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

missomers for the County Of Worcester
THE petition the Worcester and Nashua Rail Road
Company respectfully represents that they have laid
out and located their Railroad upon across lends OF
the persons hereinafter mentioned. lying within said
County and that they propose 10 take for he purposes
said Railroad the portions Of the lands aforesaid herein
after described, to wit:
strip land situate in Lancaster said County 500
feet In length measured the centre line II said Railroad
the is laid out souiherly thereof bounding
on land of William h,te, AMI the norIher end land
OF Charles Wyman, being Al rods wde wit, II rods
wide each side of said line Of said Raroa con-
tining 5ssl0OO Of an acre OF land ess-owned
as follows. 10 wi The Widow LucretIa Wyman of Ian
caster has estnte the of her life therein the
remainder after the expiration of SAID life being
owned in common as follows: Be!sev Newell wife ~
Dani. r Newell of Boston, in the c unity Of Suffolk
owning l-9: Emily Who'd wife OF Samuel Wood Of Keene
New Hampshire owning l-9: Benjamin Wyman of Stan.
sIead Canada owning l-9 James G Carter ofsaid Lam
caster owning SO: Sewel Rugg, Benjamin Adams, Gil
bert Adams and Nathaniel Adams, al of Keene New
Hampshire, each l-35: Peter Osgood Of Lancaster I-s
Emily Hooper, wife Of Edward Hooper of New Ipswich
New Ham pshire l-63 Harriet Cutting, wife oC Samuel
A. Cutting Of Fran:ingham in the County Of Mddesex,
oS: Lucretia Lorg, wife Of John Long Of Detroit,
Michigan 1885, Sophia Howe, wife OF George w. Howe,
of said Detroit 6S and James Ruge, Josiah Rugg and
Daniel Rugg, OF said Lancaster, each l-65 part
Also, of land said Lancaster, ownfd in
common by Samuel = S. Vose, Peter T. Vcse, Caharine
S. W sc, Martha Vose Anna NJ. Voc and J. il. Vose ir
all of said Lancaster, Henry T. Vese ard Samuel j. s.
VOsr, I'd, OF Robbinsown in Il State OF Maine, the four
last being minor children of Josiah II. vose deceased de-
scribed follows beginning the norheFy hue Of land
lately owned by Rev Nathaniel Thayer deceased thence
curyng northery by the line Of said RaiRoa as
toCateu, TWO ana thirty ve lee IN length
sured on SAID centre line the souhery end of this pa of
said strip 2 feet in width the eastey Of said
centre line and DIVORCES SO the nOrlherly end
The southey end on the westerly side is 81 wide and
conveges TO 43 eet the Dorhery end thence zoo feet
IN length measured said line dvergiEg on
each side of said line go feet IN width at the
nofbery end OF SAID 200 feet thence 200 feet in length
measured said line, vereng TO fv five feet
in width each side of said line norhery
end of said last mentioned q feet thence 20 feet in
length, measured said centre ne and dvergng so
feet in width on each side of said line at the
"a tho nrh fh. Noch
one acre and 2-3 ct an acre, more or less.
Also another piece land situate in said Lancaster
longing to the persons last named in from which
said Company propose take earth, gravel
necessary for the purpose Constructing said road bound
ed ms follows beginning the easery side Of the County
road at the northwestery Of the Buryng
thence running norherly by said County 224
thence running At right angles with said road eastery
the y line Of said Railroad ed hence south
ery by said westerly line of said Railroad the north
SIDE OF the Burying Ground aforesaid thence westerly by
said Buryns Ground to the place OF beginning consinng
one and one half acres, less.
the said Samuel S. Vose owning 81 of the last
described tracts, the SAID Peter Vose Martha e yose
and katharine s Vose each, one seventh and The said
Henry T. VOse, Anna NJ Vose, and j. Ii Vose, j. and
Samuel J. s. Vase, 81 each, l-2e part.
And the Petitioners that in all where they
propose 10 take the lands aforesaid than five rods
wide withou: the limits said Railroad il is necessary
go To 60 for the purpose of cutting and embankmens and
for procuring stone and gravel and materials AIRY
the proper construction and security said Railroad and
the Petitioners further that they have able
to obtain the Hs aforesaid by voluntary agreement with
the owners thereof wherefore they pray your Honorable
Board alter due notice view . prescrbe
the limits wi hin which said Company NAV take said lands
in all cases where they propose take same more
than FIVE rods in width without The limits said Rail
Road and to estimate according the provisions law
the amount OF damages, if any, sustained by each
owners aforesaid in the premises
Worcester and Nashua R. Company. BY
w A WHEELER, Agent.
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