Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-01-26
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

To the Honorable he Senate and House Of Represen
taiirss, in General Court assembled,
TIME petition of the undersigned respect.
II fully represents, That they are DESTROYS
of constructing a Rail- Road from point ON
the Fitchburg RAILROAD, near lis termination
in Fitchburg, thence up the Nashua River, 10
the Valley Of Whiiman's River, in Westmin-
ster thence up said valley, 10 the South part
of Ashburnham; thence through the North
part of the Town Of Gardiner, TO the Oucr
River thence down said river, TO the village
of Badwinsville, in the North part Of Temple
ton thence down said river, to Miller'S River,
passing through the Southwest corner of VIM
chendon; thence down Miller's River, passing
through the Towns OF Royalston, Phillipsion,
Aihol, Orange, Wendell, Erving, near the line
of Montague, 10 the Town of Mortified, on
the Connecticut River, and crossing said Com
necticut River, and running thence TO the
Southern Boundary ofVenon, in the State of
Vermont. For more particular description
Of which route, reference is had to the Report
Of the Engineer, which will be herewith pre-
sented
And the undersigned pray, that they, TO-
gether with such associates as TO your honor
able bodies il shall seem expedient TO unite
with them, may be incorporated by The name
of the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail Road
Company, and that the said corporation may
have the powers and privileges, and be sub
ject to the duties and liabilities given TO and
imposed upon Railroad Corporations by the
laws Of the Commonwealth.
| And forasmuch as certain persons at Green
field and elsewhere, have expressed the opn-
ion that the public good requires a variation
OF said route, so that the same shall cross Con-
necticut River at said Montague, and pass
through the towns OF Gill, Deer6eld, Green
field, Bernardston, and Mortified, Tor some of
them,) to the boundaryofthe State ofVermont
And whereas certain surveys of said alteration
are said TO have been made, or 10 be making,
the merits Of which your petitioners have not
the opportunity of ascertaining, therefore your
petitioners further pray, that the stockholders
of said corporation, after the same shall be or
ganized, he permitted TO select the said route
first described, the said alteration thereof, as
10 the holders of majority of the shares il
shall seem most advisable.
| And whereas, the Legislature of the State Of
Vermont al their session in October, A. ID.
1913, have incorporated the Braitleboro' and
Fitchburg Railroad Company, extending
from BTatieboFo' TO the Southern boundary of
Vermont, with permission TO unite with any
Company which may be chartered between
Fitchburg and Brait.eboro'. Now the UNDER
signed pray that said Vermont and Massachu-
setts RAILROAD Company may, for more
convenient union of the two, be empowered
to purchase and hold the shares OF the capital
stock of said Brattleboro' and Filchburg Rail-
Road Company, or may be authorized to make
such other union Herewith as to your honor
able bodies shall deem expedient.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
JOSEPH DAVIS,
THOMAS WILEY,
JOHN r. WELD,
J. ID. BRADLEY,
SAM'L c. ALLEN,
A. CROKER,
DAVID L0RING.