Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES

. COMPANY. corporation of the States OF
/ TRUST COMPANY. formerly known as
! Fidelity Insurance. Trust and safe Deposit
Company. corporation of the State OF
No :: pecember Term; iais, .
| PETITlON FOR CONDEMNATION.
| CANAL COMPANY. a corporation existing
| under he laws of the states Of Delaware
and Maryland FIDELITY TRUST COM
! FANf, a corporation existing under the
| laws ot the state of Pennsylvania. and all
| persons interested n the lands, appurte-
nances and property set forth in said pcti-
| ton for condemnation. or in any part
thereof. or claiming any interest therein.
| You and each of you pursuant to an or
| IN twenty seventh day of January. A. ID.
1919. upon motion of Charles Curiey
! Esq, United States Attorney for the dis
| trict of Delaware, are hereby notified that
| yo" and eacn of you are required 10 appear
in the said distr CT court al Wilmington.
1 in said district. on Wednesday. the nine
| teenth day of March, a. ID. 1919, at 10
| o'clock n tho forenoon. and assert your in
| tercsts and claims in the said lands appur-
| tenanCCs and property. II any you have.
and file your objections. II any you have.
70 the proposed condemnation of the lands.
| the said petition. which lands appurtc-
| nanCcs and property are more particularly
| described in said petition a. follows. 90 wit ;
| ALI. the hereinafter described lands and
! premises situate in Cecil county. state of
| NJ ryiand and New Castle county State
| of Delaware. and moro particularly de
! scribed as follows. To wit.
An artificial waterway known as the the
! hesapeakc and Delaware Canal. thirteen
| and iivC-CighthS t13 5-S) miles in length.
extending from Chesapeake City. Maryland.
/ 20 Delaware City. Delaware. Sixty-stX t6oe
| tect in width At the water line. thtTt. SIX
I tSt) feet In width at the bottom. ana
/ depth of ten u0) feet. with three t3l locks,
! each two hundred and twenty t22Ol iect
| In length and twCnty-four (4l feet in
| width including. in connection Herewith.
| all lands. and all lands under water AT the
| full pond tower icvc from Delaware Ctty
! Delaware to st Georges. Delaware. and
| full pond summit level from 81 Gcorgcs'
! Delaware to Chesapeake city. Maryland:
! as fixed for each level by the ock gates oi
! he canal and lands under water of rcsFt-
! VotrS feeding the canal at the uincrctV
! water levels above the full pond summit
i level all as described 10y abstracts of deeds
/ aud shown hy boundary lines. ON map en-
! titled Atlas Showing the Property OF IN"
/ Chesapeake and Delaware anal Company,
/ equals inch April. 1900. IN n sheets.
! The said map nov being ou die n thc office
! oi the District Engineer at Whining
| ton. delaware. an q copy oi the sald man
| bcing niCd hcrew IN. md made part q
| this petition. and lanIs not included IN the
! above description, shown Ivy boundaries
1 rIairncd apd stakcd out on he ground by
he Chesapeake and claware Canal Com
pany and surveyed and drawn on said map
hy Brooke " Miller. Inspector, y = I'm
( EInccr department. on August .-S. l9lS
and more particularly described As follows
Two tracts OF sand situate ON the north
side Of SACK Crock in CvCii county. MarS
i land purchased from Henry u BRADY and
1 Wife ny deed in foe simple dated Scptcnl-
tfcv 20. 1871 Recorded Iibcr ~ = Ne ~.
/ age 6i3 dC>Cyihed rs follows
bcginunG Tor p, western part a stone
marked h thence north ST. west. 60 I.
feet thence orth 81 west 's5 fest
thence north NJ west. 81 = feet fhcnc''
41l west 246Z tcct thence north hl1A
west $500 fcct thence north b8 west
l"s4 feet, thenrc rorth 'e'3' west; ~ VI. :
feet. theme, north asa west. I25 feet
| thence south 4 east. Go7 feet thence south
3-i west. 81 3 feet thence south 5249' west.
