The Portland daily press., 1896-06-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
~ the Honorable Board of Railroad
commissioners Of the State of
Maine.


Maine.
Inc Portland Extension Railroad Com
Pa1a S,.a corporation organized under the
SoI inai laws of the State of Maine, and
Por rtIisg d1s location and place of business in
Rnar5 5'fate, hereby petitions your Honorable
di Hau ior approval of the location, courses
e1r neace IS. and boundaries of the ele ctric
SeiHeC railway which itproposes to build
W wit Gan, The city of Westbrook and the town
fo FL TIurnam' ip said county of Cumberland, as
,neginnlng at Station Zero CO.. which is
e eho nd. on the accompanying plan as near
tne centre of Main street in said Westbrook
es a. ~ opposite the centre of Saco street and
az the end of and midway between The ex-
silly Tails OF the Portland Railroad Com
Rany; Thence N. "a deg. 0S min. W on line
sli a.. IS continuation of the course of said
raais la4 feet in said Main street to station
marked +S4; thence AZ deg AZ min W in
Salu MAIN street 1904 feet to station marked
@ a5i.9 al the beginning of the old road so
oaiea leading from said Main street to the
NVillage of Gorham; thence n II deg. % min
py said old road 51.7 feet to station
marked 2+93.1; thence N Is deg SO min W by
Sald Old road 1857 feet to station marked
of'6S; thence 10 deg 40 min w by said old
road 1882 feet to station marked 7-t80;
thence N 25 deg 81 min W by said old road
2 o. 30 feet to station marked 11+7s.6; thence
n - deg As min W by said old road 29I5 feet
10 station marked 14+73.1 thence N deg
% min E by said old road 352.7 feet to station
marked 1s+25.s; thence 10 deg 25 min W by
20 oss; thence Is deg 40 % min p BY said old
road 1919 feet to station marked % 04.7;
tnenee N 10 deg So min W by said old road
l94 "a 4 feet to station marked % t59.1; thence
~ deg 81 min W by said old road 216.S feet
10 station marked Psi 75.9; thence N SO deg 10
MN BY said old road 249.1 feet to station
marked % +25; thence N 81 deg AZ min W by
said old road 1904 feet to station marked
29+25.4; thence Sc deg 03 min by said old
road 1880 feet to station marked 36t7S.4;
thence N SO deg 50 min W by said old road
oil. feet to station marked 41+89.S, which
station is on the division line between West
brook and Gorham; thence continuing the
same course of N So deg SO min W by said old
ton marked A t30; thence N AZ deg 80 min
by said old road $3.50 feet to station
marked 544-2o; thence n As deg 05 min W by
said old road go feet to station marked
56+45; thence N GA deg 81 min W by said old
road 606 feet to station marked 60 81; thence
n So deg SO min W by said old road 231 feet
OF min W by said old road 1918 feet to station
marked 80; thence N 46 deg So min W by said
old road 1892 feet to station marked 49, 92 !;
thence 81 deg 20 min by said old road
$40 feet to station marked 106+67; thence N
IS deg 81 min by said old road 999 feet to
station marked 1l6466; thence S 50 deg II
min W by said old road 306O feet to station
marked l47426; thence S 81 deg OF min W by
said old road 1881 feet to station marked
1853 t19.1; thence 79.deg % min " by said old
road 560.9 feet to station marked 1853 ESQ;
46l.5 feet to station marked 1853 8; thence
S 81 deg 43 min W by said old road 711.3 feet
to station marked 175+52 thence 80 deg
% min by said old road 1851 2 feet to station
marked 1891 -04 thence S 81 deg 20 min " by
said old road 461.4 feet to station marked
1913 1854 thence S 81 deg so min W by said old
road $685. feet to station marked 209-tt 81
said old road in this vicinity, through the
village of Gorham being known as Main
street,, thence 10 deg "a min W in Main
street 1856 feet to station marked 210470;
WOO n nrrO0 Nm, in Iain Stl.a q
feet to station marked 216-t72.6;
Being point in Gorham Village in the
easterly line of School street produced
southerly to its intersection with the centre
line of said Main street. The above location
is further particularized by additional de-
scription as follows to wit: All the changes
of direction Indicated by the above courses
shall be joined by standard curves peculiar
to the angle between said courses.
The turnouts that your petitioners ask for
are between the following stations, to wit:
From station Zero 500 to station 5--76.S
From station 80 to station 80
From station CT so to station 67t50
From station 104 to station 100
From station 142 to station 147
From station 1874 to station 199
Foln station 2O94- "a to station zig
The widthsof location that your petitioner
indicated centre line of proposed railroad
and AZ right and left OF the centre line of
turnout tracks.
Your petitioner accompanies this petition
with map of the proposed route on an
appropriate scale with the written approval
as to the proposed route and location as to
Streets roads and ways, of the municipal
officers of the City of Westbrook and Town
of Gorham in which said railroad is to be
constructed. and with report and estimate
prepared by q skillful engineer, to wit, E. c.
Jordan. Your petitioner further says that
public convenience requires the construction
of the street railroad herein prayed for.
that your Honorable Board will
give hearing hereon at time and place
to be designated by said Railroad Commits
sioners after said Commissioners have
ordered such notice as they shall deem
meet
Dated this 2sth day of May A. D. 1896.
PORTLAND EXTENSION RAILROAD co.
By VIM. R. Wood, President.
Attest: (sd) E. C. HARRINGTON, Clerk.
On the foregoing petition: Ordered:
That the petitioner cause to be published
a true copy of said petition, and this order
of notice thereon, three days successfully in
the PORTLAND DAILY PRESS, newspaper
published at Portland in the county of Cum
seven days before Monday the tWenty-sec-
ond day of June, A. ID. 1896, on which day
the Board of Railroad Comm issioners will
be in session at Ridlon Hall in Gorham at
two O'Clock in the afternoon for the prr-
poses indicated i'll said petition. Said pc
titioner shall send copies of the foregoing
petition and order to the municipal officers
of the towns of Gorham and Westbrook, be-
fore the day of the hearing.
(Sd) J. b. PEAKS, Chairman.
For the Board of Railroad Commissioners
of Maine