, Six and Seven TO give
IN their votes for one member OF the superintend
Ing School Committee, resident in said Wards. Il
serve two years and In Ward Three for one mem
Der Of the superlntending School Committee &c
serve one year to I'LL a vacancy
And further then and there to give In theil
ballots upon the following question:
Whether the legal voters Of the City of Portland
Will approve, SO far as the location hereinafter
named shall fall within the limits OF the City Oi
Portland, an extension OF the Portland & ROeh
ester Railroad or a branch thereof proposed By
the Portland & Rochester Railroad and Its Officers
under the act hereinafter referred 10, commeDcino
at point In Portland In or near the MIL Pond on
the westerly side OF Green street. thence westerly
10 and crossing Grove street and st. John street.
thence south-westerly to a connection with the
railroad OF 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
state OF Maine, entitled IAN Act additional to
the Charter Of the Portland s Rochester Rail
which said Portland & Rochester Railroad did ON
the 18TH day o. February, A ID. 1853, file in writ
and complete description Of the above proposed
extension, stating therein in definite terms lhe
initial and terminal points Of said location, and
the courses ana distances between said points, by
which said location should be fixed and deter.
mined, which said description so filed BY said
Portland Rochester Railroad is Of the following
TENOR
Commencing in the City Of Portland at Station
O, point In the MIL Pond at the end Of a curve
On the now existing kalIoad Of the Portland
distant measuring westerly along the centre Of
the track OF the Portland & Rochester Railroad
from point In the centre Of Green Street thence
curying to the left with ten degrees curve five
hundred and seventy-three feet radius, six hun
dred feet; thence on tangent TO said curve south
eignt{-sM degrees nfteen minutes west two hun
bred feet 70 station eight; thence on a curve Of
two degrees to the left, twenty-eght hundred and
sixty.nye feet radius i've hundred feet to station
thlrteen; thence on curve Of four degrees 70 the
left, fourteen hundred and thirty-two and one.
half feet radius, three hundred and ffty feet q
s ssid sstssa plus y az tangent {
west, eleven hundred and fifty feet TO station
twenty thence on curve 70 the left Of 81,
three hundred and nfty feet to sta ioI
thirty-one plus fifty; thence on q tangent to SAID
curve south forry-ope degrees fifteen minutes
station thrty-hve plus seventy-seVen; thence on
curve 10 lett Of six degrees thirty minutes, eleh
hundred and eighty-one and onethah feet radini
five hundred and thirty feet to the main track o.
the Maine Central Railroad Company near UnioT
Station, between Portland and Congress Streets
Ahc ltiro 0boCitucu dS dtOIcodlN are INC ccuLrd
lines OF said intended extension, which extension
and the location thereof viii lie two rods in widtl
on each side Of said lines. 49,. :
Said intended extension and the location thereo
will cross Grove Street under grade and st. Johr
street and Portland Street by serhead crossings
and Will be constructed, maintained and used ac
cordng to the directions and provisions of said &C
additional to the charter of the Portland &
Rochester Railroad" the Statutes and Law
therein referred to and the other Laws Of thl
State.
Such question shall be determined in the follow
Ing manner, that Is to say: Each voter In fav0
OF such proposed extension shall express sucl
preference by ballot bearing the word YES
and each voter opposed thereto by a ballo
bearing the word mo"
The polls on such day of election TO remain
| they shall be closed.
also give notice TO said Inhabitants that tn
Aldermen OF said city viii be in open session at TIL
Aldermen's Room, In City Building, from nine Il
twelve O'Clock In the forenoon, and from two {,
nve O'Clock In the afternoon, on each of the f0u
secular days next preceding such day OF election
for the purpose Of receiving evidence Of the quail
neatlon OF voters whose names have not been en-
tered on the lists OF qualified voters In and for thu
several Wards, and for correcting said lists.
GEO. @. BURGESS, City Clerk.
City OF Portland, February 20, 1889. feb21dtd