existing between either of said corporations, so selling or leasing, and either of said municipalities in each and every particular, and be subject to all the liabilities of said contracts; and said corporation so formed by consolidation, or the corporation so purchasing or leasing the property and franchises of the other shall succeed to and enjoy all the right of said corporations, or either of them, in, to, and under the aforesaid contracts. SECT. 7. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 31, 1891. CHAP. 318 Chapter 318. An Act to authorize Bangor Street Railway to connect its lines in the cities of Bangor and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: authorized to across build bridge Penobscot river. SECT. 1. The Bangor Street Railway is authorized to Company, construct a bridge across the Penobscot river between the cities of Bangor and Brewer, for the purpose of connecting its tracks and operating its cars between said cities for the transportation of passengers only. SECT. 2. Said bridge shall be constructed upon an extension of the piers of the Bangor Bridge Company, and in such manner as not to interfere with, injure or endanger the use of said piers by said Bangor Bridge Company for the support of its bridge as now erected thereon. SECT. 3. The method to be adopted by said Bangor Street Railway in the construction of its said bridge and location of its tracks, shall be determined by the board of railroad commissioners of the state. Shall be built on extension of pier of Bangor Bridge Co. Method of construction, to by railroad commissioners. determined. SECT. 4. For this occupation of its piers and lands and any Damages, how diminution of the revenue received from tolls by said Bangor Bridge Company, occasioned by the building of said bridge and all benefits derived by said railway company, said Bangor Bridge Company shall be entitled to damages and compensation, the amount to be determined by, and its payment secured in the manner provided by the revised statutes in the case of taking of real estate by railroad corporations. CHAP. 319 Act, void if bridge is not built within three years. SECT. 5. This act shall be null and void if said Bangor Street Railway shall not construct said bridge within three years from the approval of this act. SECT. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 31, 1891. Corporators. -corporate name. Authorized to construct lines of telephone. -route. May construct lines along any public way. Damages, how estimated. Chapter 319. An Act to incorporate the Piscataquis Central Telephone Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Josiah B. Mayo, Willis E. Parsons, Thomas F. Dyer, Liston P. Evans, John F. Hughes, John F. Arnold, George J. Babson, and Edwin J. Mayo, are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name of the Piscataquis Central Telephone Company, with all the powers and privileges granted by the general laws of this state to corporations, and subject to all the limitations and obligations therein provided. SECT. 2. Said corporation shall have the right to locate, construct and operate lines of telephone from any point in either of the towns of Dover or Foxcroft in the county of Piscataquis to any other point in said county of Piscataquis, including the towns of Sangerville, Guilford, Abbot, Monson, Greenville, Sebec, Milo, Brownville, and all intermediate points in said county, and the right to extend branch lines to the town of Dexter, and from some point in said county of Piscataquis to Bangor, Maine, with the power to establish and collect tolls on the same. SECT. 3. Said corporation shall have the right, within the limits aforesaid, to locate and construct its lines upon and along any public way and bridge, or private lands, but in such manner as not to incommode or endanger the customary use of such way or bridge, with the right to cut down trees, and remove obstacles when necessary, within the limits aforesaid, except ornamental, fruit or shade trees. SECT. 4. If the land of any individual or corporation is taken under this act, and the parties cannot agree on the damages occasioned thereby, they shall be estimated, secured and paid in the manner provided in case of land taken for railroads. CHAP. 320 SECT. 5. The amount of capital stock shall be fixed by vote of the corporation, not to exceed twenty-five thousand Capital stock. dollars; and said corporation may purchase, hold, sell and convey real estate and personal property necessary for the purposes contemplated in this charter. and mortgage property. SECT. 6. The said company is authorized to issue its May issue bonda bonds upon such rates and time, and in such amount as it may deem expedient, and secure the same upon its franchise and property. corporations, authorized to hold stock. how called. SECT. 7. Manufacturing and other business corporations Certain doing business in said Dover or Foxcroft, are hereby authorized to subscribe for and to hold stock in said company. SECT. 8. Any two of the corporators named in this act First meeting, may call the first meeting of said company, by mailing a written notice, postage paid, to each of the other corporators, seven days at least before the day of such meeting. And at such meeting a president, clerk, treasurer, and board of directors may be chosen, by-laws adopted, and any corporate business transacted. SECT. 9. