The Portland daily press., 1889-02-22
CITY ADvERTIsEmENrs.
CITK ADVEHTIsEmEN Ts.
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City of Portland

DURSUANT to warrants from the Mavor and
aldermen OF the Cityof Portland here
ny warn ana notify the Inhabitants Of said CITY of
rortl7nd, qualified according to law to meet al
tnelr respective Ward ROOMS on the first MON
DAY o. March, A. d. 1889, being the fourth day
ana there 70 give in their votes for Mayor one
Alderman, three Common Councilman, Warden,
ana TWO CITY Constabes, residents Of said
MaId, 10 serve Tor one year Except that the
island wards may each elect one constable)
! Also In Wards Two, Four, Six and Seven TO give
ing School Committee resident in said Wards To
serve Two years, and In Ward Three for one mem
per OF the Superintending School Committee to
serve one year to I'LL vacancy.
ana 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 Of the Civ 81
PORTLAND, an extension of the Portland & Roeh-
ester . Railroad or branch thereof proposed BY
tne Portland Rochester Railroad and its officers
under the act hereinafter referred to, commeDcing
az point In Portland In or near the Mil Pond on
tne westerly side Of Green street. thence westerly
70 ana crossing Grove street and ST. John street.
thence south-westerly to a Connection with the
railroad Of the Maine Central Railroad Company
De ss,e a, Portland and Congress streets,
tne provisions OF an Act of the Legislature OF the
state OF Maine, entitled can Act additional TO
road" approved February 18th. 1850 nnder
which said Portland & Rochester Railroad did on
the 10Th day OF February, A. ID. 1852 file in writ
and complete description of the above proposed
extension, stating therein in definite terms The
,h h ana terminal points Of said location, and
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
., point In the MN Pond at the end Of a curve
on the now existing Railroad of the Portland &
Rochester Railroad, and being six hundred feet
alstant measuring westerly along the eentre Of
me track OF the Portland 4 Rochester Railroad
from point In the centre Of Green Street, thence
curying to the left with ten degrees curve Ave
hundred and seventy-three feet radius, six hun
ured rect; thence on tangent to said curve south
eighty-six degrees fifteen minutes west two hun
dred rect to station eight; thence on a curve Of
Two degrees TO the left, twenty-eight hundred and
Sixty-1ve feet radius, ve hundred feet to station
tnlrteen; thence on curve of four degrees 10 fine
lett, fourteen hundred and thirty-two and one
nan Ieet radius three hundred and fifty feet TO
stallon sixteen plus hfty; thence on tangent TO
SAID curve south sixty-two degrees ffteen minutes
west, eleven hundred and fifty feet to station
degrees, nine hundred and fifty five feet radlns
three hundred and fifty feet to sta ion
d d plus hhy; thence on tangent to said
west, four hundred and twenty-seyen feet 10
station thirty five plus seventy-seven; thence on
curve 10 left OF six degrees thirty minutes ei.ht
hundred and eighty-one and One-half feet radius
nve hundred and thirty feet TO the main track Of
me 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 will lie two rods in width
on each side of said lines.
Said intended extension and the location thereof
Will cross Grove Street under grade and ST. John
Street and Portland street by o,erhead Crossings
and will be constructed, maintained and used az
eordng to the directions and provisions Of said act
additional to the charter OF tn. Portland Il
Rochester Railroad" the Statutes and Laws
therein referred to and the other Laws OF the
State. - 'Ao
Such question shall be determined in the follow
ing manner, that IS to say: Each voter In favor
OF such proposed extension shall express such
preference by ballot bearing the word "YFS.D
and each voter opposed thereto by n baIIot
bearing the word mo" o'
The polls on such day OF election 10 rem.,n
they shall be closed. n' "neu
1 also give notice TO said Inhabitants that tho
Aldermen Of said city will be in open session AZ the
Aldermen,s Room, in City Building. from nine ~
WE'VE O'Clock IN the forenoon, and from two 10
nve O'Clock In the afternoon, on each al the sonr
SECULAR Gays next preceding such day III eIection
for the purpose of receiving evidence ~ tS
ncaton q voters whose names have NOT heedr an
tered on the lists OF qualified voters IN and for ,h
several Warus, and tor correcting said lista 80
c,..,, GEO. @. BURGESS civ Cierk
-ny ~ Iorllano, February 20, 1889. feb2idtd