Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-06
STATE OF MAINE
Kennebec, SIS:


To the County Commissioners of the
County Of Kennebec:
Respectfully represents Edward f. Oil
YER, Albert II. Higgins, and Jay p. Bur-
CESS, that they are owners of real estate
under Improvement in the town of Rome
in said county, and taxpayers on said
land in said town; that on the seven
teenth day of January. A. D. 1Yl7, they
presented to the Municipal Officers of said
town of Rome a petition for the laying
out of town way, a copy of which pc
tition follows, and is made a part of this
petition, viz
ITO the Honorable Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Rome, kennebec Co,
We. the undersigned, property owners
and tax payers of the town of Rome here
by petition your honorable board to lay
out and build a suitable public highway
over the following route namely:
Beginning at the old Robbins Mill. so
called, situated on the highway running
to Oakland and running in southerly
direction along the town road to the
point where the private way of j. II. Lit
tle6eld leads off to Hillside Camps; thence
along this private way to the northeast
corner Of the garage at said Hillside
Camps; thence in southeastrly direc-
tion across the land owned by the said
Littlefeld one hundred and fifty feet Q5O)
more or less. to the brook: thence across
the brook one hundred feet 600 more or
less, to the land owned by David Perkins
Cor Mary Perkins,: thence SoutheaSterly
about two hundred and fifty t2oOl feet
more or less. to. or near. set of bars
on said land thence in a Southerly direc-
ton to Perkins south line six hundred
and eighty feet (6S0) more or less; thence
in a southerly direction (by- the most
feasible route) across the land owned by
Jay P Burgess about eight hundred and
fifty feet (S5O) more or less, to the north
line of the land owned by Oliver Higgins
Co. thence on to this land about three
hundred feet (300) more or less, to their
dning-room."
That said petition was subscribed by
your petitioners and twenty other resi-
dents of said Rome or owners OF improved
real estate therein; that said Municipal
officers of the town of Rome have unreal
sonably neglected and refused to lay out
to lay out the way as prayed Tor IN SAID
filed with them on the seventeenth DAY
WHEREFORE. in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter "a of the Revised
Statutes of Maine, the undersigned re-
spectfully petition your Honorable Body
to lay out the way as prayed for in said
petition above rected.
Dated at Rome. Maine. June 2. 1917
EDWARD e. OLIVER,
ALBERT H. HIGGINS,
JAY P. BURGESS.
STATE OF MAINE.
L. So
Kennebec. ss-Board of County Commits
sioners. April Session, 1917 Held by ad-
journment, June 5th, 1917.
On the foregoing Petition, satisfactory
evidence having been received that the
Petitioners are responsible and ought to
be heard touching the matter set forth in
said Petition, and that an inquiry into
the merits is expeden9t; it is oR !. RED
that the County Commissioners will NEE.
At Bert HAYES store lin, in Rome nest on Mon %
o'clock A NJ; and thence proceed to
view the route mentioned in said petition,
and imn,ediat ely afterwards hear the par
ties and their witnesses. and then take
such futher measures is the premises as
may be adjudged proper. Said notice to
be given BY serving attsst ,Sdrs copies Of
the Respective Clerk of the town of Rome
and BY posting up such copies aes n, three
fishing the same in the Kennebec Jour
nal, a public newspaper printed in said
County: that all persons and corporations
interested may attend and be heard if
Attest c. w. JONES. Clerk.
A true copy of the Petition and order Or
Court thereon.
Attest G. W. JONES' CieIk.
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