Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-08-18

The Coaa,y Commissioner held very
Interesting rad hearing a. trosis Comet
Norway. lasi Wednesday. Tbs little
hamlet. long kno~n a. fro.ts CCrasf.
should noe b. called Moray Lake. a. q
Pot ofice bearing that name has there
been established. ~i,h J l. Partridge a.
Postmaster.
The rod leading from Nof~sy % Va
terford. over ~hieh pass many teams 10
Albany. S,onsbam and Lowell. contains
several bad bills. Csrts'n psrti~s prv-
sented % the Commissioners petition
askins them o. locsis some over 500 rods
q new rad. % avoid these hills. Ihes
two roads Would BE- practically parallel
BAT on opposits sides q The laks The
ne~ rad ~oad sl.o b. some~hat longcf
ihan The oli rod. which ~ould also have
% b. maintained BY The to~n, eecause
many residences have ben built uPon o.
The petiiionefs ~efe fcpf,sen 81 oy
NJ - ". Johnson. ~ho spoks ~ fts
diKculty n hsaiing ffsish' from al ihe
mills IN Wsieffurd. Aloany and s'ons-
han over ths-s hills he gave hsi ~
mil. md merchants trsnsPor'ins ifrish'
over tbs fosd. and thougtt there SER
some t~enty freight teams on The nad.
nearly every day. Ne claimed that there
w. more teaming over his road ihAn
over any other rod IN Oxford Coan'y
Tie prupossd route. instead u passing
over several hill.. did not rse % 80 high
a. elevation a. the Old by some eleven
fet. and this as attained BY gradual
ri.s. ~hls arg par, q The ~al va
more lsvel than The rod nos Travelled.
Jonathan Bartlett and J I. Parker II
S,onehan, and NJ Boves Of Lyrchsiile.
tAlbsny) told u the basiness done IN
their sections requiring tr-nsPoriaiion
Mr.. Mo.ief q Waterford. = teamsier.
gave eonsidsrabls informatioa coacerning
the numbsr u team. and amount q
ffeightirg over the r0st.
Hon. "A. NJ Beafcs ard Henry Opion.
ESQ. appeared Coz tbs ,o~n in opposition
20 she locsiioa They ecntended that u
-n unnecessary q pat the ,o~n 10 TIE
expen~e q building this ne~ road and
thus add az additional annual sHPe-se
foe maintaining too roads. shere one "a.
suhc.snt. The most trogt lesone BAL.
eoald b. cat down a. much less 'xpsnse.
or an alieraiion could b. made % psf,ial.
II o. ~hoily AVOID them. Thsy also
claimed that The ne- locsiion asked for
wss imprscticsble because it would drif,
badly IN winter and b. very muddy 10
sprng They presented = rsmons'r.nos
ssnsd By some 10 eiireus u Nof~ay.
some q whom bad also signed the Psil-
ton. BAT vho. on boxing further into The
matter. thoashi Il no, sdvissble 20 locsis
Mr. I. ID Hobb.. Mr. To~n. Mr. Ssavey
]. Psrtndgs. Mr Costn. M Gibsoa. and
Mr.. Stevens The Surveyor. (~ho bad made
an excellent plan u the too roads. With
their eleyaiions we're called upon 90
for esidencs. BY them ]; appeared that
~ksn ths road ~ bsil,, this proposed
NNatlau "a haNa a@feNett@ " m@-t
bu, ~ss sbandoned on scooun, o. the
danger q dnfsing and mud. Oas road
builder present sAid he would not sgree
TO bsild the proposed road for less than
o. pr rod. ~hieh would enial an e.
pense On The to-n q some $500 90
building. AID the Coaniy ~o1ld b. called
upon Coz landdamage.. in addition.
The Commissioners gave very patient
hearing 10 both sides. and unanimously
decided not 10 locate.
The bearing lasted from ten O'Clock 10
the morning all pas, three IN the alter
noon. The Commissioner sad some Of
the parties dined -ith Mr. J. A. Brad.
bury q Norway Lake. Mr.. Brsdbury
Keeps here = general store. feed and board
ing stables. and spreads . good table fOr
ikoss ~ho may ~ish 10 refresh themselves
a. vel a. their horses. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradbury preside a, the table And make
their guests feel AZ home.