HomeMy WebLinkAbout2667 Notice from the Massachusetts legislature in regard to a petition for incorporation of a railroad to run from Cambridge to Lowell, February 21, 1842 Tatha Aen.Senate and flu age of Ilepratentalixes ill 4@11Q1$rj
Court assembled.
THE petition of the undersigned respectfully prays that the?
and their associates maybe.incorparated under the sutltarf-
ty of the Commonwen2th,with authority to lay out and con-
struct aRailroad with one or more tracks,ou either of the fol-
)owing describe t�routes, do wit:—the first commencing a6 a
point ou rho Fedor 1Vleadows,eo culled,near Block Island,
where rho main track of the Charlestown Branch Railroad now
terminates in Weat Cambridge,and running thence to a paint,
near the oot of Wollington'n Hill, thence westerly of Thomas
Clark,.house in Watertown,thence near a barn belonging to
Abijah White on the road from Watertown and Waltham to
West Cambridge;thonce to and down the Bearer Brooh Valley
to Waltham,to a point in the main road near the 1lfaseasoit
house:—thence south of the main street,passing northerly of and
near the IIpper Factory—thence to a point on the high ground_
northerly of the main road from Waltham to Rreeton—thence to
a points southexly of Hobbs!tannery in Weston and near 19ton}•
Brook—thence near the aforesaid Brook to and across ho main
road a little west of Weatherbee's tavern
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to a point near the
second mile north ofsaid road—tl,pnce to Minns'cut so called—
thence fo a point iu the Concord road northerly of F.A.JUsy-
&e Is house in Linegln—thence southerly of Walden's pond to a
poin on Concord plaine southwesterly of the village and
ttdar aye U ne- bliPtipe to apd,aore6% the 9mrttRiv°r o4ur;
the old Bridge—thence ih nearly a direct lie,m ib a potfl
arearLoring's Lead Fnetory,—thence to a point, near Fault-
(`. - ner's Mills In Acton—thence northwesterly till it comes to tha
Z• too*surveyed for.a�o ] by L• m,and delineated on a
;';� yisy:• itl�^ttral5c�the Canal Range, of
aUed,>!t neat CAbaa a hrough a of Acton,BoxSorot
Littleton, Harvard, Groton, and S trIcy village—thence neat
Cattacoonemaug pond and the outlet to a ue'pill it oint n 1 comet
to n point near Stephen Gibso11?2 T
i %,, of Leominster NortR village—tR long the sands
Nos a River riltar Parker's Paper mill— d
t py�3n or the w�a ferny: side of the lve til)]a omen to the ben
4 4 P�tnAtiiyevia3v�a�t it 8— J3ale—theyice across
said River to the county ad leading from F012ura too�,eo-
minstar,or continuing from the bend before mention 0%_west
eiOr°oi�saiFo �a°ngiegoouofltoulotonemleil:_.rr �s,s,pare,
and defined as f011O811cY northeasterly aid beforeof he Massasoit House,aroutend
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Beaver Brook Valley,
tunning on the north aide of the main street in WaltRnm and
near the,town house,to a point in said before described route
on the highland westerly of the village; thence s before de-
scribed to Loring's lead worlis in Concord,thence more north,
erly than the before described route,passing westerly Of S.
Wetherbee's in Acton; thence passing the northerly side of No-
gog Pond to near Littleton Old Common; thence northwester-
ly either by Deacon John Hrtwell s or by the Hill on the
town's farm,to the Canal Route near School House NO1.11 III
Groton;thence following the canal route or near the same,
through a part of Groterl,Shirley,Lunenburg and Leominster
is the village of Fitchbarg;—or on either of the before described-
routes front Fitchburg to Waltham; thence across the Charles
River to the NVorcester.Rail Road at West Newton;or froze
Fitchburg on either of the Before described routes to he afore.
mentioned school house in'Groton; thence into and follow-
Tng the valley of Stoney Brook,to Elie easterly part of the towlt
of Westford; tlleuco to the valley of River Meadow Brook,
in Chelmsford,to the Lowell Railroad, near the great ledge—
or from Fitchburg'to Concord,on either of the above described
routers—thence through the southerly part of Bedford,the nortk-
erly part of Lexington and the southerly part of Burlington to
the Lowell Railroad in Woburn near the watering station.
And that they may be allowed to have such capital in real and
personal estate,as may be deemed necessary for the above ob-
jects,and may have the privileges and be subject to the duties
and liabilities of Railroad Corporations in this Commonwealttl.
N.F. CUNNINGI.1AM,
FRANCIS R.GOURGAS,
ABEL PFIELP3L --„�
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co1vtMONWEXLTH OF MASSACIIUSi;TTS.
lit Senate,Feb.21,1842.
On he petition aforesaid,Ordered,that the petitioners cause
an attested copy of their petition,with this order thereon,to be
nerved on the Clerk of the Boston and Worcester Rail Road
Corporation—the Clerk of the Boston and Lowell Rail Road
,0o poration—the Clerk of the Charlestown Branch Rail Road
Corporation—the Town Clerks of the towns of Charlestown,
West Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Weston,
Lincoln,Concord,Acton, Boxboro', Littleton, Harvard,,Gro-
ton, Shirley, Lancaster,Leominster, Fitchburg, Lunenburg,
Westford,Chelmsford,Lowell,Bedford,Lexington,Burlington,
rind Woburn,ten days at lest before the fourteenth.day of Feb-
ruary; and cause the same to be published three times in Thd
Boston Atlas,a paper printed in Boston,and twice in the fol-
lowing papers,via: Bunker Hill Aurora, a paper printed its
Charlestown-, Concord Freeman,a paper printed in Concord;
Fitchburg Courier,a paper printed in Fitchburg;Massachusetts
at least befor at e the fourteenth day of Fe and Lowell bruary,tha at t all Persoree ns
Interested may then appear,and show cause,if any they have'
{Vhy the prayer of said petition should not be granted.
guilt down tot coucurren
CHA'S CALHOUN,Clerk.
In the Ffoaas of Representatives,Ft&.2d,1842e
Concurred. L.S.CUSII.ING,Clerk.
true copy. Attestt
C11A'S CiLHOUN,Clerk of the Sedate.
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