Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-11-05
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 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 a point
in the town of Amherst, in the County
of Hancock. numbered one on a GER
tain plan, said plan bearing title,
Highway location, Town of Amherst,
Hancock County, Maine Surveyed
Aug. 1924, by d. j. Mason, c. E., Scale
l, 40 minutes said point being an iron
spike in the center line of a highway
bearing north 8 degrees AS minutes, a
distance of 164.55 feet from the north
or formerly owned or occupied
by Augustine d, Archer, also bear
ing 1878 feet from the north
westerly, corner of the aforesaid
Archer house; and extending thence
over Chicks Hill, so-called, to a point
in the town of Clifton. in the existing
highway near land now or formerly of
L. A. MoSher."
CD 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
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.
Rac i11 inc a n l nrlr n
by an iron spike in the center line of
the highway bearing north nine de-
grees forty-five minutes east GO de-
grees As minutes) distance of one
hundredths G64.55) feet from the
northeasterly corner of a house now
or formerly owned and occupied by Au-
gustus ID. Archer; also bearing north
twenty seven degrees east CIT degrees)
a distance of one hundred sixty two
and seventyfive one hundredths
G62.75) feet from the northwesterly
corner of the aforesaid Archer house;
thence south, lightweight degrees
thirty-five minutes west (S8 degrees 35
minutes) distance of one hundred
fifty $50 feet to point No. 2, marked
by an 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 (S) inches in diameter; thence
south fifty-seven degrees thirty min
utes west (57 degrees 80 minutes) a
distance of one hundred sixty Q6O)
feet to point No. 8, marked by an iron
spike driven into the ground, said
spike bearing north thirty degrees
minutes) a distance of sixtythree (63)
feet from an apple tree eight go
inches in diameter also bearing north
seventy nine degrees thirty minutes
east (79 degrees 80 minutes) distance
of fifty-on feet GID from another
apple tree six CO. inches in diameter;
thence south forty-one degrees hve
minutes west al degrees minutesl a
distance of six hundred nineteen (6l9)
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 ID. Archer
and Whitcomb Haynes & Whitney,
said spike bearing south eight degrees
no minutes west 6 degrees minutes)
a distance of siXty-one (6G feet from
a yellow birch tree sixteen G6) inches
in diameter; thence south forty one
degrees fifty-five minutes west al de-