S4.5s iect. thence south .4A9 west lN' =
feet thenc, south S2l.' vest loi 9 feet
thence south t3t4 west. l4~5 tect thence
south S>'t Wost. -@7.O feet. morc or lcsS
l thence north ffi4 west. 25S9 feet thence
north 55'4e vest. lS4 feet. thence NOR
II west. $3.50 frct, g stone a. Long
| Creek thence south q west. ~ icc',
70 Sack Greek. and then returning 20 place
| ST tcginninR thence south 81 west 81
feet. to BaCb Greek. and thence by and
! With Back Greek 10 thC above SAID stake
al Back Greek
Beginning tor the eastern part At . stone
marked " a near the intersection ot west
line OF Lock street and south inc 81 Rank
street and running Whence north q. west
| iO4 3 lcet To stone, thence south 81 ~e>t
! 1853 feet to a stone AT Rcunctts line
hence returning 10 beginning thence sout
-2}7' west S5a5 feet thence north SO
west. @650 feet thence north 32 east.
| 2+7.S feet. excepting out of the above land
! two lots conveyed by ne late Robert Polk
! to b EaSt0n and Thomas Conrey also
| all the property and appurt enanCfs used
! or acquired for use in connection with the
said cana! and appert tanning thereto. Tn
Guiding bridges a. Delaware Cry, Delaware
and al North Drain. Delaware City. Della
ware and Al II. Georges. Delaware. and At
summit Bridge Delaware. and al Mary
land Pivot Mary land. and AZ Chesapeake
City. MARY land. all buildings on the lands
above described with he machinery therein
4 used in connect ion With me canal : opera
ton and drcdge. one tuchoat. one pile
driver Icur dump scow~ one small yacht.
and alI the telephone system attending the
length OF the canal
The mort heg!S property line Of the Chesa-
peake and peiaw are Canal Company mort b
81 ne ccatrc zine thereof from CheSapeakt
City. MARY land. eastward 70 Delaware
CITY. Delaware. Is described as follows
Beginning at a stone marked " A. near the
intersection of the west line OF LOCK street
and Souti line of Bank street. in Chesa peake
oily. MaTy land. along the boundary iine
o land or formerly OF Thomas Bittlc
thence sout heasterly 262 feet 20 stake
formerly a small cedar tree thence sOui Z
75l- east 57i .6 feet thence along the south
Tine ot Lewis street north - 3-e cast
l333 eet. thence north ~ "a east, 1873 )
feet thence north So 3-fs east 1898 Feet
thence north - - east. I33 3 feet thence
mort 81 81 east. 1888 feet thence north
- Il east 1872 f., thence ,hnc'. nor, noT,h
- 3-4a cast. 1888 feet. thence north
10 3-47 east l33 : feet thence north
$50 east. 1888 feet thence north
- 81 east 1888 feet thence north
3 81 east. 1888 feet: except four prop
critics Nos Z, s, i3 and "a shown on map
bounded on the north by Lewis street. on
the "a I by Hempnin street. on the south
bx kane street OF q on the west 10y Fisher
j. shown on map, located IN block bounded
on the north by kane street. on the east
by Hemphiil street. on the south by Lewis
street isO called and on the west by FISHER
street. described as follows
80 Beginning al the cast corner OF Lewis
and Fisher streets. thence nOrth h a 55 min
east 2U0 feet along east side Of Fisher
street. thence north SU' cast. oe-12 ieet
along south side OF Kane street thence
south - 40 min cast 202-9 feet, thence
south 81 80 min. west -4.72 feet along
Lewis street 20 beginning.
(IOl Beginning al the Sout heast corner
of lot conveyed by canal company tc
Abraham Bennett by deed dated December
2O2 r. 9 in 70 Kane street; thence along
/ south side 4 Kane street north II ea4Sf
IS n : in, .GeDCe south on east 2G5 ft 5 III
10 Lewis street thence by and with tht
| chord OF Lewis street "A Fl > in. 70 beginning
lD BEGINNING the sout heast corner
/ of lot conveyed by canal company tC
George ". Bennett by deed dated October
- 1915 00J. thence north 1874 east
Lewis and Hemphill streets; thence alone
Hemphiu street north IL west. ZO2 fl. 9 In
10 a stone the intersection OF Hemphili
and Kane streets thence along Kane street
south SOIs west. l54 10 teet 70 the north
east corner Of said 10 heretofore conveyed
by canal company fl0) thence by straight
line TO the beginning. and excepting also
Rights Of way for public use over stree
street Kane street. Hempbil street. anc
Lewis street $50 called along northeriS
side Of TOW path Of canal 70 junction witt
Lewis street
2. 3-37 asst 1873 3 feet along the property
now or formerly Of Thomas Bittle anC
heirs Of Henry i'CaTCo by the various course
and distances Ou water line Of the full ponc