Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-11
70 the Honorable Board of Railroad
Commissioners OF tho State Of Maine

70 the Honorable Board Of Railroad
Commissioners OF the State Of Maine.
The Somerset Railway Company, a Cor
est It Msins Tase ta ana laws Ss Of
its principal place OF business at City OF
| Portland in the County Of Cumberland.
and State aforesaid, respectfully repre-
That It owns and operates a line Of rail-
way running from the town Of Oakland
in the County of Kennebec to Klneo Sta
t t,o OF Somerset ali in the State aforesaid;
| That your petitioner deems 1t necessary
and expedient for the safe and con-
venient operation OF its SAID railway to
railway in Sapling Township for the 2ur-
pose of avoiding the deep bog under the
present track. so that the main track
Shall deyiate from it's present location.
The center line of the proposed change
in location commences at a stake called
station 0 in the center Of the track at a
lion of the Somerset Railway as record
ed in the Office OF the County Commits
sioners OF Somerset County. Book 9. Page
Curve en-. to the right Of 2ss49 feet radius, a
distance Of 1850 feet to stake at Sta
ton 1880 thence On a tangent bearing
North 65soG East distance OF l2355 feet
curve to the left of 1901 feet radius.
distance Of 2o64 feet to stake at station
4e+4s5. thence on a tangent bearing
|
to a stake at Station 65+-2s,
The last mentioned point is in the CEN
ter Of the present track and Is at a point
called 4sSt so2 of the location OF the Som,
Of County Commissioners OF somerset
County. Book 9, Page 1871.
This location Is to cover si M,a' nf q IL
| center line above described. but SO much
Of the original location as lies between
Station 1712455 and Station 46s+N.2- Is not
completed ard in operation on the new
location and the rails and bridges renov-
ed from said original location
plan of an appropriate scale: and profile
p p the relative scales of profile paper in
co co.. use dated April. 1905. signed by
Thee l. Dunn CHIEF Ens1 ~ the s somer
set Railway and the new Iocatlon covered
by said proposed change. ..
Your petitioner further represents senss that mat
said new location does not cross any
highway or town way:
Wherefore your petitioner requests your
Honorable Board to approve the said
change in location Of said Railway To- be
made under the directions of your Hon
orable Board and further requests your
Honorable Board to consent mt. , that Its its
Oakland and said Kineo Station may
deviata from the track originally built
and he run over the track constructed
upon the new or changed location herein
Dated at Portland. Maine. April %: 1908,
SOMERSET RAILWAY COMPANY,
bv MORRIS MCDONALD
Vice President.
FORREST GOODWIN,
Attorney for Petitioner.
On the foregoing Petition:
| ORDERED: That the petitioner cause
to be published a true copy Of said petit
ton. and this order of notice thereon
three DAYS successfully in the Daily Ken
nebec Journal, newspaper published at
| Augusta. in the county of kennebec, the
first publication in said paper Z he at
least four days before WEDNESDAY.
the 18th day of MAY. A. D. 1908, on which
dav the Board of Railroad Commissioners
viii be If; session at Their office in Az
gusta 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 Newhan
E. Gibson of Fairfield. Maine, before the
date If said hearing
]. b. PEAKS, Chairman,
For the Board of Railroad Commissioners
of MaineA ,
1906
4 Attest test eopS' E. c. HARRINGTON.
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