Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-19
THE LOCATION GRANTED.
Winslow Bridge Amply Able TO Ac
comodate Electric Road.

asked for3in the 'towngby the Augusta
81 Waterville road under such lcondi-
tions and regulations asSc they shall
deem necessary but this decision was
reached only after several hours of
discussion and elaboration.
The first thing take up was the re-
port of the committee which had been
appointed to investigate the bridge
question as thoroughly as possible.
This was read by Mr.. Paine of the
committee and was as follows:
Your committee appointed at a
meeting, held In December, 1902, to
consider the matter of the Ticonic
bridge and the Electric Railroad Com
pany desire to make the following re-
port:
"U) Your committee empowered
Mr.. John r. Cheney, assistant engineer
of the city Of Boston, who designed the
bridge, to make an investigation and
he reported to your committee that the
widening of the roadway of the bridge
is perfectly practible and safe to the
extend to giving a roadway Of is or
16 feet from the side of the car to the
inner edge Of the opposite sidewalk
and the making of said track very
strong with much higher railing and
his estimate Of the expense of widen
ing and strengthening the bridge is
5000.
."Of this $500 is q proper expense
for the towns to assume. being the re-
placing of the wooden floor system
which Is already more or less decayed
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have to be replaced, leaving the sum
of $500 to be assumed by the railroad
company. Your committee met the
representatives of the railroad COM
pany In two separate interviews and
the railroad company for the present
declines to assume this expense but
have proposed, in order to have the
matter properly adjusted, to assume
an outlay Of $4,000.
90 That the widening of the road
way of the Ticonic bridge to It's fullest
extent before cars enter upon it is a
very necessary thing to do and your
committee recommends that instruc-
lions be given to the municipal Of
ficers of Winslow not to grant per-
mission for electric cars to pass upon
this bridge without such widening.
"(3) Your committee also recon-
mends after very careful considera-
ton Of the matter that instructions be
given our municipal officers to give
their written approval of the proposed
route and location of the Augusta &
Waterville railroad from the town line
Of Vassalboro to the Ticonic bridge
road under such conditions and regula-
tons as they shall prescribe.
"(4.) And further your committee
recommends if the necessary widen
ing and Strengthening of Tieonic
bridge according to the. Recommended
lions and specifications of Mr.. Cheney
be done by the railroad company or in
any other manner without expense to
the town of Winslow other than their
proportionate expense of relaying the
floor system of the bridge that the mu-
nicipal officers be instructed to grant
written approval of the railroad COM
pany to lay their tracks on said bridge
under such conditions and regulations
as they shall prescribe.
.(Signed) GEORGE S. PAYNE,
ea CHARLES E. WARREN,
c. H. DRUMMOND.
Committee"
It will be seen from this report that
there Is difference between the town
of Winslow and the railroad of but
5000 In their propositions. This the
railroad has refused to pay and Wins
low is very unwilling to pay. OF the
estimate of 5000 made by Mr.. Cheney
as the cost of widening the bridge ac-
cording to his plans the committee
considered $500 a reasonable share
for Winslow and Waterville to pay,
each taking its share of this accord
ing to its share of the bridge and leav-
ms the remaining $3.50 for the rail-
road. The railroad is willing to pay
$500 of this, leaving the $2010. This
Is getting the question down to hard
pan all right and the 5000 will doubt
less be cared for all right in some way.
After this report had been heard
there was long and lively discussion
of the whole question but during it an
thare was but one man who expressed
himself as being opposed to allowing
the road to come at all. The others
were willing to have it come but want
ed to have things regulated and con-
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" hole question of the power and legal
rights of the railroad. the town and
the municipal officers was gone over
pretty thoroughly once more.
& During this part Of the discussion
the point was brought out that the
road could come anyhow if the pro-
motors saw fit to bring 1t and that it
would be better for the town to grant
the locations, making the best trade
possible. than it would be to refuse
and allow the whole thing to go to the
court for settlement 1t was ex-
planned that it might be better to have
the municipal officers regulate the
matter than to have 1t controlled by
commission that would be appointed
by the courtzs ~ aaeo1} S.
Finally OH motion of Mr. Warren, it
was voted to instructq thee municipal
officers to grant the location asked
the Vassalboro line across the
bridge and, to the sputherly
irse of the Ticonics bridge road underiI
suoh regulations and restFjctions as
IN shouId deem necessary. rIgBiGibaa |
The fourth Recommendation made by
The co.nn1ittes was then adopted and
passed In the form of a vote. 1t will !
De seen by these two votes that the |
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