Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14

To the Honorable Railroad Commission

To the Honorable Railroad Commission
ers OF the State of Maine:
The Maine Central Railroad Company,
corporation established under the laws
of the State of Maine. located and having
its principal place of business at city Of
Portland in the County of Cumberland
and State aforesaid, respectfully repre-
Sents,
That it owns and operates a railroad
running between the City of Watervlle
in the County Of kennebec and the city
. of Portland In the County Of Cumberland.
all in the State aforesaid. said railroad
having been built between Danville juno
tion Station and Cumberland junction
Station, under the provisions OF Chapter
"a Of the laws of the State of Maine of
1867, approved February -, 1867.
That your petitioner deems II necessary
lent operation of its railroad to make a
change in the location of said railroad in
the towns of North Yarmouth and Var
mouth in said County of Cumberland
ment and gradients of the railroad 80
that the main track shall dcviate from its
present location.
The centre line of the proposed change
in location commences in said North Var
mouth at stake called station o in the
centre of the main track at point called
Station 51StS0.7 of the location of Maine
Central Railroad extension as recorded
in the Office of County Commissioners of
Cumberland County. Volume |. Page So;
running thence Southeastwardlv, on
curve to the left of 1913 feet radius.
distance Of 2s4s.7 feet to stake at sta
tion 2S+4S.1: thence on tangent, bearing
South J6' East. a distance of s090.1 feet
to a stake at Station 10s+7Ss; thence on
curve to the right of 2S2 feet radius. a
distance of 263l feet to u stake at Station
1Ss-rs.S; thence on tangent, bearing
South 9'46l-' West. distance of 16a4.4
feet 10 a stake at Station 503 Ca, thence
on curve to the right of 2S54.9 feet ra-
dius. distance OF 211s.2 feet TO stake
at Station 23e+Ti.J; thence on IA tangent
bearing South 63 u West. u distance of
59.l feet to Il stake at Station 3Si 4-:...l.4:
thence on q curve 10 the right of 1856
feet radius. u distance of l2t4 feet to
stake at station a332 +51.S in the centre of
the west bound main track of Maine Gem
trail Railroad Company. formerly Ken
pebec and Portland Railroad Company,
1i4s feet Eastwardy from mile post thir-
teen, being about two and one-quarter
miles eastwardly from Cumberland JUNG
tioB Station.
The above described centre line passes
into town of Yarmouth at Station 26s IA,
into town of North Yarmouth at station
s0+S5.S. into town OF Yarmouth at Sta
tion ess-t73. into town of North Yarmouth
at Station 30+13 and into town of Var
Mouth at Station 306-+2s.
Where land of greater width than six
rods is taken the greater width Is neces- |
sary for the purpose of excavation or
embankment.
So much of the original location of
Maine Central Railroad extension as
Cumberland Junction station Is not to be
abandoned until railroad shall be COM
pleted and in operation on the changed
location and the rails and bridges re-
amoved from said original location
The above described location crosses
ways in said North Yarmouth as follows:
Town Road: Sligo Road at Station 30t4S
Town Road: New Gloucester Road at
Station s2+45, County Road
Also state Road. iiallowell Road at
f.Afx
at Station 1876, Town Road.
And In said Yarmouth as follows:
New Gloucester Road at Station 3eS IS,
County Road
Your petitioner files herewith q map
or plan on an appropriate scale and pro-
file on the relative scales Of profile paper
IN common use. dated February, 1911,
neer, showing the original location of
Maine Central Railroad extension" now
Maine Central Railroad the new loca-
tion covered by said proposed change
and the said ways.
Wherefore. your petitioner requests
your Honorable Board to approve the
said change IN location of said railroad
TO me made under the direction of YOUR
Honorable Board: requests your Honor
able Board to consent that its trains over
said railroad between Waterviie and
Portland may deviate from the track
originally built and run over the track
constructed upon the new or changed
location hereinbefore described and also
prays that your Honorable Board viii
determine the manner and conditions by
which said railroad on said changed loca
tion nay cross the aforesaid ways.
Dated at Portland. Maine, FeDruar!
Sth, 1911.
pv uar1,s Milne Mci,"ra's cGn,pa, air0ad Company.
Vice President and General Manager
White & Carter.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
on the Foregoing Petition,
ORDERED. That the petitioner caus
10 be published a true copy of said petit
lion. and this order of notice thereon
attested by the Clerk of this Board. thre
days successfully in the Portland Even
Ing Express newspaper published, published "a
and in the Daily kennebec Journal
newspaper published ut Augusta in III
County of Kennebec, the last publication
before WEDNESDAY. the FIRST ds,
Of MARCH. A. d. 1911, on which day tn
Board OF Railroad Commissioners will b.
ie X Msioe RsSoag s'nson
Walnut Hill. at go O'Clock in the FORE,
NOON for the purposes indicated In sale
petition.
Said petitioner shall send copies of tn,
foregoing petition and order, a;testei a,
aforesaid, 70 the Municipal Officers o
the towns of North Yorn.outh, yarmouth
and Cumberland. and to the County Com
missioners of the County Of Cumberland
fourteen days at least before the date O
said hearing.
ELMER p. SPOFFORD. Chairman,
For the Board of Railroad Commissioner
OF Maine.
Dated this ninth day Of February. A
u. 1911.
A true copy of the said petition and or
der Of the Board thereon.
Attest: GEO. F. GIDDINGs. Clerk.
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