Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-06-09
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
afore said 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 aSrd day of
May, A. u. 1911, Catherine NJ. King and Perry
S. Dobson, administrators of the goods. chatteis
and estate in Vermont of A. H. Gale, late of
| Watervile in the District OF 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:
A portion of lot No. a. of the town OF Norton
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
| ; # 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. St~tson. late of
Boston In the County Of Suhoik-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.
lao in said Norton at the outlet of Averii Pond
being strip OF land three rods wide on each
| side ofthe center of the dam at the outlet of
the dam to raise said pond five feet higher than
said high water mark, with the right OF fowage
on the lands around said pond which were up
on the eighteenth day of October A. ID. 1880, OF
the said A. NJ. Stetson, and the same right of
fowage on the lands around Little Averilf Pond
which were at that date of the said A. NJ. Stet-
son. Also the right to take dirt, gravel and
stone to build and maintain dam at the outlet
OF Averill Pond on said lot No I26 with the right
50 Tar as the said A. NJ. stetson was concerned
Of drawing the said pond three feet lower than
low water mark. Also the right to raise the
water in Great Averiil pond for the benefit of
, The Coaticook River Water Power Company to
OF the bottom flooring Of said company's hume
as was upon the sixth day of May A. d. 1892
with the right to pass over all lands which
were, at that date. of H. +. Ames for the pur-
pose Of erecting, repairing and managing said
dam. Also the right to raise the water OF Little
Averiil Pond not to exceed twelve feet above
was upon the sixth day of May, A. d. 1892 with
the right to pass over the lands which were on
SAD sixth day Of May, A. d. 1891, of R. NJ. and
pairing and managing said dams, as will more ,
fully appear from the deeds of A. NJ. Stetson to
the Soaticook Knitting Co. and George Gale &
records Of the Town Of Nertoh and an inG laaa
Ames to the Trustees of the Coaticook River
ma.er rover company, recorded in Book IS,
page a22 OF the Land Records of Essex COUNTY
ana deed OF X. NJ. and d. o. Woodland 10 the
trustees OF the coaticook River Water Power
company mS a recorded in Book IS, page zaI OF the
| Lana Records OF Essex County and that IN 2
SAID A. H. Gale held the title to said lands in
unst for the Coaticook River Wafer power
company, corporation duly chartered and eY
istng, and having place OF business at said
Waterville, and was under contract m
convey the same to the said Coaticoot R;ver
water Power Company, and that the said lands
no not really belong to the estate of the de-
Power Company ' ""'e'
-, AND therefore praying said court to grant
mem mem the said Catherine NJ King and perry s.
| Dopson, administrators as aforesaid a Iicerse
| 70 convey said lands and the legal title thereto
10 the SAID Coaticook River Water Power Corn,
Whereupon said court did order that the
nearing ana decision upon said petition he re-
ierred to session of said court to be held at
the Probate Office in Guiidhail in said District
on the hrst day of July at 10 O'Clock a, IN. :: and
mat notice thereof be given by publishing a
Icertihed copy OF the record of said order once n
week, three weeks successively 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 al3 nersons IN.
ts therein, being. thereby duly notified
thereof, might then and there appear before
saia court and object to the granting of said
license If they see cause " '"'o'
A. ID. 1911 'A nay VI may
EDWIN o. cARLI,, JUDGE.