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Given under our hands this sixth of Oct. 1860.
John N. Sherman Selectmen Thomas J. Damon )
of Richard Heard 1 Wayland
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland held Nov. 6, 1860.
. To see if the Town will discontinue so much of the old road as is not enclosed in the straightening laid out by the Selectmen the sixth day of October 1860 near the house of Amos Carter, Jr., voted to discontinue that part of the road referred to in this Articleo
1806
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tayland held April 2, 1866.
Accepted the report of the Selectmen on the road near Bonds Corner, vis.
Wayland, March 23, 1866.
The Selectmen respectfully report that at the request of Gibson Willard, we have viewed the road at Bonds corner so called, and have laid out a straightening and widoning of the road at that place, as follows.
Beginning at a sluice at a point in the wall, thence running easterly and southerly 12 rods by said Bonds corner in the southeasterly side of the road to another point in the wall. The widening to be one rod wide at the corner.
Also a widening on the opposite side of the road at said corner, a distance of three rods in length and about five feet in width at the corner, and running to a point at the distance of three rods.
1860
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'r. Willard proposes to give the use of the land to the Town.
Voted to give Mr. Willard twenty five dollars for making the road to the acceptance of the Town's Board of Selectmen.
1867
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland held May 25, 1867.
Report of the Selectmen of Wayland of their doings in laying out a Town way agreeable to a petition of ilpheus D. Loker ard thirteen others, inhabitants of said Wayland. After giving a written notice to Mr. Willard agreeable to the requirements of the Revised Statutes proceeded on the 6th. day of May 1867, and laid out a road or Town way as follows, viz.
Commencing on the west side of the road near the dwelling house of Miss Nancy Loker and at land of allh .s D. Loker, at a stake and stones running thence south 34 degrees west in a straight line over land of said A.D. Loker, 10 rods to a brook. Thence over the said brook to land of Gibson Willard &. Son. Thence continuing in a straight line over said Willards land 73 rods to a stake and stones at the County Road leading from Framingham to Boston.
The said Town way to be on the westerly side of the above described straight line, and to be made two rods in width.
Thesaid A.D. Loker claims no damage in passing over or through his land and offers to give the making of the road through the upland of ir, Willard, and said Willard offers to make the road through A. D. Lokers land for five dollars and a stone bridge over the brook included, and the said Willard claims one hundred dollars an acre for his land and three dollars a rod for fencing the same.
The undersigned are of opinion that said Willard's claim is much too high, that one dollar and fifty conts is ample and enough.
Respectfully submitted
William Heard ) Selectmen Jones N. Morse) of
Thomas Bryant ) Wayland
For fencing 146 rods $1.50 per rod
For building 13 rods of the easterly end of said road 219 five dollars a rod, bridge included 65.
For land of said Willard at 100 per acre 91.25 $375.25
By order of the board, William lleard, Chairman, voted that a propo- sition of S.A. Rice to build the road across the meadow for five dollars a rod including the sluice or bridge be accepted.
· Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money for the expense of the road.
And at a legal meeting held Oct. 4, 1867 and by adjournment Oct. 5th., and by adjournment Oct. 10th.
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Voted to accept a proposition of Alpheus D. Loker in relation to the alteration of the road viz. Commencing with the upland over Mr. Willards and make the road without any expense to the Town to the South terminus at the County Road if the location is changed to be made to the acceptance of the Selectmen.
Votel to accept the proposition of George A. Rico to make a sluice or bridge across the stream three and one half feet wide and three and one half feet high and seventeen feet long and to have fifteen dollars in addition to his former contract and to build the road from the north terminus at the same price that he agreed to before.
1367
Voted to accept the alteration of the location as reported by the Selectmen, viz.
Know all men by these presents that whereas the Selectmen did on the sixth day of May, 1867 at the request of certain petitioners, lay out a highway across, and over lands of Alpheus D. Loker and Mess. Gibson Willard and Luke T. Willard, commencing at the Town road near the house of Nancy Loker and at land of said A.D. Loker, and running Sunth 30 degrees west in a straight line over land of said A.D. Loker & Gibson and Luke T. Willard to the County road loading from Framingham to Boston which doings of the Selectmen were ac- cepted by the Town at a meeting legally called for that purpose.
And whereas the Town by their Selectmen did subsequently pay to and satisfy the said A. D. Loker and S. and L.T. Willard for all damage claimed by them or either of them in consequence of the laying out and construction of seid highway over and across their lands.
