Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-09-11
TAXPAYERS COMPLAIN
TO COMMISSIONERS
Salisbury Selectmen Summoned
for Hearing on
Saturday

The County Commissioners have
summoned the Selectmen of the
town of Salisbury to appear at the
Twin Lakes postoffice on Saturday OF
this week to show why they have
neglected to keep in proper repair
the Twin Lakes road, so called. The
summons is the outcome of COM
plant made by several taxpayers re-
siding at Twin Lakes in the town of
Salisbury.
Following is copy of the COM
plant and summons:
To J. Sedgwick Tracy, of the Town
of Canaan, Ashael w. Mitchell of the
Town of Woodbury., and John H.
Lancaster, of the Town of Litchfield,
County of Litchfeld and State of
Connecticut, as they are the County
Commissioners of said County of
Litchfeld, comes the under signed
six or more citizens of the State of
Connecticut under oath and COM
plain in writing, which complaint is
endorsed and approved by the States
Attorney in said Litchfeld County,
as required by law, and which COM
plant is as follows:- =
1. The public road, or highway,
which runs around the easterly,
northerly and westerly shores of
''Lake Washining" so called, and
known as the "Twin Lakes Road,
which road runs from a point near
the residence formerly occupied by
Frank Holsapple, about 200 yards
westerly from butchers Bridge,
so called, over the Central New
England Railroad Company's track
at station known as "Washining",
around the easterly, northerly and
westerly shores of "Lake Washin-
ing", crossing the Central New Eng
land Railroad Company's track at \
station known as "Twin Lakes,
along the easterly shore of "Lake
Washinee" to a point on the STATE
road at the top of "Smith Hip, so
called, all of which road is in said
Town of Salisbury and the said Town
Of Salisbury has neglected to keep n
good and sufficient repair all of said
road, and the Selectmen of said Town
of Salisbury have failed to remove,
or caused to be removed, encroach-
ments upon said highway in said
Town.
Your compliments therefore COM
plain and request that you will ap-
point time and place when and
where all persons interested in this
complaint may appear and be heard
upon the propriety of such repairs,
or removal of such encroachments,
giving notice, or causing to be given
of the bringing of this complaint to
the first selectman, Daniel Lorrigan,
of said Town of Salisbury, and to all
persons interested or required by
Statute to be notified.
That upon due hearing had, you
will order said Town of Salisbury to
make such repairs upon said high
way as shall be deemed proper, and
to trim and clean up said highway
along the sides, to such width as
shall be deemed proper, and to make
such further orders and take such
further action in the premises, as
shall be required by the statute law
of this State.
Dated at Salisbury this 26th day
of August, A. D., 1919.
William A. Miles
Georgiana w. Miles
Helen w. Miles
Thomas O'Hara
Mary E. O'Hara
Mary O'Hara
Margaret O'Hara
H. E. Lyles
James O'Hara
Alice E. Pratt
Charles Gardner
D. Hanlon
IS. Salisbury, August 26th, 1919.
State of Connecticut
County of Litcnheld
Personally appeared the above
named petitioners and made oath to
the foregoing complaint before me.
J. Clinton Roraback,
Notary Public.
After proper inquiry made, the
undersigned hereby endorses and
approves the foregoing complaint to
the County Commissioners of Litch-
field County.
Walter Holcomb,
State Attorney for Litchfield County.