Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-05
To the Honorable Board of Railroad
Commissioners

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To the Honorable Board of Railroad
| commissioners
Respectfully represents the Augusta anf
IWatarvllle Railway, a street railroad cor.
Iporation organized under the general laws
lof the State that it has been duly author.
lied By your Honorable Board to con-
struct street railroad from the inter.
| section of Rangor and Cony Streets in
| Augusta to the eaSterly terminus of tho
Ticonic Bridge In the town of Winslow
and 1t is now lawfully engaged in con-
structing the same.
| Your petitioner further represents that
1t desires to extend. construct. maintain
and operate it's road to and into the City
of Natervillc and it files this petition foI
authority therefor under the general laws
The following is the description Of the
center line OF its proposed route and To-
| cation with It's courses, distances and
| boundaries:
| LOCATION IN WINSLOw.
Beginning at the easterly cnd of the
highway bridge across the Kennebec
River between Winslow and Waterville at
| a point six inches sOutherly from the
center of the northerly truss OF said
bridge, said point being marked station
zero mj on the plan: thence n. seventy :
one degrees and fifty minutes Gl'-5O)
two hundred and sixty five t265l feet to
| station two plus siNty-five C165,, saId
| station being in the boundary line ne
tween the Town of Winslow and the City
/ of Watervilc.
| LOCATION IN WATERVILLE.
| Beginning at point on the boundary boundary
| line between Winslow and WaterViiL't,
said point being six inches s9 tr'ns of
the highway bridge across the kci,neGnc
| River between Wipslow and WaterNia,ie
81 on the plan: thence N. seventy,one de- h,;
| Srees and fifty minutes G1o-S1r W. an"
| parallel to said nOrtherly truss one nun
dred and ninety-tve Gs'l 1eea 10 o., s;,''i re-.
verse curve to the LETT and rlslit OF Two
| hundred and forty-fve (24?) feet RADIUS
| seventy CO feet to station 1lvn pins
| thirty 81 800. said station being fve 20
| feet and six i6) inches soutbery from the
center Of the northerly truss ana lt tne
westerly end of said bridge. thence n
scventyone degrees and % minutes ~
500 w one hundred and seVenty-nlne
17) feet to station sever plus nine o.
81: thence by curve 10 the r1ght or sixty
(tM feet radius one hundred and eighteen
seven 'S+a@O. thence N. forty lone degrees
an F. one hundred and eighty-two QS2l
feet to station ten plus nine GOLD: thence
by curve to the left of two hundred
(20N) feet radius siXty-five (65) feet to sta
tion ten plus seventy four Q0r1D. said
station being in the center of Front
Street: thence n. twenty-five degrees and
ten minutes (22'-1oO f. by the center OF
said Front Street four hundred and forty
seven (440 feet tn station fifteen plus
twenty-one Q5+2D; thence BY curve to
dius one hundred and four 900 feet to
station sixteen plus twenty-five DC +25,.
said station being in the center Of Front
ntes ' 5"5lS1 'Eeh 6v tie center t of of
said Front Street two hundred and
eightv-three (2S@) feet to station nine
teen plus eight 49, 81: thence b. Il curve
to the left of fifty 600 feet radius eighty
ciy (Sfl feet n t1tinn nineteen n1IIS nine
ty-fcur G9t9i). said station being in the
center of Temple street; thence n. se"-
40 w. by the center OF said Temple
street three hundred and seventy-three
(273, feet to station twenty-three plus
sixty-seven C3 60, said station being on
beginnlng at station seven plus nine 90
on Bridge street: thence N. siXty-nine de-
grees and fifty minutes. (69o-5o) W. and
parallel to the southerly line of said
03.) feet to the easterly line of South
Main street to station one plus thirty
two Ql22).
The width of the foregoing location
where the same is upon streets. roads or
ways il five 90 feet on each side of said
center line. and where said location is
outside of the limits of streets. roads or
ways. tho width thereof Is ten QW feet
on each side of said center line.
That portion of said line from station
seven plus seventy-seven a 40 to station
the Lockwood Company and outsidc of
the limits of any street, road or way.
Your petitioner further represents that
public convenience requires the COnStruc-
ton of such road and that wherever the
foregoing location is outside of the limits
of any street, road or way. it is imprac-
ticahle to locate the said railroad within
the limits of said streets. roads or ways.
Your petitioner files herewith a map
Of the proposed route on an appropriate
seal" with a written approval of the pro- [
posed rOEte and location az to streets
roads and ways. of the municipal off
GERS Of the cities and towns in which
said railroad is to he constructed in whole
or in part and a report and estimate pre-
pared by John A. Jones. skilful engi-
necr.
Your petitioner respectfully prays that
your honorable Board will, upon pre-
seutotion of this petition, appoint a day
for hearing thereon. and that Your petit
TONER may give such notice thereof as
your Honorable Board dccns reasonable
and proper in order that all persons in
tere9tcd may have an opportunity to ap-
such notice and hearing that your Hon
oral l" Board will approve such location
subject to the provisions of section twelve
Of chapter fftythrce of the Revised
Statutes and will determine that public
requires the construction of
locate said railroad within the limits Of
streets. roads or ways and make a GER
tifiCat" of your determinations hereunder
IN writing. with such other orders and
decr"es rs the law may require.
Dated this twenty sixth day of July, A. |
n. 1907
AUGUSTA AND wATERvILLE RAIL-
HEATH & ANDREWS.
Its Attorneys.