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

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 i'll Vermont OF A. H. Gale,
late of Waterville in the District OF st. Francis
III the Province OF Quebec, deceased, GREETING:
Whereas heretofore, to wit on the ard day of
May, A. u. 1911, Catherine NJ King and Perry
;. Dobsou, administrators of the goods. chattels
and estate in Vermont of A. II. Gale. late of
Waterville. in the District of st. Francis and
Province OF Quebec and Dominion of Canada,
deceased, presented to said Probate Court
petition IN writing therein setting forth that the
said A. II. Gale was, in his lifetime seized and
possessed OF certain lands in the towns of Nor
ton and Averil and Warrens 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 1t now exists and much longer
as is necessary to raise the water in said pond
; # higher than said pond has been raised with
the right to How 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. 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
TAO IN said Norton at the outlet of Averili Pond ;
being strip OF land three rods wide on each
| side the center of the dam 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 fowage
| on the lands around said pond which were up
on the eighteenth day of October. A d. 1885, Of
| the said A. NJ. Stetson and the same, right Of
| howage on the lands around Little Averili Pond
which were at that date of the said A. NJ Stet-
son. AL so the right to take dirt gravel and
stone to build and maintain dam at the outlet
OF Averil Pond on said lot No. I76 with the right
SO lar as the said A. M Stetson was concerned
| q drawing he To- 81,
| 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
a height not to exceed nine feet above the top
| of the bottom flooring of said company's fume
| as It was upon the sixth day of May A. D. 1907,
with the right to pass over all lands which
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 fume as it
was upon the sixth day of May, A. D. 1902, with
the right to pass over the lands which were on
sad sixth day OF May, A. D. 1897, of r. NJ and
ID. %. Woodland for the purpose of erecting, re-
pairing ana managing said DAMS as will more
fully appear from the deeds of A. NJ Stetson to
the Coaticook Knitting Co. and George Gale &
sons, recorded in Book I, page 4s7 Of the land
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 27I of the
Land Records of Essex County; and that I'M
said A. Fl. Gale held the title to said lands in
trnst for the Coaticook River Wafer Power
company, corporation duly chartered and ex-
istng, 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
90 not really belong to the estate of the de-
ceased put to the said Coaticook River Water
| Power Company.
a., And therefore praying said court to grant
mem mem, the SAID Catherine NJ. King and Perry S,
Dobson, administrators as aforesaid a liceuse
10 convey said lands and the legal title thereto
TO the said Coaticook River Water Power Com.
pany: >oi"
i .Whereupon said court did order that the
nearing and decision upon said petition be re-
terred to session of said court to he held at
the PROBATE Office in Guildhal in said District
on the hrst day of July at 10 O'Clock a. m, /; and
that not,ce thereof be given by publishing a
certihed copy OF the record of said order once a
week, three weeks successfully, previous
thereto III the Essex County Herald a news
paper printed in Brighton, in the County of
Essex and circulating in the neighborhood of
those interested, i'll 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 2eth day of NAV.
A.. ID. 1911
EDWIN o. cARLL, JUDGE