The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-01-21

tor MN by Mr. JOHN ID. MORTON, an expert
enced workman, who will do work in the best
manner, and all Garments warranted to fit.
Or C0TrING done at short notice, and war
! ranted to fit if properly made.
Millbury, Jan. 81.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
| WORCESTER, IS. At meeting of the County
Commissioners, September Term, 1923, and
holden by adjournment on the fifth Tuesday
of December, 1928;
a ND now the Report of Nathaniel p DENIM.
IA William Crawford, Jr., and Locett Peters,
Commissioners appointed, on the application of
the Blackstone Canal Company, to estimate
all such damages as they should think any per-
son or persons, corporation or corporations,
would sustain by the location, by said Canal
( Company, as appendages 10 said Canal, of the
North Pond in Worcester, and the Long Pond,
Half Moon Pond and FIint's Pond, with the
other Ponds connected with them, situated in
| the towns of Worcester, Shrewsbury and Graf
ton, as reservoirs for the use Of said Canal, hav
/ ing been duly considered by the said COUNTY
! Commissioners, is allowed, accepted, and order-
ed to be recorded. And it is further ordered By
the County Commissioners, that the Report
! be forthwith published, at the expense of said
| Corporation, in each Of the newspapers printed
| in Worcester, in said County, which Report is
as follows
I Forester, SIS. august &c, 1928 We, tho
subscribers, Commissioners named in the fore
going warrant, pursuant the directions therein
contained, having given public and seasonable
notice to all persons, and corporations interest
| ed to file their claims in the manner therein
pointed out, by publishing notice of the time
of meeting and of the route and ponds to be
examined, and the lands of the several owners
around said ponds, three weeks successfully
I IN each of the following public papers, printed
IN Worcester in the County of Worcester, viz
/ Inc MaSSGcAuseths Spy, and Worcester .AdUcr-
/ fl,a ArHao -,,,I IT, a.
! Woman, in which notice all persons and c0rpo-
rations interested as aforesaid we're desired to
! file their claims for damages, if any they had
with some one of the Commissioners or with
the Clerk of the County Commissioners, within
thirty days from the fourteenth day of May last
past and after having given the above notices,
we caused at the same time notice to be given
| to all persons and corporations interested as
aforesaid, of the time and place of meeting for
the purpose of estimating damages, and of the
route to be examined by publishing an adVer-
tisement thereof in three successive papers of
each of the aforesaid newspapers, and then in
pursuance to said notice, and in conformity
J Herewith, we met at the floating bridge in
Shrewsbury in said County the thirtieth day
Of June, A. D. 1928, and after having been
sworn to discharge the duties assigned US faith
fully and impartially, did pursuant to said war
rant enter upon the route and lands hereafter
described, hearing all claimants who appeared
before US.
To the Worcester Turnpike Corporation, we
award nothing IN damages, the benefits being
equivalent thereto.
To Gregory Mason for flowing about six
acres of meadow and half an acre of woodland
in Cold Spring meadow, so called, we award in
damages the sum of one hundred and eight dol
lars. To Joseph Nurse for flowing about 81
Y acres of land on the east side of Long Pond in
the town Of Shrewsbury, we award the sum of
! thirteen dollars in damages. To Calvin Slo-
comb for flowing about 49, acres of meadow
\ and swamp land in said Shrewsbury we award
as damages the sum of two hundred and twenty
seven dollars. The damages for 1927 are as
sessed at thirteen dollars and sixty two cents,
! and Tor Cold Spring meadow fer 1927, he then
being in possession of thessame, seven dollars
and twenty cents To Lewis Barnard for flow
| ing about fourteen acres of meadow land north
OF the road leading from Worcester to Shrews-
| bury, and about one acre of wood land south Of
said road, we award the sum of four hundred
and twenty five dollars The damages for 1927
are awarded at twenty five dollars and fifiy
cents. To the sixth Massachusetts, Turnpike
Corporation we award nothing in damages, they
( having been adjusted between the two corpora
tons. To Abner Harlow for flowing about 81
acres of meadow and swail land in Shrewsbury
we award the sum of ninety dollars as damages
after 1877, and tor 1897 we award him five dol
| lars and forty cents as damages for that year
To Samuel Stowel for flowing III acres of
meadow land, adjoining North Pond in Wor-
cester, we award as damages after 1927 the sum
I OF one hundred and twenty dollars. and for the
year 1927, seven dollars and twenty cents To
Daniel Chadwick for flowing about two acres of
J wood land on the easterly shore of said North
FOND, we award as damages the sum of twenty
two dollars. To Samuel Mills for flowing
about seven acres of meadow land, we award
the sum of two hundred dollars as damages af-
ter 1897 and for 1927 we award him the sum
of twelve dollars. To Eathan Davis for flow
ing about four acres of meadow and upland, we
award him the sum of sixty dollars in damages
after 1927, and for the year 1927 we award him
as damages three dollars and sixty cents To
Amos Whitney for flowing about twelve acres
OF meadow swail land on the west side of
! said North Pond, we award the sum of one
hundred and eighty four dollars for damages
4 after 1927 and eleven dollars and four cents as
damages for 1897.
To Theophilus Wheeler for flowing about
one acre of low land we award fifteen dollars:
ard tor 1877 ninety cents. To William Eaton
/ Jr., for flowing about half an acre ofwood land
| on the east side Of Long Pond, we award as
damages the sum of five dollars
To jeremiah Harrington for flowing about
one and half acre of wood land on the east
side of said Long Pond we award the sum off.
teen dollars. To Prescott Brigham for flowing
land on the shores of the last mentioned pond,
we award the sum of one hundred dollars, AT
the same time we viewed the land belonging to
Samuel IT, Ebenezer and Benjamin Reed on
the west shore of North Pend aforesaid About
seventy acres of wood land, swamp, meadow
and upland, owned by said Reeds, are flowed by
raising the dam at the outlet of said North
Pond And after viewing the premises a: the
request OF said Reeds, we adjourned to hear
them In support of their claim to the twenty
fifth day Of the following August at ten of the
clock IN the forenoon at which time we again
met at Worcesfer nfnrasnih and altar hnnr;.,..