Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-01-16
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has
filed with tho respective clerks of each of the
ties Of Alpena, Montmorency and Prcsque Isle, in
the state of Michigan, to be presented TO the re-
spective Board of Supervisors, OF each of said
counties, ut their noxt meeting, after the due pub
LEGATION of this notice for three weeks petitions
praying for leave and permission for the undersign
ed TO erect certain dams the north branch of
Thunder Bay river, land its branches said North
Branch and its branches being navigable stream
OF this State, which said petitions in substance
as follows:
lst That the North Branch Improvement Com
pany is 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 ms
dam No. I, dam No 2, dam No. 3, and dam No. !,
all Of said dams TO 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
noatables therein.
End. That said dam No T. is to be located across
the west branch Of said North Branch at point
about 200 feet west of the southeast corner of the
northeast quarter Of the northwest quarter of
section 49, in township 81, north Of range east to
be about 220 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
plling 10 be covered with brush and earth from 10
to 20 feet deop, said dam to have near its center
shuc or sluceway for the passage OF logs and other
feet long, II feet high and feet wide, TO be closed
with gate, said gate to be raised with levers, said
when ut full head VIII 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 u, in township 49,
north OF range east, and to be about i35 feet
long, and II feet high, TO be built by erecting
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 shutes or Sideways for the pas
sage OF logs and other foatables, said shutes or
SluCcMays about
to be closed with gates said gates to be raised with
levers said shuies to be side by side each other and
on north side about fifty feet from center of dam,
OF said shues to be about G. feet wide, the other
about ~ feet wide, sad dam when at full head will
raise water about II feet and flow water back about
four miles.
4th. That said dam No g. is TO be located across the
east branch of said North Branch, at point about
100 feet south from the center of the north line,
line running east and west north side of the
northwest quarter of southeast quarter of section
H. in township 32 north of range 4 east and is to
be about 200 feet long, and 10 feet high built of
logs and timber, by toe ping supported on lower
side by wall of logs and timber, and covered on
upper side of the piling, by brush and earth work
about ten feet deep, said dam TO have n shuto or
sluceway near its center, about feet wide, feet
deep and p feet long, for the passage of logs and
other oatables said shute or sucoway TO be closed
with slashboards, said dam when nj full head will
raise water about 10 feet and flow water back about
one and one-quarter 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 30 feet north from the
southwest of the northeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter of section 25 in township ~,
north of range east and TO be about $50 feet long,
and " feet high, and constructed by driving row
of piles close together across said stream the lower
side of said png, to be supported by crib work of
cd with brush and earth work. said dam to have n
shute or sluceway near its center about feet wide
9s feet deep and 50 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 ut full head will raise water about ~ feet
and How water back about two miles.
9th. That said Company asks of said Board of
Supervisors permission and license TO construct the
said dams, set forth and described ms aforesaid,
across the said streams ut the places designated as
aforesaid.
THE NORTH BRANCH IMPROVEMENT co.
Dated Dec. q, 1888. 6iGw3