Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-06
To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com
miSSonerS:

To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com
missioners:
Respectfully represents the Skowhegan
and Norridgewock Railway and Power
Company that it is a corporation duly or
ganiZed under the provisions of chapter
26s OF the Public Laws of 1893. and that it
has constructed its road from Skowhegan
TO Norridgewock. hereunder. and is now
operating the same.
Said corporation further represents that
it desires to construct an extension of and
addition to said road upon Water street
in Skowhegan, and it files this its petit
ton therefor, as required by chapter 81
of the laws of 1885
The locations of the proposed extern
sions and additions follows:
First.-Starting on said Water street in
Skowhe9an at point on the center line
of its railroad as now constructed sixty
three and one-half feet westerly from the
west rail of the freight siding of the
Maine Central Railroad Company; thence
by a course southerly and easterly on
radius of seventy feet to the south line of
said Water street. the distance of this ex
tension being SiXty-SX feet.
Second.-AnOther extension starting
the center line of its present road in said
Water street at a point 446l2 feet westerly
from the starting point of the first pro-
posed extension above described; thence
by course northerly and westerly fifty
nine feet on radius of one hundred and
five feet to the northerly line of said
Water street.
The first proposed extension. after
crossing the southerly line of Water
street, will from thence. by agreement of
the Maine Central Railroad Company, run
southerly upon the location of said Maine
Central Railroad Company and connect
with the present spur track thereon. The
crossing the northerly line of Water
street, run upon land of private parties
by agreement to the pulp mill of the
Skowhegan Pulp Company.
Your petitioner further represents that.
by the building of the two extensions
above outlined upon said Water street. and
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the said Maine Central Railroad spur
track. it will be enabled to its said
street railroad between said points for the
conveyance of persons and property in
such manner that it will thereby con-
tribute to the public use thereof, and your
petit Vhc4 ore represents that pub
lie cc0VOnience requires the construction
of such road above outlined.
Your petitioner further represents that
the map of the proposed route. on an APP
propriate scale, which accompanies this
petition bears the written approval there
on of the said proposed route and location
as to streets roads or ways of the munic-
ipal officers of the said town of Skowhe-
gan. in which said extension of its said
railway is to be constructed, and further
that it has filed herewith report and es-
innate prepared by a skilful engineer.
Your petitioner therefore prays that
your honorable board will appoint day
for Il hearing thereon, and that after no.
tice and hearing your honorable board
may further find that public convenience
requires the construction of such road,
and that your approval thereof may be
endorsed upon this petition
Dated at Skowhegan, this 18th day of
July A. D., 1896.
Skowhega & Norridgewock Railway &
Power Company, by w. H. WILDES,
President.
On presentation of the foregoing petit
ton, ordered:
That the petitioner cause to be pub
lshed true copy of said petition and
this order of notice thereon, three days
successfully in the Daily Kennebec Jour
nal. a newspaper published at Augusta,
in the county of Kennebec, the first pub
location to be five days before the
eleventh day of August, A. D., 1896; and
also cause the same to be published once
in the Somerset Reporter, q weekly news
paper published at Skowhegan in the
county of Somerset, on or before the
eleventh day of August A. d.. 1896. on
which day the board of railroad commits
sioners win be in session at the Hotel
Heselton in Skowhegan, at eleven O'Clock
in the forenoon. for the purposes indi-
Gated in said petition.
]. w. PEAKS. Chairman.
For Board of Railroad Commissioners.
Dated this third day of August, A. d.,
1896.
A true copy.
Attest: f. C. HARRINGTON, Clerk.
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