The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-06-13

convenience of the travel. Thence on Jacob
Southwick's land. as located, to whom we
award the sum of sixty dollars, as damages
Thence southerly, aslocated, crossing county
road, through land of Sylvanus tioipTooK, .,
Austin Nl'Nomara. of John Fowler, OF Barnard
Fowler. and Henry Dunn, to former location.
In said road and over said Canal the sala Cor-
poration are TO build good ana suilcieie
bridge, and the inhabitants OF Northoridge' are
to maintain it. Also, on DaVld Duhh iaiiu'
to turn the course of the stream. Also, on
said David Dunns land below the road, as To-
Gated, for a feeder Then on land OF hutus
Bonnet, as located, of Lyman Aldrlch, OF Pc
eg Aldrich, and of Samuel w. Aldrlch, to
road, with the privilege Of constructing
lock, and other necessary appendages ON SAID
land Then on land of Nathaniel Sweet, as
located. to whom we award fifteen dollars
Also, the mill-pond made above the dams at
Caprons and Darling's Mills, so called, across
the Blackstone River, in the town OF Mendon,
belonging TO Collins Capron, William Capron,
GEORGE Wall, Essex Pitts, and Alexander Will
son, If. as a reservoir, for the use of the Canal
and as part of said Canal with privilege of
raising the dam at said place twenty-seven
inches, and of raising the water to that
HEIGHT SO raised to that height, the
rirht of constructing said Canal into and out
of said pond and the opportunity of so doing,
and of navigating the same. And the owners
/ of said dams. and any or each of them, to be
restricted to the drawing down of the water in
said pond to not more than fifteen inches from
the top of said dams, whether raised perma-
nently or by fash-boards, at all times whenev-
er the said Canal is in operation, or the water
wanted therefor.
And as the Blackstone Canal Company, in
dry seasons Of the year, will draw large guam.
! titles of water from their several reservoirs
which win pass into the aforesaid pond, and as
the said Corporation are to be at the expense
of raising the dams aforesaid one foot perma-
nently, to the great increase of water power
: and advantage of the mill-owners in thi:
| place,-we do award that the present owners
of the dems aforesaid, their heirs and assigns
keep and maintain in good repair the presen
dams, with the addition OF one permanent foo
on the top of them to be built by said Corpor
alton, and that said Corporation put, keep ant
maintain in good repair fifteen inches OF flash
boards on the top Of said permanent foot, a.
times when necessary.
The said farm-bridges, if built by indiVidu
, ais to whom damages have been awarded
shall be erected in permanent and workman
t like manner, and conform, as to height iron
} the bottom of the Canal, distance between
abutments, and mode of construction to othe
bridges built by said Canal Corporation acros
/, said Canal, and shall be located and constantl
kept in repair, as not to interfere witlrt use
of the Canal for navigation.
In all cases where we have awarded no dam
ages, we have considered the several individ
uals and Corporations, through whose Ian
said Canal passes, amply compensated, by tn
benefits resulting to them and each of them b
reason of the location and construction of tn
Canal aforesaid.
Whenever any individual is cut off iron
water for the use of his cattle, by the Location
and construction of the Canal aforesaid, h
shall have right of tapping said Canal 70
that purpose, and no more.
All which is respectfully submitted, to tn
Hon. Court of Sessions within and for tn
County of Worcester.
NATHANIEL P. DENNY,
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, Jr.
SAMUEL DAMAN.
Worcester, April 81, 1897