The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1847-03-04
To the Honorable Board OF County Com.

missioners for the County OF Worcester
FTYHE petition of the Worcester and Nashua Rail Road
Company respectfully represents thai they have laid
and located Railroad upon and across lands OF
persons hereinafter mentioned. lying within said
County they propose take for the purposes of
said Railroad the portions of the lands aforesaid herein
alter described, To wit:
strip Of land situate in Lancaster in said County, 500
feet length measured the line Of said Railroad
the laid the sonthery end bounding
land of William hite, AMI the norhe end on land
OF Charles Wyman, being a rods wide wit, q rods
wide each side of said line Of said Railroad con-
thning $4,000 of an acre Of land, ess-owned
follows to Wi, The Widow Lucretia Wynan of Ian
CASTER has estate fer the of her life therein the
remainder after the expiration of said life being
owned in common as follows: Betsey Newell wife Gf
Daniel r. Newell of Boston, in the County Of Suffolk
owning l-9: Emily Who'd wife OF Samuel Wood of Keene
New Hampshire owning l-9 BENJAMIN Wyman of Stan.
stead, Canada, owning -9 James Carter of said Lam
caster, owning SO: Sewe Rugg, Benjamin Adams Gil
bert Adams and Nathaniel Adams, all Of Keene, New
Hampshire, each -36: Peter Osgood Lancaster l-9
Emily Hooper, wife of Edward Hooper of New Ipswich
New Hampshire l-63 Harriet Cutting, wife of Samuel
A. Cutting Of Framingham in the County Of Middesex
l-6S: Lucretia Long, wife of John B. Long of Detroit
Michigan, 1853 Sophia Howe, wife o! George W. Howe,
of said Detroit, 6S and James Rugs, Josiah Rugg and
Daniel Rugg, of said Lancaster, each, Les part
Also strip Of land situate in said Lancaster owned in
common by Samuel j. s. Vose Peter T. Vcse Caiharine
) sc, Martha Vose Anna M.Vo.e and j. H. Vose jr.,
all of said Lancaster, and Henry T. Vese ard Samuel
Vose 3D. OF Robbinsiown in State oil Maine the four
last being minor children of Josiah H. deceased de-
scribed as follows beginning at the noherly line of land
lately owned by Rev. Nathaniel Thayer deceased thence
curving northery BY the centre line of said RaRoa as
located two hundred and thirty five feet in length mea-
sured on SAID centre line the souhey end this part of
said strip 254 feet in width the eastely side Of said
centre ne and DIVORCES to SO eet the norhery end
the souhery end the westerly side is 81 wide and
converges to 43 feet at the norherly end thence
in length measured on said centre lne and divergrg
each side OF said centre line TO so feet width the
northery end Of said 20n feet theme zoo in length
measured on said centre line vereng fifty five feet
in width each side of said line al the norhery
end OF said last mentioned 200 ee thence % feet in
length measured on said centre line, and dversig 60
feet in width each side of said line the
oaHk of the north branch OF III" Nashua Rver-contanng
one acre and 2-3 OF IN acre, more or less.
Also another piece land situate in said Lancaster
longing TO the persons last named in common from which
said Company propose take gravel and materials
necessary for the purpose constructing said road bound
ed as follows BEGINNING on the eastery side Of the County
ROAD al the northWestery of the Burying
thence running northerly by said County 224 feet
thence running at right angles with said road easery to
the weste y line Of said Railroad located thence south
erly by said westerly line of said Railroad north
side OF the Burying Ground aore thence westerly by
said Buryng Ground TO the place beginning contaning
one and one half acres, less.
The said Samuel j. 5. Vose owning 81 of the tw last
described tracts the said Peter vose Martha E. yose
and Caharne s. Vose. each, seventh, and The said
Henry T. Vose, Anna NJ Vose, and J. H. Vose J, and
Samuel J. s. Vnse, 81, each Ice part.
And the Petitioners that in all cases where they
propose TO take the lands aforesaid than five rods
wide or withou: the limits said Railroad necessary
so to 90 for the purpose of cuttings and entertainments and
or procuring stone and gravel and materials necessary
the proper construction and security said Railroad and
the Petitioners further aver, that they have been able
to obtain the nds aforesaid by voluntary with
the owners thereof wherefore they pray your Honorable
Board after due notice view premises 10 prescribe
the limits within which said Company NAV take said lands
in all cases where they propose take the same more
than five rods in width without The limits
Road ana to estimate according the provisions of law
the cunt of damages If any sustained by each of the
owners aforesaid in the premises.
Worcester and Nashua R. COMPANY: by
Dated Worcester, Feb'y %, le47.