Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-23
Notices.
To tie Honorable Tie Senate and House Of Rep

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives in General Court assembled
TENHE Petition of the City of Worcester respectfully rep
resents that there is great and increasing demand
for additional supply Of pure water for the Of the
City in the eXtngushment of fires and other purposes
and for the general Of the inhabitants and that such
additional supply be obtained from the sources
which resort il had but must be sought for In
still distant And your petitioners further represent
that adequate supply of water be had either from
the 'enshaw Pond, called situated in Leicester and
about five miles from the City Hall, In said City, from
the Tatnic Brook, called running through
the part of the city the be taken from
convenient point in said stream 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 DESTROYS
of obtaining authority from the Legislature for furnishing
the city with supply Of water from the other Of
definitely ascertaned which it will be most
pedieut to resort for the supply required.
Wherefore your petitioners pray for the passage Of an
comforting upon the city the right TO be exercised by
its City Council 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 SO elect
instead thereof the Of the Tatnic Brook, from
reservoir be constructed at the point said stream above
mentioned and TO erect and maintain dams TO raise and
retain the waters of said pond or 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
aqueuct and for furnishing such supply of water as aore
acts and things may be necessary and convenient for
accomplishing said object And they further ask that for
the purpose of defrayng all the costs aud expenses of said
lands estates, water and water rights to be taken,
purchased and held aud Of constructing said aqueduct and
works necessary for the accomplishment of said object as
well for the payment of all such damages may be sus
tanned in and about the premises the City Council may be
authorized by said act to grant, raise and appropriate
from time to time such sums of money as may be necesa
ry therefor in the money granted raised
and appropriated for other city purposes and that they
may also be authorized for that purpose from time to time
to borrow money and issue notes, scrip certificates of
debt, to limited amount, bearing interest at rate not
ceedng 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 of any land water rights
by the flowing of his land, by the constructing
maintaining of said aqueduc and works. occasoned by
any act thing done in the execution of said work, may
be assessed to 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 if majority of the legal voters
of the city shall vote not to accept the same.
By order and in behalf of the City Council
(Sgned) JOHN S. Q. KN0WLT0N,
Worcester, Feb'y q, 1854. Mayor.
The Mayor in behalf of the city government of the city
of Worcester hereby gives notice that petition has been
presented to the Legislature of which the foregoing is
true copy and he hereby calls upon all the citizens of the
city Of Worcester and all other parties who may be inter-
esed to take notice that hearing Will be had said pc
tition the twentyseventh day of March current at
O'Clock, p NJ, at the State House in Boston, before the
ance. ]. 5. @. kNOWLTON, Mayor.
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