Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-17
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To the Honorable Board of Railroad

To the Honorable Board Of Railroad
Commissioners OF the State of Maine.
The Franklin. Somerset q Kennebec
Hallway Company. corporation duly or
Ganized and existing under and by virtue
of the laws of the State of Maine. and
having its principal place of business in
the City of Waterville. county of kenne-
bee, State of Maine, respectfully repre-
sents,
That it is about to extend and complete
its railroad heretofore partially con-
structed between Pennington and New
Sharon in the county of Franklin, to It's
authorized terminus in the City Of Wa
tcrvillc, county of kennebec.
That it has completed its survey there
of through the towns of Pennington,
New Sharon; Mercer. Rome. Smithlied.
That it has lied its location il accor-
dance with said survey with the commits
sioners of the counties of Franklin. SOM
erset and Kennebec required by law
Tha, its tracks TO be constructed in ac-
cordancc with said location VIII be con-
structed underneath the tracks already
built of the Somerset Railway in the
That the location of the crossing Le-
sired is as follows: Beginning at station
1883 plus IS at the dividing line between
land occupied w Sylvester Skillins and
the Somerset Railways North limit Of
right of way: thence by tangent south
Il degrees, east - feet to station 1l90
thence by same course south % degrees.
east Is G3-100 feet to centre of Somerset
Railway track, making an angie OF % de-
grecs, % minutes. with said track at
point 300 feet easterly Of the Oakland
passenger station. l6i feet westerly of
the Somerset Railways yard limit post.
and Il miles southeasterly of NorridSe-
Wock station on said Somerset Railway:
thence by same tangent south 10 degrees
east loo a5-1T feet to station 1871 plus so:
thence by twelve degree curve TO the
right % and 65-l00 feet. and so on, as in
dica ed upon the location of said Frank
lin, Somerset & Kcnncbec Railway Com
pany as filed with the commissioners Of
kenncbcc county as aforesaid Your re
titioncr Graves leave to refer to said 10
cation now SO of record and to make the
came. so far as ii shows thereon the
crossing desired, a part of this petition.
Wherefore your petitioner requests that
your honorable board. after due notice
and hearing. will determine the manner
and conditions of the construction and
maintenance of said crossing as provided
by the public laws of the State OF Maine.
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BEG HALLWAY COMPANY.
BY Leonard Atwood, President
On the foregoing petition,
Ordered: That the petitioner cause to
be published true copy of said petition
and this order Of notice thereon, three
days successfully i'll the kcnnebec Jour
nal. newspaper published at Augusta in
thc county of kennebec the first publ
cation in said paper tn be at least five
days before the 18th day of May. a: ID:
1891. on which day the board of railroad
commissioners VIII he in session at the
Passenger station Of Maine Central Rail
road, in Oakland at ten o'clock in the
forenoon for the purposes; indicated in
said petition.
Said petitioner shall send copies of the
foregoing petition and order to the sta
ton agent Of the Somerset Railroad
Company. ut oakland.
JOSEPH Il. PEAKS. Chairman.
For the Board of Railroad Commits sioncrs
of Maine.
Dated This 18th day of May. A. d. 1901.
\ true copy.
Attest: Z. c. FARRINITON. Clerk.
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