The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-02-13
said vacation. BY the 1st day of July


said vacation, BY the 1st day Of July
1868. Said road vacation to- bc on
the road leading from Ottumwa to
Wells Mills, commencing about ! of
a mile east Of the $ W corner Of sec.
u, tp Il, range 10, where said road
leaves tho south line of said section,
thence running in an direction
about a mile, thence running east
about ! q mile to the intersection of
said road with the west line ofWap-
clio county and Walkers road at a
point about Of o mile north OF south
line of sec. 2, tip. II, range IA, and I
Of a mile east Of the west line of said
sec. being about one mile in length.
Or motion the following petition
Of the Ottumwa Bridge and Ferry
company was granted, and license
issued, a copy Of which follows the
petition.
STATE OF Iowa,
Wapello County.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervi-
sors Of said County, January Sess-
ion, 1868,
Your petitioners the Ottumwa
Bridge and Ferry Company would
represent to your Honorable Board,
that it is a corporation regularly or.
ganized according to law, in said
county, for tho purpose of construc-
ting, operating and owning Toll
Bridge across the Des Moines river
from Ottumwa, in said county, to the
opposite side of the river, as will
more fully appear from copy Of the
articles of incorporation of said COM
pany hereunto- attached; also that
said company has the consent of the
owners OF the land on the south side
of the river, where said Bridge is to
be located to build said Bridge, and
that at the other side of the river,
said Bridge would start from one of
the public streets Of Ottumwa,
Iowa.
Your petitioners further represent
that said bridge wo'ldbeofgreatpublic
utility, and would not infringe upon
the rights ofany persons owning fer
ries at, or near the point where said
Bridge is to be located, as the con-
sent of the owners of both Ferries
at Ottumwa, Iowa has been obtained
by said company to build said Bridge
there as aforesaid. Yonr petitioners
also represents that said Company is
DESTROYS Of, and intends to commence
the construction of a Bridge across
the said river as above described, SO
soon as the necessary examina-
ton can be made, and the state Of
the water will permit Your petit
TONERS would therefore ask this
Board to grant the necessary license
to said company, for constructing,
operating and owning Toll Bridge
across the Des Moines river, from
either Market or Green streets in OF
tumwa in said county to the opposite
side of the river, and that said license
extend for the term of fifty years
from the time Of it's issuance and
that n be- an oxolusion- Ee0nno for tho
first ten years, prohibiting any other
persons corporation or company from
constructing, operating or owning
any other Toll Bridge or Ferry across
said river within two miles above or
below the Bridge to be constructed
by the company, and that this license
be issued as above prayed for, upon
the express conditions that the said
Bridge is commenced within six
months and is completed within two
years from the time of the license is
issued to said company, and that the
quality Of the bridge to be- built Of
first class masonry, and the super
struction not less durable than the
Hon Truss (Signed)
This End day OF January 1868.
OTTUMwA BRIDGE COMPANY.
STATE OF Iowa,
Wapello County.
License for Toll Bridge from the
Board of Supervisors OF said Conn.