And whereas at the request of petitioners the said selectmen did subsequently to wit on the 19th. day of September 1867, make an alteration in the location of said road laid out on the 6th. of May last, as follows, vis.
Commencing as before and at the same point at the road near Nancy Lokers, and at land of said A. D.Loker and running south 31 degrees west in a straight line, over land of said A.D. Loker, S. & L.T. Willard to the County' road leading from Framingham to Boston. Now, we the undersigned, do hereby certify and agree that if the Town accept the doings of their Selectinen in the alterations and location of said road as above described, we hereby re- linquish all claims for damage or cost whatever in consequence of the said alteration or the location or construction of said road.
Gibson & L. T. Willard Artemus Bond A.D. Loker
Wayland, October 6, 1867.
1867
Voted to discontinue so much of the road laid out on the
sixth of May as is not included in that laid out on the 19th. of September last.
1872
At a legal meeting of the inhal itants of the Town of Wayland held November 30th., 1872, it was voted that whereas a new road has been laid out and accepted by the Town this day designed to accommodate between the travel that now passes over the Sand Hill road so called, therefore voted and ordered hereby that from and after the time when said new road shall be opened for public use the said Sand Hill road between the point of its con-
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vergence from the main road near the house of J. I. Morse and the point where said road enters upon and connects therewith shall bo discontinued as a public road. Provided however that the abutting owners on the road thus discon- tinued shall have the right to improve the same us a provate way for their especial use.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex ss.
At a meeting of the County. Commissioners for the County of Middlesex, holden at Cambridge within and for said County of Middlesex on the first Tuesday of June, 1873, The petition of the selectmen of Wayland in said County for alterations of th. County road leading from Taland Centre to Natick. This petition was presented to the County Commissioners at their meeting holden at Cambridge within und for said County on the first Tuesday of June last A.D., 1871, when and where said Commissioners caused notice to be given to all persons and Corporations interested. therein of the time and place when and where they would meet for the purpose of viewing the premises and hearing the parties as by said order on file will fully appear; And thence said petition was continued to the meeting of said commissioners holded at Lowell in said County on the first Tuesday of September, then next when and where said Commissioners did adjudge suid alterations to be of common convenience and necessity, and thence said petition hath been continued from term to term to this time. And now the said commissioners make return of their proceedings in the premises as follows; The County Commissioners for said County having given all persons and corporations interested therein seasonable notice as the law directs met at the Post Office in that part of Wayland called Cochituate on the twenty fourth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and seventy two, and proceeded, the selectmen of Wayland by one or more of their number being present to make the widenings and straitenings in the road leading from Wayland Center to Natick line, and without completing the location, adjournei, and on the 16th. day of May last past, another meeting on the premises was held, and then the location of the road as widened and streitened was com- pleted, and the following description is a true description of the road as now located. Beginning at a stone monument on the westerly side of said highway, standing on the line between the towns of Natick and Wayland, thence running 8 N. 64 degrees W (261) two hundred and sixty one feet to stone monument in land of James #. Dudloy; thence N. 10 degrees 57 minutes h. one hundred and sixty two and one half (162%) feet to a stone monument on the lane between land of sd. Dudley and 17. & J.M. Bent. Thence N.eightcon and three fourths (187 degrees) W. thirty three and one half (333) feet to a stone monument by the corner of sd. Bents shop. Thence N. 24 degrees W. three and sixty nine (369) feet to a stone monument. Thence curving to the right by a radius of five hundred feet (500) for two hundred and eighty seven (287) to a stone monument numbered 5 on the plan, the ordinate to be as marked on the plan - thence N. 14 degrees 48 E. 3022 fect to a stone monument. Thence N. 13 degrees 14 minutes E. over lands of Wm. H. Bent, the Town of Wyaland A. B. Lyon and a highway seven hundred and nineteen feet (719) to a stone monument- thence !! 9 degrees E over land of Mrs. Corliss, Wm. Hammond, and by the westerly side of the present highway, eight hundred and twenty nine feet to a stone monument numbered 8 on the plan - thence N. 15 degrees 47 minutes E one hundred and seventy three and one half (1732) feet to a stone monument. Thence W. 23 degrees 35 minutes E by the westerly side of the present highway lands of Thomas F. Hammond and land of widow Solomon G. Farmer six hundred ninety five (695) feet to a stone monument numbered Il on the Thence
11. 25 degrees 48 minutos E over land of said Far ers six hundred and one forty eight (648) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 29 degrees 48 minutes E over lands of said Farmer and land of Charles Fairbanks five hundred (500) feet to a stone monument - thence !!. 32 degrees 48 minutes E. over land of sl.
