The Portland daily press., 1896-06-05

| no T1llrOdu CUIuIulSSlOuciS AOAN Z
regular monthly meeting, Wednesday, al
the State House, transacting an Immense
4 amount Of business.
They made decision favorable to the
Town Railroad Co., for permission te
GROSS the tracks of the Bangor & Piscata
quis railroad. in Old Town, on their way
to Great Works W here the company is ex
tending its road.
This decision is lengthy one, touch
ing the validity of the franchises of tn,
B. o. go. Co. which have in Part beer
acquired by the leasing Of the Old Towr
Street Railroad Co., and the Old Town
Orono & Vaazis Railroad Co. IS charters.
1t was contented by the attorneys of tht
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co.. tha
the charter of the Old Town Street Rail
road Co., had ex pired by Limitation. Tht
attorney of the B., & O railroad, Hon.
H. NJ. Heath. claimed that 1t had beer
kept alive by enactments Of the Legisla
ture, extending tho time of common cling
business of the road.
| The railroad commissioners enter into
a lengthy citation of authorities regard
ing corporations, and, while they do not
consider 1t their duty to decide all lega
questions which might arise they recog
pize the fact that street railway is il
existence and doing business over por-
tion OF. the location embraced in the char
ter of the Old Town Street Railroad Co.
l fHhnu onr,cfdoroH a. THAR dr,fu To q
that the road was legally constructed,
they having no evidence before them
as to when it was constructed.
They. therefore, approve of the crossing
of the Bangor & Piscatquis Railroad
| asked for by the petitioners.
AS is customary in such cases the B.
Q. & y. Railroad is to bear the expense
of the frogs rails, etc., of the crossing,
and is to pay one half of the pay of the
gate-keeper required. .s
The commissioners have made decis-
10 n, approving of branch Of the BAN
gor & Aroostook railroad at Oakfeld.
They have also approved of an extension
and change Of the sidings of the Cape
Elizabetht street railway in South Port
land.
| They have ordered hearing on the
petition Of the Portland Extension Rail-
road Co., to be held at Gorham, Monday,
June 90. when the question of the APPROX
al of the location of the road from West
brook to Gorham will be heard.
| They have also ordered a hearing on
the petition of the Sabastioook & M oose-
| head Railroad, for an increase of capital
stock. The road now proposes to extend
| its line through the towns of Harmony to
| Cambridge. The hearing will be at the
Bangor house, Monday, June s, at z p.
m.
A hearing has been ordered on the
| petition of the Bangor & Aroostook Rail
road, for the approval Of location of a
| branch track to gravel pit in the town
of Alton to be held, Monday, June O.;
the extension of the Rookland, Thomas
ton & Camden Street Railroad, Saturday
june 8. The company has extended it's
road from Main street to Tillson's wharf
: A hearing. was held. Wednesday, on the
petition Of this road for permission to
GROSS the Limerook Railroad, which is
on the line of extension. Hon. John z.
Hill of Augusta, appeared before the
board in favor Of the petition.
: Examination was made by the COM
missioners, Wednesday, of the Augusta
Hallowell q Gardiner Railroad, and the
Kennebec Central railroad. Monday,
June 10, they will commence. a regular
inspection of tho Maine Central railroad
The new monster freight engines pur-
| chased by the Boston & Maine are haul
ing all the way from forty to fifty loaded
cars between Boston and Portland with
like to handle 50 many oars Las it makes
1t hard for the crew and the brakemen
have to hustle over the many cars.
Mr.. Herbert Wallis, late mechanical
superintendent Grand Trunk railway,
| and Mrs. Wallis, who are about to spend
the summer in England, take their de-
partrre next Saturday by the Vancouver.
A large force of track layers began
work Monday between Great Works and
Old Town upon very extensive job. A
double track will BIZ laid and the work
1
will be continued along the line between
Bangor and Old Town as far as practical
BILE this year. All of the bridges between
Bangor and Old Town will admit a
double track with the exception of the
bridge at Orono. AT this point the trains
will be run into the bridge on single
| track over frogs at each end.
The Maine Central for June has a pic
ture of the Union Station in this city on
Its cover and gives as supplement a
fine half tone portrait of Hon. Thomas
B. Reed from photograph of Chickering
of Boston. A lending feature of this num-
ber is an article by Holman D. Waldron
on the State Of Maine, describing It's re-
sources and setting forth it's advantages
as summer resort. The number is fully
illustrated with half tones Of various
seaside and inland resorts and hunting
| regions.
Mr.. Nathaniel Swett car inspector for
tho Canadian Pacific Railway, has been
spending few days at his home in Ban
| gOr.