The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-16
Especial to the PRESS.

Augusta, January 15.-It is thought by
members of the Portland delegation that
the bill to enlarge the jurisdiction OF the
I orlland Municipal court Will be introduced
in he legislature in few days. The I'M
derstanding here is that the bill will be in
the shape of ne n draft of the law estab-
fishing the court rather than in the form
of lot of amendments TO that law. The
effect. of course, is the same except that
the re-drafting of the law to incorporate
the desired changes makes its meaning
palmer The Jurisdiction of the court in
civil cases will be increased to probably 500.
1t has been proposed to make it higher, say
$3.50 or $500, but this will probably not be
done. The other changes of the law Will re-
late to minal proceedings, and are not
understood to he of great Importance.
Another matter of local interest, expected
here, is the bill to incorporate the electric
railroad company which will build line
in Cape Elizabeth. This is also expected
in a few days.
Mr.. COLE OF CAPE ELIZABETH,
will present tomorrow the amended petit
ton for the division of the town. The petit
ton prays that sthe petition of the town
south of the line it defines be made new
town. to have a name to be hereafter
agreed upon. The dividing line starts on
the shore at the mouth of the brook near
Cliff Cottage, placing that and the cottage
beyond in the new town. The town house
is to the north OF the line and in the old
town. The petition has about twenty COLI
juctiyes for the benefit of resident of the
Cape. The line is given substantially AS
defined in the petition.
The line begins on the shore between the
Danforth Cove property on the north and
certain Owen property on the south. 1t
follows this division line to the Point
road which it crosses. Then it follows the
division line between the land formerly of
the S. B. Angel estate on the north and
land of the heirs of Charles W. Goddard on
the south; and crosses the Cape Cottage
road to the westerly corner of land of Sam
uel B. Angel. From here the line runs
northerly over land of certain Jordan heirs
to the southerly corner of land of the heirs
of Daniel Pillsbu1y and he easterly corner
of land of Catherine D. Sawyer; thence il
runs southerly along the division line be-
tween said sawyer land and land of the
said Jordan heirs, to the southerly corner
of said Sawyer's land. to the so-called
Ephraim Sawyer corner; thence northerly
on the line of the sawyer land, nineteen
feet, 10 the easterly corner of land of Mar
garet B. Flint thence southwest on the line
between the Flint and certain Twitchell
land to the soul her1y corner of said Flint
land and to the easterly side of the Mi die
road; thence southwest across the Middle
70 d and over Albion Burbank's land a bout
tbiriy-nine rods, % land of the E. Il. Wood
Bury heirs, crossing it 20 the easteIly end
of the Jordan Roberts brook and to the
sour heriy corner of land of the Jordan Rob-
erts heirs; thence southwest along .the
hrouk across the Charles Warehouse road
to the northeasterly side line of. the Ocean
House road thence north along this line
thiriy-four rods TO point opposite the end
of the divis ion line between land of E. W.
Place and Charles Lendall; thence south
west between Lendall's land on the north
ana Places land on the south to the north
east side line of the Mark Dyer farm thence
northwest along this line sixty rods to the
southerly side line of the John Dyer road
crossing to a point in the southwesterly
side line OF the Stillman Dyer road; thence
northwest along This line dfty-tye rods to
the northerly corner OF. the said Mark Dyer
farm: thence southeast between the Mark
Dyer farm and land of Higgins Brothers
eighty-one rods to the westerly corner of
the Mark Dyer farm and to the northerly
corner of the Silas Dyer farm: thence