Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-06-23
ESTATE OF GEORGE GALE
state Of Vermont,

state Of Vermont,
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict aforesaid: To the heirs and all persons IN
terested in the estate In Vermont of George /
Francis, in the Province Of quebec and DOmin- |
ion of Canada, deceased, GREETING:
whereas heretofore. 10 wit on the ard day |
Of May, A. d. 1911, ?. G. Gale Of watervilie In |
the District Of 81. Francis. in the Province OF |
Quebec. administrator Of the goods, chattels |
and estate in Vermont Of George Gale, late OF
probate Court a petition in writing therein set
ting forth that the said George Gale was in his
lifetime seiIed and possessed Of the legal title
Averiii and warren's Gore in the County Of
Essex and State Of Vermont, described as fol-
lows
being a strip OF land three rods wide on each
side OF the centre Of the dam at the outlet Of
Norton Lake on said lot and the full length of
said dam as II now exists and as much longer
as is necessary to raise the water in said pond
three feet higher than said pond has been
raised, with the right to flow the lands around
said lake so far as the right Of Aipheus NJ.
Stetson. late of Boston In the County of Suffolk
and State of Massachusetts, deceased. extended
upon the eighteenth day OF October. A. d. 1889.
Also the right of way from Lake Station on the
Grand Trunk Railway to and from said dam
| and the right to take gravel and stone to build
| and maintain said dam. Also a portion OF lot
No. rae in said Norton at the outlet Of Averili
Pond being a strip OF land three rods wide on
| each side Of the centre of the dam at the outlet
OF said pond and as long as is necessary to
build the dam to raise said pond Eve feet higher
than said high water mark, with the right OF
fowage on the lands around said pond which
were upon the eighteenth day of October, A.
D. 1889 OF the said A. NJ. Stetson. and the same
ASeriii Pond Which were at that date Of the said
A. NJ. Stetson. Also the right to take dirt,
gravel aud stone to build and maintain dam
at the outlet Of Averiii Pond on said lot No
son was concerned Of drawing the said pond
three feet lower than low water mark: Also
the right and privilege by dam erected at the
outlet of Great Averiil Pond In said Averill, and
also to erect dam at the outlet of Little Averil
Pond in said Averill, and to raise the water In
said pond above its natural level SO as to fow
and cover with water seven acres of land ad
. | joining said ponds which we're upon the 9Th day
of February, A. ID. 1891 Of George II. Fitzgerald
and Eben c. Robinson doing business as co
partners under the name of the Avcrill Lum
Der Company also the right to have any land
which were at said date OF said Robinson an'
0 Fitzgerald, co-partners as aforesaid, conveyed
to the Coaucook River Water Power Compan,
:. for whom said George Gale was, In his lifetime
trustee at ten dollars per acre for unmprove'
g lands and such reasonable compensation a
might thereafter be agreed upon for improve
j land such flowage not to exceed such as woul
come from raising the water in Great Averil
Pond five feet above high water mark and /
Little Averill Pond two feet higher than tn
o dam was upon the sixth day of February. A. I
| 1891, and the right to the said George Gale
pass over the lands which were at that date
the said Robinson and Fitzgerald for the pu,
= pose OF erecting, repairing and managing sal
dams, as will more fully appear from the dee
l. of the said Robinson and Fitzgerald recorde
upon page aos, Book IS, Of the Land Records G
stetson recorded upon pages $50 ard 4S7. Book
e of the Land Records OF the Town OF Norton
that the said George Gale held the title to sal
I" lands in trust for the Coaticook River Wats
Power Company, a corporation duly chartere
and existing and having place of business
waterville, and was under contract to conve