Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-07-16
NEW TROLLEYS.
Two Electric Railways Out of
Augusta Projected.
One to Watervi|Ie, Through VassaI.
boro and WinsIow.
The Other To Belgrade Lakes. Thence
to Oakland.

| construction and operation of tyyo nav,
electric railroad lines out of A1ans+,
! nave been taken. There We're tiled
with the State Board of Railroad Conn
| mlssloners, yesterday, articles of asso-
| clatlon of the Augusta &, WaterviIIa
hallway and the Augusta & Oakland
Railway, and the papers were accon-
panied with the request that the COM
mlssioners approve the same.
The promoters Of both these enter
prlses are well-known business men
OF this city and Gardiner and their
standing in this community is Il suffi
clent guarantee that the roads will he
built in the not distant future. These
| gentlemen are Thomas ]. Lynch.
Henry G. Staples, Fred G. Kinsman
| and Charles Il. Whitten of Augusta
and Fred S. Thorne of Gardiner. They
have been chosen directors of both
companies.
These gentlemen set forth in the ar
tlcles ot association of the Augusta
& Waterville Railway that they de-
sire to form company for the pur-
pose of constructing, maintaining and
| operating by electricity. compressed
air or animal power, Il street railroad
for public use, for street traffic for the
conveyance of persons and property.
The name of the company shall be
the Augusta & Waterville Railway.
The gauge of the road is feet, 81
! inches.
| The places cities and towns from
which, in which and 10 which the road
/ is to be constructed, maintained and
operated are from the point in the
city of Augusta where Bangor street
meets Cony street in a generally
northeasterly or nOrtherly direction in
and through said city of Augusta to
the town of Vassalboro, thence in and
| through the towns of Vassalboro and
WinsloW to and in the city of Wa
| terville.
The length Of the road, as nearly
as may be, will be 30 miles. The
amount of capital stock is 100000.
The number of shares of stock shall
be 1000.
| The directors certify that the entire
amount Of capital stock has been sub
I scribed in good faith by responsible
| parties, and . per cent. has been paid
| in cash to them. They further state
/ that it is intended in good faith to
construct, maintain and operate the
road.
The articles of association in the
| Augusta & Oakland Railway set forth
! that these same gentlemen desire to
/ construct a street railroad of stand
ard gauge from the point in Augusta
| where Water street meets Bond street
and running in generally northerly
direction in and through Augusta to
the town of Sidney and thence in and
! through the towns of Sidney and Bel
grade to ana in the town of Oak
| land. The length of the road will be
! - miles The capital stock is placed
at 100000
1t is the intention of the gentle
men concerned in these new projects
to push matters as soon as possible
and the chances are that next year
operations Will begin on one or both
of them.
The articles of associations when ap-
proved by the railroad commissioners
constitute Il charter for two years from
| The date of such approval, ana for 4
| longer period if any portion of the con-
/ struction has been begun. The Legis-
lature will not interfere with the oper-
| alton of the general railroad law in
7, this respect.
| The extension of the trolley system
| for urban and suburban travel is in
| creasing as rapidly in Maine as in any
section of the country, and Kenne
| bee county is showing as much en-
| tcrpriSe in this respect as any other
part Of the State. The Augusta, Gar
! diner g Winthrop system is as good
4 road as there is anywhere, and it's
successful and profitable operation
thus far encourages the gentlemen in
terested in the proposed roads above
mentioned to branch out still further in
| the attempt to make the city Of Au
gusta Il radial point for a chain of
| trolley lines covering every portion of
the county.
Both Of the proposed roads will tap
sections of Kennebec county not now
| supplied with railroad facilities and
their construction and operation can
not fail to rebound to the benefit of
the towns through which they are to
run ana above all to the advantage of
Augusta.
The people of Riverside and other
parts Of NaSSalbOro will then have an
opportunity to come to this city, dis
pose of their produce and return home
with goods from Augustus stores,