Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-18
STATE HOUSE.
Commissioners Approve Over
head Crossing at Detroit
Gov. Hill Will Witness the Yacht
Races.
Big Log Cut Next Winter-New Cor
porations.

A decision of much Importance was
announced by the railroad commas
sioners on Monday. II is upon the
petition of the Maine Central railroad
asking for the right to eliminate lhe
grade crossing near the roads paSSeh-
ger station in the town of Detroit, by
raising the grade OF the public high
way at that point, so that it snail
cross the tracks of the company on a
bridge In their decision, which APP
proves of the change of the commis-
sioners say:
we therefore decree that sad way
may be raised so as to give a fCll
headrOom of tWenty-Onc feet uhdef
the bridge to be hereafter constructed
for said way over said railroad. Ihe
grade of said railroad at this point to
be lowered fourteen feet below the
grade of the railroad as originally
constructed. Said bridge shall be con-
structed of hard pine, with roadway
twenty feet wide, and upon aDutmcntS
of good masonry. The nOrtherly abut-
mcnt shall be on the land or right of
way of the Maine Central railroad. The
sOuthcrly abutment shall be outside
of the right of way of the Maine Cen
tral Railroad Company, and in the To-
cation of the present public way far
enough to give a good bearing for the
bridge, which shall be at least one
hundred feet long, according to the
plans, specifications and blue prints
hereby approved. The bridge and
abutments shall be constructed 50 as
to be satisfactory to the board of rail-
road commissioners.
eve make no apportionment of the
expense of said bridge and crossing
within the limits of said railroad.
We Determine and decree that the said
railroad eompany~shall pay the entire
expense of said bridge within it's own
limits, and shall pay all the expense of
the southerly abutment.
I'VE further decree that the town of
Detroit shall raise the grade of the way
at each end of said bridge, so as to
make said way rat grade with said
bridge. We decree that the approach to
said bridgeet the northerly end shall
belevel frodfa sa3al bridge out until it
meets the ssra6e of the way as now
constructed. We decree and order that
the approach TO the said bridge at the
southaffg end shall not be sleeper than
eiShts@Per cent out from said bridge
pntiEW meets the grade of the way as
RECONSTRUCTED. All of said grading
sh8ll be done so as to be satisfactory to
4Re board of Railroad Commissioners.
The Maine Central Railroad Com
pany shall give to the Municipal Off
GERS of the town of Detroit at least
thirty days notice in writing of the
time when said bridge is to be ready
for public travel, and if the town of
Detroit shall refuse or neglect to raise
the grade Of said way as hereby or
dered and decrecd within thirty days
after said notice is given. then the
Maine Central Railroad Company is
hereby authorized to raise the grade of
S1id way, as hereby deCreed and or
dcrcd, at the expense of the said town
of Detroit. and may recover the amount
of the expense of raising said grade
from said town of Detroit"
The Maine Central has had a crew at
work all through the present summer
making the change in its road bed, so
that it will be but n short time, now.
when the new conditions will exist at
the crossing.