Lewiston, both in the county of Androscoggin; and that your Honorable Board has, upon proceedings taken in accordance with law, duly approved the location of your petitioner's said railroad from a point in the city of Auburn at the intersection of the Portland road, so called, with Minot Avenue; thence in the city of Auburn and through the towns of New Gloucester, Gray, Cumberland and Falmouth, and in the city of Portland to a point in said city of Portland at the intersection of Goodrich Avenue, so called, with Allen Avenue. That Portland Railroad Company is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of said state, and authorized to contruct, maintain and operate by electricity a street railroad for public use in said city of Portland; that said Portland Railroad Company lawfully occupies by its street railroad certain streets, roads and ways in said city of Portland, and particularly the following, viz: Allen Avenue from the Maine Central Railroad Crossing to Forest Avenue,-Forest Avenue from Allen Avenue to Congress Street,-Congress Street from Forest Avenue to Elm Street,-through Monument Square from Congress Street to Elm Street,-Elm Street from Monument Square to Congress Street.-Preble Street from Congress Street to Portland Street, and Portland Street from Preble Street to Forest Avenue. That the street railroad, and the equipment thereof, of said Portland Railroad Company has been leased to, and said street railroad is now operated by Cumberland County Power & Light Company, a corporation duly established under the laws of the State of Maine, under an indenture of lease from said Portland Railroad Company, dated February 1, 1912, recorded in Cumberland County Registry of Deeds, Book 688, pages 1 et seq. That your petitioner, Portland, Gray & Lewiston Railroad Company, has constructed a terminal building and car barn for use in operating its railroad, at a convenient location upon Portland Street in said city of Portland, adjoining that portion of said street which is lawfully occupied as aforesaid by said Portland Railroad Company, and said Portland, Gray & Lewiston Railroad Company is law fully operating its street railroad to a point at the intersection of Goodrich Avenue, so called, with Allen Avenue, to which the tracks of said Portland Railroad Company extend; That to render reasonable and satisfactory service to the public, your petitioner should operate its passenger cars and convey its passengers to the vicinity of Monument Square in said city of Portland, and should operate its freight and express cars to its said terminal building on said Portland street; that to enable it to render such service and to use said building on Portland Street as a terminal building and car barn, your petitioner desires to enter upon, connect with and use the tracks of said Portland Railroad Company; that the manner and extent of said use will be substantially as follows: Your petitioner proposes, subject to the adjudication of your Honorable Board hereon, that its passenger cars entering the city of Portland shall enter upon the tracks of said Portland Railroad Company on Allen Avenue, from Goodrich Avenue, so called, between the Maine Central Railroad Crossing and Forest Avenue, thence run on Allen Avenue to Forest Avenue,thence on Forest Avenue to Congress Street, thence easterly on Congress Street to Monument Square, and continue easterly through Monument Square to Elm Street,-thence northerly on Elm Street to Congress Street, thence westerly on Congress Street to Preble Street, thence northerly on Preble Street to Portland Street, and thence westerly on Portland Street to said terminal building and car barn; your petitioner further proposes, subject to the adjudication of your Honorable Board hereon, that its passenger cars leaving the city of Portland shall leave. said terminal building and car barn and enter upon the tracks of said Portland Railroad Company on Portland Street.-thence run easterly on Portland Street to Preble Street, thence southerly on Preble Street to Congress Street, and continue across Congress Street,-thence easterly through Monument Square to Elm Street, thence northerly on Elm Street to Congress Street, thence westerly on Congress Street to Preble Street,thence northerly on Preble Street to Portland Street,-thence westerly on Portland Street to Forest Avenue, thence on Forest Avenue to Allen Avenue, and thence on Allen Avenue to Goodrich Avenue, connecting with the tracks of your petitioner on Goodrich Avenue; that your petitioner further proposes, subject to the adjudication of your Honorable Board hereon, that its express and freight cars both entering and leaving Portland, shall run direct between the intersection of Goodrich Avenue with Allen Avenue, and said terminal building and car barn, over Allen Avenue, Forest Avenue and Portland Street,-and in the opposite direction. That your petitioner has been unable to agree with said Portland Railroad Company and said Cumberland County Power & Light Company as to the terms on which or the manner in which it may enter upon, connect with and use the tracks of said Portland Railroad Company. Wherefore