Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-07-21

To fbe EoR. T.Fne5 n .le Cam y,
Sc5Fo45, az their Curt h5ii-A II
Portland, IN and t6r f6r csimfy n
Cumberland, on tie tbhd TueLl.ly o
March, in the year Of our L5rd of
tbsgjlR4 eir5t hundred and Er.
HUMBLY thsweth--your petitioners, the
a inhabitants Of the town Of Pciepic0,, III
faid county, by the fublcribers, their feleS-
men, purfuant 70 a vote Of fad town, az le-
gal meeting, Nov. u Ammo Domin 1907
That ia confeguence Of road laid out IN err
der Of the Court Of Sefions, in ne year enc
|thoufand teven hundred and eighty-Rine, from
col. Moles MerrilPs, in NewglOuceaer, 70
Heldrith's ferry, and to the town or Turner;
which road croded the then plantation Of Pc
ljpleot claim, now town OF Psjepfcot, and the
river Androfcoggin in faid town, called The
Little river Androfcoggi whereby your De-
rrtioners are fubjeeted 70 the necelIity Of
bridging faid river at an eIpence, greatly be-.
yond their ability; or paying cots incurred
by the towns being prefented for NOT building
the bridge by law required, which has already
been done. Your petitioners further thew.
that the river is continually 10 much incumaer-
ed with mill-logs and other drift timber, and
10 iubjea to erelhets as TO endangsr the fafetv
Of bridge Of the bea contribution and thar
bridge built at the expence of your petition
ers could not be done BY them without Great
" em5arraiIing them, and being Ia greai dan
ger of freihets, As it could not be Completed
by them in the term of one year, withou, d.
voting as much labor and e., ence as vyo5la
iubject them to the necellity IF lsayino tbs
roads in the town neglected, as well AZ tHeir
neceiIary labor and fupport Of their families !.
that the town Of Pejeptcot IS by far tile lmaiI-
Ell town in the county, and has been fettled
III iuch manner that at the period of their
incorporation, they were fubjee9ed TO very
great expence for town ways that Iitigations
reipecting the title or their lands has greatlv
imPeded the progrels of improvement arone
individuals s.that three is nor one inhabitant Of
the town THAI owns any land ON the Gde of the
river AndrofcoSgin, that viii render bridge
neceharF, whereby they mutt be at an ex-
pence totally for the benefit OF others, without
the leatt advantage TO themleIyes that the III
Yer IS iafely forbade great part Of the wear :
that ferry is sitlbliihed round its month. &
IN the winter the travelling is a great part OF
the time iafe on ice, 70 that bridge Is zecs6l,v
only At time when the roads are feIdon, MED
for hauling heavy articles Or even travelling
that the land on The north ode Of The. aver n
Pelepicot, Is net Of that kind, sailed .fettIing
lands, being chiefly pitch-pine land. or very
broken.-Your petitioners therefore. pray,
that 70 much Of TIE country road, leading
from Heldrith ferry, 10 cahed) to Turner,
may be aifceqtinued As crofes the Little river
Androfcoggin, and that The fame may be 70
altered as to lead to a convenient lspdiag for
boats; Or, if you IN your wifdom, Gee fit not
to dlicontinue the iaid road, that vour pei.
TONERS may have afIifance from the county,
60 enable them 20 erect bridge, Or other,vay,
be relieved And your petitioners a. IL du-
| ty bound, will ever pray. ....
AND. R. GIDDINCE,2 Seleezsuer Of
JOB LANE, Pgs5lfgt.