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 31, 1891. Chapter 320. An Act to ratify and confirm the organization of Public Works Company, and to give said company additional powers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Organization confirmed. SECT. 1. The organization of Public Works Company, a corporation organized under the general laws of the state of rat fied and Maine, and the certificate of organization of which corporation was filed in the office of the secretary of state, on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby ratified and confirmed. SECT. 2. Said corporation shall have all the powers speci- Powers fied in its said certificate of organization, and may carry on and operate water works, gas works, electric light and power works, lines and systems, cable, electric and horse railways in the county of Penobscot, which it may legally require, as hereinafter designated. CHAP. 321 Authorized to purchase or SECT. 3. Said corporation may purchase or lease the property and business of the Bangor Street Railway, Bangor of certain other Electric Light and Power Company, Penobscot Water Power lease property corporations. -issue bonds and mortgage property. May become a stockholder in any of said corporations. Company, Brewer Water Company and the Bangor Gas Light Company, and may issue its own stock or bonds, or both, in payment therefor, and it may issue its bonds secured by a mortgage or mortgages upon its property and franchises to such an amount as may be necessary for its purposes; and it may assume and bind itself to pay outstanding obligations of such corporations as a part of the consideration for such purchase. SECT. 4. Said corporation may become a stockholder in any of said corporations in whole or in part. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 31, 1891. Company, authorized to Chapter 321. An Act amendatory of and additional to chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the Private and Special Laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Waldo and Somerset Railway Company." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Said Somerset and Waldo Railway Company is change location. hereby authorized to change and abandon its location heretofore made in the town of Pittsfield, in the county of Somerset, and in lieu thereof to locate such portion of their railroad in the town of Clinton, in the county of Kennebec. Such change of location shall in no way affect the other locations of said railroad. Capital stock. SECT. 2. The capital stock of said Somerset and Waldo Railway Company is hereby fixed at fitty thousand dollars, instead of the sum now fixed by law. Approved March 31, 1891. CHAP. 322 Chapter 322. An Act to incorporate the Islesboro, Northport and Belfast Telegraph and Telephone Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. F. C. Pendleton, W. S. Pendleton, R. P. Pen- Corporators. dleton, G. D. Pendleton, Oscar Hills, John G. Brooks, Albert B. Otis, Isaac M. Boardman, Nathan F. Houston, Asa A. Howes, Fred Pote, George G. Pierce, Lucius F. McDonald, John H. Quimby, Albion H. Bradbury, William Quimby, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a body politic by the name of the Islesboro, Northport and corporate Belfast Telegraph and Telephone Company, with all the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties. and obligations granted and prescribed by the general laws of this state relating to corporations. name. construct a line SECT. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to own, Authorized to construct, maintain and operate a line or lines of telegraph of telegraph. and telephone from the town of Islesboro to the town of Northport and through Northport to the city of Belfast, all -route. in the county of Waldo; upon and along any public highway, bridge or private lands, but not to incommode the public use thereof, with the right to cut down trees and remove obstacles when necessary, within the limits before named except fruit or ornamental trees, and with the power to establish and collect tolls on said line. how estimated. SECT. 3. If the land of any person or corporation is taken Damages, and under this act, unless otherwise settled for by this corporation with the owner, the damages shall be estimated and paid in the manner provided in case of land taken for railroads. SECT. 4. Said corporation is hereby authorized to connect May connect its lines with those of any other company, or to sell or lease its line after its completion. with other lines. SECT. 5. The amount of capital stock may be fixed by Capital stock. vote of the corporation, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars, and said corporation may purchase, hold, sell and convey real estate and personal property necessary for the purposes contemplated in this charter. how called. SECT. 6. Any one of corporators named in this act may First meeting, call the first meeting of this company, by mailing a written notice to each of the other corporators, seven days at least |