Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-16
To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com

missioners:
The undersigned a majority of the Di-
rectors OF the Eustis Railroad Company.
a railroad corporation organized under the
general laws of this state for the purpose
OF constructing. maintaining and operat-
ing q railroad for public use i'm tLe con
Veyance of all persons and property with
in the state, respectfully represents:
That its Articles of Association have
! Honorable Board.
| That its location in Dallas Plantation.
Lang Plantation, Copin Plantation and
Redington township, in Franklin County
| has been duly approved by your Honor
| able Board. and is now on file
That its road has been nearly completed
N accordance with the foregoing location
ana under DEGREES OF your Honorable
| That the said Company desires to extend
| Its road to other points or places and
| therefore respectfully files this petition
| therefor.
The gauge of the proposed extension is
| two feet.
The places from which and to which
the extension of said road is to be con-
structed. maintained and operated are
Coplin Plantation and the town of Eustis
Inc length of the road as nearly as may
be, will be six miles.
The name of each town and county in
the state through which or into which
said railroad is to be made is as follows:
The Plantation of Coplin and the town of
EustiA all in Franklin County.
The Toad rs aforesaid is to be extended
from point IN Coplin Plantation near the
farm ofsIs-N.. Green at Station 537 on its
present apEqONed location, thence to a
point III Stratton Village in the town of
Eustis near stAe Novelty Mill.
The amountsof capital stock of said cor
20 poratIon was ~ the Articles thereof
since the approval of said Articles of AS
socistion the said corporation has by vote
sineneased' its capital stock to the extent
Of Eighteen Thousand Dollars tSlS,OOW, SO
that said capital stock is now SiXty-six
thousand dollars; t$66000) said increase of
Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($1S,000) being
at athe rate of Three Thousand Dollars
(ss,seo, mile for said proposed extension.
That the said increase of capital stock
of Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($lSO0W has
p n fH AND and in s9 peI
cent. paid thereon in cash to the Treas
uler of said Corporal ton
Your petitioner files herewith a map of
the said proposed extension on an appro-
pirate scale.
That public convenience requires the
construction of the foregoing extension.
a dayTfor asheafins hereon and that no
tice thereof as you may deem reasonable
and proper may be given and that after
ton sefticste thaif the pp provisi E ns offs
law have been comphed with, that public
cg54yenience requires the construction OF
SAID railroad. and that you will thereupon
issue such decree as the law and evidence
Haay require
FLETCHER POPE,
Y Phillips, Me.
HARRY B. AUSTIN,
Phillips. Me.
Phillips, Me.
We. the undersigned, Fletcher. Pope.
Harry &. Austin. and Sidney G. IIalss. q
being majority of, the Directors of the%S
sEastis Railroad Company, on oath de-
pose and say that the statements in the
foregoing application are true. and that
The sum of Eighteen Thousand Dollars
ts1s00W the same being the increased
amount of the capital stock of the said
Company, has been in good faith sub
scribed by responsible persons, and that
i've per cent thereof has been paid in
in cash to the Treasurer of said Corpora
ton, and further. that it is intended in
good faith to construct maintain and
operate the extension mentioned in the
foregoing petition. and this affidavit they
make by endorsing the same on said writ
ten applica ton as required by the general
laws of the State of Maine.
Dated this Second day of October, A. d.
1893. &fry
FLETCHER POPE,
Phillips Me.
HARRY B. AUSTIN.
SIDNEY G. HALEY,
Phillips, Me.
STATE OF MAINE, ,o,a
Personally appeared Fletcher Pope
Harry 3. Austin, and Sidney G. Haley.
and made oath to the foregoing state
ments by them subscribed as true.
Before me,
d. F. FIELD,
Justice of the Peace
Upon 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 in the Daily kennebec
Journal. a newspaper published at Au-
guSta in the County of Kennebec, the first
publication in said paper to be at least
five days before Wednesday. the twenty
first day of October. A. D. 1908. on which
day the Board of Railroad Commissioners
will be in session at the passenger sta
tiGn of the Sandy River Railroad at
Phillips, Maine. at nine O'Clock in the
forenoon. for the purposes indicated in
said petition.
Said petitioner shall send copies of the
foregoing petition and this order to the
Municipal Officers of the town of Eustis,
and the County Commissioners of Frank
lin County.
JOSEPH 3. PEAKS. Chairman,
For the Board of Railroad Commissioners
of Maine.
Dated this Eighth day of October, A. d.
A true copy.
Attest: FRANCIS C. PEAKS
Asst. Clerk
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