Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-01-02
NOTICE.

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Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
filed with the respective clerks of each of the
ties of Alpena, Montmorency and Presque Isle, in
the State of Michigan, TO be presented to the re-
spective Board OF Supervisors, of each of said
Counties at their next meeting, after the due pub
LEGATION of this notice for three weeks petitions
praying for leave and permission for the undersgn.
ed TO erect certain dams across the north branch OF
Thunder Bay river, land its braneheSl said North
Branch and its branches being nayigabe stream
OF this State, which said petitions are in substance
as follows:
LIST. That the North Branch Improvement Com
pany is a corporation duly organized under the
laws of this State and desire TO erect and maintain
two dams across the west branch of said North
Branch, and two dams across the east branch of
said North Branch, said dams to be known az
dam No. l. dam No 2, dam No. 8, and dam No. T.
all of said dams 10 be erected and maintained for
the purpose of improving the navigation of said
North Branch and its branches, by ponding the
waters and flooding the same to facilitate the run
ming driving and rafting of logs, timber and other
foatables therein.
end. That said dam No. /, is TO be located across
the west branch Of said North Branch, at a point
about 300 feet west of the o.ntteast OF the
l,iorrn-easv qaaruer of me northwest q..rter Of
section 49, in township 80, north of range cast TO
be about 20 feet long, and II feet high TO be built
Of piers OF crib work, upon upper side toe piling
TO be put in at an angle of about 80 degrees said
piling to be covered with brush and earth from IL
to 20 feet deep, said dam TO have its center a
shute or sluceway for the passage of logs and other
toatables, said shute or sluceway TO be about Is
feet long, ~ feet high and feet wide TO be closed
with gate, said gate TO be raised with levers said
dam when at full head will raise water about / feet
and flow water back about one mile
3rd. That said dam No. 2, is to be located across
the said west branch of said North Branch, at or
near the southwest corner of northwest quarter
OF southeast quarter of section a. in township 80,
north of range east, and 10 be about 1876 feet
long, and II feet high, TO be built by erecting a
solid wall Of timber SAID stream said wall OF
timber to be supported on lower side by timber
braces, and on upper side by brush and earth work
said dam to have shuos or Sideways for the pas
sage of logs and other fioatables, said shutes or
Sideways to be about GO feet long and feet deep
to be closed with gates said gates 10 be raised with
levers said shutes To be side by side each other and
on north side about fifty feet from center of dam,
one of said shutes to be about feet wide the other
about s. feet wide, SAID dam when at full head will
raise water about ~ feet and flow water back about
four miles.
lth That said dam No g. is TO be located across the
east branch of said North Branch, at a point about
100 feet south from the center of the north line,
line running cast and west on north side OF the
northwest quarter of southeast quarter of section
IL in township 81, north of range east, and ia Ia
be about 200 feet long, and 10 feet high, built OF
logs and timber by toe piling, supported on lower
side by wall of logs and timber, and covered on
upper side of the piling, by brush and 0alth work
about ten feet deep, said dam 10 have n shuto OF
sluceway near its center about feet WIDE feet
deep and % feet long, for the passage of logs and
other oatables said shute sluceway 20 be closed
with slashboards, said dam when at full head Will
raise water about 10 feet and dow water back about
one and onc-quartCr miles.
5th. That said dam No. 4, is TO be located across
the cast branch of said North Branch, at a point
about $50 feet east, and so feet north from the
southwest of the northeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter of section 70, in township ~,
north of range cast and 20 be about $50 feet long,
and II feet high, and constructed by driving row
of piles close together said stream, the lower
side OF said pling to be supported by crib work OF
logs and tmbcrs the upper side TO be properly bank
ed with brush and earth work. said dam to have a
shue sluceway near its center about feet wide,
90 feet deep, and IS feet long, for the passage of
logs and other foatables said dam TO be closed by
gate, said gate TO be raised with levers, said dam
when at full head will raise water about ~ feet
and flow water back about two miles.
9th. That said Company asks of said Board Of
Supervisors, permission and license 10 construct the
said dams, set forth and described aforesaid
across the said streams at the places designated
aforesaid
THE NORTH BRANCH IMPROVEMENT co.
Dated, Dec. q, 1888. Slows