Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-23

y purchase or take such lands as necessary for
any and all the purposes aforesaid or for additional
tracks, and may also take such lands in said city for
depot and station purposes the board of railroad
commissioners determines to be necessary for the
convenient transaction Of their business. Said COR
porat0Ds shall file locations OF all lands so taken
within three years after the passage ofthis act No
land so taken purchased for depot or station pur-
poses shall be exempt from taxation.
Sect. 49, Said corporations respectively, may sell
and convey all their right, title and interest In and
to any land occupied by them for railroad purposes,
the of which is discontinued under the prOvis-
ions of this act.
Sect. H. For the purposes aforesaid said corpora
lions respectively may make any changes In the
grade and construction of their railroads. and with
the consent of the mayor and aldermen of said city,
may raise, lower, alter the course of otherwise
change any streets or ways in said city.
Sect. lS In the exercise of the powers granted by
this act said corporations, and any person eOrpor
alton sustaining damage, shall have all the rights,
privileges and remedies and be subject to all the
duties liabilities and restrictions which are or may
be provided by the general laws in the like cases.
except as herein otherwise provided,
Sect. 10. After the completion Of said union pas.
senger station the supreme judicial court or any
justice thereof in term time vacation shall have
jurisdiction in equity, upon the application OF the
mayor and aldermen of said city to enoin any of said
corporations from crossing with their engines or
cars any of the streets in said city their location
over which Is BY this act required to be disconn.
uedl but this remedy shall not prejudice auy other
legal remedy for any violation of the provisions of
this act
Sect %. The Boston, Hartford and Erie railroad
and for the period, in the new locations and sta
ton accommodations provided for in this act as in
the corresponding locations and station accOmmo-
cations of the Norwich and Worcester railroad
company hereby authorized or required to be dis
continued.
Sect q. To provide for the expenditures author
lied or required to be made by said corporations
respectively under this act, the Boston, Barre and
Gardner railroad corporation may, subject to the
provisions of the general laws, increase its capital
STOCK by necessary amount, not exceeding two
hundred thousand dollars, In addition to the
amount now authorized by law aud said other
corporations, within the limits of their respective
capitals now authorized by the laws of this state for
any purpose, may issue from time to time such
number of shares of one hundred dollars each, to
be disposed of hereinafter provided, shall be
sufficient, including the proceeds Of all lands sold
by them respectively under the sixteenth section of
this act, to produce the amounts required for the
purposes aforesaid. All shares so issued shall be
sold TO the highest bidder at public auction in the
city of Boston, and notice of the time and place of
such sale shall be published on at least five different
days during the two weeks Immediately preceding
the sale, IN the newspaper in which the general
laws are published, and at least two other daily
newspapers in the city of Boston, The number Of
shares so sold by any one of said corporations on
one ana the same day shall not exceed two thou
sand.
Sect %, The mayor and aldermen of the city of
Worcester, upon the discontnuance OF the railroad
location between Foster street station and Shrews
bury street., as herein before provided, may and
sha extend said Foster street, with width of not
less than sixty feet, from its present eastern termi
nus, over such discontinued location as near as
may be,to Summer street; and upon the discontinue
ahce OF the railroad locations south of Park street,
or any part thereof, as herein before provided may
ana shall lay out and construct street over such
discontinued locations, as may be,
running sOutherly from said Park street. The
decree of said mayor and aldermen laying
ont said extension or street shall be final
without further proceedings Said city shall
maintain suitable railroad tracks upon said exten.
sion and street. to be connected with the tracks of
one or more of said corporations, for the accommo
dation of the business establishments on the line
thereof which are accommodated by existing rail-
road tracks Said tracks shall be operated by horse
power, or such other motive power as said mayor
and aldermen from time to time permit All dam
ages oecasioned to any person or corporation by
reason OF the laying out and construction Of said eX
tension Or street. shall be assessed in the manner
provided by law in regard to the laying out of
streets in said city, and shall be paid by said city,
and estates receiving benefit from the laying out of
said extension street, shall be liable to assess
ment therefor as is provided by law in respect to
streets and ways in said city
Sect. %. Chapter two hundred and sixty-four of
the acts Of the year eighteen hundred and sixty
nine entitled can act in relation to union passenger
and freight depOts in Worcester" is hereby repeal
ed.
Sect. "a. This act shall take effect upon its pas
sage.
SUPERIOR CoURT-CRIMINAL TERM-P1TMAN, J.
Monday May 22.-The court came in at half
past two O'Clock. Reuben Ferris, Samuel Perris,
Daniel Dockerty alias Daniel Potter, Chas. Gleason
and James NJ. Weleh, were afraigned for burglary,
Grafton, on the night of October %, and larceny
therefrom of $4,000 in bank bills and treasury
notes. $4,000 in bonds, $4,000 in promissory notes,
and $1,000 in COIN They pleaded not guilty. Dock
erty attempted another alias but the judge remind
ed him that difference in name would not help
his case at all, as he could be indicted under what
ever name might belong to him.
Messrs McCafTerty, counsel for the PerriSes, and
Goulding for Gleason, argued for postponement
of the trial till another term and Dockerty asked
for delay till he had selected and consulted his
counsel The district attorney urged the i'm
portance of speedy disposition of the cases this
week, or the next week, at farthest. The defend
EACH to appear for trial during the present term of
the court. The court room was filed with specta-
tors during the arraignment of the prisoners.
Patrick Early of Worcester, on trial for cruelty,
in fast driving horse, verdict not guilty.
James Murphy of Worcester, lad of about six
teen, for larceny of a barrel of -four from S. D.
Houghton, verdict guilty, and sentenced to the
house of correction for four months.
VIM. H. Burns of Grafton for assault and bat
terry, verdict guilty, aud fined 81 and costs Anoth-
er indictment against him for being a common
drunkard, was placed on file subject to his future
good behavior.
Mary O'Brien, for assault and battery, verdict
guilty, fined 81 and costs
Lorenzo Brizzee of Athol, retractedsand pleaded
guilty of assault and battery, and was fined SIS and
costs.