The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-04-25
WORCESTER, SIS.
To the Hon. the County Com
IN session December, A. D 1881
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mssioners, in session December, A. D 1881,
4,h Tuesday
XNTE, The subscribers, Commissioners, named
w in the foregoing warrants, pursuant to the
directions therein contained, having given pub
lie and seasonabe notice to all persons inter-
ested, to file their claims in the manner therein
pointed out, by publishing notice of the time
OF our meeting, and the route 10 be examined,
three weeks successfully, in each of the fol.
lowing papers, published in Worcester, in the
County of Worcester, viz: "The Massachusetts
Spyand WOrcester .4duertiser," the " National
.EgtS," and the 90 Massachusetts, Yeoman," in
which notice, all persons interested as afore
said, were desired to file their claims for DANA
ges, 1t any they had, with the Clerk of the
County Commissioners aforesaid, or with some
one of the Commissioners for estimating dam.
ages, within thirty days from the date of the
first publication and, after having given the
above notice, we at the same time gave further
notice to all persons interested in the aforesaid
locations, Of the time and place of our meeting
and OF the route to be examined, for the pur-
pose of estimating damages, by publishing an
advertisement thereof in three successive pa
pers of each of the aforesaid newspapers, and
then after being sworn 10 execute the duties
assigned us BY this warrant faithfully and i'm.
partially, pursuant to said notice, and in con.
formity Herewith, we met the parties interested
at the location of reservoir at the Mills, in
Mendon, on the eleventh day of September, A.
d, 1928, and pursuant to said warrant and no.
tice, commenced our view and estimate of dam.
ages occasioned by the location Of said reser
voir, and by raising the dam at said Mills, as
mentioned in this commission and after view
ing the premises, and hearing the several par
ties in support Of their several claims, we do
award and determine as follows, viz:
Tn ESnk Pitts award nothinu in da N, Dau
the advantage accrulng to him by the increase
OF water and of water power, by the cheapness
and facility OF transportation, rendered SO by
the canal, being, IN our opinion, much greater
than the damages he will sustain by the loss of
land, or any injury that can be accustomed %
his factory and its appendages by raising the
dam, as described in the said location.
To George Wall we award no damages, he
having released the same, by his assignee, Jo-
seph Thayer.
AT the location of this reservoir, the Black.
stone Canal Corporation are restricted to the
use of surplus waters together with the water
they may let in from their reservoirs above.
To Royal Farnum we award nothing in dam
ages, he having valuable farm on the banks
OF the canal, which will be benefited more than
injured.
Collins Capron, William Capron, John South.
wick, Cummings Taft, Nathan Aidrich, Laban
Comstock, Annanas Clifford, Daniel Clifford,
Jonathan Emmerson, Samuel Emmerson, Mo.
SEES Farnum, John Capron Alexander Hay wood.
Edwin Sargent Newbury Darling, and Ste.
phen Holbrook, claim no damages
To John Southwick James Hardness, South.
wick Hardness, and Sullivan Hardness, we
award no damages, they having released the
same.
10 Samuel Allen we award nothing in dam.
ages, as we could not perceive he sustained any.
The damages accruing to the Blackstone
Manufacturing Company, by reason of the sec.
ond location in this warrant, have not been con.
siderec in this our report upon the recommit-
meDt, as, since The former report was made and
recommlited iOr amendment, new location has
been made as substitute therefor; and this
report in all its parts is substitute for report
formerly made by and recommitted to us for
revision and amendment, at a session of the
County Commissioners, begun and holden al
Worcester, within and for the COUNTY, on the
fourth Tuesday Of March, 4. D. 1890
The location of Manchaug Pond. partlv in
Douglas and partly in Sutton, and the location
of Bad Luck Pond, in Douglas, FOR reservoirs,
as described in the third and fourth locations in
this warrant, are reserved for future reports.
All which is submitted
NATHANIEL P. DENNY.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, JR.
SAMUEL DAMON.
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Attest ABIJAH BIGELow, Clerk.