Portland, Gray & Lewiston Railroad Company makes this application to your Honorable Board, that after notice and hearing, you will determine on what terms and in what manner Portland, Gray & Lewiston Railroad Company may enter upon, connect with and use the tracks of said Portland Railroad Company, to the end that your petitioner may render reasonable and satisfactory service to the public, and may use its said building on Portland street as a terminal building and car barn. Dated January 27, 1913. Portland, Gray & Lewiston Railroad Company, On the foregoing petition, Ordered: That the petitioner cause to be published a true copy of said petition and this order of notice thereon, attested by the Clerk of this Board, three days successively in the Portland Daily Press, a newspaper published at Portland, in the county of Cumberland, the first publication in said paper to be at least five days before Friday the 14th day of February, A. D. 1913, on which day the Board of Railroad Commissioners will be in session at the County Commissioners Room at the Court House in Auburn, Maine, at 10.00 o'clock in the forenoon, when and where all parties interested may be heard thereon. Notice of said time and place of hearing shall also be given to Oakley C. Curtis, Mayor, Portland, Maine; Harry B. Ivers, General Manager, Cumberland County Power & Light Co., Portland, Maine; and the Portland Railroad Company, Portland, Maine, by forwarding by mail, postage pre-paid, to them a copy of said petition and order, attested as aforesaid, five days at least before the date of said hearing. ELMER P. SPOFFORD, Chairman, For the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Maine. Dated this 28th day of January, A. D. 1913. The foregoing petition is hereby dismissed. Per order of the Board. February 21, 1913. GEO. F. GIDDINGS, Clerk. Petition and decision of the Board in the matter of C. J. Murch and thirty others of Franklin, asking for the establishment and maintenance of a flag station by the Maine Central Railroad Company at Eastbrook Siding. To the Honorable Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine. We the undersigned residents of North Franklin and Eastbrook do respectfully petition that a flag station be established at Eastbrook Siding on the Washington County branch of the Maine Central Railroad. C. J. MURCH, Franklin, Maine, and thirty others. The foregoing petition is hereby dismissed without prejudice. Per order of the Board. March 5, 1913. GEO. F. GIDDINGS, Clerk. Petition and decision of the Board in the matter of the Municipal Officers of North Berwick, asking for the erection and maintenance of gates, in lieu of automatic signals, at crossings with the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad on Wells Street and South Berwick Road. STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF YORK, SS. To the Honorable Board of Railroad Commissioners of Maine: GREETING: The undersigned, Sumner E. Hammond, William I. Johnson, and Leland J. Nutter, the municipal officers of the town of North Berwick in said County of York, deeming it necessary for public safety that gates should be erected across two public ways in said North Berwick, the first known as Wells Street leading from the home of Fred J. Lewis over Junkins Bridge towards Wells, and the second known as the South Berwick Road leading from the home of Frank W. Grant past the home of the late Isaac Varney to the home of Albert Estes, where said Wells street and said South Berwick Road are severally crossed at grade by the tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and that a person should be appointed to open and close them, such crossings being dangerous, have on divers times, heretofore, in writing, made request of said Railroad for such gates and care and switch guards at said crossings, for the public safety, yet said Railroad has ever since neglected to comply with said request, and said railroad instead thereof, has erected at each of said crossings, automatic signals, which are inadequate, ineffective and insufficient to warn and protect the travelling public using said crossings. Wherefore, as provided by statute, we hereby apply to you to decide upon the reasonableness of such request. Dated at North Berwick this twentieth day of January, A. D. 1913. SUMNER E. HAMMOND, WILLIAM I. JOHNSON, LELAND J. NUTTER, Municipal Officers of North Berwick. On the foregoing petition, Ordered: That the petitioner cause to be published a true copy of said petition and this order of notice thereon, attested by the Clerk of this Board, three days successively in the Biddeford Daily Journal, a newspaper published at Biddeford, in the county of York, the first publication in said paper to be at least five days before Friday, the 7th day of February, A. D. 1913, on which day the Board of Railroad Commissioners will be in session at the passenger station of the Boston & Maine Railroad at North Berwick, at 10.00 o'clock in the forenoon, when and where all parties interested may be heard thereon. Notice of said time and place of hearing shall also be given to Charles S. Mellen, President of the Boston & Maine Railroad, |