Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-09-11
EfnaI Notiffs.

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To the Honorable Board OF county Commis-
sioneTs OF the Consty OF HaneseE' state Oh
vIyaE undersigned. responsible persons, res
i idsnts and tax payers OF the Town OF
Mount Desert, Hancock County, h hia eca ~,
specifically pray that your Honorable boaro
alter such notice and hearing as may De Or
dered will alter the highway leading through
said Town of Mount Desert in that part
thereof extending from the bridge at the out
lei OF Long Pond Westerly to point near
Walden Pierce's house, so that said highway
will after such alteration run snhstAntiaiiy as
follows, the following described line being
the center line OF said highway, which Is three
rods wide in every part, TO Wit; - 40
twenty-nine degrees West IN. % deg. Wa and
is twenty feet distant from bolt in rock az
the West end of the rail on the south sioe 2,
bridge at the outlet OF Long Pond in SAID
Town OF Mount Desert; thence south nfty-
seven degrees and fifty minutes West lS. o.
deg, 50 min; W. ni inc ana ,n, my.
thence South ffty-two degrees forty I'VE min.
utes West Is. 50 deg IS min. W.) one hundred
twentytwo and thirty,eight one, mnma rarss
ninety-four and twenty four one-hundredtns
tsf2i feet to a stake; thence south nfty-
seven degrees forty hre niau esssty.one and
eighty-fve hunfredths (1si So feet 20 stake;
thence South ffty-six degrees and thirty min
utes West Is. So deg, 80 min. W. enc hundred
thirty. nine aud fifts.dye huudredths Ss55l
feet to q stake; thence South stxty-nve de-
grees and fifty minutes West g. 50 deg, %
min. W. one hundred thirty four and sew
enty- seven hundredths (i34771 feetto stake;
thence South sixty-four degrees and thirty
minutes West Is. 81 deg, 30 min. va one
hundred and one and eighty nine hundredtns
(iui. sgl feet TO stake; thence South eighty
degrees West Is. 50 deg. w one hundred and
fourteen mo feet TO stake; thence on same
course eighty-ntne and one-tenth tssaD rect
to a stake; thence on same course one hun
dred and thirty eight ll3s) feet TO stake'
thence on same course htty. nine and eighty-
k.,n Ara1 ka fpaf IN a 1 q thence
south sixty.ive degrees forty five minutes
West Is. Is deg, IS min, VIZ one hundred and
thirty five and eighty six hundFedths tiSoS!
feet TO stake; thence South seyenty-eight
d, grees and ten minutes West Is. IS deg. 10
min. W. one hundred aud ninety asp feet TO
a stake near Walden Pierce's house.
The subscribers also pray that portion OF
the existing highway rs lies between the
termiui of the new section as above described
may be discontinued.
Your petitioners further represent that the
alteration herein prRyed for Will make the
highway in the place where altered shorter
and straighter with better grades, avoiding
the dangerous curves in the present road; and
that the alteration prayed Tor viii cause no
expense TO the Town Of Mount Desert, or the
County of Hancock. inesmueh as James u.
Gardiner, whose land alone IL affected, Will
waive all claim for land damages and pay the
entire cost of reconstructing the road as
altered. JAMES L. GARDINER
aud thirteen Others
Mount Desert. September Z. 1901.
STATE or MAINE.
HANCOCK SIS. Court of County Commits
sioners, April Term, a, u. 1901.
Upon the foregoing petition the commission
ers being satisfied that the petitioners are re-
sponsible, that an inquiry Into the merits Is cx-
pedient. and that the petitioners ought TO he
heard touching ths matter set forth Ia their pc
tItlon. order that the County commissioners
meet at the house OF Walden Pierce IN Mount
Desert, In enid County, Tuesday, the
2arh day OF October A, u. 1901, az O'Clock
a. NJ, and thence proceed to view the route
mentions, d In said petition, Immediately
after which view, a hearing of the PARTIES
and witnesses will be had at some convenient
place In the vicinity, aud such other measured
taken IN the premises the commissioners shall
Judge proper. Aud II Is further
Ordered: That notice OF the time, place aud
purpose OF the Commissioners meeting afore-
said be given to ali persons and corporations
interested, by serving an attcstsd copy Of the
petition amt this orser thereon, upon the
clerk Of the Town OF Mourt Desert. a like
copy upon james 7 Gardiner. and by
posting up attested copies as aforesaid In
three public places IN said town thirty days
nj least before the time appointed for said
view, and by publishing the petition and
order thereon, three weeks successfully In the
Ellsworth American, newspaper published
at Ellsworth. la the County OF Hancock, the
first publication 10 be thirty days at least be-
fore the time of said view. that all persons and
corporations interested may attend and be
heard II they thiuk fit.
Attest.-JoHs + KSowLroS. Clerk.
true copy OF the petition aud order thereon.
Attest -.IoHS y. hSowLroS, Clerk.