The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-14
Court Matters Omitted in our last
Issue.
ROADS.

Court Matters Omitted in our last
Issue.
ROADS.
Petition for viewers to view and
change part of the Ridgway and
Brookville public road, commencing
near the house of James Reilly, in
Ridgway township, and ending near
HELEN school house, in Horton town.
ship. Order to view issued; and G.
w. Clinton, appointed surveyor, and
n. NJ. Brockway, and John Meyers
viewers.
Petition for public road from Anson
Robinson's in Jay township, to
point near where Spring run crosses
the township line beteen Jay and
Benezette townships, which was
granted March 80, 1877, was taken up,
A. w. Gray appointed surveyor, and
Albert Weis and John BAR viewers.
Petition of Ralph Bell for private
road from his farm in Fox township
to the private road leading from the
house of Joseph Seifried to the Miles
burg and Smethport turnpike. Order
to view issued, and f. E. Willard APP
pointed surveyor, and Geo. r. Wood
ward and William M'Cauley viewers.
Petition for public road from north
end of bridge across Benefits
Branch, near Medix run, to Barr's
Station, on Allegheny Valley rail-
road. Order to view issued, and A,
w. Gray appointed surveyor, and
John Johnston and Miles Dent view
crs.
Order to view road to lead from
Water street, in Bcnezette, to the de-
pot on the Allegheny Valley railroad,
near BeneZettc. Confirmed nisi, and
ordered to be opened fifty feet wide.-
In the matter of u road in Ridgway
township, from near w. H. Oster-
hout's house to the northern terminus
of Broad street, the report of the view.
crs of which was the January term,
confirmed nisi and the road ordered
to he opened fifty feet wide, the fol-
lowing exceptions to said report were
presented by George 4. Rathbun,
counsel of certain citizens of Ridgway
township.
lst. That said report assesses DANA
ges, and it does not appear from the
report that notice was given to the
county commissioners, as required by
the 2Sth rule of court.
ID That said reviewers, having as
scsscd damages to owners of lands
through which the road passes, do no.
report whether, in their opinion the
damages should be paid by the Pc
titioners or the county, as required by
the 225th rule of court.
Sd, That no proof of notice to the
county commissioners, or their attor-
ncy, of the presentation of said report
is filed Herewith, as provided by the
225th rule of court.
4th. That there are already two
roads from the village of Ridgway-
one from Mill street. and one from
Depot street, to Osterhout's tannery
and the latter Immediately in front of
said Osterhout's house, and at that
point are only about fifty rods apart
that it appears, from the draft APP
pended to said report, that said road
crosses Elk creek, two mill races, two
bitches, and some swamp land, in all
Al feet. That the termini of said road
are about fifteen feet higher than the
main part of said road, and that the
said road, from said causes, will be
very extensive to build and maintain,
The exceptant further says that the
township of Ridgway is largely in
debt, and the building of said road, in
view of the facts, is ineXpedent, and
will be burdensOme to the people.
The court overruled the exception.
and confirmed the report absolute.
! MISCELLANEOUS.
Petition of citizens of Spring Greek
township was presented, setting forth
that at the late election for municipal
officers E. NJ. Rogers, W. A. IrwiC
and S. II. Dougherty We're electer
auditors that the said Rogers and Ir
win, by reasOn of being school direc
tors, are ineligible; that said Dough
erty has since removed from tn,
township; that from these causes tn,
office of auditor is vacant and there
fore praying the court to appoint a.
said auditors Martin Perrin, l.. b
Elliott and Galen Meddock. Tn,
prayer of the petitioners was granted
and said Perrin, Elliott and Meddocl
appointed.
Petition for county bridge acros
Benefits Branch at or near til,
mouth of Dents run. Order to view
issued, and A. w. Gray appointed
surveyor, and E. Lenz, B. f. Ely, A
=. GOff, John Barr and William NJ
Cauley viewers.
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