Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-09-18
lraaI Xatiffs.

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| To the Honorable Board of County commis-
! sioners OF the County OF Hancock. State OF
DyHE undersigned. responsible persons. res
| j. idents and tax payers OF the Town OF
| Mount Desert. Hancock County, Maine, re-
| specially pray that your Honorable Board
| after such notice and hearing as may be orr
dered will alter the highway Ugh
| said Town of Mount Desert IN that part
thereof extending from the bridge At the out
let OF Long Pond Westerly to point near
Walden Pierce's house, so ti ;snasay
will after such alteration run substantially as
follows, the following descrihed fnA bong
the center line of said highway, wnirn is tnree
rods wide in every part, to vii:
twenty nine degrees West On. 70 deg W) and
is twenty feet distant from bolt 10 a rock at
bridge at the outlet Of Long Pond in said
Town Of Mount Desert; thence South nfty-
seven degrees and fifty minutes West ~. 81
deg, so min. W. ninety-four and thirty
1--WE one -hundredths (94.35) feet to stake;
thence South fifty-two degrees fortv bve min
| utes West IS. 80 deg, 45 min. I'D
twenty and thirty-eight one hundfedths
(122.3S) feet to a stake; thence on same course
nine ty -four and twenty four are : ..-s. Tedths
(9i24) feet to a stake thence south q nTty-
seven degrees forty-five minutes West Is. T
deg, 45 min. W.) one hundred eighty one and
eighty-five hundredths (is1.s53 feet to stake;
thence south Il d ana thirty @ln
thirty-n nine and ffty-fve hundredths sls9.5D
feet to stake; thence South sixty five de-
gfeSS ana u1Iy minutes Ntob 10. % 0Sbsg "
min wy one hundred thirty-four and sew
enty wen hundredths (134.7 feettc stake;
thence South sixty-four degrees ana thirty
minutes West Is. GA deg, 30 min. w y one
hundred and one and eighty nine hundredths
(l01.s9) feet to a stake; thence South eighty
degrees West IS. SO deg. W , one hundred and
fourteen 1l4) feet to a stake; thence on same
course eighty nine and one-tenth lSsl) feet
to stake thence on same course one hum
dred and th1y egn NV ie aod eebg
| eight hundredths (59SS) feet to stake thence
| South sixty FIVE degrees forty-hye minutes
| West Is. IS deg, As min, W. one hundred and
| thirty-fiye and eighty-six hundredths (lS586)
| feet to stake; thence South seventy eight
de grees and ten minutes West y r deg, 10
| min. W. one hundred and ninety (l0Jj rect 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
hishway in ns he 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 y.
Gardiner, whose land alone u aifectea. VIII w
| altered, JAMES T. GARDINER
| and thirteen others.
| Mount Desert September Z. 1901.
| STATE OF MAINE.
| HANCOCK SIS. Court of County Commits
| sioners, pril Term, A. ID. 1901.
| Upon the foregoing petiton the commission
| ers being satisfied that the petitioners are re-
sponsibie, that an inquiry into the merits Is ex-
| pedient and that the pelitioD1fs ous,At 20 be
| heard touching the matter set forth IN their pc
| tition order that the County commissioners
| meet at the house of Walden Pierce in Mount
| Desert, in said County, on Tuesday the
| 10th day of October A. ID. 1901, at o'clock
| p. NJ, and thence proceed to view me route
mentioned in said petition, immediately
after which view, hearing of the parties
| and witnesses will be had at some convenient
| place in the vicinity, and such other measures
taken in the premises as the Commissioners shall
Judge proper. And it 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 3aGy Of the
petition and this order thereon. nnon the
clerk of the Town of MoulL D-se-., ike
\ copy upon James T. 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, q 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 De
heard if they think fit.
| Attest JOHN F. KNowLroN, Clerk.
| true copy of the petition and order thereon.
| Attest JOHN f. KNowLToN, Clerk.