The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-23
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the run that extends westerly at the
foot OF the hill south Of land of
said run crossing the Middle Road, so
called, at the culvert at the foot of the
hill and continuing along said run at
the foot of the hill south Of land of
Henry Varney to Currier Brook, SO
sailed; thence southerly up said brook
to a point in or opposite the north
line of the brick-kiln property owned
by Horace Purinton & Company;
thence along the northerly line of said
brick-kiln property to the back road
leading to Waterville, thence along
the southerly line of land of Lewis A.
thereof; thence in a straight line par
allel with Bloomfield street to the
easterly line of land of NJ. S. Osborne;
thence northerly along said Osborne's
easterly line. which is near the line
of poles OF the Central Maine Power
Company to the kennebeC River;
thence down said Kennebec River to a
point where the line of said Central
Maine poweE company's poles crosses
30 the northerly bank of the kennebcc
River; thence along said line Of poles
70 the highway leading from SkOW
hogan to Norridgewock; thence east
prly along said highway to the easter
ly line of lot siXtythree, according to
Thomas Farrington's plan; thence
northerIy along the easterly line of
said lot sixty-three to a point where
the line OF the Central Maine Powe'
Companys poles crosses said easterly
line of lot sixty-three; thence along
the line OF poles aforesaid to the
southerly line of the Palmer farm;
thence easterly along the southerly
line OF said Palmer farm to the point
of beginning
Section 3 Said district for the pur-
poses of its incorporation is hereby
dutnOTlZeu 10 TAKE, HOlu, uIftil, u9C
and distribute sufficient water from
the Kennebec River or from any lake
or pond located wholly or partly in
any of the towns of Skowhegan, Ca
naan, Scion, Athens. Smithfield, Madi-
son or Embden. excepting Hancock
Pond. and from any river or stream
in any of said towns, or from wells
or reservoirs therein; provided, how
ever that no wafer shall be taken
from any source of supply which may
be privately owned except by pur-
chase thereof by agreement with the
owners. or by the exercise OF the
right OF eminent domain as hereinaf
ter provided
Section B. Said district is hereby
further authorized. for the purposes of
it's incorporation, to take and hold as
for public uses. by purchase or the
exercise of the right Of eminent do
main as hereinafter provided, any
land or real estate or water rights
in the County of Somerset reasonably
necessary and convenient for the
construction and maintenace OF dams,
for fowage, for power. for pumping
its water supply through its mains,
for reservoirs, for preserving the pur-
ity of the water and watershed, for
laying and maintaining aqueducts and
other structures, for taking distrib-
uting, discharging and disposng of
water and for rights of way or road
ways, to its sources of supply, dams,
conversations, reservoirs mains,
aqueducts, structures and lands.
In case of the crossing of any rail
road, unless consent is given by the
company owning or operating such
railroad as to place, manner and con-
dtions of the crossing, within thirty
days after such consent is requested
by said water-district, the Public
Utilities Commission shall determine
the place. manner and conditions OF
all such crossings, and all work done
within the limits of such railroad To-
cation shall be done under the super
vision and to the satisfaction of such
railroad company but at the expense
of said water district.
Section A. Said district shall be
liable for all damages that shall be
sustained by any person or corpora
ton in their property by the taking OF
any land whatsoever, or water, or by
fowage. or by excavating through any
land for the purpose of laying pipes,
building dams or constructing reser-
voirs. II any person sustaining dam
age as aforesaid and said corporation
shall not mutually agree upon the
sum to be paid therefor such person
may cause his damages to be ascer
tanned in the same manner and under
the same conditions, restrictions and
limitations as are or may be prescrib
ed in the case of damages by the lay
ing out of highways.
Section 5. Said district is hereby
authorized to lay in and through the
streets and highways thereof, and of
any town way or highway in the
County of Somerset, and to take up,
repair and replace, all such pipes,
iqueducts and fixtures as may be nee