The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1847-03-01
To the Honorable Board OF County Com.


missoners Tor the County oI v nr, ester
THE petition OF the orcesIer and Nashua Rail Road
Company respectfully represents that they have laid
out and located their Railroad upon and across sBds
the persons hereinafter mentioned lying within SAID
County and that they propose Ia take Tor The purposes
said Railroad the portions of the lands herein
alter described to wit:
strip land in Lanca ter in said County, 500
feet in length measured centre line Of said Railroad
as the is laid out the soulher hound ng
on land Of William bite, AMI the noriher land
OF Charles Wyman being a rods wide, wit, q rods
wide on each side OF said line of said Raroa
timing 52s-l000 Of of land, more ess-Owned
as follows 10 wi The Widow Lucretia Wvnan of Ian
CASTER has estate fer her life therein the
remainder after the expiration of SAID life estate being
owned in common as follows: Beisey Newell, fe At
Dani' Newell OF Boston, in the unity Of Suffolk,
owning 10: Emily Wood, wife OF Samuel Wood Of Keene,
New Hampshire owning 1-9 Benjamin Wyman OF Stan
stead Canada owning l-9 james Garter of said Lam
CASTER owning SO: Sewel Rugg, Benjamin Adams Gil
bert Adams and Nathaniel Adams all of Keene New
Hampshire, each l-3b Peter Osgood of Lancaster l-9
Emily Hooper, wife Of Edward Hooper of New Ipswich
New Hampshire l63: Harriet Cutting, vile OF Samuel
A. Cutting OF FraEingham in the County Of Mddlesex,
l-6s: Lucrea Long, wife of John Long Of Detroit,
Michigan, 1853: Sophia Hove, wife George w. Howe,
OF said Detroit 6S and James Rugs, Josiah Rugg and
Daniel Rugg, OF said Lancaster each, l-65 part
Also STRIP of land snate in said Lancaster ownfd in
common by Samuel !. s. Vose Peter T. Vcse Caiharne
s. Vtsc, Martha Vose, Anna M.vo.e and j. Fl. vo r
al of said Lancaster, and Henry T. Vese ard Samuel ].
Vose I'd Of Robbinstown in Il Slate OF Maine the four
last being minor children of Josiah H. Vose, deceased de-
scrined rs follows beginning at the noTherly line of land
lately by Rev Nathaniel Thayer deceased thence
curving northerly by the centre line of said RaRoa
located two hundred and thirty five feet in length,
sured SAID line souhery end of this part
said strip 254 feet in width the easely side of said
centre line AMI DIVORCES the norherly end
the souhery end the westerly side is 81 feet wide and
converges TO 43 feet at the northery end thence 200
in length measured said centre line and divergirg
each side OF said centre line 60 feet width the
notherly end nf SAID 20h feet zoo in LENGTH
measured on said line, vereing TO ftv five feet
In width on each side OF said centre line the norherly
end Of said last mentioned 80 feet thence 20 feet in
length, measured said line and divergng to 60
eet in width each side Of said centre line The
baak of the north branch of tn Nashua Rver-conanng
one acre and 2-3 OF an acre, more or less.
Also another piece land situate in said Lancaster be-
longing to the persons last named in common. from which
said Company propose take earh gravel and materials
necessary Tor the purpose OF constructing said road bound
ed as follows beginning the eastery side of the County
road at the northwestery of the Buryng Ground
thence running northerly by said County 224
ence running al right angles with said road eastery to
the weste ly line OF said Railroad located thence south
erly by said westerly line of said Railroad the north
side OF the Buryng Ground aforesaid thence westerly by
said Buryng Ground the place of beginning conainng
one and one half acres less
The said Samuel S. Vose owning 81 Of the last
described tracts the said Peter Vose, Martha e. Vose,
Henry T. Vose, Anna NJ. Vose, and J. H. Vose d. and
Samuel j. s Vsse, I'd, each, 1-2e part.
And the Petitioners that in all cases where they
propose TO take the lands aforesaid than five rods
wide without the limits said Railroad is necessary
to do for the purpose of cutting and embankments and
for procuring and gravel and materials necessary
the proper construction and security OF said Railroad and
the Petitioners further aver they been able
to obtain the Rds aforesaid by voluntary agreement with
the owners thereof wherefore they pray your Honorable
Board due notice view thu premises 10 prescribe
in all cases where hey propose to take the more
Than five rods in width without the limits of said Rail
Road ana to estimate according to the provisions of law
the OF damages if any sustained by each of the
owners aforesaid in the premises
Worcester and Nashua R. Company. by
w WHEELER, Agent.
dated Worces,er Feh,v Iod7