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

MAINTAIN 4 tarm-Driugc, ioA INC Use ana Coh-
venience of said Lathe, or pay him ono hun
bred and seyenty-iivo dollars in lieu thereof.
The said CORPORATION are to continue to the
said Joshua Leland the same right of irrigating
his land with the water of the Canal that he |
now has or Possesses, by drawing water from
the river. Also, giving said Corporation leave
to build, or said Wilkinson x ltopplns' land, a
lock, and right of navigating the river IN the
land of the said Joshua w. Leland. Thence
crossinr said road, in which ana over said
Canal the said Corporation are TO build good
and sufficient bridge, for the accommodation
of the public travel, and the inhabitants of
Grafton are 10 support it. Thence southerly |
on land of said Leland, as located and OF Aus
tin Holbroox, to land of Josiah Dodge, with
the privilege of constructing locks, &c. on
said Lelana's land, and OF turning the course
of the river on said Holbrook's land, continu-
ing to the said Iolbrook the same right he now
possesses of irrigating his land with the water
of the river, by drawing the same from the
Canal Thence southerly, as located, through
land of said Dodge, of Peter Farnum. r. IL
Co. and of David Sherman to land of Ambrose
Chase, with the privilege of constructing a
lock on said Farnum, lr. Il Co.'S land Thence
southerly, as located, on land of said Ambrose
Chase, to land OF Timothy Gleazen. TO said
Chase we award the sum of twenty-five dol
lars, as damages and bridge to be built and
Iseventy-fve dollars in lieu thereof On land
of Jonathan Wordsworth, against said Chase's
/ land, as located, for the purpose of turning the
/ river, with the right of doing it, and occupy
ing the present channel to whom we award
the sum of forty dollars. Thence southerly,
as located, over land of Timothy Gleazen and
Peter Farnum, crossing road, in which and
over said Canal the said Corporation are TO
build bridge, to accommodate the public
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tain it. Thence southerly, as located, through
land of John Holmes, for turning the river,
and the right of occupying the present chan
mel, and on land of Mark Batcheder, with the
privilege of using the present channel of the
river. To said Batchelder we have awarded
eighty dollars, as damages. Thence souther-
ly, as located, on land of 4 . late Joseph Mich
obs, and on land of Nathaniel B. Flagg. To
said Flagg we have awardedthe sum of eighty
} i've dollars, as damages Thence southerly,
. as located, through land of Moses Adams, to
whom we award the sum of thirty-one dollars,
as damages and through land of Nathaniel
Adams, to whom we award tho sum Of TWEEN
ty-eight dollars, as damages. Thence south
) erly, as located, through land of Thomas Bow
. en-, crossing private way by Winter Bridge,
IN which private way and over said Canal said
Corporation are to build good and sufficient
bridge, and support the same, or pay him in
; lieu thereof one hundred and scvcnty-five dol
lars. Also, against the land of said Bowen,
} through the land Of David Winter, eight
chains and twenty-five links, the course as To-
Gated tor changing the course of the stream,
and the privilege of occupying the present
channel of [thel river. To said Winter we
award the sum of twenty dollars Thence
! southerly, as located, through land of Sylvan
J us Holbrock, crossing town road and turn
pike by said Holbrook S house, to Jacob South
!, wicks land. In said town road and over said
Canal, the Corporation are to build a good and
sufficient bridge, for the accommodation of the
travel, and the inhabitants of Northbridqe to
maintain it--Also, in said turnpike and over
said Canal said Corporation are to build and
maintain good and sufficient bridge. for the
t convenience of the travel. Thence on Jacob
Southwick's land. as located, to whom we
award the sum of sixty dollars, as damages.
Thence southeriy, as located, crossing a county
road, through land of Sylvanus Holbrook, of
Austin VI 'Namara, of John Fowler, of Barnard
Fowler, and Henry Dunn, to former location
In said road and over said Canal the said Cor
5 poration are to build a good and sufficient
} bridge, and the inhabitants of Northbridge, are
to maintain it. Also, on David Dunns land.
, to turn the course of the stream. Also, on
said David Dunn's land below the road. as To-
Gated, for feeder. Then on land of Rufus
Bennett, as located, of Lyman Aldrich, of Pc
leg Aidrlch, and of Samuel w. Aldrich, to
road, with the privilege of constructing a
lock, and other necessary appendares on said
land. Then ON land of Nathaniel Sweet, as
located, to whom we award fifteen dollars
Also, the mlllpond made above the dams at
Capron's and Darling's Mills, SO called, across
the blackstone River, in the town of Mendon.
belonging to Collins Capron, William Capron.
George Wall, Esek Pitts, and Alexander Will
son, jr. as 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 rais:ng the water to that
height--when 50 raised to that height, the
right 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 perrna-
nentiy or by hash-boards, at all times whenev-
or the said Canal is in operation, or the water
wanted therefor
And as the Blackstone Canal Company, in
\ dry seasons of the year, viii draw large ouan.
Titles OF water from their several reservoirs.
which will pass into the aforesaid pond, and as
the SAID Corporation are to be at the expense
OF raising the dams aforesaid one foot pcrlna-
nently, to the great increase of water power
and advantage Of the mill-owners in this
placo,-we do award that the present owners
Of the d. ms aforesaid their heirs and assigns
keep and maintain in good repair the present
dams, with the addition Of one permanent foot
on the top of them to be built by said Corpor-
alton, and that said Corporation put, keep and
maintain in good repair fifteen inches of flash
boards on the Top of said permanent foot, all
times when necessary.
The said farm-bridgcs, if built by individu-
ais to whom damages have been awarded.
| shall be erected in a permanent and workman
like manner, and conform, as to height from
the bottom of the Canal, distance between
abutments, and mode of construction. 10 other
bridges built by said Canal Corporation across
said Canal, and shall be located and constantly
Kept in repair, as not to interfere with the uses
of the Canal for navigation.
In all cases where we have awarded no dam