The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-06-27
CANAL NOTICE.

NKT HEREAS, al a meeting of the County
w Commissioners holden at Worcester.
within and fer the County of Worcester, on the
fourth Tuesday OF March last past, the under
signed were appointed Commissioners to esti.
mate all damages, which any person or persons,
corporation or c1rporations may sustain in their
dams, lands, or privileges, by reason of the To-,
cation of tho following described mill dams, for.
The purposes in said locations mentioned, and
for the purpose of complying with the provis-
ions in the charter of said Company, to give
them title 10 said property; provided said Ca
nal or any branch feeder thereof, or basin,
dam, wharf, or other appendage or appurienant,
he constructed thereon, viz: A location to in
crease the reservoir al the Blackstone Factory,
so called, in Mendon in said County, by main
tanrE four feet of dam on the top Of the dam
Of the Blackstone Manufacturing Company.
across the Blackstone River above their stone
mill in said Mcndon, for ever; with the right Of
keeping up at all times head of water in said
reservoir within one foot of the top of said dam
So increased in height, unless one foot Of reser.
voir from the top of said dam should prove in
sufficient to hold the water running in said
river, so as to prevent the same from running
TO waste in which case, the mill owners may
always draw the same down so much far Their as
may be necessary for that purpose. Also, with
right in said Canal Company to draw from
said reservoir much water as may be neces-
sary at all times for the purpose Of navit alton
lherefronl, into the river below. Also, with
The rig lit of drawing down the reservoir for the.
purpose of repairs, winch are 10 be done with
all necessary and reasonable dispatch. Also,
with the right ofnavigating said reservoir as g..
part of the Canal OF said Company"
"Also, the dam belonging 10 Welcome and
Darius d. Farnum, on the Blackstone River,
above their Factory, in the town of Mendon in
ha nf n.
to aid the navigation. The height 10 which
The right TO maintain said dam is desired is four
feet and sixty-four and half hundredihs of a
| FOOT above the lower mtre sill of the first lock
above, which point is eIghty-six hundredths of
Il foot below the top of two bolts in a rock on
the west side or bank of the Blackstone River,
ubout twenty five rods above said dam"
''The persons interested in the above lOca.
lions, as far as they are known, are tho mem.
beers of the Blackstone Manufacturing Compa-
ny, viz Thomas r. Ives, Nicholas Brown, Ed
ward Darlington, Moses B Ives, Robert II.
Ives, John C. Brown, Cyrus Butler, Sarah -,
and Stephen Trip. Also, Welcome and Da.
Illus d. Farnum
Notice is therefore hereby given, to all The
persons and Corporations aforesaid, that the un.
detsigned Commissioners as aforesaid, Will
commence their view and estimate OF damages
as aforesaid, at the dam of tho Blackstone Man.
ulacturng Company aforesaid, in Mendon afore-
said, ON TUESDAY, the Ssrsnth day Of august
merit, at nine Of the clock in the forenoon, and
o,ill continue their view until both the locations
aforesaid shall have been sufficiently viewed for
the purpose of estimating the damages afore
| said
Notice is also hereby given, to all persons and
Corporations, interested in The foregoing iss.-
tons that they mrst file their several claims
for damages with some one oft the Commission
CTS, or with the Clerk of The County Commits
einners aforesaid, within thirty days from III,
fourth day of July nexl, or they will be barre,
of all right to claim damages afterwards,
NATH'L. z. DENNY, n
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, IT,, Com',s
SAMUEL DAMON,
June 81, 1882. O6