Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-17
AssA VALUABLE HOMESTEAD, esse.
ii:ss.bb AND OTHER REAL ESTATE, sIss


viii be sold, on the premises in leicester on wEDNEs-
DAY, March 22d, instant O'Clock A. Nj. the Valuable
Homestead with about go acres of Land owned and
cupied for many years by the late Amos Whistemore
The buildings are in good repair The land Is of excel
lent quality, is well fenced and watered.
The farm is situated II miles from the ClappYlle Sta
ton and the direct road from thence leicester The
District School is convenen and the aramed Leicester
Academy is within q miles.
Lot No. is known the West Lot 1t contains about
20 acres, part of which is heavily wooded.
Lot No 3 is the East Lot and contains IS acres which
are divided into Pasture, Meadow, and Woodland the lat
ter having heavy growth upon it,
Lot No. is lot OF Pasture and Woodland, and known
as the Tainter Lot 1t contains IL acres, and is the
road leading from John Kings to Harvey rainters.
Lot No. is the Lvermore Lot contains 10 acres and
is covered with heavy growth of wood. 1t the
road as No. 4.
Lot No. is woodlot of 2 acres 1t is on the road
from L. Lyons H. Tainters and is known the Jews
Bit
Lot No is the oosklin woodlo of IL acres. and is
situated about mile north Of H. TainteI's.
The whole will be sold in lots as marked the plans
which may be seem after the 18th inst at the Station in
Clappyille, and at the Post Office in Leicester
Further information may be had Of HARRISON LAMB,
the premises of Messs Marsena and Otis Whittemore
of Leicester, or Of A. Firth, ClappyiIle.
Terms Liberal, and made known at the sale.
SILAS GLEASON, Alctoneer
Leicester, March 8, 1854. mchi7 dts+
To the Honorable The Senate and House of Rep
resentatives in General Court assembled
FENHE Petition of the City of Worcester respectfully rep
resents, that there is great and increasing demand
for additional supply of pure for the the
City in the extinguishment of fires ard other purposes
and for the general Of the inhabitants and that such
additional supply cannot be ohained from the
which had but be sought for in sources
still distant And your petitioners further represent
that an adequate supply Of water be had either
the Henshaw Pond called, situated in leicester and
about five miles from the City Hail. said City, or from
the Tatnic Brook called stream running through
the western part of the city the waters be taken from
convenient point in said stream about two miles above
the village Of Tatnc and about four miles from the City
Hail. at which point large reservoir may be conveniently
d
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 or the other OF
these sources at the election of The city, being yet
definitely ascertaned which source it will be most ex
pedient to resort for the supply required
Wherefore your petitioners pray for the passage Of an
act comforting upon the city the right be exercised by
its City Council to take hold and convey by aqNedue
to be constructed at the expense The e the waters II
said Henshaw Pond or if the City Council shall soeleet
instead thereof the waters Of the Tanic Brook from
reservoir 10 be constructed the point in said stream above
mentioned AMI to erect and maintain dams TO raise and
retain the of said pond brook and to make and
maintain all reservoirs TO flow lands and to take
and hold by purchase otherwise lands or real estate
that may be sary for laying and maintaining said
aqueduc and for furnishing such supply Of water as atOr
said for the OF the city and in general to do all such
and things may be necessary and convenient fer
accomplishing said object And they further ask that for
purpose deayng all the costs and expenses OF said
lands Estates water and rights to be taken or
purchased and held and of constructing said aqueuct and
works necessary for the accomplishment of said object
tanned IN and about the premises the City ecu lc may
authorized by said act to grant, raise and appropriate
from time to time such Of money may be necessa-
ry therefor in Il money granted raised
aud appropriated for other city purposes and that they
may also be authorized for that purpose from
to borrow money and issue notes. scrip certificates
debit to limited amount bearing interest rate
ceedng the legal rate of interest in this Commonwealth,
and payable at given number Of years from the issuing
thereo and that they may be empowered to sell the
rom time to time at public private SALE pledge the
same ior money borrowed fer the purposes aforesaid
such terms and conditions the City Council shall judge
proper And they further ask that provision may b. in
serted in such act that all damages that may be sustained
by any person by the taking Of any Land water rights
or by the flowing of his land, by the constructing
maintaining Of said aqueduc and works, occasonei by
any act or 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 aud 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
(Signed.) JOHN S. G. KN0WLTON,
Worcester, Feb'y q, 1854. Mayor