Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-18

I the Hlnlts OF the Fishl OF way OF SAID
Grand Trunk Railway Company OF Can
ada on the northerly or northeasterly
end Of said bridge to the street level at
the beginning Of the approach on the
southerly OF southwesterly end Of said
bridge shall be borne wholly by said
Grand Trunk Railway Company OF
Canada.
The town Of Brighton shall lay out
aud construc: good aud sufficient high
way from point on the old county road,
50 called, northeasterly Of the Peter
Richford crossing, around the north
easterly side of Back pond. so called, TO
point of intersection with the present
public road just northeasterly OF the
coal chutes of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company of Canada; also another good
and sufficient highway from a point on
said public road northerly of the O'keefe
property, so called, and running souther-
ly and southwesterly through the O'keefe
property and the property of {. NJ. Dyer
TO the northerly line of South street, So
called, diagonally opposite the northerly
end of said bridge or over-pasS, all as
indicated on a plan and survey filed 10y
the selectmen of the town of Brighton
on the Nth day of August 1908, and
marked plan and survey" which is re-
ferred to and made a part of this report
and order for the purpose of definitely
locating the last described portion of the
new highway to be constructed by the
town of Brighton. Said town Of Bright
on shall bear the whole of the expense
of the construction of said described new
highway including all the land damage. &,
excepting the land damage awarded to
{. NJ. Dyer.
The approach to the bridge or over
pass from the northerly end thereof to
the northerly limit of South street where
said new highway intersects South street
as indicated on plan and survey filed
August II. 1908, shall be upon grade
of one foot descent in every fifteen feet
and at the northerly limit of South street
shall meet the grade of the new highway
hereinbefore provided to be built by and
at the expense of said town of Brighton.
This approach from the northerly end of
the bridge or over-pass to the northerly
limit of South street shall be built by
the Grand Trunk Railway Company Of
Canada and the expense thereof shall be
borne equally by said Grand Trunk
Railway Company of Canada and the
town of Brighton.
The selectmen of the town of Brighton
shall forthwith take such legal measures
as are necessary to condemn and appro-
pirate to the use of said town of Brighton
for highway purposes so much of the
land belonging to {. NJ. Dyer as is ueceS-
sary for the new highway hereinabove
described and as is indicated and laid
out in the plan and survey filed August
Nth, 1908 above referred to. The dam
ages finally awarded c. NJ. Dyer for the
taking of said land for highway purposes
shall be paid one hundred and fifty dol
lars by the Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany of Canada and the balance by the
town of Brighton; or if the award shall
be less than three hundred dollars then
each shall pay one half,
The Grand Trunk Railway Company
of Canada shall build and erect at its
own expense, foot bridge with adequate
approaches thereto, over its tracks aud
yard at point indicated on the plan
marked July l6, 1903" where the Cross
street crossing now is, said foot bridge
to be eight (S) feet in clear width and
similar to the one formerly existing at
said Cross street.
The bridge or over-pass shall be COM
pleted and opened for public use by the
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Can
ada within six months of the date OF
this order, unless this limit of time is
extended npon application to and order
of this Board after notice and hearing.
The new highway to be constructed
by the town of Brighton from the point
on the old county road, so called, to the
public road and from a point on the
public road to the intersection of South
street, as herein described, shall be com
pleted and dedicated to public use with.
in six months from the date of this or
. der.
Upon the opening to public use of sale
bridge or oyer-pass and said new high
way, the present highway leading iron
Railroad street, SO called, across the
tracks and yard of the Grand Trunk
Railway Co. just easterly of the presen
passenger depot, thence northerly of thu
present engine house and in an easterl,
direction to a point a little northeast
erly of the Peter Richford Crossing
, shall be closed and discontinued, to
gether with that portion of the publ
, road or highway leading from poin
where the proposed new highway inter
> sects the public road northeasterly of the
present coal chutes to its present inter
section with the highway last above de
/ scribed and ordered to be discontinued
and the seectmen of the town of Bright
on shall take such legal measures as are
1 necessary to close and discontinue sucl
, highway or highways in pursuance o
this order, and to discontinue ant
abolish the grade crossings included il
said highways as at present located.
S The foot bridge at Cross street sha
k be built and completed 10y the Gran
d Trunk Railway Company of Canad
, within six months from the date of TIN
order and when opened for public us
~ the selectmen of the town of Brighto
/ shall thereupon discontinue so much 9
It the present highway at what is Gale
8 Reeves crossing as is within the limit
of Iho ,;rh+ IF ,r,v of sold Gran1 Trup