Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
He Has the Largest Stock In
Maine.
To the Honorable Board OF Railroad
COmmis siOners:-

The FAIRFIELD & SHAWMUT RAIL-
WAY respectfully epresents that it is Il
corporation organized under Chapter 2fS
Of the Public Laws of 1893 and acts addi-
tional thereto and amendatory thereon
and that ii desires to begin the cOnstruc-
tion OF its road when your Honorable
Board shall approve the same as required
by law.
Your petitioner herewith presents to
your Honorable Board a petition for the
approval OF its location, defining its
courses distances and boundaries, ac-
companied with Il map of the proposed
route on an appropriate scale. with IL
written approval Of the proposed route
and location as to streets, roads or ways
by the municipal officers of the town of
Fairfield in which said railway is to be
wholly constructed, and with n report
and estimate prepared by John A. Jones,
a skillful engineer.
LOCATION OF THE FAIRFIELD &
SHAWMCT RAILWAY.
Beginning at 4 spike driven at the in
tersection of the center line of the Wa
terville and Fairfield Railway. and the
center line of the Benton and Fairfield
Railway, said spike being numbered
station 0 on the map of location:
thence The, northerly rth BY curve 70 the
station $50; thence \. 8 50 L,
907 feet to station 12+97; thence by IL
curve to the right of 1000 feet radius Ar;
feet to station IL; thence n. PC go Il. SoS
feet to station 2542s; thence by n curve
to the left of 1000 feet radius 139 feet to
station 2t+6t; thence n. 22o so f. $50 feet
left of soc feet radius 29s feet to station
3'1i5; thence n. Il L. 951 feet to station
46- 81; thence by q curve to the left of o0Vo
feet radius 1876 feet to station 4S+g2;
thence n 4 w. Al feet to station 53-+19
thence by curve to the left OF $50 feet
radius PAS feet to station 56--l1;
thence by a curve to the right
Of SO feet radius, 59t feet to sta
right of 100 feet radius 2ss feet to sta
ton Co. 8; thence by d curve 10 the lett
of 1870 feet radius rs ieet 10 station 6S-.
thence n. 19' so F.. J.J feet to station
1StS; thence by curve to the right of
1000 feet radius 81. feet to station Il -:
thence n. 80 90 +. 9o5 feet to station
Sc 81; thence by n curve to the right Of
1000 feet radius 19S feet to station Ss+-5a;
then2e n. i2o f. 24l3 feet to station 11a--
f5; thence by a curve to the left of ZOO
feet radius Ia feet to station 1li+S9;
thence n. So f. SIS feet 10 station 11a-5,a;
thence by 4 curve to the left of 40 feet
radius lis feet to station 1e1 80; thence n.
1S0 +. 130 feet TO station 1s.L6O; all thu.
above tangsnts are parallel to and about
16 feet from the Easterly line OF Main
street on the River Road. so called.
Thence by a curve to the right of 100
feet radius s. feet 10 station l22A97 said
Easterly line of the new road to Shawmut
Village.
Thence n. 4So 3O' f. and parallel to tho
Easterly line of said New Road 1909 feet
to station 1:3-6; thence by a curve to the
left of 200 feet radius go feet to station
13S- Sc: thence n. IS A. +. 80 feet to sta
ton 14i- 4G; thence by a curve to the left
of 200 feet radius 40 feet to station 14Sr-
sc; said station being 10 feet westerly
from the EaSterly line of the New Road:
thence n. - w. and parallel to the East
erly line of said New Road 499 feet to sta
tion 13 IS; thence by a curve to the right
an Fpa lice.
said station being Is feet southcrly from
a row OF trees standing on the Norther-
ly side of Main street in Shawmut Viii
lage; thence ~ So +. and parallel to
said row of trees gu feet to station 1Gl +
G3;
The said line so described is the CEN
ter line Of said location, and such location
has upon the streets. roads and ways
therein described Il width and boundary
of five 60 feet on each side Of said center
line.
That public convenience requires the
construction of SAID road. Wherefore
your petitioner prays that this Honorable
Board will appoint a day for hearing on
this petition and that after such notice
thereof shall be given by your petitioner
as your Honorable Board deems reason
able and proper. and after hearing you
Will approve such location and will then
determine whether public convenience re-
quires the construction of such road
Dated at Fairfield this Seventh day OF
February. A. d. 1906
FAIRFIELD & SHAWMUT RAILWAY,
BY Amos F.. Gerald, President.
On the foregoing Petition,
ORDERED: That the petitioner cause
70 be published a true copy Of said pc
utio!i, and this order of notice thereon,
three days successfully in the Daily Ken
neDcc journal, n newspaper published at
Augusta. in the County of Kennebec the
ilrst publication in said paper to be at
least five days before FRIDAY, the 23d
day of FEBRUARY, A. d. 1906 on which
day the Board of Railroad Commissioners
Will be in session at the HOTEL GER
AID in FAIRFIELD at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon for the purposes indicated in
said petition. Said petitioner shall send
copies of the foregoing petition and order
to the Municipal Officers of the Town of
Fairfield, and to Mr.. Geo. +. Evans. Cen
eral Manager Of the Maine Central Rail-
road at Portland, Maine, five days at
least before the date of said hearing
]. r. PEAKS Chairman,
For the Board of Railroad Commission
ers Of Maine
Dated this sixteenth day Of February.
A. D. 1906.