The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-05-30


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
WORCESTER, IS. .Court of Sessioas, at HfOr-
ceSter. March Term, 1S;17, and holden b, dd-
iooT7t1he1Vt ols the second Taesdag of Hqp
/ 1897.
/ A ND now NATHANIEL p. Denny, VILLA,
1 IA CRAWFORD, jun. and SAMUEL DAMAN
l:squires, Commissioners appointed by sait
Court to estimate all damages, which any per
son or persons, Corporation or Corporations
whose lands are described and mentioned in
the location Of a section of the Blackstone
Canal shall sustaia, make their Report to this
Court; which Report being read, and duly con-
sidered by the Court, is allowed, accepted. and
ordered to he recorded.
And 1t Is further ordered by the Court, that
the said Report, or the substance thereof. be
forthwith published, at the expense of the
BLACKSTONE Canal Company, three weeks sue
cesSlvely, IN one or more of the newspapers
printed in Worcester in said County.
The said Report is as follows =
WORCESTER, S. March 7, 1927. We the
subscribers Commissioners named in the fore
gong Warrant, having, pursuant to the direc-
tons therein contained, given public and sea-
sonable notice 10 all persons interested to file
their claims in manner therein pointed out by
Publishing notice of the time of meeting and
the route to be examined three weeks success
sivcly, in each of the following public papers
published in Worcester, in the County of Wor-
cester, viz. the massachusetts, Spy g. FORESTER
,4d3erttScr, the National ,EgjS, and the .idssd-
chWScttS leOmGn, in which notice all persons
interested as aforesaid were desired to file their
claims for damage, if any they had, with the
| Clerk of said Court, or with some one of the
Commissioners, within thirty days from tho
date Of the first publication and after having
given the above notice, we at the same time
caused further notice to be given to all per-
sons interested, of the time aud place of meet
ing, for the purpose of estimating damages.
and of the route to be examined, by publishing
an advertisement thereof III three successive
papers Of each of the aforesaid public newspa-
pers; and then, pursuant to said notice, and in
conformity Herewith. VIC met at Worcester on
the seventh day of March, A. d. 1S27; but
not being able to make our estimate of DANA
ges. by reason of the great depth of snow then
on the ground, we adjourned, to meet at the
place mentioned in said advertisement on the
ninth day of April then next ensuing, and
gave public notice of said adjournment, By
publishing the same in three successive papers
of each of the aforesaid public journals previous
TO the said ninth day of April; when, pursuant
to said notice and adjournment, we again met,
and after being sworn to execute the duties as
signed us by this Commission, faithfully and
impartially did, pursuant TO said Warrant, COM
mencc our view and estimate of damages, at
IN oak tree, near Elijah Burbank's saw-mill, in
said Worcester, at the end of former location
of part of said Canal; and bearing all claim
ants who appeared before US, proceeded south
crly, as located, through piece of said Bur-
banks land to county road, and, over said
, raod, again through said Burhank's land to-
John w. Lincoln's land The Canal Corpora
ton are TO have the right of turning the course
of the river, of erecting dam across the new
channel and of conducting a feeder into the
Canal, and of making use of the present bed of
the river, and also the privilege of erecting a
lock on said Burbank land. The Canal Cor
poration are to build good bridge over the
Canal in the aforesaid road, and the town of
Worcester are to keep the same in repair
Thence southorly, as located, through said
John w. Lhlcoln's land, with the privilege of
erecting lock and other APPENDICES to the
Canal on said land Said Corporation are to
build and maintain good farm-bridgc for the
said Lincoln, and permit the said Lincoln to
draw water from the Canal, in consideration
of their destroying the privilege he now has OF
taking water from the river. Thence souther-
| ", as located through land Of Nathan Perry,
and through land Of Elijah Burbank, with the
privilege of constructing lock and other