History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . Gristmill. It is sufficient to relate further that the aforesaid commit-tee after having viewed the premises as requested, reportedto the town that they considered it absolutely necessarythat the water that comes from said swamp be preserved inorder to supply the mill or mills with water that do nowstand or shall stand upon the mouth of Slate Stone Brook insaid Sunderland. The town accepted the report of thecommittee and established the location of the dam accordin
History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . Gristmill. It is sufficient to relate further that the aforesaid commit-tee after having viewed the premises as requested, reportedto the town that they considered it absolutely necessarythat the water that comes from said swamp be preserved inorder to supply the mill or mills with water that do nowstand or shall stand upon the mouth of Slate Stone Brook insaid Sunderland. The town accepted the report of thecommittee and established the location of the dam accordingto their survey. From a remark made by Mr. Whitmore inlater years, wherein he told how much it cost him to place alarge stone across the brook for a dam, it is inferred that thedam was not built till after he came to the town to live, orthat the large stone was placed there by him to prevent thedam from washing away. The turning of the brook as afore-said has been the cause of much contention between the twoneighborhoods. It is evident that, at the time the grant bythe town was made for right to turn the water in the brook,. HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND. 169 the brook and adjacent land was not private property,but belonged to the town. The right to turn the brook wasgranted by the owner, which would make the title good topresent owners. Mount Toby and Adjacent Hills. A portion of the eastern part of the town of Sunderlandconsists of mountainous territory, the larger part of which isforest, and furnishes very considerable amounts of wood andtimber to the inhabitants for use and sale. Part of this forest has been cut over, some tracts morethan once within the memory of people now living. It re-quires a period of 40 or 50 years to grow timber of sufficientsize to be used for building, or railroad ties or boards. Thehighest elevation has been called Toby from the earliestsettlement of the town. There are many hills surroundingMt. Toby of lesser height, each bearing names which havecome d
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