Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-01

70 ' ~ o'nccrs might authorize the same
,ar ~ uche. subject only to tho genera
Co.. '""' no two railways should oc.
Nupy the same street.
! by Private and Spcci,, r,w :. ,eo-
'''a, the charter of the Firms
eN Eiectric Railroad Company was
so as to allow said companv
~ extend Its line and to construct
nui' ana maintain street railway
from ITS existing line in Erunswicl
una Iopsham. into and through tho
Town or Lisbon. over .uch strccts ana
| roads as from time to time should he
"Ncd and determined by the municinoy
officers thereof.
oa'u brunswick Electric Railroad
company was also authorized To OK
tend ITS existing line to the boundary
line between Brunswick and Bath over
snch streets. roads and ways as tho
municipal officers of said Brunswick
might from time to time determine
| Inc said company was also further
authorized to construct its railroad
from the boundary line between Bath
AND brunswick to a connection with
the tracks of the Bath Street Railway
Company. upon and over such streets
! IN said city Of Bath not occupied by
tac Bath Street Railway Company. as
should from time to time be fixed and
determined by the municipal officers of
said city Of Bath. and he asscnted to
IN writing by said Bath Street Railway
Company
by Section 6, of said, act OF 1897, II
was expressly provided that mo other
corporation shall be permitted to con-
struCt or maintain any street railroad
over the same streets. roads or ways
that may be lawfully occupied by the
said Brunswick Electric Railroad
Company"
This provision of Section s is almost
identical with the language of the gem
eral law of 1898. Chapter 26S. Section 3.
So that the Brunswick Street Rail
road Company had a right. after the
act of 1897. to build into and through
the town of Lisbon. into and through
the towns of Topsham. brunswick.
Harpswell and the city of Bath upon
and over such streets in said cities and
| towns as might from time to time be
fixed and determined by the municipal
officers Of said towns.
Subsequently in 1898. the name of
the Brunswick Street Railroad Com
pany was changed to the Lewiston,
Brunswick and Bath Street Railroad.
The latter company then constructed
road, under its charter. from Lewis
ton. through Lisbon. Topsham. Bruins
wick and into the city Of Bath.
In December 1899 the said l.. r. & Il.
r. r. Co. applied 70 the municipal
officers of Brunswick. for additional
locations in that town. on Pleasant
street and along the old stage road
sometimes called the Portland road Cor
Frceport road. This location was APP
proved by the municipal officers OF
Brunswick and the said municipal Off
GERS on the 10th day of December. A. ID.
1899. approved the following location as
appears by the records of said town.
We. the selectmcn of Brunswick.
hereby approve the following streets.
roads and ways for a location for the
tracks of the Lewiston. Brunswick and
Bath Railway. and hereby grant To-
cation as follows:
"Reginning at the junction of Main
street and Pleasant street. thence along
said Pleasant street and along the old
stage road. sometimes called the Port
land road Cor Freeport road. according
to the plan herewith signed by us and
made a part of this location. Also two
curves with a 15-foot centre radius to
connect the said line with the present
line of said railway. We hereby de-
termine that the centre line of said
track on Pleasant street from Main
street to Mill street shall he in the
center of said street and from said Mill
street to the Freeport line shall be Is
feet northcrly to the south line of the
highway.
Dec. 20, 1899.
c. E. TOWNSEND.
c. +. HUMPHREYS,