Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-19
Tosthe Honorable Board OF Railroad COM
: q mi ssioners ofsthe State Of Maine

Hothe Honorable Board OF Railroad COM
Smissoners ofthe State of Maine:
! The Maine Central Railroad Company.
a 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 railroad
running between Pittsfield and Main
Stream in the County of Somerset and
state aforesaid; that the SebasticooiS and
Moesehead Railroad Company tnow
merged into Maine Central Railroad Com
pany) made a location of its Railroad
between Hartland and Harmony, both in
said County of Somerset. and built its
railroad between said Hartiand and said
| Main Stream, the said railroad having
been completed to said Main Stream
about January 10th, 1901.
That your petitioner deems 1t necessary
i, and expedent for the safe and conven-
lent operation of its railroad to make Il
change in the location of said railroad
between said Main Stream and Harmony
Village in said Town of Harmony, a dis
tance of about two miles, for the pur-
pose of locating Station grounds at said
Harmony Village in more favorable
location than the one shown in original
| location.
! The centre line of the proposed change
in location commences i'm said Town of
Harmony at stake called "Station o.
in the centre of the main track of said
Railroad Company, now built. ten
hundred and forty-six G046) feet North
erly. measured along said track. from
the Northerlyi end of the Main Stream
station Building. being at present ter
minus of said track. running thence on
a tangent bearing North 1850 West d
distance of two hundred and seventy-f1ve
! t275l feet to 3 stake at Station 2475:
thence on curve to the left of 1854 feet
radius. distance of 1853 feet to stake
at Station H-+1o.S; thence on tangent
bearing South S2a-03r West, distance of
of 1867 feet to a stake at Station 26-l-47;
! thence on a curve to the right of 1897
feet radius, distance of 1921 feet to a
| stake at Station IS Sal; thence
tangent bearing North 1928 West a
| distance of 1859 feet to a stake at sta
| ton 40 40; thence on curve to the right
| of 1901 feet radius distance of 1894
feet to stake at Station 614- 794: thence
on tangent bearing North 19o-1T West.
a distance of 12212 feet to stake at Sta
ton "a 1905; thence on curve to the
right of 1901 feet radius, a distance of
1861 feet to a stake at Station 7+9T.3:
thence on tangent bearing North 7o-2y
West, distance of 1922 feet to a stake at
Station "a 1855; thence on curve to the
right of 1901 feet radius, distance of
2S9.5 feet to a stake at Station 97-+7s;
thence on a tangent bearing North 10-lS'
East, a distance of 615.6 feet to a stake
at Station 1903 1856; thence on a curve to
the right of 1854 feet radius. distance
of 226.4 feet to a stake at Station log 20:
thence on a angent bearing North 14o5S,
| East, distance of $50 feet to a stake at
station 100, the Southerly side of the
Public Road near the Junction of the
Cambridge, Marble and Wellington Road.
in said Town.
This location is to cover widths fol-
lows, -Thirty- three t3S) feet in width on
each side of said centre line from sta
ton o to the stone wall on the North
| erly side of the Public Road al Station
| 81 t9o.5 in Harmony Village. thence
the left or Westerly side of said centre
line thirty-three 1881 feet in width from
Station 81 1905 to Station 100. and on the
right or Easterly side of said centre
line commencing twenty 900 feet Easter
lily, measured at right angles to said CEN
tire line at Station 81 f905, running thence
Northerly to point thirty three $3.50 feet
Easterly measured at right angles at
Station "a R.5; thence Northerly parallel
to said centre line to Station 109.
| The above described location passes
lalong County Road, called New Coun-
try Road, which was located after the
| location of the said Railroad Company
was made from Station to Station 81.
and crosses ways follows
Town Road at Station 37-37
| County Road at Station 9144 called
Main Stream Road.
Your petitioner files herewith a map or
plan on an appropriate scale and profile
as the relative scales and profile paper
in common use. dated October 1911.
signed by Theo. l.. Dunn, Chief Engi-
neer showing the new location covered
by said proposed change, and the said
ways. ~a
=, Wherefore your petitioner requests
your Honorable Board to approve the said
change in location of said Railroad to be
orable Board and also prays that your
Honorable Board will determine the man.
ner and conditions by which said Rail-
Iroad may cross the aforesaid ways.
Dated at Portland, Maine October 18th,
l1911.
Maine Central Railroad Company.
BY Morris Mcdonald, Vice-President and
General Manager.
White & Carter,
Attorneys for Petitioners
iON THE FOREGOING PETITION,
! ORDERED: That the petitioner cause
to be published true copy of said pc
| tition and this order of notice thereon.
attested by the Clerk of this Board three
days successfully in the Daily Kennebec
Journal. a newspaper published at Au-
gusta. in the county of Kennebecs the last
publication in said paper to be at least
fourteen days before Friday, the 3rd day
! of November A. ID. 1911 on which day
the Board of Railroad Commissioners walt
be in session at the Passenger Station.
Maine Central Railroad Company at
Mainstream at 11.30 O'Clock in the fore
noon when and where all parties inter-
ested may be heard thereon.
Notice of said time and place of hear
ing shall also be given to County Com
missioners of Somerset County, and to
the Selectmen of the Town of Harmony
by forwarding by mail, postage prepaid.
to them copy of said petition and order
attested as aforesaid, fourteen days at
least before the date of said hearing.
ELMER r. SPOFFORD, Chairman,
For the Board of Railroad Commissioners
of Maine,
Dated this 18th day of October, A. d.
1911
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