Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-06-23
ESTATE OF A. II. GALE.
State OF Vermont,
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State OF Vermont
District OF Essex SIS,
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
aforesaid To the heirs and all persons inter
ested in the estate in Vermont OF A. H. Gale
late of waterville in the District of ST. Francis,
in the Province OF Quebec, deceased GREETING:
whereas heretofore, to wit, on the 2Srd day of
May, A. ID. 1911, Catherine n. King and Perry
5. Dobson, administrators Of the goods, chattels
and estate in Vermont OF A. II. Gale, late of
Waterviile. in the District o! St Francis and
Province OF Quebec and Dominion OF Canada,
deceased, presented to said Probate Court a
petition in writing therein setting forth that the
said A. H; Gale was In his lifetime, seized and
possessed OF certain lands in the towns of Nor
ton and Averill and warren's Gore in the
County OF Essex and State of Vermont, described
as follows:
being strip of land three rods wide on each
side of the center 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
3 # 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. 1880. 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 portion of lot No
I26 in said Norton at the outlet of Averili Pond ;
being strip OF land three rods wide on each
said pond and as long as Is necessary to build
the dam to raise said pond FIVE feet higher than
| said high water mark, with the right Of fowage
on the eighteenth day Of October, A. d. 1850, Of
the said A. NJ. Stetson and the same right of
| fowage on the lands around Little Averili Pond
son. Also the right to take dirt, gravel and
| stone to build and maintain a dam at the outlet
OF Averill Pond on said lot No. I7o with the right
| so far as the said A. NJ. Stetson was concerned
| feet . has,
| low water mark. Also the right to raise the
| water in Great Averill pond for the benefit of
The coaticook River Water Power Company to
height not to exceed nine feet above the top
| of the bottom flooring Of said companys fume
| as it was upon the sixth day of May, A. d. 1907,
with the right to pass over all lands which
| were, at that date, of II. Il. Ames for the pur-
pose of erecting, repairing and managing said
dam. Also the right to raise the water OF Little
Averill Pond not to exceed twelve feet above
| the bottom of the said company's hume as II
| was upon the sixth day Of May, A. d. 1892 with
| the right to pass over the lands which were on
| said sixth day of May, A. d. 1892 of X. NJ. and
pairing snd o. w
| fully appear from the deeds of A. NJ. Stetson to
the Coaticook Knitting Co. and George Gale s.
Of se y aSn ~ Of the
Ames to the Trustees of the Coaticook River
| Water Power Company. recorded in Book Is,
page 222 OF the Land Records of Essex County
and deed of r. NJ. and d. o. Woodland to the
Trustees of the Coaticook River Water Power
Company recorded in Book IS, page AL OF the
| Land Records of Essex County and that tn e
| said A. II. Gale held the title to said lands in
trust for the Coaticook River Wafer Power
Company, corporation duly chartered and ex
ishng, and having place of business at said
Waterville, and was under contract to
| convey the same to the said Coaticook River
water Power Company, and that the said lands
DO not really belong to the estate of the de-
ceased but to the said Coaticook River Water
| Power Company
And therefore praying said court to grant
mem, the said Catherine NJ King and Perry S.
| Dobson, administrators as aforesaid license
| TO convey said lands and the legal title thereto
to the said Coaticook River Water Power Com
pany:
Whereupon said court did order that the
hearing and decision upon said petition be re-
ferred to session of said court to be held at
the Probate Office In Guildhall in said District
on the first day Of July at 10 O'Clock a. m /: and
that notice thereof be given by publishing n
certified copy of the record of said order once a
week, three weeks SUCCESSFULLY. previous
thereto in the Essex County Herald, a news
paper printed in Brighton, in the County of
Essex and circulating in the neighborhood of
those interested, In order that all persons in
terested therein, being thereby duly notified
thereof might then and there appear before
said court and object to the granting of said
license If they see cause.
Done In court at Canaan this aoth day of Nav
| A. ID. 1911
- EDWIN o. cARLL, JUDGE.