Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-11-19
COUNTY COMMIssToNERs NOTICE

To the County Commissioners of the
County of Hancock:
Respectfully represent the under
signed, selectmen and responsible citi-
zens OF the town of Amherst, in the
County of Hancock, as follows:
% A certain way is now existing,
a part of which lies in the town OF AM
herst, in said County of Hancock, and
the remainder in the town of Clifton,
in the county of Penobscot, which way
as aforesaid lies in two or more coun-
ties, and extends from town to town
and is more fully described as follows;
"A certain way extending from point
in the town of Amherst. in the County
of Hancock, numbered one on GER
tain plan, said plan bearing title,
Highway location, Town of Amherst.
Hancock County, Maine surveyed
Aug, 1924, by ID. j. Mason, e. e., Scale
l. 40 minutes said point being an iron
spike in the center line of highway
bearing north 9 degrees As minutes, a
distance of 16455 feet from the north
or formerly owned or occupied
by Augustine D. Archer also bear
westerly corner of the aforesaid
over Chicks Hin, so-called, to point
in the town of Clifton, in the existing
highway near land now or formerly of
l.. A. Mosher.'
co Your petitioners desire and it is
their belief that common and public
convenience and necessity require that
the above described way should be dis
continued and altered, and in place
thereof a new highway leading from
and through said Clifton through and
to said Amherst should be laid out,
that portion of said highway within
the town of Amherst to be described
substantially as follows:
Description of a highway location in
the town of Amherst, Hancock county
Maine, as surveyed by David j. Mason,
c. e., Aug, 1924.
beginning at point No. /, marked
by an iron spike in the center line of
the highway bearing north nine de-
grees forty-fve minutes east GO de-
grees As minutes) a distance of one
hundred siXty-four and fifty-fve one
hundredths O64.55) feet from the
north asterly corner of house now
or formerly owned and occupied by Au-
gustus d. Archer; also bearing north
twenty seven degrees east CT degrees)
distance of one hundred sixty-two
and seventy-five one hundredths
G62.75) feet from the northwesterly
corner of the aforesaid Archer house;
thence south eighty eight degrees
thirty five minutes west (SS degrees 80
minutes) a distance of one hundred
by am iron spike driven into the
ground. said spike bearing north six
degrees thirty minutes east C degrees
80 minutes) distance of fifty and five
tenths (50.5) feet from an apple tree
eight go inches in diameter; thence
south fifty-seven degrees thirty min
utes west (57 degrees 80 minutes)
distance of one hundred sixty G6O)
feet to point No 3, marked by an iron
spike driven into the ground said
spike bearing north thirty degrees
thirty minutes east go degrees 20
minutes) distance of sixty three (63)
feet from an apple tree eight 90
inches in diameter also bearing north
seventy-nine degrees thirty minutes
east Go degrees 80 minutes) distance
of fifty-one feet (5D from another
annla trea civ (6) inches in diameter;
thence south forty-one degrees five
minutes west al degrees 5 minutes(
distance of six hundred nineteen (619D
feet to point No. 4, marked by spike
driven into the ground and being on
the division line between land now. or
formerly owned by Augustus D. Archer
and Whitcomb, Haynes & Whitney,
said spike bearing south eight degrees
no minutes west g degrees minutes)
a yellow birch tree sixteen Q6) inches
in diameter; thence south forty-one
degrees fifty-five minutes west al de-