The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-01-05
NOTICE.
STATE OF MAINE.

Somerset, SIS.
Notice is hereby given, that on petit
ton of the Somerset Railway Com
pany a corporation existing under the
laws of the State of Maine, located and
having its principal place of business
land. and State OF Maine, dated July
II, 1910, and filed July %, 1910, al
leging :. 10. ..,n 20. nr,,,c
uses, for a changed location of Its said
railway in the Town of Madison, in
said County OF Somerset, opposite
Abenaquis Mill of Hollingsworth
That the said location Is fully set
forth and shown In a decree of the
of Maine, which said decree, togeth-
er with a certificate containing de-
finite description of the land SO taken
furnished your petitioner by said
by map or plan on an appropriate
scale and profile on the relative scales
of profile paper in common use. dated
March 5th, 1910, signed by Thee: L.
Dunn, Chief Engineer. made April
26th, 1910, were filed with the Clerk
of the Courts for said Somerset Coun-
ty May 18th. 1910:
That ali of the lands necessary for
said changed location have been ac-
CURED by your petitioner except the
westerly portion of lot owned by Fer
of Washington, described as follows: A
strip of land off the westerly end of
lot numbered II on plan of house lots
as laid out by Snow & Humphreys
Engineers, June 25th. 1900. said plan
being recorded in Somerset County
Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 3,
Page g. said strip being thirty-nine
and seven tenths feet wide on
the northerly end (along proposed
Edwards STREET. and twenty-one and
two-tenths feet wide on the Southerly
end:
That your petitioner has been un-
able to agree with the said Ferdinand
D. Small as TO the necessity for taking
said land and that he does not consent
thereto:
That the said Railroad Commission
ers by their said decree found that the
land described above was neeessal
to be taken and held for the reason
able accommodation of the traffic and
appropriate business of the corpora
ton" and praying that after due no
tice to the owner of said proper
therein named. or to whomsoever may
be the owner thereof. of a time and
place for hearing on said petition, tina
said County Commissioners will esti-
mate the damages to which said ownei
is entitled for said property so taken
in pursuance of the requirements of
law.
The County Commissioners. after
giving due notice thereof as required
by law, filed. at their December Term
A. D. 1910 their report, as follows:
STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset, SIS.
Court of County Commissioners.
December Term. A. D. 1910
Pursuant to the foregoing petition of
the Somerset Railway Company, and
order of court thereon, We, the County
Commissioners for the County of Som
erset met at the time and place and
for the purposes designated in said
order, to wit, at the railroad station
Madison in said county on the Thrift
eth day of August A. D. 1910. at eleven
o'clock In the forenoon at which time
and place, 1t being then and there sat
isfactorily proved that the notice
named in said order had been duly and
seasonably published. and that all the
requirements of said order had been
fully complied with, we viewed the
land alleged to have been taken by
said Somerset Railway Company In
the petition aforesaid and gave
hearing on said petition, and after
full hearing of ali the facts testimony
and arguments to us presented, and
having maturely considered the same,
we were of the opinon and adjudged
and do hereby adjudge and determine
that the said Ferdinand d. Small is
entitled to receive the sum OF one nun
bred dollars $1,000 as damage. to be
paid by. him bv the said Somerset
Railway Company
Dated at Skowhegan the thirteenth
day of December. A. d. 1910.
GEORGE T. TIBBETTS.
HENRY CROWELL.
GRANVILLE u. PERKINS,
County Commissioners of
Somerset County"
Attest: W. r. SEEKINS, Clerk.
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