Fairbanks and Clarance W. Dudley five hundred and thirty eight and one half (53))
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feet to a stone monument - thence N. 444 degrees E. over lands of said Dudley and Thomas J. Damon, two hundred (200) feet to a stone monument numbered 15 on said plan - thence north 13% degrees E. over lands of said Damon four hundred (400) feet to a stone monument ~ thence N. 185 degrees E. . discontinuing part of the present highway two hundred fifty four (254) feet to a stone monument n'. bered 17 on said plan - thence N. 334 degrees E. over land of sd. Damon one hundred and fifty five (155) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 47 degrees E. over land of said Damon one hundred and fifty two (152) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 21 degrees E. over land of said Damon three hundred and fifty one (351) feet to a stone monument - thence 18 degrees over lands of said Demon and lands of A.S. Loker, five hundred (500) feet to a stone monument No. 21 on ad plan. Thence N. 22 degrees E. over lands of sd. Loker two hundred and twenty five (225) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 0 degrees 10 minutes W. over lands of said Loker and discontinuing part of the present highway two hundred and ninety five (295) feet to a stone monument - thence IT. 314 degrees E. by the westerly side of the present highway two hundred and sixty eight (268) feet to a stone monument No. 24 on sd. plan; thence N. 422 Degrees E. on the present highway, and over land of E. Rice two hundred (200) feet to a stone monument thence I. 344 degrees E. over land of Sd. Rice one hundred and ninety six (196) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 25_ degrees E. over land of sd. Rice and land of im. Wittemore three hundred (300) feet to a stone monument thence over land of Sd. Whittemore N. 24 degrees E. three hundred and forty five feet to a stone monument - thence N. 132 degrees E. over land of said Whittemore three hundred and thirty eight (338) feet to a stone monument No. 29 on sd. plan - thence N. 32 E. over land of Sd. Whittemore and land of L. Jones, three hundrel and forty three (343) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 6 degrees E. over lands of said Jones one hundred and seventy (170) feet to a stone monument - thence !!. 10 E over lands of Sd. Jones five hundred and sevon (507) feet to a stone monument No. 31 on said plan - thence N. 1 degree E. over land of said Jones one hundred and fifty feet to a stone monument - thence N. 12 degrees Wo over land of Sd. Jones and in the present highway two hundred nineteen feet (219) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 12 degrees E. in the prosent highway, and over land of the sd. Jones five hundred fect (500) to a stone monument No. 34 on plan - thence N. 14 W. over land of said Jones and curging a highway one hundred and forty six (146) fest to a stone monument - thence N. IC degres East over land of L. Johnson two hundred and six and one half (2062) feet to a stone monument - thence N. 315 degrees E. over land of sd. Johnson one hundred and seventy one and a half (171.2) feet to a stone monument - thence 1. 292 E. over land of said Johnson Two hundred feet (200) to a stone monument No. 38 on sd. plan - sail stone moruments are situated on the westerly sile of said highway wich is laid out fifty feet wide. The above location is intended to conform to a plan made by Wm. F. Ellis, which plan is to be filed with the records of the Town of wayland.
June 1873
And the said Commissioners determine and order that the inhabitants of said Town of Wayland shall on or before the first day of July which shall be in the year 1874 lay open construct and complete said highway so that twenty five feet in width thereof t roughout the whole, exclusive of gutters on the sides shall be safe and convenient for the passage of teams of every description with customary loads. £ The centre of the traveled part shall
be the center of the locationo The form and manner of construction shall be as follows:
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All obstructions shall be removed from every part of the same to the width aforesaid, and so shaped that the centre shall be 12 inches higher than the sides by a circular curved surface. All small inequalities shall be reduced to a level or a regularly inclined plane, and greater rises and hills to an angle not exceeding 3 degrees with the horizon; drains, sluis and bridges constructed of stone and of sufficient capacity shall be made at all places necessary for conducting away the water; swampy and soft bottoms shall be raised at least 3 feet; & d 12 inches on the surface of the whole part to be traveled upon shall consist of gravel or other material which shall be permanently hard; and permanent stone monument shall be placed at each end
and at each angle in said described line; There excavations are necessary the bank on the sides shall not make a greater angle than 45 degrees with the horizon; railings shall be erected at all steep and dangerous places; and the whole shall be dono in a workmanlike manner to the acceptance of said com- missioners. And said com issioners estimate the expense of making said highway in the town of at -
And the proprietors or occupants of the land over which said highway is thus laid out are allowed until the first day of August next to remove therefrom any wood timber buildings or trees. Aid said commissioners huyving heard the proprietors of said lands by themselves or their agents, on the subject of damages by them sustained, by reason of laying out said highway, huve estimated the same as follows, to wit:
June 1873
To J. N. Hammond - twenty five dollars $ (25)
Mrs. G.J. Dudley - seventy five dollars (75)
James A. Bent - five dollars ( 5)
John L. Loker - Three hundred and ten dollars (310)
Wm. H. Bent - twenty five dollars (25)
Charles Fairbanks - fifty five dollars (55)
A. B. Lyon O one hundred dollars
(100)
Mirs. Joseph Conlin - seventy five dollars
(75)
Jefferson Loker - thirty dollars
(30)
Widow Solomon, G.Farmer - one hundred seventy five dol.
