The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-02-21
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Worcester, September Term. 1826-Gnd hol-
den, oy adjournment on the fourth Wednes-
day Of December, 1926.
A ND now NATHANIEL P. DENNY, VIII
IN LIAM CRAWFORD, Jun. and SAMUEL DA-
MAN, Esquires, Commissioners appointed by
said Couit, to estimate all damages which
any person or persons, Corporation or Corpo-
ratious, whose lands are described and men,
toned in the location Of section of the Black
stone Canal, make their report to this Court 5;
which Report being read, and duly considered
by the Court, is allowed, accepted, and order
ed to be recorded. And it is further ordered
by the Court, that the substance oil said Re-
port be forthwith published, at the expense
of the Blackstone Canal Company three
weeks successfully, in one or more of the
newspapers printed in Worcester, in said
County.
The follOWing is the substance Of said Report:
WE, the undersigned, Commissioners
appointed by the Warrant which is hereunto
annexed, to estimate all such damages as any
person or persons, Corporation or Corporations,
shall sustain BY the opening the Blackstone
Canal, or any of its branches or feeders, or by
the construction of any reservoirs, embank-
ments, tow paths, basins, wharves, or any 9TH
er appendsges, over whose land that section
Of said Canal which lies between its head,
near Thomas-Street, in Worcester, and Elijah
Burbank's paper-mill dam, in said Worcester,
is located,-after having given thirty days
public notice to all persons and Corporations
interested to file their claims, as by said War
rant directed, and of the time, and the route
to be examined, and after having been duly
sworn to the faithful and impartial discharge
OF our duty, did. on the twenty-fourth day of
ncfnhar A al, hao e
Canal, near Thomas-Street aforesaid, on land
of John Davis, George T. Rice, and Nathan
Heard-ihence southerly on land of William
Eaton, John Green, Benjamin F. Haywood,
John M. Earle, Anthony Chase, and John T.
Clark, $40 chains-thence southerly, as
said Canal is located, on land of Nathan
Heard, John F. Clark, Perley Goddard, and
Daniel Goddard, 10 $500 chains, and of the
average width of Il chains-thence, in the
same direction, on land of Enoch Flasg, 3
8-l00 chains-thence 8. 90 E. 8 chains, on
said Flagg's land, to the road, and of the aver
age width OF one chain-thence in the same
direction, 70 links, across the rcad-thence 10
the same direction on land of Daniel Haywood
and Company, 13 10-100 chains-thence south
erlv, as located, 80 TOO chains, on land of
Trumbull and Ward, and Of the average width
of one chain-thence southerly on land of
Samuel Hathaway, as located, 10 76 100
chains, and of the width Of one chain-thence
on land of Daniel Haywood and Company, A.
d. Foster, and Enoch Flagg, southerly, as To-
Gated, 5 90-100 chains TO whom we award
no damages, they all, except the inhabitants
of Worcester, having released the same to the
said Blackstone Canal Corporation. To the
said Inhabitants of Worcester, for crossing the
road aforesaid, we award no damages, but that
fhay rareivn tho hrid htilt hxyf tho saId
Canal Corporation over the Canal in said road
in lieu of the old bridge, and forever after keep
it in repair. the advantages resulting to said
Inhabitants, by reason Of the Construction Of
said Canal, being full equivalent therefor
We then passed over land of William B. Fox,
southerly as located 4 75-100 chains, and OF
the width of ID chain to whom we award no
damages by reason Of the benefits and advan-
tages accruing to said Fox from opening said
Canal as aforesaid. The said Canal Corpora
ton are TO have right to construct lock on
said Fox's land and they are to keep the
water flowing from spring on the east side Of
the Canal drained of from said Fox's land, by
cu'verts or other ways. Thence, in the same
direction, being s. 59l w. crossing the road,
90 links-thence, in the same direction, on
land of Daniel Haywood and Company, and
Foster and Flagg, 5 20-100 chains, and of the
width of II chains-thence on same land, s.
34R w. 2 chains, S. 294 w. 2 chains, s. 28a
w. 74-l00 chains, aud of the width of u
chains-thence on land of Lewis Bigelow, in
the same direction, 8 6-lO0 chains, and of the
width of one and half chains. No damages
are claimed from William B. Fox's land to
land owned by Nathaniel Paine. The Canal
crosses a lane between said Paine and Bge-
lows land, which is used in common by said
Paine, Bigelow and Moses Perry, in which
and over said Canal the said Corporation are
to build and maintain farm-bridge, for the
use Of the said Paine, Bigelow, and Perry,
their heirs and assigns forever. The said Cor |
poration are also 10 build good and sufficient
bridge ever the Canal, in the road by William |
b. Fox's land; and the inhabitants of said |
town are forever after to maintain and sup |
port the same at their expense, in considera-
ton of the utility of said Canal TO said iuhab-
itants. Thence on land of Nathaniel Paine, |
ESQ. in the same direction, 7-l00 chains
thence on said Paine's land, S. 24a w. 5-l0
chains, aud of the width of ] chains; TO whom
we award no damages, the benefits resulting
TO him being equal to the damages accruing
to him; but the said Corporation are to build
and maintain, for the use Of the said Paine, bis |
heirs and assigns forever, good and conve |
nent GATEWAY on the west bank of said Ca /
MAI, through wet piece OF land, TO commune
cate with the lane aforesaid, and also to per- \
init said Paine to tap the Canal, for watering
his cattle only. Thence southerly on land Of
Israel Whitney, s 5l-100 chains, to road, |
and OF the width Of II chains-thence SOUTH |
erly across said road, l 24-l00 chains-thence
southerly on said Whltney's land, % 24-l0O
chains, and of the width of u chains, to Mo.
ses Perry's land the said Whitney having re-
leased his damages, we award him nothing.
The said Corporation are TO build good and
sufficient bridge over the Canal in the last
mentioned road, and the Inhabitants of said
town are forever after 70 maintain the same,
Tor the reasons assigned in the case Of the last