The Republican journal., 1908-01-09
To the County Commissioners of the County
of Waldo, State of Maine:

| Respectfully represents the Northern Maine
| Seaport Railroad Company, a railroad corpora
Ulon duly established and existing under the laws
of id State that the line of its railroad has been
| duly approved by the railroad commissioners OF
said State, and that on the sth day OF March A
ID. 1905 your petitioner filed with the Clerk OF the
| Court of the County Commissioners OF SAID waldo
county, the plan of location OF It's SAID railroad,
| defining the courses, distances and boundaries,
and another copy OF the same with the Board OF
| Railroad Comm, Sl0nerS, as lequred by law.
That your petitioner has thereby located and
has taken by the exercise of the right of eminent
domain, certaln led! estate described as follows,
| to wit:
srrp of land in the town of searsport county
| of " aldo and State of Maine, SiNty-slX (b6) feet
wide, being thirty three $3.50 feet on each side OF
the center line, said center line beng described
| as follows
Beginning at point on the east line OF the
| homestead of the late r. f. Pendeton, where the
| center line OF the Northern Name Seaport Rail-
road. as approved by the Railroad Commission
ers rnterects said line at Station l29Xs63 OF the
said location of SAID railroad; said point being 5.
| 32o so L. twenty hundred forty-nine (2C49) feet
more or less distant from the southerly side of
| the maln road leading easterly to stockton w.
! of nine hundred fifty five (955) feet, thirty ana
seven-lenths QUO feet more or less, TO station
, 73oxl6 +. c.; thence S. 43o ~ W. two thousand
and thirty four (2o34) feet to Station 75Ox5O b. C.
! thence on a curve to the right with a radius OF
1857 feet tyseven 90 feet. more or less. to the
| westerly line of said homestead lot at station
| 75lXU7 OF said railroad location
Said strip of land contains three and twenty
one hundredths g ~ acres. more or less
The names of the owners OF said real estate
| are Rachel NJ. Pendeton during her life, and at
| her decease B. f. z. Nichols and "innlfred Mich
OILS during their lives, and at their decease the
| then living issue of said b. F p. Nichols and
| Winnifred Nichols, or either of them, if but one
| have issue, in equal shares to have and to hold
to them and Their heirs and assigns foIeyer II
die without issue. then at their decease the title
to said real estate passes to the u descend nd
ants of Frank |. PendletOn and y. r. ColcOro. the
| rs pf pap ia
| Your petitioner being unable 20 agree with tine
owners OF said property as to the damages II any,
taking, petitions within three years after filing
! sa,d location yOur honorable board to assess the
! damages as aforesaid, if any. that said owners
have sustained by reason of the taking azores aid,
| and to appoint time and place for hearing
! thereof, and notify the said owners and your
petitioner thereof and all other persons and cor
porationS interested therein, pursuant TO the pro-
vision OF the statutes IN such case made and pro-
| vided.
| Dated this 18th day of December A. D. 1907.
NORTHERN MAINE SEAPORT
RAILROAD COMPANY,
| By FRANKLIN W. CRAM,
Its President.
STATE OF MAINE.
WALDO SIS. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
December Term, A. D. 1907
On the foregoing petition, Ordered That t the
House in SearSport, in said county, on Tues
day, the fourth day of February next, at
| 10 O'Clock A. NJ; and thence proceed to view
Immediately after which, at some convenient
place in the vicinity hearing of the parties and
their witnesses will be had and such further
measures taken in the premises as the Commits
sioners shall judge proper. And it is further
Ordered That notice of the time, place and pgr-
poses of the Commissioners meeting aforesaid be
eiven to all persons and corporations interested
by publishing an attested copy of said petition,
with this order thereon, Two weeks successfully
in The Republican Journal, public neWspa-
ton to be fourteen days before the time appoint
ed for said view, that all may appear and be
heard if they think proper
Attest: iLESTCN WADLIN, Clerk.
Copy of Petite III and Order of Court.
Attest: TILESTON WADLIN, Clerk