The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1847-02-27
To the Honorable Board Of County Com.

missioners for the County OF Worcester
THE petition OF the Worcester and Nashua Rail Road
Company respectfully represents that they have laid
out and located their Railroad upon across lands
tne persons hereinafter mentioned, lying within said
county and that they propose take for the purposes Of
after described, wit:
strip O land situate Lancaster in said County 500
eet in length measured the line of said Railroad
as the laid souherly end thereof bounding
on land OF William White, and the northerly end land
oil Charles Wyman being 81 rods wide wit, p rods
wide on each side Of said line said Railroad
thing 52F-l00O of acre of land more ess-owned
as follows, TO viii The Widow Lucretia Wyman Of Ian
caster has estate fer the her life therein, the
remainder after the expiration OF SAID life estate being
owned in common as folows Besey Newell wife Of
Dallel H. Newell of Boston, in the County of Suffolk,
owning Is: Emily Wood. wife Samuel Wood of Keene,
New Hampshire. owning 10: Benjamin Wyman of Stan
caster owning SO: Sewell Rugg, Benjamin Adams, Gil
bert Adams and Nathaniel Adams, all of Keene, New
Hampshire, each l-36: Emily Hooper, wife of Edward
Hooper of New Ipswich New Hampshire, l-6S Harriet
Cutting of FraTngham. in the County of Middlesex l-6s:
Llcreiia Long wife Of John b. Long of Detroit, Michigan,
100; sophia Hove, wife OF George w. Howe, of said
Detroit, l6S and James Rugg, Josiah Rugg and Daniel
Rngg, of said Lancaster each, l-63 part.
2Aso, strip of land situate in said Lancaster, ovnd in
common by Samuel J. s. Vose, Peter T. Vose Caharine
S. VI Sc Martha Vose, Anna NJ Vose and j. H. Vo,e
all of said Lancaster and Henry T. Vese ard Samue! j. s.
Nose 3D. OF Robbnstown, in tie State OF Maine, this four
asi being minor children of Josiah H. Vose deceased de-
scr5ed follows beginning at the norhery line of land
lately owned by Rev Nathaniel Thayer, deceased thence
curviDg northerly by the line of said RaROa
located Two hundred and thirty five feet in length
said strip 25 feet in width the eastery side Of said
centre line, and DIVORCES TO SO feet the noherly end
The southeTy end the westerly side is 81 wide and
coverses to 4S feet at the northery end thence eco feet
in length measured said line, and dveeirg
each side of said centre line go feet IN width at the
nothery end Of SAID 200 feet thence 200 length
measured said centre line, vereing fifty FIVE
in width each side of said line northerIy
end of said last mentioned 2 feet thence % feet in
length measured said centre line, and divergng 60
eet IN width on each side OF said line the
baRk Of the north branch Of tn Nashua Riveconta,nno
one acre and 2-3 OF an acre, more or less.
Also, another piece of land said Lancaster
longing TO the last named in common from which
SAID Company propose to take ea gravel and materials
necessary for the purpose constructing said road bound
ed as follows beginning the eastery side of the County
road at the norhwestery Of the Buryng Ground
thence running northery by. said County 224
ence running at right angles, with said road easterly,
the wese y line OF said Railroad located thence south.
erly by said westerly line of said Railroad the north
SIDE OF the Buyng Ground aforesaid thence westerly by
said Buryng Ground 10 the place OF beginning containing
one and one half acres more or less.
The said Samuel J. s Vose owning 81 of the last
described tracts the said Peter T. Vose Martha E. Vose
aud Cathane 5 Vose. each seventh, and The said
Henry L. Vose, Anna NJ. Vose and J. H. Vose JI, and
Samuel ]. V9se I'd, each, l-2e part.
And the Petitioners that in all where they
propose 10 take the lands aforesaid than five rods
wide, or without the limits OF said Railroad it is necessary
SO to co for the purpose of cuttings and entertainments and
for procuring and gravel and materials necessary
tie proper construction and security of said Railroad and
the Petitioners further aver that they have been able
to obtain the lands aforesaid by voluntary with
the owners thereof wherefore they pray your HoBorae
Board alter due notice tn view the premises. prescribe
the limits within which said Company lake said lands
IN all cases where they propose to take the
man hVe rods IN width or without the limits of said Rail
Road and to estimate according provisions of law
the cunt OF damages if any usained by each of the
owners aforesaid in The premises
orcesler and Nashua r r. COMPANY. by
w. A. WHEELER, Agent.
Dated Worcester, Feb'y 90 Is47.