Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-06-16
ESTATE OF GEORGE GALE

State Of Vermont,
District OF EsSex, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict afore To the heirs and all persons IN
teTested in the estate in Vermont OF George
Francis. in the Province ofQuebec and Domin-
ION of Canada, deceased, GREETING:
whereas heretofore. 10 wit on the 25rd day
Of May A. ID. 1911, r. C. Gale. of waterville, IN
the District Of ST. Francis, in the Province OF
Quebec, administrator of the goods, ehattels
and estate in Vermont Of George Gale late o.
said waterville, deceased, presented to SAID
Probate Court a petition in writing therein set
ting forth that the said George Gale was IN his
lifetime seized and possessed OF the legal title
of certain lands in the towns OF Norton ana
Averill and Warrens Gore in the County oil
Essex and State of Vermont, described as iol-
lows:
A portion Of lot No. a Of the town Of Morton
being a strip of land three rods wide on eacn
side OF the centre of the dam at the outlet OF
Norton Lake on said lot andthe full length OF
said dam it 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 Alpheus NJ.
Stetson, late of Boston in the County of suffolk
and state of Massachusetts, deceased, extended
/ upon the eighteenth day OF October, A. ID. 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 I26 in said Norton at the outlet Of Averill
| Pond being strip OF land three rods wide on
| each SIDE oil the centre OF the QAn at the outlet
of 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
howage on the lands around said pond which
were upon the eighteenth day Of October, A.
ID. 1889 of the said A. NJ. Stetson, and the same
| right of howage on the lands around Little
Averill 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 9 dam
at the outlet of Averili Pond on said lot No.
r26 with the right so far as the said A. NJ; stet;
son 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 Averill Pond in said Averiil, and
also to erect dam at the outlet Of Little Averill
| Pond in said Averill, and to raise the water in
| said pond above its natural level so as to flow
and cover with water seven acres OF land ad.
joining said ponds which were 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 Averiii Lum.
Der Company also the right to have any lands
which were at said date OF said Robinson and
Fitzgerald, co-partners aforesaid, conveyed
to the Coaticook River Water Power Company
for whom said George Gale was in his lifetime
trustee at ten dollars per acre for uniinprovec
lands and such reasonable compensation a.
might thereafter be agreed upon for improved
land such iowage not to exceed such as woulC
come from raising the water in Great Averil
Pond five feet above high water mark and II
Little Averill Pond two feet higher than tn,
dam was upon the sixth day of February. A. u
1891, and the right to the said George Gale t.
the said Robinson and Fitzgerald for the pur
pose of erecting, repairing and managing saiC
dams, as will more fully appear from the dec
of the said Robinson and Fitzgerald recorde,
| upon page 26S, Book IS, of the Land Records o
, | Essex County, and the deed OF the said A. NJ
| Stetson recorded upon pages 4S6 ard Asst, Book
oft Land Records OF the Town OF Norton
, that the said George Gale held the title to SAT-
| lands in trust for the Coaticook River waite
| Power Company, corporation duly charters
, and existing and having place of business q
Waterville, and was under contract to conve
said lands and the legal title to the same to tn
said Coatcook River Water Power Company
and that the said lands do not really belong I
the estate OF the deceased, but to the said Coat
cook River Water Power Company
Aud therefore praying said court to grant hin
, the said +. G, Gale, administrator as aforesaid
license TO convey said lands and the legal It'll
thereto to the said Coaticook River Water Powe
Company;
Whereupon said court did order that tn
hearing and decision upon said petition be r,
r ferred to a session Of said court to be held
the Probate Office in Guildhail in said distric
on the hrst day OF July at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. : an
that notice thereof be given by publishing
certified copy of the record of said order once
' week three weeks successfully previous ther,
TO IN the Essex County Herald. a newspape
printed at Brighton in the County of Essex an,
= circulating in The neigbborhood Of those inte
! ested, in order that all persons intereste
therein. being thereby duly notified thereo
j might then and there appear before said cou-
and object to the granting Of said license if the
see cause.
Done in court at Canaan this 29th day of Ma,
r A. ID. 1911.
EDWIN o. CARLL, JUDGE.