Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-14
STATE HOUSE.
Petitions Received by the
R. R. Commissioners.
New Line to Connect n. N.
S. R. R. With Bangor.
Hearings Ordered BY the Commissioners.
Hearings Ordered by the COMMISSIONERS
Notes Of the Departments.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council,
Thursday, Nov. IS at 10 A. M.

Tho railroad commissioners received
a pctitiou. from the directors of the
! Bangor Terminal Railway Co., asking
Tor their approval Of the companys ar
ticIcS of association. and a hearing
! thereon has been ordered for Tuesday.
II oct 81. at 10 o'clock III the forenoon.
a; the Bangor House. in Bangor.
The proposed road is to be Il steam
railroad Of standard gauge. and is to
be constructed, maintained and operat-
cd from some point on the Northern
Maine Seaport Railroad. i'll the town o.
Hcrmon. i'll Penobscot county, between
| the Fuller road" so called. and the
junction of the Northern Maine Sea-
port Railroad with the Maine Central
| Railroad, thence III an eaStcrly dircc-
ton to some point in Bangor, i'll said
county. at or near Maplewood Park.
The length Of the proposed road is
six miles. and il is to be made wholly
through or into the town of Hermon
ana the city Of Bangor. The capital
| stock is $50. 00O. ana is divided into 800
shares Of 500 each.
The directors of the company are
Arthur Chaplin. LinwoOd {. Tyler Chas.
D. Stanford. Albert II. ThaXter and q.
Irving Rice, all of Bangor.
| A petition has also been received
fl ON the Rockland. Thomaston ami
| Camden Street Railway Co. asking
for permission to change the location of
| the Company'S track on the bridge
q ussing Goose river, i'll the town of
Rockport and to determine what alter
atoms and repairs shall be made upon
the bridge, to strengthen that struc-
ture.
Another petition. from the Auburn
and Turner Railroad Co, asks permits
| sion 10 connect with, use ana enter on
| that part of the tracks of the Lewis
| tom Bath and Brunswick Railway Co.
now located III the cities OF Lewiston
and Auburn. and a hearing on the petit
| ton has been ordered for Tuesday, oct.
"a ut 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to be
! held at the rooms of the board, at the
Capitol.
The company by which the petition
WAS presented. owns and is about to
| operate a street railway for the con-
vryancc of persons and property. from
a point in the town of Turner. to the
terminus at East Auburn. otherwise
| called Lake Grove. of the street rail-
| way of the Lewiston. Bath and Bruins
wick Street Railway Go.
| Hearings have been ordered by III" rail
road commissioners on several petitions,
as follows:
For a highway crossing over the Maine
Central at Brewer. Thursday. Oct S. ut
10 o'clock In the forenoon. At the office Of
the city clerk. in Brewer. For Somerset
Railway crossing of the Canadian Pacific
t'A,l,,. .dslt- l,st
=, az 10 o'clock in the forenoon. at the
rooms of the board at the capitol.
The commissioners of inland fisheries
ana game arc i'll receipt Of a new Speci
men to add to the already large cFlcc-
ton which now comprises the museum OF
the commissioners 1t is a mammoth
oyster shell from the Damariscotta river,
and was picked up from the bottom of
thu. river by a dredgc in August, just be-
low the bridge at Damariscotta. 1t IS
nine inches in length, and is the gift OF
Frederick ITamlcn of Augusta.
III Among those who were present at
the meeting Of the Governor and Coun-
Gil yesterday, was ChaS II. Baker OF
| Portland secretary Of the board OF
ovcrscers Of the poor. MIR. Baker is 10
years of age, and has held the position
which he now fills for the past 81
years. His object for coming TO Au-
gusta yesterday. was to announce to
Governor Cobb that he should close the
: term Of his service this year. Mr..
Baker is a fine old gentleman. and the
length Of his term Of service is a trib-
lutte to his faithfulncss in that capacity.
The following corporations have hl"o
| their certificates Of organization at the
| office OF the Secretary of State:
The Heath Co. organized at Kit
: | tory for the purpose of buying and deal
ing III farm products. fertilizers machin
cry. tools and merchandise. with Sl0r
| capital stock. OF which nothing is paid in
Officers: President, Horace Mitchell OF
| kittcry: treasurer, S. ]. Morrison o.
| Portsmouth. y. II. Certificate approved
| | Oct TO- 1905.
The Brocksvillc Lumber Co. organized
at Brooksvlle, for the purpose of buying
and selling timber lands. and manufac
turing and dealing in lumber. with &i0GH
| capital stock OF which $500 is paid in
| Officers: President. Oscar Z. Taplcy 81
Soutnc Brooksville: treasurer. James S
+ | Condor of South BrooksVillc. Certificate
| apprDvpd Oct g. 1905