Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-09-25
ANAL Nutifrs.

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To the Honorable Board OF Caupfs Commits
sioners of the County of HantesA, state OF
TIME undersigned. responsible persons. res
Il idents ana tax payers OF the Town Of
Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine, re-
spectfully pray that your Honorable Board
after such notice and hearing as may be or
dered will alter the highway lesJins through
said Town of Mount Desert in that pert
thereof extending from the bridge at the ont
let of Long Pond Westerly TO point near
will after such alteration run substantially US
follows, the following described Ilne being
the center line Of said highway, which is thEee
rods wide in every part, to wit;
Beginning at a stake which bears North
twenty nine degrees West N, 70 daE. W. and
is twenty feet distant from bolt in a rock at
the West end of the rail on the South side Of
bridge at the outlet of Long Pond In said
Town of Mount Desert; thence South fifty
seven degrees and fifty minutes West Is. 81
five one hundredths (94.35) feet to stake,
thence South ffty-two degrees te1ss tlse min
utes West Is. 81 deg, As min, W y one hundred
twenty-five and thirty eight ONE hundredtEs
(l223S) feet to a stake; thence on sliue course
ninety-four and twenty four one ku@ iTedthx
l9i24) feet 20 stake; thence south fifty
seven degrees forty five minutes West Is. 81
deg, As min. W. one hundred eightv-ore and
eighty-fve hundredths Csl So feet 10 stakes
thence South ffty-six degrees and thirty min
utes West Is. Sc deg, 80 min. w. one hundred
thirty nine and fifty-fve hundrsdtls 1884,
feet to stake; thence South sixts five de-
min. W. one hundred thirty four and sew
enty- Sc ven hundredths (l34.77J ieeGl II stake5
thence South sixty-four degrees ana thirty
minutes West Is. 81 deg, 80 min W) one
hundred and one and eighty nine hundredthS
q01.s9) feet to stake; thence South eighty
degrees West Is. 50 deg. w } one hundred and
fourteen t1l4) feet to stake; thence on same
course eighty-nine and one-tentA f53.l) feet
to stake; thence on same course one hum
d frdo and NV ieee a % isste
eight hundredths (59.s8) feet to stake; thence
South sixty-fve degrees forty-hve minutes
West Is. IS deg, As min. W. one hundred and
thirty five and eighty six hundredths (135S6b
feet to a stake; thence South seventy eight
degrees and ten minutes West Is. rs deg, 10
min. W. one hundred and ninety 1e0) feet TO
a stake near Walden Pierce's house.
The subscribers also pray that portion OF
the existing highway as lies between the
termini of the new section as above described
may be discontinued.
Your petitioners further represent that the
alteration. herein prayed 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
expense to the Town of Mount Desert, or the
County of Hancock, inasmuch as James i.
Gardiner, whose land alone is affected, will
waive all claim for land damages and pay the
entire cost of reconstructing the road al
altered. JAMES I. GARDINER
and thirteen others.
Mount Desert, September z. 1901
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss:-Court of County Commits
sioners, April Term, A. ID. 1901.
Upon the foregoing petition the commission
ers being satisfied that the petitioners are re
sponsible, that an inquiry into the merits is ex-
pedient, and that the petitioners ought to he
heard touching the matter set forth in their Pc
ttion; order that the County Commissioners
meet at the house of Walden Pierce in Mount
Desert, in said County, on Tuesday, the
Goth day of October A. ID. 1901, at | O'Clock
Z. NJ, and thence proceed to view the route
mentioned in said petition, Immediately
after which view, hearing of the parties
and witnesses will be had at some conyeniens
place In the vicinity, and such other measures
taken in the premises as the Commissioners shall
Judge proper. And 1t is further
Ordered: That notice of the time, place and
purpose of the Commissioners meeting afore-
said be given to all persons and corporations
interested, by serving an attested copy of the
petition and this order thereon, upon the
clerk of the Town of Mount Desert, like
copy upon James r. Gardiner. and by
posting up attested copies as aforesaid in
three public places in said town thirty days
at 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 in the County of Hancock, the
first publication to be thirty days at least be,
fore the time of said view, that all persons and
corporations interested may attend and be
heard If they think fit.
Attest JOHN F. KNowLToE, Clerk.
A true copy of the petition and order thereon
Attest JOHN +. kNowLToH! Clerk.