(175)
Thomas U. Damon - one hundred dollars
(15)
Widow Elira Dudley - fifty dollars
(50)
A.D. Loker - forty dollars
(40)
lm. Whittemore - 90 dollars
(90)
Edmond Rice - fifty dollars
(50)
Lewis Jones - one hundred fifty dollars
1.50)
L. Smith - forty dollars
(40)
N.B. Johnson - fifteen dollars
(15)
F. S. Johnson - fifty dollars (50)
C.W. Dudley - twenty dollars
(20)
Henry A. Bemis - forty dollars
(10)
In witness whereof we the said County Commissioners have hereunto set our hands this third day of June in the year eighteen hundred and seventy three.
Leonard Huntress H. Wailt II. Harwood
(40)
J. H. Kelly - forty dollars (100)
Robert R. Jennison - fifteen dollars
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And the said commissioners order that the highway described in said return be, and the same is hereby established as and for a public highway and that the same be recorded to the end that the same may here- after be known as such. And the said commissioners further order that the said several sums of money, estimated as damages to the said persons by reason of the premises be paid to then respectively out of the County Treasury when they shall present to the County Treasurer a certificate signed by the selectmen of the Town in which the land lies that the land over which said highway is located has been entered upon, and possession taken for the purpose of constructing said highway.
John Jas. Sauyor, Asst. Clerk.
A true copy of return Attest. John Has. Sawyer, Asst. Clerk.
A true copy
Attest Joseph A. Roby
Town Clerk of wayland,
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Report of Town Road, Oct. 25, 1873.
ne the subscribers, policemen of the Town of Maryland, It & on the petition of m. C. Crout and others, laid out for the use of Said Town a "own way, as follows. Beginning at the highway nour the center of said nylund and opposite the Farm roud so called, and nour the house of Josoph wellington and on lund of horace teard, running No. 60 degrees E. 346 Prot to stake and stones - thence . 00, degress 1. 202 feet - Themen . Bu Negride 7. 310 Fect and across the Massachucat's Central Railroad, to stake and stones. Thence 1. 70 degrees 3. 521 feet across Will rock to stake and stone crossing land of im. C. Grout to ler ! jointly owned by Jonas N. a. Girah k. Morce - thence . 034 degrees 2. 171 cent to stake and stones - Theres No Ju degrees E. 130 feet to a chestnut tree on the Sand Hill road marked on the westerly side - Said Town way to be 10 feet wide and to be built on the centre of said line.
And we have assessed domages over which said Town way passes as follows - That the said Town of Maryland shall pay to the sail unas and Sarah A. Force one Tillrol ( 100) Dollars - and the said w. C. Grout, Vorace Heard release all damage by the living out of said Town way, and we hu's allowed the several owners of land over ach call +'irty (30) days to remove their wood and timber and all other obstructions.
And your selectmen hereby respectfully report said Town Vay to the Tom for its acceptance - and they need to? and recorded is er after tu le a public highway.
Jeans . . ulzer) welectron vi nyland.
bated et aflund this 20th. My of Catcher in the phar one Thousand and eight hundred and seventy three
A true copy Attest
Everghi A. Roby, Town Clerk.
At a local meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of arland al.
Gril fth., 1874. no 'nur the report and see if the Town will accept and allow the doings of the selectmer in widering and straightening the road fron James B. Stones to charles W. Withers, oder the completion of and ake provision for paying for the same. 1
Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen laying out the rul in vertituate.
