Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-18
Notices.

TO the Honorable the Senate and House of Rep
resentattues in General Court assembled
VENHE Petition of the City Of Worcester respectfully rep
resens, that there is great and increasing demand
for additional supply of pure water for the use of the
City the exnguishment Of fires and other purposes
and general Of the inhabitants and that such
additional supply cannot be obtained from the
which had but be sought for in
still more distant And your petitioners further represent
that an adequate supply Of water can be had either from
the 'Henshaw Pon called, situated in Leicester and
about five miles from the City Hall, in said City, op from
the fatnic Brook so Called stream running through
the western part of the city the waters to be taken from
convenient point in said stream about two miles above
the village Of Tatnc and about four miles from the City
Hail. which point large reservoir may be conveniently
constructed for collecting and storing up the waters of the
stream.
Aud your petitioners further shew that they are DESTROYS
OF obtaining authority from the Legislature for furnishing
the city with supply Of water from the other Of
these at the election of the city, being not
definitely ascertaned to which source it will be most
pedieut to resort for the supply required
Wherefore your petitioners pray for the passage of
act comforting upon the city the right to be exercised by
its City Council 70 take hold, and convey, by aqueduct
be constructed the expense Of the city the Of
said Heushaw Pond, if the City Council shall elect
instead thereof the waters of the Tatnc Brook from
be constructed the point said above
mentioned and erect aud maintain dams to raise and
retain the waters of said pond brook and make and
maintain all necessary reservoirs to flow lands and to take
and hold by purchase otherwise any lands real estate
that may be necessary for laying and maintaining said
aqueduct and for furnishing such supply of afor
said for the use of the city and in general to do all such
acts aud things be necessary and convenient for
accomplishing said object And they further ask that for
the purpose of deayng all the and expenses of said
ands estates, water and water rights be taken
purchased and held and of constructing said aqueuct and
works necessary for the accomplishments said object
well for the payment of all such damages may be
tanned in and about the premises the City Council may be
authorized by said to grant, raise, and appropriate
from time to time such of money may be
ry therefor in the manner money granted raised
and appropriated for other city purposes and that they
may also be authorized for that purpose from time time
to borrow money and issue notes, scrip certificates Of
debt, to limited amount bearing interest at rate
ceeding the legal rate OF interest in this Commonwealth
and payable at given number of years from the issuing
thereof and that they may be empowered to sell the
from time to time, public private SALE pledge the
for money borrowed for the purposes aforesaid
such terms and conditions the City Council shall judge
proper And they further ask that provision may be in
serted in such act that all damages that may be sustained
by any person by the taking any land water rights
or by the flowing of his land, by the constructing
maintaining of said aqueduc and works. occasioned by
any act thing done in the execution of said work. may
be assessed to the party injured in the prescribed
in the acts providing for the support and regulation Of
Mills and that provision may also be inserted that said
act shall be null and void if majority of the legal
Of the city shall vote not to accept the
By order and in behalf of the City Council
(Signed.) JOHN S. c. KN0WLT0N,
Worcester, Feby 81 1854. Mayor