HARTFORD — People who own property near the old railroad bed and want to cross it to get their timber onto Bartlett Road asked selectmen Thursday to clarify the rules on using the bed.

Michael McCarron said Bartlett Road is a common road that gives him access to his land, and he wanted to know if the town required a bond to cross the railroad bed.

Selectman Jack Plumley said no bond is needed, but the loggers had to push back the berm after crossing the bed. He also cautioned that loggers can’t cut within 100 feet of the wetland or tributaries to Canton Brook.

Board Chairman Lee Holman said loggers should drag the road after using it and leave it in good shape.

Mike Caron, who lives on Bartlett Road, said that since the road isn’t a town way the property owners along it have to maintain it. He asked that users be responsible for taking care of any damage to the road. Caron said that a moving van got lost and ended up on his road and got stuck. In the process of getting it out, the road was chopped up and now the residents on the road have to fix it.

Plumley said it was legal for the town to do a little work on the road., but Road Commissioner Jeremy Johnson said he didn’t want to take the town grader on the road.

Another issue that got a great deal of discussion was rocks and dirt from ditching that is being dumped on the sand and salt shed site instead of being pushed over the bank. Johnson said his drivers couldn’t dump there safely. Plumley argued that they should be able to do it.

Johnson said he had someone who would push it over the bank for $1,000, but then came the question of where the money was to come from.

Johnson said it could come out of his budget after spring when he had taken care of storm damages, if there was any money left.

The board voted 2-1 to wait until spring to move the rocks.

The board is considering using the sand/salt shed area for the waste transfer station. It has already met with representatives from the Androscoggin Valley Council on Governments at the site and will meet there with the Maine Department of Transportation on Tuesday to discuss the plan.

In other news, calendars featuring black and white photos of Anasagunticook Lake and surrounding areas in Hartford and Canton are available at the Town Office. Proceeds from the $7 cost will go toward expenses for the dam at the outlet on Whitney Brook.

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