The undersigned selection of the molim of Maryland having complied with the requirements of law in notifying we care of the land petitioned to win ... way lou Big frem Jai. . SEULS to Charles . . Vittore, have wide si and withred said way a.
Beginning on the . Ortharly cil On the road Iraling from Cochituat : vil . e to Tra liega lite, at the contest comer of the Land owner and occupied hy James B. Stone. There : . 18 degrees We 18 rats and fourteen links to a stone monument against +! ; land of Lewis C. v. Thence !. 72 degrees ". Il rods all fourtas links to a dealer whist the land of this J. Yo Thence :. 75 legrace . If tous to a stone monument or 41 - 11. Foto
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the land of Edward P. Johnson and Marshall Carfidel. Thence ... 0 degrees F. 8 rods over the land of said Garfield to Jand of Charles . Damon. Thence 1. 13 degrees E. 16 rous and 16 links over said Dumons land to land of William H. Bowles. Thence N. 13 degrees E. 12 rods and C links over the land of said Powles to land of William II. Bent. Thence : . 13 degrecs ". 15 rols and 14 links upon the land of said ant.
Thence IT. 9 degrees E. 18 rods over the land of said Bent to land of Albert B. Lyon. Thence . 18 degrees E. 16 rods and 6 links upon the land of said Lyon. Thence T. 24 degrees E. 28 rods and & links over the land of said Lyon to the road leallar fre. William Ham ond to Saxonville.
1374
The sail Town way with the widenin- and straightening to be to feet wide westerly from the courses ahove giver ..
The following porsons whose land is tal ma for the purpose of idor- ing and straightening said Town way have released all 'amages for land s. tien. James B. Stone, Marshall Garfield, Charles R. wario,, am. H. Rowles, Him. ... Lent, Albert B. Lyon, Chas. W. Whitney, Charles H. Richar Ison, John W. Loker, Denl. V. Provm, James murphy, Ferdinand Coman, Mr. Marshall Garfield, And John C. Putterfield. No dameges are assessed in favor of Mm. H. Duplesses, or Evinson Stor.e.
The following sums of money are assessed in favor of the persons used for removing fences. Charles A. Damon #8.30. H.H. Bowles $6.12 :. . Bent, 210.75. Albert B. Lyci #22.75. Mrs. Marshall Garfield $15.00. Ferdinand Coman 20 for fener and well. James Murphy for fence and well #30.00 the well to remain where it is.
Thirty days are allowed. from the acceptance of this report to remove threes, . fences and other property standing or growing upon the land taken to widen and straighten said way.
The said way with the widening and straightening is hereby re orted to the Town for its acceptance and when accepted and reported is to be known as a public Town Tuy.
Sylvester Rooves )
iso. M. Pisley 1 Selectmen of Wayland
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COM. OTT.MALTE OF MASSAC USETYS SS
At a meeting of the County Com issioners for the County c' Middlesex holdon at Lowell within and for said County of Vid llesex on the first Tuesday of September L.F. 1875.
The petition of Thomas J. Lemon and others for alterations of that part of the old county road hiown as the Middlesex County road lying in the Towns of wayland, "atick and heston. This petit io. was presented to the County Commissioners at their meeting holder ut cambridge within and for said Courty on the first Tuesday of January A.D. 1876, wlan and ere said Commissioners caused notice to bo givon to all persons and corporations interested therein orte time a plane when and where they would meet for the purpose of viewing the premises and hearing the parties as by said notice on file will fully appear, and thence said petition was con- tinued from term to term of said commissioners to the for thereof holden at Cambridge aforesaid on the first Tuesday of January last, when and where said Com issioners did adjudge said alterations to be of common convenience und necessity, and thence said petition wat continued to the last meeting of said Commissioners, and fro that time to this.
And now the said form issionars wain paura of their proceedings in the premises as follows. The County o issivers for said County having river all parties and corporations interested seasonable notice as the law directs, met at the house of Thomas J. Lemon in Wayland on the inth day of July in the year eighteen hundred a 1 seventy five and proces led. The Selectmen of erland, Natich, and Resten Fe'ne each represent by one
or more of their amber to lay out, widen, straighten, relocate, and impro .. the County road hon as the 'il lesex County road leading from Framingham r
Cocitrate village, and through the Towns of hayland, Natick and rest on, ... the following description of the said rend as horoby laid out widened, str : + nhl relocated is & trute discription ..
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