Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-04
AT STATE HOUSE.
tuesday a Busy Day With the
Commissioners.
The B. 0. & 0. 7. Given Permission
to Cross the B. & P. Tracks.
Other hearings, Petitions and Business Attend.
ed To-Two Corporations.


regular monthly meeting, Wednesday
i At the State House, transacting an i'm
| mese amount of business, including a
decision on the Bangor, Orono 4 Old
Town Railroad. one of the most impor>
tant ever made by the board.
The commissioners made decision
| favorable to the petition of the Bangor
Orono & Old Town Railroad Co. for
PERMISSION to cross the tracks of the
Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad. in Old
Town. on their way to Great Works
where the company is extending its
road.
This decision is lengthy one. touch
ing the validity of the franchises of the
Bangor, Orono & Old Town Railroad
Co.. which have in part been acquired
by the leasing of the Old Town Street
Railroad Co, and the Old Town, Orono
& Vcazie Railroad Cos. charters. 1t
was contended by the attorneys of the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co, that
the charter of the Old Town Street
Railroad Co., had expired by limitation.
The attorney of the Bangor. Orono &
Old Town Railroad, Hon. II. NJ. Heath,
claimed that it had been kept alive by
enactments of the Legislature, extend
ig the time of commencing business of
the road.
The railroad commissioners enter in
to a lengthy citation of authorities re-
garding corporations, and, while they
do not consider it their duty to decide
all legal questions which might arise.
they recognize the fact that a street
railway is in existence and doing bust
ness over portion of the location en-
braced in the charter of the Old Town
Street Railroad Co. They considered
it their duty to presume that the road
was legally constructed, they having
no evidence before them as to when 1t
was constructed.
They, therefore. approve Of the cross
ing of the Bangor & Piscataquis Rail-
road asked for by the petitioners.
AS is customary in such cases the
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 re-
quired
The commissioners have made a de
cision, approving of a branch of the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad at Oak
field. They have also approved of an
extension and change of the sidings of
the Cape Elizabeth Street Railway in
South Portland
They have ordered hearing on the
petition of the Portland Extension
Railroad Co. to be held at Gorham.
Monday. June %, when the question of
the approval of the location of the
road from Westbrook to Gorham will
be heard.
They have also ordered a hearing on
the petition of the Sabasticook &
Moosehead Railroad, for an increase of
to extend its line through the towns of
Harmony to Cambridge. The hearing
will be at the Bangor house. Monday.
June s, at +. NJ.
A hearing has been ordered on the
petition of the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad. for the approval of location
of branch track to a gravel pit in the
town of Alton to be held. Monday
June s, 9 A. NJ, at the location.
The commissioners will examine the
Monson Railroad, Tuesday. June .;
the extension of the Rockland Thomas
ton & Camden Street Railroad, Satur-
day. June 6. The company has ex-
tended it's road from Main street to
Tillson's wharf.
A hearing was held. Wednesday. on
the petition of this road for PERMISSION
to cross the LIMERICK Railroad, which
is on the line of extension. Hon. John
f. Hill Of Augusta. appeared before
the board in favor of the petition.
Examination was made by the COM
missioners, Wednesday, of the Augusta
Hallowell G. Gardiner Railroad, and the
Kennebcc Central Railroad. Monday.
June Is. they will commence a regular
inspection of the Maine Central Rail-
road.
The following new corporations have
filed their papers at the secretary of
States office:
The Ashland Manufacturing Co, or
ganized at Bangor, for the purpose of
manufacturing and carrying on bust
ness in lumber at or near Ashland in
Aroostook county, with $250,0O0 capital
stock of which nothing is paid in. The
officers are: President. George Varney
of Bangor: treasurer, Waldo r. Lowell
of Bangor.
The Home Loan and Building Asso-
| citation. organized at Orono. for the
purpose of doing q loan and building
business for the benefit and advantage