Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-24
To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com
missioners Of the State of Maine:-

To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com
missoners Of the State of Maine
The Watervile and Oakland Street
Railway. corporation orsanlzca unuer
the general laws of the State of Maine
represents that its location
within the city of Watervllle and the town
of Oakland has been approved as required
by law by your Honorable Board and
copy thereof, together with the plan re-
CURED by law. is now OF, file at the Office
OF your Honorable Board
Your petitioner respectfully represents
that public convenience requires a Nafia-
ton from its aforesaid location as 50
fixed and approved by your Honorable
Board within said Watervile and Oak
land. Your petitioner further represents
that no variation is required or prayed
for in said location as to the streets, roads
or ways within said Waterviilc and said
Oakland. 1t prays for an approval only
of the courses and distances OF said loca'
ton as now built. Your petitioner AYERS
that public convenience requires that the
courses and distances of said location
within said Watcrvlle and said Oakland
should be so changed by your Honorable
Board that wherever said location is now
built, it should be approved after hearing
of interested parties. WHEREFORE, In
as much as the determination of the
courses and distances and boundaries is,
by law, left to the determination Of your
Honorable Beard so that the precise To-
cation OF the rails between the side lines
of the streets, roads or ways are to be by
YOU finally determined and in as much as
the decree of your Honorable Board, now
in force. is not satisfactory to the people
of said towns, and as your petitioner be-
lievcs that public convenience requires Il
changing of said location. so far as the
streets, roads and ways in said town are
concerned, within and only within the
side lines thereof, your petitioner re-
spectfuly prays that after due notice
and hearing you will order such variation
in the location in the street, roads and
ways as now fixed, as in your judgment
public convenience may require.
| Your petitioner further represents that
50 far as its said line is outside of the
| limits of any street, road or way, public
| convenience also requires a variation
| from the location as now fixed and APP
proved by your Honorable Board within
said Waterville and said Oakland, and
| your petitioner AYERS that public convent
| ence requires that all the courses and
distances and boundaries of said location
within said Watcrville and said Oakland
outside of the limits of the streets. roads
and ways. should he so changed by your
| Honorable Board that wherever said To-
cation is now built. it shall be approve, 4
after hearing of all interested parties. ana
| your petitioner further AYERS that in so
building outside of the limits of streets,
roads and ways or upon priVa tie lands, it
! has first secured the consent OF the owners
| thereof. Wherefore, in as much as the
determination of the road to build out :
side of the limits of any street. road or
way by reason of its appearing to be i'm
practicable to locate such railway within
the limits of said streets: roads or ways,
is left by law to the determination OF
your Honorable Board, and as your ret
TONER believes that public convenience re-
quircS Il changing of its location so far as
the same is outside of the limits of streets,
roads or ways, your petitioner respect
fully prayS that after due notice and hear.
ing you will also order such variation in
the location outside of the limits Of roads,
streets or ways as now fixed, as in your
Judgment public convenience may re-
quire.
Your petitioner respectfully represents
| that the variation from it's aforesaid To-
cation as now fixed and approved by you
| is as follows:
Beginning in the Westerly line of Main
| Street ana in the center of Temple Street,
: at q point designated as Station 0.
| Thence by a tangent North seventy
seven degrees tWentY-sevcn minutes West
| On. ~ q WD six hundred and two and
| SlXty-fVc one hundrcdthS (G02 65) feet to
station g. OF. G5 =. c.; thence by curve
to left. Radius one hundred (1OW feet
one hundred geo feet to station TOP 60
t. - thence by tangent South forty
two degrees thirty-five minutes West
| IS. 42' 35 WI eleven hundred and forty
SIN and 1--WE one hundredthS Q1460J) feet
to station 1St4S.70 p. c. Thence by a
curve to right. Radius seventy-seven and
eight tenths as feet ninety four and
five tenths C4.5) feet to station 1913 20 p.
r.; thence by tangent North sixty-one de-
grees fifty minutes West On. Sc 5V W.
nine hundred and seventy-SiX and thirty
one one hundredths (976.3D feet to sta
ton +l93l 2. G. Thence by curve to
left Radius fifty-seven hundred ana
tWenty-nine and sixty-f1ve one hundredths
t5I296o) feet two hundred and twenty t220)
feet to station ?l--3951 p. r.: thence by
i tangent North sixty-four degrees two
minutes West On. 64' co. W. one hundred
and four and seventy-three one hun
dredths QO4.f3) feet to station - I4.4 Z.
! IL. Thence by curve to left Radius four
teen hundred and thirty-two and sixty
nine one hundredtns C432.69) feet two
| hundred and thirty-three and twenty-five
one hundredths (23325) feet to station
i 81 H49 r T. Thence by tangent North
seventy-three degrees TWENTY-FIVE minutes
| west tN. ~ % W) two hundred ana
eighty-one and twenty-nine one hum
dredths t2Sl.29) feet to station 37+5S7S P.
:. Ihence by curve to right. Radius one
hundred ana forty and fifty seven one
hundredths q40.5O feet, thirty-nine and
| seventy one hundredths (39 7W feet to sta
ton S1+84S p. T. Thence by tangent
M MI N Hfty y eN, degrees ten minutes
and seventy-four one hundredths 005. "a
feet to station 39+04.22 p. C. Thence by
curve to right. Radius two hundred and
| L 10y ana slxty-four one hundredths
o .1od,ot1 deet, one hundred and sixty-two
ana two one hundredths Q62.O2) feet to
STATION 4o+65.24 p. T. Thence by tangent
Is Ten degrees forty-eight minutes
t Mest ". ~. AZ W.l two hundred and
q Ieet (239 ft) to station IS O.. "A
Z =. Ihence by a curve to the left.
Radlus Two hundred and thirty-eight and
seEenty-nVe one hundredths OBS 75) feet,
elshty-h IN and thirty-four one hun
n Tr t9s."n feet to station 43+94.5S p. T.
| IneIlce by tangent North thirty-two de-
grees fifteen minutes West IN. go u, W.,
hfty-hVe and seventy-six one hundredths