The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-03-05
To the Honorable the Justices

of the Court of Sessions held at Worcester.
within and for the County of Worcester. by |
Adjournment, on the second Thursday of
December, A. D. 1927:
u D EPRESENTS,-th Blackstone Canal
u ., Company, by the undersigned, Commits
sioners, duly appointed and authorized to act
in behalf of said CorporatiOn-that the said
Company, by virtue of the second section of
the act by which said Company was incorporat-
ed, have located the route of said Canal, which,
by said act, is authorized to be made-that, in
the progress of the work, it is ascertained that
the land located has not, in all instances, been
-sufhclent-and that, to enable the public con-
venlently to pass over the road and bridges
erected by said Company over their Canal sew
eral alterations of roads are required, all which
is more particularly described in the location
hereunto annexed
And the said Corporation prays, that this re-
port may be placed upon the files of the said
Court and notice thereof be directed, and three
disinterested freehoders be appointed to esti-
mate all damages which any person or corpo-
ration, upon whose land any part of said Canal,
as located, may be constructed, or in the con-
struction thereof, or in the alteration of said
roads, shall sustain, agreeably to the provisions
OF the eighth section of the act aforesaid.
JOHN DAVIS,
JOHN w. LINCOLN.
Location for Bridge RoadS-4herati0nS
On land of John Capron & Sons, in Uxbridge,
for the purpose of varying the road near Scull
Rock Bridge, where it crosses the Canal, about
II rods by 5.
On land supposed to belong to David Taft, in
Uxbridge, for the purpose of varying the road
near Scull Rock Bridge, where it is intersected
by the Canal about ) rods by Z, or sufficient to
give the road good direction from the Canal
bridge.
On land of Daniel Carpenter, adjacent to
Mumford River, for the purpose of widening
the channel of said river about the aqueduct,
! &c. about chains in length, by an average Of
one chain in width
On land of George Willard, for the purpose
of varying the road, where the Canal crosses it
! about chains long, by an average of II rod in
width.
On land of Manasseh Baker, where the Canal
crosses the road, for the purpose of varying the
road, say chains by Il rods average.
On land of Willard Aldrich and Peeg AL
drch, for the purpose of varying the direction
of the road, where it crosses the Canal so as to
allow the travel to pass over the bridge across
the lock.
! On land of Henry Dunn, for purpose of
varying the road at the place where it crosses
the Canal chains, by average of chain.
! On land of Sylvanus Holbrook, for purpose OF
varying the travel of the road so as to cross the
bridge over the canal near the county bridge.
- rods by 3 average.
On land of Peter Farnum, for purpose of
varying the road where the Canal crosses it,
say 81 chains by one chain average.
On land Of Joshua and Paul c. Chase for pur-
pose of varying the road where the Cana cross
es it, about Chains by an average of J chain.
On land of Joshua and John Wait, for
purpose of varying the road where the, Ca
nal crosses it, say2 chains by an average of J
chain.
On land of Nathan and Andrew March for
purpose of varying the road where the Canal
crosses it, so as to give the travel good drec-
ton over bridge on the wings of the Lock
near said MARGINS house, chains by J chain
average.
Land owned by Zadock Taft, being gravelly
bluff near the Canal in the east side and ada
cent TO the south line of land of Daniel Carpen-
ter, in Uxbridge, for the purpose of obtaining
earth necessary for the construction of the EN-.
bankment of the canal in the vicinity, 80 square
rods, the earth to be taken away down to the
level of the adjoining land.