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We, the undersigned Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine, hereby certify, that in accordance with the foregoing application and order of notice, we met at the time and place designated in said order, and it then and there appearing that notice had been given as ordered, we viewed the location of said several crossings, and gave a hearing to all persons and parties, who appeared and desired to be heard relative to the same. And it then and there appearing by evidence adduced that the petitioner's railroad, and branch track mentioned in said application, are to be wholly used for the transportation of lime-rock and other freights; that trains thereon will be run infrequently and at as low rate of speed, and that said several crossings could not be made otherwise than at grade, without subjecting the petitioners to great expense, and the public to much inconvenience, we, therefore, are convinced that said railroad may properly cross each and all of the ways mentioned in said application, at grade, and do hereby adjudge and determine, that said railroad shall be permitted to cross the streets and ways mentioned in said application at grade therewith, and that the manner and conditions of said crossings shall be as follows:

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1. The crossing on Winter street shall be at grade, after said street shall have been raised, at point of crossing, four feet above the present level, said railroad to be constructed as near at right angles with said street as the same can reasonably be located, and the surface of the approaches on either side of said railroad track, is to be made and maintained by said railroad company as wide as said street now is, and not to be steeper than one foot elevation, to every twenty feet out from said railroad track.

2. The crossing on Pink street, shall be at grade, after said street shall have been raised, at point of crossing, two feet above the present level. The surface of the approaches on either side of said railroad track, is to be made and maintained by said railroad company, within its location, as wide as said street is now constructed, and not to be steeper than

one foot elevation, to every twenty feet out from said railroad track.

3. The crossing at Pearl street, to be at grade, after said street shall have been raised at point of crossing, two feet above its present level. The surface of the approaches on either side of said railroad track, to be made and maintained by said railroad company, as wide as said street is now constructed, and not to be steeper than one foot elevation to every twenty feet out from said railroad track.

4. The crossing on Sea street, shall be exactly at grade with the street as now constructed, when said railroad track shall be at full grade, and the surface of the approaches, on either side of said railroad track, shall be made and maintained by said railroad company, within its location, as wide as the same is now constructed.

5. The crossing, on or near, terminus of Lime street, to be at grade after said street shall have been raised above present level, three feet. Permission is hereby granted the railroad company to raise the street as aforesaid. The slopes and approaches on either side of said railroad track, to be made not steeper than one foot elevation, to every twenty feet out from said track. The same to be made and maintained within the location by said company.

6. The crossing on Main street, near the N. A. Burpee engine house shall be at grade after said street, at point of crossing, shall have been raised, at least two feet above the present gade or level. The approaches on either side of said railroad track, shall be made and maintained, within the railroad location by said company, as wide as the street is now, or may hereafter be constructed, and shall not be steeper than one foot elevation to every twenty feet out from said railroad track.

7. The crossing at North Main street, near the old schoolhouse lot shall be made and maintained exactly at grade with the street as now made, when said railroad shall be at full grade, and the approaches on either side of the railroad track,

within the railroad location, to be made and maintained, as wide as they are now, or shall hereafter be made by the city authorities.

8. The crossing at Broadway, near the land of Jeremiah Hooper, to be at grade, after said street or way shall have been raised two and one-half feet above present grade or level, at point of crossing. Said way or street northerly of said crossing, shall be raised by said railroad company, so that the approach or grade from the highway culvert, to said railroad track shall not be steeper than one foot elevation to every twenty feet out from said track, and the approaches on either side shall be made and maintained within said railroad location as wide as the same are now constructed.

9. The crossing at the junction of the county road and Middle street shall be at grade after said road and street shall have been raised one foot above the present grade or level, at point of crossing, and the surface of the approaches on either side of said railroad track, shall be made as wide as the same is now, and not steeper than one foot elevation, to every twenty feet out from said railroad track.

Said railroad company shall make and maintain each and all of said crossings within the railroad location, safe and convenient for travelers on said streets and ways, with horses, teams and carriages, and shall also make and maintain suitable provision for the passage of surface drainage water.

Signed by the Board.

E. C. FARRINGTON, Clerk.

Decision of the Board, on petition of the Maine Central Railroad Company, for approval of location of branch railroad track, and to determine the manner and condition of crossing a certain highway in Brewer, Me. June 18 1889.

STATE OF MAINE.

Decision

To the Supreme Judicial Court, next to be held at Bangor in and for the county of Penobscot, on the first Tuesday of October A. D. 1889.

We, the undersigned Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine, hereby certity, that in accordance with the foregoing application, and order of notice, we met at the time and place designated in said order, and it then and there appearing that notice had been given as ordered, we viewed the location and route of said Branch Track, and said proposed crossing, and gave a hearing to all persons and parties who appeared and desired to be heard relative to same. It then and there appearing that the matters and things set forth in said application, relative to said Branch Track, were true. We do hereby approve the same and direct that said Branch Track be located and constructed as per plan this day approved by us, (Numbered 1). It further appearing that said Branch Track is to be used wholly for transportation of freight to and from the manufacturing establishment mentioned in said application; and that trains thereon will be run infrequently and at a slow rate of speed; and that the crossing mentioned in said application, cannot be made otherwise than at grade, without subjecting the petitioners to great, and, as we deem, unnecessary expense, and the public to much inconvenience. Therefore, we hereby determine that said Branch Railroad Track shall be permitted to cross the highway mentioned in said application, at grade therewith, and that the manner and conditions of crossing the same shall be as follows:

Said highway shall be crossed at grade, after said way shall have been raised, at point of crossing, one foot above the

present grade or level of said way. Said Railroad to be constructed as near at right angles with said way, as the line of location of said railroad track will permit. The surface of the approaches on either side of said railroad track, on said way, is to be made and maintained by said Railroad Company, as wide as the same is now constructed, and not to be steeper than one foot elevation to every twenty feet out from said railroad track, and said Railroad Company, shall make and maintain the same, within the railroad location, so that said crossing shall be safe and convenient for travelers on said way, with horses, teams and carriages, and shall also make suitable provisions for the passage of surface drainage water.

Signed by the Board.

E. C. FARRINGTON, Clerk.

Decision of the Board, on petition of the Maine Central Railroad Company, for approval of location of branch railroad track in the town of Veazie, Maine. Decision June 18 1889.

STATE OF MAINE.

We, the undersigned, Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine, hereby certify, that in accordance with the foregoing application and order of notice, we met at the time and place designated in said order, and it then and there appearing that notice had been published as ordered, we viewed the location and route of said Branch Track and carefully examined the map and plan thereof presented, and gave a hearing to all persons and parties who appeared and desired to be heard relative to the same, and it then and there appearing from the evidence presented to us, that all matters set forth in said application relating to such Branch Track were true. We therefore do hereby approve the location thereof, and direct that said branch track be constructed as per plan this day approved by us, (Numbered 2).

Signed by the Board.

E. C. FARRINGTON, Clerk.

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