Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-21

| To the Honorable the Senate and House of Rep
| resentatiues in General Court assembled
TNNE Petition of the City of Worcester respectfully rep,
IL resents, that there is great and increasing demand
for additional supply Of pure water for the of the
City in the exnguishment of fires and other purposes,
and for the general of the nhabitans and that such
additional supply cannot be obtained from the
which had but must be sought for in
still more distant And your petitioners further represent
that adequate supply of water can be had either from
the Henshaw Pond called, situated in Leicester and
about five miles the City Hail. in said City, or from
the Tatnic Brook, called stream running through
the part of the city the to be taken from
convenient point in said about two miles above
the village of Tatnic and about four miles from the City
Hail. at which point large reservoir may be conveniently
constructed for collecting and storing up the waters of the
stream.
And 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, it being yet
definitely ascertained to which it will be ex
pedent to resort for the supply required.
Wherefore your petitioners pray for the passage of
comforting upon the city the right to be exercised by
its City Counc to take hold and convey by aqueduct
to be constructed at the expense of the city, the waters Of
said Henshaw Pond if the City Council shall elect
instead thereof the waters of the Tatnic Brook from
reservoir to be constructed at the point said stream above
mentioned and to erect and maintain dams to raise and
retain the waters of said pond brook and to 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
aqueduc and for furnishing such supply of water afore
said for the of the city and in general to do all such
acts and things may be necessary and convenient for
accomplishing said object And they further ask that
the purpose of deyng all the expenses of said
lands Estates water and water rights TO be taken,
purchased and held and Of constructing said aquedut and
works necessary for the accomplishment Of 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 act grant, raise, and appropriate
from time to time, such of money may be
ry therefor in the money is granted raised
and appropriated for other city purposes and that they
may also be authorized for that purpose from time to time
borrow money and issue notes. scrip certificates of
debt limited amount bearing interest at rate
ceeding the legal 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 time public private sale, pledge the
for money borrowed for the purposes aforesaid
such 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 Of any land water rights
by the flowing Of his land, by the constructing
maintaining of said aqueduct and works. occasoned by
any thing done in the execution of said work. may
be assessed the party injured in the prescribed
in the providing for the support and regulation of
Mills and that provision may also be inserted that said
act shall be null and void majority Of the legal
of the city shall vote not to accept the same.
BY order and in behalf Of the City Council
(Signed) JOHN 5. Q. KNOWLToN,
Worcester, Feby 81, 1854. Mayor.