Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-05
To the Honorable Board Of Railroad
COMMISSIONERS for the State OF Maine:

To the Honorable Board Of Railroad
commissioners for the state OF Maine:
The Benton & Fairfield Railway Com.
pany.. a corporation duly established url-
der the laws Of the State OF Maine and
having It's place of business at Fairfield
in the county of Somerset and the state
q a Maine having constructed a railway
Falls, in the county of Kennebec to the
village of Fairfield In the county of SOM
e frs.t' 9 hereby petitions your honorable
courses, distances and boundaries OF az,
extension Of said road which il Iroposps
TO build, of the same gauge as the exist
ing. road; said extension lying wholly
within said town Of Fairfield.
And said petitioner hereby presents a
location of its proposed extension,
courses. distances and boundaries as roll.
lows: the line described being the center
line OF said location:
Beginning at point in Island street
50 called, in said town OF Fairfield. oppo-
site the wooden mill. il being Station l
plus lib OF the branch track Of said Ben
ton q Fairfield Railway Co. as at pres
the official station in the present sur
vey: thence southerly on a curve to the
right or westerly of $50 fl. radius s73
IT. TO station plus S7.3; thence on n
radius ~ #. across a portion Of Bridge
street to station ] plus l43 in the center
OF the main line of said Benton & Fair
field Railway as located; thence same
station plus 2I2 near the southeast
corner Of the bridge abutment: thence
same curve IA Fl. to station / plus $50:
thence on course south q deg rs m
west 40 fl. 10 station plus 79l: the
courses to this station from station /
plus 2.S being along and over the wes-
terly canal or channel Of the Kennebec
river and westerly Of the water privi-
leges of the American Woolen Co. F. j.
Sa rage & co. and the Watervllle & Fair
along and over said westerly canal or
channel and over the dam across the
same 70 station plus 70.2: thence
same course 50.3 #. along said kennebec
river and easterly of the water privileges
owned by the Somerset & kennebec
Co. TO station 4, plus 2o-5; thence same
course 1908 # along said kennebec riv-
er and easterly of the water privileges
owned by ". S. spaulding and now oc-
cupied by the Waterville & Fairfield
Railway d Light Co. to station plus
il0: thence OH course south IS deg. m
west 100 fl. along the said Kennebec riv-
or ana easterly of certain water privi-
bee Co. 10 station plus 40
Also a spur track beginning at station
& Fairfield Railway Co. located on
Island street aforesaid thence northerly
on a curve to the right or easterly OF
10 Fl. radius 3Sl fl. across said Island
street to station plus 3s.l on the easter
~ side Of said Island street and opposite
the mill Of the American Wooden Com
pany.
Said location is ten f. wide. five TT. Oil
each side of the center line from the
point of beginning TO station l plus 2l.2.
and also from the point of beginning OF
spur to station plus 3S.l. and is 10 TT.
wide. s #. on each side of said center
line between station No. / plus 21.2 and
station plus 40.
Your petitioner further represents that
between said station l plus 2i.2 and sta
ton plus 40. said location is over the
westerly canal or channel Of the kenne-
bee river, that it is therefore outside of
any highway; that ii is impracticable 10
locate said portion of said railroad in
any highway, and that it Is the purpose
Of your petitioner to construct substan-
tial trestle TO support said railroad over
said portion.
Your petitioner flies herewith a map
dated Oct %. 1860, Of the proposed route
on an appropriate scale, together with
GERS of Fairfield of the proposed route
and location as to streets, roads and
ways in said town OF Fairfield within
which said extension is TO be wholly con-
structed.
Your petitioner also files herewith
report and estimate prepared from ac-
tual survey by b. l.. Blakney, skilled en-
Sineer.
Your petitioner further represents that
public convenience requires the construc-
ton Of said railroad AS herein prayed for.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that
your honorable board will give a hearing
on this petition after due notice thereof
~ oGNii tiAiit pt1tt HOu
ignate.
Dated at Fairfield. Maine, this 18th day
October, A u. 1860.
Benton 4 Fairfield Railway Co.
BY CHAS. d. BROWN, President.
LESLIE {. CORNISH,
Atty. for Petitioner.
On the foregoing petition.
Ordered; That the petitioner cause TO
be published j true copy of said petition
and this order of notice thereon. three
days successfully in the Daily Kennebec
Journal, newspaper published at All
gusta. in the county of kennebec, the
first publication in said paper to be at
least five days before Tuesday the thir-
teenth Of November. A. D. 1860. on
which day the board of railroad commits
sioners will be in session at the Hotel
Gerald in Fairfield, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon for the purposes indicated in
said petition. Said petitioner shall send
copies of the foregoing petition and or
der to the municipal officers of the town
of Fairfield. the American Wooden Com
pany; the Waterville and Fairfield Rail
way and Light Company: the Somerset
& Kennebec Company, F. ]. Savage &
Company and W. S. Spaulding, parties
mentioned in said petition, five days at
least before the date OF said hearing.
J. Is. PEAKS. Chairman.
For the Board of Railroad Commissioners
of Maine
a true copy.
Attest: r. d, HARRINGTON Clerk.