Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-22
Decision Rendered by
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erATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
N.xt Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, Nov. 10, at 10 A. NJ.

announcement was made at the Of
6ce of the Board of Railroad Commits
sioners Thursday that decision had
been rendered which decreed that the
grade of Pitt street in the city OF
portland shall be changed The de-
cision is consequent upon the filing OF
petition by the municipal officers of
the city of Portland asking for d
change of grade and representllng't hat
the grade at which Pitt street crosses
the location of the Worcester division,
so-called, of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road between Forest avenue and Oak
dale avenue, as now existing, is UNI
reasonable and inconvenient for tray
elers using the same as highway and
Is unnecessary for the protection OF
life and property by reason of changes
in the manner Of operating railroads
since the establishment OF the grade.
and that public convenience requires
that the grade Of said street at said
railroad location be changed. The pc
titOn was in accordance with Chapter
TT Of the Private and Special Laws
of Maine for 1909 and entitled AN Act
authorizing a change of grade of Pitt
street in the city of Portland" The
decision of the commissioners says in
part az follows:
This proceeding is under chapter
III of the Private & Special Laws Of
the State Of Maine for the year 1909.
"This matter has been before the
courts and the Board of Railroad Com
missioncrs and the Legislature, in
different forms, for many years. and
never has been settled satisfactorily
as it seems. to the municipal officers
of the city of Portland, to the people
of Portland and to the railroad com
pany and we fear it never can be set
tied satisfactorily to all.
1.-THE location of Pitt street is pecul
lar. It is too low for q sufficient over
head bridg" with twenty feet head
room, and IL is too high for a grade
crossing.
"Whatcver is done by the railroad
commissioners viii not hc satisfactory
to som" of the interests. We must
therefore do the best we can with IT.
and under the statute above quoted
we have authority to fix the grade of
said street and the height Of said
bridge
1--WE believe that a sidewalk at least
five feet wide should he built upon one
side of said bridge. and that the city
OF Portland and the railroad company
should make provision therefor. We
DO not think We have authority to or
der 1t done.
I'VE therefore make decree: that
the grade of said Pitt street shall be
I
cred Sc as to be sixteen and one-half
feet in the clear abov" the rails of tn"
Boston and Maine Railroad: that all
the work within the limits of said
railroad location shall be done at the
expense of the Boston and Maine Rail
road: that all the work outside the
limits of said railroad location shall
be raid for bv said city: that there
shall be a uniform grade from the line
of Forest avenue to the bridge. All
the street. including the bridge with
In the location of the Boston and
Maine Railroad shall be hereafter
maintained and kept in repair by the
Boston and Maine Railroad
"The Fridge and approaches shall be
constructed to the satisfaction of the
Board of Railroad Commissioners. SO
that the same shall be safe and con-
venient for all ordinary traffic on
said street"