The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-02-07

by the Court, that the substance OF said Re.
port De 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 OF persons, Corporation or Corporations.
shall sustain by the opening the Blackstone
Canal, or any of its branches or feeders. or nv
the construction of any reservoirs, embank-
ments, tow paths, basins, wharves, or any oth-
er appendages, over whose land that section
Of said Canal which lies between its head.
near Thomas-StFeet, in Worcester, and Elijah
Burbank's paper-mill dam, in said Wore. ster.
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
October, A. d. 1896, begin at the head Of said
Canal, near Thomas-StTeet aforesaid, on land
of John Davis, George T. Rice, and Nathan
Heard-thence southerly on land of William
Eaton, John Green, Benjamin F. Haywood,
John NJ Earle, Anthony Chase, and John F.
Clark, 7 $40 chains-thence southeriy, as
said Canal is located, on land of Nathan
Heard, John F. Clark, Peiley Goddard, and
Daniel Goddard, IL 35-100 chains, and of the
average width of Il chains-thence, in the
same direction, ON land of Enoch Flagg, 8
8.100 chains-thence s. 90 E. chains, on
said Flagg's land, to the road, and ofthe aver
age width of one chain-thence in the same
direction, 70 links, across the road-thence in
the same direction on land of Daniel Haywood
and Company, Is 10-100 chains-thence south
erly, as located, 80 7-l00 chains, on land Of
Trumhull and Ward, and of the average width
of one chain-thence southerly on land of
Samuel Hathaway, as located, 10 rs 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, 90-l00 chains ; to whom we award
no damages, they all. except the inha bItants
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
they receive the bridge now built by the said
Caaal 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 thereior-
We then passed over land of William B. Fox.
southerly as located 4 75-100 chains, and of
the width OF Il chain to whom we award no
damages, by reason Of the benefits and adyan-
tages accruing to said Fox from opening said
Canal as aforesaid. The said Canal Corpora
ton are TO have right to construct a lock on
said Fox's land and they are to keep the
water flowing from spring on the east side Of
the Canal drained OH from said Fox's land, by
GU 'verta or other ways. Thence, in the same
direction, being S, 49, w. crossing the road.
90 iinks-thence. in the same direction, on
land of Daniel Haywood and Company, and
Foster and Flagg, 20-l00 CHAINS, and of the
width Of Ii chains-thence same land, s.
S41 W. chains, S. 29t w. chains, 6. 282
w. 14-l00 chains, and of the width of II
chains-thence on land of Lewis Bieeiow. in
the same direction, 9 g. 100 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 lane between said Paine and Bige-
| lows land, which is used in common by Sid
Paine, Bgelow and Moses Perry, in which
and over said Canal the said Corporation are
to build and maintain farm-bridse, for the
use OF the said Paine, Bigelow, and Perry,
their heirs and assigns forever. The said Cor
poration are also to build good and sufficient
over the SduaIe IN the FOdQ Dy william
b. Fox's land; and the inhabitants OF said
town are forever alter to maintain and sup
port the same at their expense, in considera-
ton Of the utility OF said Canal to said inhab-
itauts. Thence on land of Nathaniel Paine,
Esq. in the same direction, 3 100 chains.
themes on said Paine's land, S. 24s w. 10 5.Ia
chains, and OF the width OF u chains; to whom
we award no damages, the benefits resulting
to him being equal to the damages accfuing
to him but the said Corporation are to build
and maintain, for the use OF the said Paine, his
heirs and assigns forever, a good and conve-
nient cart-way on the west bank of said Ca
nal, through wet piece of land, to communi-
cate With the lane Aforesaid, and also to per-
nit said Paine. to tap the Canal for watering
his cattle only. Thence southerly on land Of
Israel Whitney, 5 5l-l00 chains, to a road,
and OF the width OF cha'ns-thence south
erly across said road, 24-lO0 chains--thence-
southerly on said Whtuey's land, % 24-1OO
chains, and of the width Of / } CHAINS, to Mo-
ses PeEry'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,
for the reasons assigned in the case of the last
bridge. Thence southerly on land of Moses
Perry, AZ 100 chains, and of the width Of
chains; to whom WE award no damages, the
benefits being equal thereto. Thence on land
Of Jonathan Grout, southeriy, and of The width
of Ii chains to Elijah Burbank's paper mill
pond; to whom we award no damages, for the
reasons aforesaid. Thence partly ia said mill
pond, as located with the right of locking
in and out, and of navigating said pond to
whom we award no damages, this having been
settled by an agreement under hand and seal
entered into on the twenty-ninth day of No.
vember, in the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty six, byand between
Elijah Burbank, of Worcester Aforesaid, Of the
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