The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-06
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATE OF MAINE.

Supreme Judicial Court,
April Term 1897
Atlantic and st. Lawrence Railroad Com
pany and the Grand Trunk Railway Compa-
ny Of Canada, Petitioners for APPOINTMENT
OIL trustees to fill Vacancies.
To the Honorable Judges of the Supreme
judicial Court of the State of Maine:
your petitioners, the Atlantic and st. Law
renee hallroad Company, a corporation duly
established and existing under the laws Of
me state OF Maine, and having q place OF
6 business at Portland in said state, and the
c a1n rat tia haliway company of Canada,
a corporation duly organized and existing
Dy virtue OF the laws of the dominion OF
NManatua, and having place of business at
Ionlreal, IN said Canada, respectfully
represent and show unto your Honors:
THAT your petitioners are interested in
Ghe trust hereinafter set forth; that on the
M irst DAY OF May in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one
the said Atlantic and st, Lawrence Railroad
company duly made and executed mort
gage deed OF trust to Charles j. Bridges and
Joseph Hickson, both then resident Of saia
Montfeal, and Samuel E. Spring, then resi-
aent OF said Portland, and to their survivors
ana successors, of the railroad, real and
personal tS property, and rights and franchises
OF the said Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail
Toau company, in the States of Maine, New
hampshire and Vermont of which a full
description is contained in said deed of trust,
Whlcn said trust was duly accepted by said
Sharles J. Bridges, Joseph Hickson and
samuel Z. Spring who thereby became trus-
ices u u said mortgage deed of trust and
veyed to them in trust for the purpose of
securing the payment of one thousand four
hundred and seventy three bonds for one
tha ar pounds sterling each, amounting in
the aggregate to one hundred and forty
seven Thousand three hundred pounds in
al. SAID bonds being dated May first, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one,
ana Ior Otler purposes named in said deed
OF trust; the property conveyed and the
nature of said trust more fully appear by
SAID 1ndenture and mortgage deed of trust,
a copy of which is hereunto annexed and
marked exhibit A, and made part of
this petition
2.-That after entering upon the execution
vacancies occurred therein which cannot be
filled by appointment by the surviving
trustee or trustees named in said deed of
trust, and that said vacancies occurred and
still continue by reason of the fact that the
SAID Charles ). Bridges, Joseph Hickson
and Samuel p. Spring have all of them de-
ceased. and that the survivors OF them neg
lected during their life time to fill the
vacancies occurring by reason of the said
decease of their co trustees, and said yacan-
cies in said trust of the places OF all OF said
trustees Stlll remain untitled, and there is
no trustee to administer said trust created
by said deed Of mortgage And Your
petitioners further say that.after the decease
of said Charles j. Bridges and Samuel E.
Spring, that The said Joseph Hickson con-
tinued to administer said trust until the
fourth day OF January, A. D., 1897, when he
ulttlt MOI HdNI5S appointed any trustees TO
fill the continuing. vacancies caused by the
death of Charles j. Bridges OF Samuel e.
Spring or either of Them
Sand your petitioners further represent
That said The Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany of Canada is lessee of the railroad
and property described in said trust deed.
which said lease is still in force for the un-
expired term thereof that the bonds secured
by said indentIre and mortgage deed of
trust have never been discharged or can
celled, but the same are now held by your
petitioner, The Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany of Canada.
4.-And your petitioners further say that
1t is necessary that said trust should be con-
tinued and administered for the benefit of
said bonds and the holders thereof, and the
per torrance of the agreements, conditions
and trusts defined and set forth in said
mortgage deed of trust of the Atlantic and
st. Lawrence Railroad Company, said copy
of which is hereunto annexed and marked
Exhibit A."
WHEREFORE your petitioners, being the
parties interested in said trust and in the
proper performance and execution thereof,
the Atlantic and st. Lawrence Railroad
Company, amongst other things as the mort
gagor ana ths owner OF the equity Ct re-
and the obligor upon said bonds, and The
Grand Trunk Railroad Company of Canada
}amongst other things being Interested as the
lessee OF the property, rights and franchises
conveyed by said mortgage deed OF TRUST,
and as the holder of the bonds secured
thereby, respectfully pray, that after such
ton or otherwise, as the Court shall order,
and upon due hearing thereon this Honor
able Court will appoint Charles M. Hays and
Dominion of Canada, and Almon A. Strout
of Portland in the said County of Cumber-
land, or such other persons as the Court
vacancies caused by the death of Charles j.
Bridges, Samuel Il. Spring and Joseph
Hickson, hereinbefOre named as the original
trustees under said mortgage deed OF trust;
tharannOn NV Of Sai6
appointment, the property described in said
deed OF trust and mortgage conveyed to and |
held by said Charles j. Bridges, Samuel E.
Spring and Joseph Hickson in their lifetime
and at the time of the decease of each of
them, shall vest in said trustees SO APP |
pointed by said court without further con-
Veyance thereof, and that said trustees so |
appointed shall have the rights and powers
to be subject to the duties relating to such
trust to the same extent and for the same
purposes as the same were held by the said
Charles j. Bridges Samuel E. Spring and
Joseph dickson, the original trustees IN said
trust, and that the court will make such de-
cree as shall be proper In the premises to
confirm the transfer of title as hereinbefore
set forth.
5.-And your petitioners further pray that
this Honorable Court will order such notice
to be given to the heirs-at-law and personal
of said deceased trustees,
and each of them, by publication or other
wise, as the court may order and decree,
of said deceased trustees,
and each of them may be allowed to appear
and be heard in the matters contained in
this petition, and that this Honorable Court
may make such further orders and DEGREES
in the premises as it shall deem meet and
proper.
Portland, April 18th, 1897. Atlantic and St.
Lawrence Railroad Company.
By W. W. DUFFETT, Treasurer
The Grand Trunk Railway Company of
Canada,
By CHARLES M. HAYS, General Manager.
A. A. STROUT, Attorney for Petitioners.
STATE OF MAINE.
IL. Sl