Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-02-05


To the Hon. Senate and House Of Representatives., Of
the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,, IL General
Court ASSeH5ted:
WE, the undersigned Inhabitants of tie town of
North Brooked in the County Of orcester, respect
fully petition your honorable bodies TO set off from The
said town of North ookfeld much of the territory
thereof with the Inhabitants residing thereon, rep
reseuted in plan accompany ing this petition, and
the same to the town Of Brookhe'd.
We beg leave TO resent lew Of the consdeIat ons
which induce us TO make this application.
First, The territory embraced in this petition is part
OF the village of East Brookfeld which village is
posed of part of North Brookield, and part Of
Bookfeld and is situated four miles from the former,
and three miles from the latter centres; the line be-
the two towns running by the side OF the high
way, crossing it several times, and running through
number of buildings within the limits of said village
will be perceived by referring plan. Thus an In
habitat Of town, this year, may by removing
the street, even TO another part of The same build g
become resident OF another, the next, which our
chancs have long felt 10 be an evil, thereby deprivmg
them Of the privilege of voting Ii will he seen, that
situated at one of and iour miles from, The
Of our town, which of necessity called,
for the transaction OF our public business On the other
side OF street, in he town OF Brookfed, they have
commodious nall, erected AT an expense of $780,
which could do our town business one half OF the
time, and travel but III miles 10 Brookeld the
Of this difference III travel, would not much
complain, could have voice in affairs,
when there's but majority OF the voters of town,
many OF whom pay only poll tax, reside at the
of our town, anu have the whole manage of
affairs, much so, that We have been
allowed an Assessor, School Committee, or Constable,
in pant OF the town. while neghbors the other
side of the street yearly supplied with of each
Our Assessors say us properly is located on
the rairoad and near the depot Where business will #
course centre, and property increase i'll values the eore,
we will tax yoa thus and so, and have Assess
who may know the value of property are
forced to submit their valuations and outrage
GUS taxes consequent upon our town having built town
hail. expense Of about 5000, and the past
in having purchased lire engine, at expense the
town Of about S ,2UO, for which we obliged puy
respective taxes, while gain advantage what
from it, and other like extravagancies, which
might multiply
the OF town. consequently far removed from
us, and rogue eyade the officer from the other
by stepping the street. and pass out of
the county before he could be apprehended. This has
greatly increase in giiude with the increase of pop
uation, and he facilities OF intercourse, until our
position in this respect seems TO invite every outlaw
that passes this way, TO quarter himself among We
ask, if this alone of sufficient poltance secure
the grating Of our petition, That we may have proper
executive authority!
Second Aud your petitioners think very impo tant
consdea alton for granting petition, is, HE cause OF
eduraton which has been greatly crippled and emnar-
raised among it always be, where districts
composed of two towns.
Fifteen years ago there in this village, in both
towns ten dwellings, store tavern iron ioundry mill
and tmeworn structure, often ieet by twelve called
school house; capable, however, of accommodating
the whole village time the scholars numbering
only ten. An arrangement was then malo between the
two towns, to detach much of two districts, lay
within the precincts OF the village and unite the in one
school, for their better ecommodation each Town
calling their territory so set of, onehalf Of district in
the distribution of the school funds, which Town has
Continued to ad ere TO, even 10 aOttng two dollars
and thirty and oneha cen s. for one-hlf of the
Websters dictionary furnished by the State while our
scholars now number thirty, many whole dis
lets IN town Thus, we have been left TO educate our
children as best we could; using what money was al.
lOed U.S. and doing the rest expense, or de-
pending upon Brookfeld and, have always depended
on hem for dictionary and maps tor school ROOM
The interest mani esed by the Committee from cur
town, under whose sup rvisun the school necessarily
devolves alternate years, he tier exempl-
fed than from the OF their visiting the achoo I'M
twice during the past summer, and at the final exam
nation devotlng only three hours with two schools of
from ninety to hundred SCHOLARS, which village now
numbers. IL $50
Finally Our peculiar situation cannot fail to convince
any one OF the reasonabeness of our application
Our only object is The welfare of village; and this
strive to secure, without infringing the rights or dis
turbng h. interests of others Tie TERRITORY embraced
in our survey is small, containing Two hundred and
three acres more than fourth part of which is
cred with water; and we take with territ W. and
taxable properly iul share Of the puhhc burdens
In view of the foregoing considerations and manv
others, which we deem unnecessary MENTION IN This
petition, We most respectfully, but earnestly reou.st
your honorable bodies receive our application Win
favor, aud grant the prayer OF our petaion
As in duty bound, will ever pray.
(>ignedD EZEKIEL SFEVENS and Others
North Brookfeld, Jan. IL, 1852.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In SsNATE, Jan. % 1889
On the petition aforesaid ordered thar the be ,ton
ers cause an atesed copy of their petition with This
order thereon, to be served upon the Town t,Ierks f
Brookteld and North Brookfeld anu published sin imc
N the worcester Spy, said service be ten DAYS and
ne last OF said publications be three davs III eas,
before the eleventh day of February an
Interested may then appear, and she cause if any they
why the prayer OF said petition should not be grant
ca cent down for concurrence.
r.. Ill. UNDERWOOD, Clerk
IN me HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,, Jan. %, 1859.
LEWIS JossELYN, Clerk.
III UNDER V0oD fs,.xL oc,t s..