Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17
To the Honorable Board of Railroad Con,


missioners of tho State of Maine:
The Maine Central Railroad Company.
II corporation established under the laws
OF the State of Maine, located and having
Its principal place of business nt city Of
Portland in the County of Cumberland
and State aforesaid, respectfully repre-
sents
That It owns and operates u railroad
running between PittsheId and Main
Stream in the County of Somerset and
state aforesaid; that the Sebasticook and
Moosehead Railroad Company Qnow
merged into Maine Central Railroad Com
pany1 made q location OF It's Railroad
between Hartland and Harmony, both In
said County of Somerset. and built Its
railroad between said Ilartland and said
Main Stream. the said railroad having
been completed To said Main Stream
about January ION, 1901
That your petitioner deems 1t necessary
and eXpedlent for the safe and couyen-
lent operation of it's railroad to make Il
change III the location OF said railroad
between said Main Stream and Harmony
Village in said Town of Harmony. a dis
lance Of about two miles, for tho pur-
pose of locating Stutlon 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 in said Town OF
Harmony Mt Il stake called station o.
In the centre of the main track Of said
Railroad Company. as now built, ten
hundred and forty-si& tl0l6l feet North
n.
the Northerly end of the Main Stream
Station Building, being at present ter
minus of said track, running thence on
a tangent bearing North 1880 West, a
distance of two hundred and seventy five
t2to) feet 10 a stake at Station 9-t,S.
thence on curve to the left of 955.i feet
radius, distance of 1853 feet 10 a stake
at Station los; thence ON q tangent
bearing South s2'-oS West, distance of
of 1861 feet to Il stake at Station 25+4i:
thence on curve To the right of 1497
feet radius; a distance OF 1851 feet to a
stake at station % -4S41. thence on
tangent bearing North 569S West Il
distance of l255a feet to o stake at sta
ton $40; thence on curve 10 the right
of 1901 feet radius a distance of f2S.a
feet to stake at Station 61+T9.t: thence
on tangent bearing North io'11' West,
n distance of 122i2 feet 10 q stake at Sta
j tion 4--l00s: thence on curve To the
right of 1901 feet radius. distance Of
$685. feet to 4 stake at station U+9i.3.
thence on tangent bearing North 7s-S
West, distance of 16al-a feet to q stake at
Station aLSS5; thence on o curve to the
1 right of 1901 feet radius, q distance of
| 2S95 feet to stake a. Station ST..
| thence on a tangent bearing North Zig
| East distance OF 6l56 feet to a stake
at Station l05-93.6; thence on a curve to
the right OF 955i feet radius, a distanr
of 226.4 feet to stake at station iB+D.
thence on angent bearing North li'-S
| Fast. n distance of 80 feet 10 stake at
| Station leg, on the Southerly aide of tha
Public Road. near the Junction Of tho
Cambridge, Marble and Wellington Road
In said i own.
This location is 10 cover widths as fol.
Iows,--Thirty-three tS5l 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 az station
9l-ted.5 In Harmony Village. thence on
the left or Westerly side Of said centre
line, thirty three (33) feet In width from
Station 9t-+905 to Station ip. and on tho
right or Easteriy side of said esntre
line commencing twenty t3D feet Easter
~. measured at right angles to said cen
tire line at Station ~ +@5, running Themes.
Northerly TO n point thirty-throe (33t ;eet
Easterly, measured at night angles az
station @+iS.5, thence Northerly parable!
to said centre line TO station i@
| The above described location passes
along q County Road. called New Coun-
try Road which was located after thu
location of the said Railroad Company
was made from Station TO station -
and crosses WAYS ~ follows
Town Road at Station U+-S1
County Road at station ~ a called
Main Stream Road.
| Your petitioner nIes herewith a map Or
plan on an appropriate scale and profile
as the relative scales and profile paper
| in common use. dated October, isii,
signed by Theo. l.. Dunn. Chief Engi-
neer. showing the new location covered
by said proposed change, and the SAD
ways.
Wherefore Your petitioner reaoests]
your Honorable Board TO approve the SAID
change In location of said Railroad TO be-
made under the direction of your lion-i
orable Board, and also prnys that you7l
Honorable Board win determine the man I
ner and conditions by which said Ran
rood way cross the aforesaid WAYS.
Dated at Portland Maine, October ilth.
1911.
Maine Central Railroad Company.
BY Morris Mcdonald. Nice-Prcsident and
General Manager.
White Il Carter,
| Attorneys for Petitioners.
Ion THE FOREGOING PETITION.
| ORDERED: That the petitioner caus,
to be published n true copy OF said pc
| titiou and this order Of notice thereon.
attested BIZ the Clerk of this Board, three
days successfully in the Daily kennehec
Journal. newspaper published at Au-
gtista in the county of kennebec. the last
publication In said paper to be at leaEt
fourteen days before Friday, the Srd day
of November, a. Il. 1911. on which day
the Board of Railroad Commissioners viii
he i'm session at the Passenger Sta ton.
Maine Central Railroad Company at
| Matnstream at II so 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
missoners of Somerset County, and To
the Seiectmen of the Town OF Harmony
by forwarding by mail, postage prepaid.
TO them a copy of said petition and order,
| attested as aforesaid fourteen days at
least before the date of said hearing.
ELMER P. SPOFFoRD. Chairman.
For the Board of Railroad Commissioners
of Maine
Dated this 18th day of October, A ..
1911
Attest. GEO. +. GIDDINos, Clerk
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