The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-05
I the Honorable Mayor and Board 0f
Aldermen OF the City OF Portland.

aldermen OF the City OF Portland.
The Eastern Telephone Company. a cor
poratlon existing under special charter
granted by the Legislature 81 the Stota oF
NJ anne, resp ctfully petitions your Honor
aole Board for permiss ion to con struct and
maintain underground conduits, with n eces
following streets in the CITY of PortIand
ana to lay and maintain therein cables and
wires wires LOT the purpos es authorized in its
G. Congress ST.. from Eastern Promenade to
SV. John ST.; Morning St., 117.5 feet sOuth
from from congress; Yesper ST., I3 feet south
rom congress; Merrill ST., II feet north
from Congress; North st IA feet north
from congress; Washington ST., 81 feet
H fodt from congress; Hampshire St., 1915
IeeI south from Congress; Myrtle St.. 80 feet
north from Congress; Temple ST.. So < feef
SCUM from Congress; Elm St. 56.5 feet
nOftn from Congress; Brown ST. 80 fpot
north from Congress; Oak ST 535 feet
SCUM from Congress; Forest Ave. 93 feet
norln from Congress; Free St., from point
on SouInerly side 90 feet east from Hi1 h to
S 81 lion with congress st. conduit; Park
ST., 40 feet south from Congress-: valley 81
49.S Ieet north from Congress; Dow ST. s25
IeeD south from Congress federal St..fr3rn a
ponG on north side 35 feet east from Monu-
nent square to conn ectiOn with MiddleySt
ConuuII; MIDDLE from India to Congress;
ross 81, "a feet south from Middle; Ex-
Snange St, from Congress to Fore: Union
81 20 feet south from Middle; Moulton
f o., rom ON, Fore to Commercial; Free St.,
from middle to Center; Center St. from
congress to Spring; Spring St. from Center
10 Yaug han; Fore ST.. from Franklin 10
center; Market St. feet north from Fora.
Plum St. y 8 feet north from Fore. TTnion
So., IL feet north from Fore; Clark from
line TO Commercial; Pine from Congress to
w eSteIn Promenade; Emery ST. from point
on east side 80 feet south from Pine to con
nectlOn with Pine st. conduit: Pearl ST.
from Fore to Lancaster; Oxford St.. from
ashlngton to Portland; Cedar ST. s. s feet
noruh from Oxford; Franklin St.. 1875 feet
north from oxford; Anderson St., 16.5 feet
north from Oxford; Portland St, from Preble
" n O.
10 W est Commercial; Preble, from Oxford
TO Congress. Said main conduits to have
Dfanch conduits to poles hereinafter set
The lines for conduits asked for are shown
on the accompanying plan in red.
oald eastern Telephone Company further
requests permission to erect and maintain
poles on the following streets in the itv OF
Portland, and to run wires thereon to be
connected with the wires and cables in said
Congress ST., north side, two poles; Con
gress St., south side, one pole; Morning ST.,
west side, one pole; Yesper St., west side.
che pOle Merrill St., west side, one pole:
North ST., west side, one pole; WASHINGTON
street west side, one pole; Hampshire St.,
on pole; Temple ST., east side. one pole:
Elm St., west side, one pole; Brown St east
SIDE one pole; Oak ST., east side one pole;
FOREST Ave. east side, one pole; Free St.,
south side. one pole; Park St.. east side, one
pole; Dow ST., west side, one pole: Valley
St., east side, one pole; Portland St south
SIDE, three poles: Preble St., west side one
pole: oxford street, south side, one pole;
oxford ST., north SIDE two poles; Cedar ST..
east side, one pole; Franklin ST.. west side
one pole; Anderson ST., east side, one pole:
Pearl ST.. east SIDE four pOIes Pearl St..
west SIDE, Two poles; Federal St.. north
side, TWO poles; Fore St., south side, three
poles; Fore ST., north side, two poles; Mar
ket ST., east side, one pole; Plum St. west
side, one pole; Union St., west side, one
pole; Union ST., east side, one pole; Center
ST., east side, two poles; Free St.. south side,
one pole; Free St, north side, one pole; Mid
die ST. south side, one pole; Middle ST., north
side three poles; Cross St.. east side one
pole; Commercial t.,SOuth side four poles:
Commercial ST., north side four poles; In
Ola St., east side, one pole; Silver ST. east
pole; ClarkaSt east side, three poles; Clark
ST.. west side, two poles; Pine ST. north
side, four poles; Pine ST.. south side four
poles; Spring ST., north side, seven poles;
Spring St, south side two poles; Exchange
ST., east side, two poles Exchange ST. west
side, two poles.
Said poles arc to be located as shown on a
certain plan accOmpan wing this petitiOn
and now on file at the Office of the City
Clerk, the position of said poles are indi-
Gated on said plan by red dots; said poles
are to be about one hundred TWENTY-FIVE
1850 feet apart; to be set just within the
inc Of the curb of the sidewalks of said
Streets to be of cedar or chestnut, not less
]han thirty 600 feet in height, shaved and
painted and the wires securely fastened to
said poles or to arms and cross bars at
jached thereto at a height of not less than
twenty-five (25) feet above the ground.
Dated this enty-Seyenth day of August
4. D. 1900
Eastern Telephone Company, by
MAYNARD J. BIRD, GenY Mgr.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen,