The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-31
Eastman Bros. & Bancroft.
To the Honorable Railroad Commits
siOners of the State Of Maine.

Cape Elizabeth Street Railway Company,
corporation organized under the general
tue of said laws and having its
location and place of business In Portland,
IN the County of Cumberland and State of
Maine, hereby applies and petitions to the
Railroad Commissioners for approval of the
location, courses distances ana boundaries
OF the addition to and variation from the
original location of its railway, which adj
dltion and variation it proposes to build
within the town OF south Portland in said
County, and which addition and variation
are as follows:
Beginning at station % 1887, said station
beng at tne junclo of the Cape Cottage Road
and Broadway; thence North 55o anu iJ east,
along Broadway 1888 fertto station 60t67.6i
way, l54Q.6 feet to station 76+0S.1; thence
North 46e - East along said Broadway 5l7 8
feet to station 81 +26; thence North 800 ~
east along sad broadway 534 teeJ to station SO
1-GO in the center OF Pickett Street; thence
South 59o 5Y East along The center OF said
Pickett Street $50 ieet 10 Station 81 $50, said
| station being i'll the center OF the Fort Road as
Wldened; thence South 27o ar West along the
center OF said Fort Road, 322 feet to Station SO
TOP; thence South % 1Y East along the center
line OF me aforesaid Fort Road, 272 feet to sta
ton 100 IA; thence South 50 so West. along
the center line OF the aforesaid Fort Road $40
feet to station 106-14, said station being,n the
center OF Preble Street. as widened; thence
South, 2oo 49, East along the center line OF said
Preble Street, 1So feet to Station 107+99, said
Station being in the center OF the Shore Road,
SO called; bnence oOnbn 1SN 30' west 0SZ I6eb
to station 111+S1; thence South $50 AT West
along said Shore Road 40 feet to station 115
f9l; thence South 800 52 West along said
Shore Road 253 feet to station 1lS+04; thence
South ITO 49f, West along said Shore Road
40 feet to station 122+74; thence Seuths $40
81. East along said Shore Road, $50 feet to
station 126 t34; thence South 400 Y East
along said Shore Road, 133 feet to
Station l27-l 81; thence South $50 -. East
| along said Shore Road 81 feet to station 129
-, said station beng opposite the center OF
Willard street; thence North 46o 52' East
along the center line of said Willard street
1195 feet to station 14l 10. the location to be
1875 feet WIDE, to wit 1915 fee5 on either
side of the above described center line.
Your petitioner asks that it may Sc permltted
to SO vary It's present location that It's location
may be as above described on the above
named streets.
| Your said petitioner accompanies this Pc
| tition with map of the proposed route on
an appropriate scale, marked a. also
with written approval of the proposed
| route and location as to the streets, roads
and ways of the municipal officers OF the
town of South Portland, in which town said
addition to said railway location is to be
constructed in whole, and with report
| neer, to wit, by Frederick j. Illsley. Your
petitioner says that public convenience re-
| uuires the construction of SAID addition to
| its railroad location as herein prayed for.
Your petitioner further asks that the Honor
able Railroad Commissioners will give a
hearing upon this petition at a time and
| place designated by them, after they have
ordered such notice to be given as they
| shall deem meet.
| Dated at Portland, Maine, this twenty
seventh day Oh July, A. ID. 1896
(Signed)
| Cape Elizabeth Street Railway Company,
| BY H. r. MACLEOD, Its Secretary,
and CLARENCE HALE, Its Solicitor.