The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-04
THE SHERIDAN DRIVE.
Measure Is Before the Legislature Pro-
viding Tor It's Building.

viding TOR It's Building.
The Sheridan drive project is one of
the best schemes which has ever been
proposed for this section of the coun-
try, as this paper has shown several
times heretofore It now bids fair to
become real fact, there being a bill
before the legislature providing for it.
The manner of procedure and the
names of the gentlemen who are to
have charge of the enterprise are
shows in the important sections of the
bill which are here given:
Z Frank K Bull, Edward L. Fowle,
Edward G.. Theirs, Jared Thompson,
5F., and Walter l.. Dexter are hereby
appointed commissioners, with full
powers and authority to survey, lay out
md establish a state road from the
south line Of the town of Pleasant
Prairie, in the county of Kenosha, at a
point near the shore of Lake Michigan
through the said town of Pleasant
Prairie, and to and through the city of
Kenosha and through the town of
Somers, in the county of Kenosha,
through the town Of Mount Pleasant
and the city OF Racine, in the county of
Racine, and the town Of Caledonia, in
said county, and through the town OF
Oak Creek and the village of South
Milwaukee, in the county of Milwau-
kee, and through the town of Lake, in
said county, to the southern limits of
the city of Milwaukee.
q In case of inability or refusal to act
of or by any or either Of said commits
siOners, the remaining commissioners
may appoint substitute or substitutes
who shall act as such commissioner or
such commissioners, and shall have all
the rights and powers of those herein
appointed. Said commissioners shall
have the power to award damages and
to settle for damages with parties who
may feel aggrieved or sustain damages
by the laying out, opening and estab-
lishment of said highway. All claims
for damages shall be made within one
year from the time said commissioners
shall have filed the order and plat OF
survey of said road ID the county clerks
office in the counties through which
said foad may run.
!" The said commissioners may lay
out SAID road along or upon such parts
of existing highways or streets as may
seem to the said commissioners avail
able for that purpose, but no damages
shall be awarded for any parts Of exist
ing streets or highways so used.
!" Upon filing the order Of survey of
said road in the Office of the county
clerk in the several counties through
which said road may pass, the said
road shall become a public highway
and the said commissioners shall have
full power to open out the said high
way and the same shall thereupon be
opened and worked, as is by statute
provided.
g AS compensation for laying out and
opening said road, said commissioners
shall be entitled to the sum of So per
day for each days service rendered in
laying out and opening said road.
Said commissioners shall have power to
employ such assistants as may be
necessary, hot to exceed five, who shall
receive as compensation not more than
$3.50 per day; also one surveyor, who
shall be entitled to receive not more
than So per day for each days service
as surveyor. Said commissioners shall
have the power to procure all needful
subsistence at a reasonable price, said
subsistence to be paid for by the coun
ties through which said road may run,
in proportion to the amount used in
said county in laying out and opening
said road. Any three of said commits
sioners may act, without the presence
of the remainder of said commissioners.
When said commissioners shall
have filed an order of survey of said
road in the Office of the county clerk in
each of the counties through which
said road shall run, it shall be the duty
of the county board of supervisors in
each of those counties to audit the
accounts of said commissioners, on
their filing such accounts, properly
verified, with said county clerks"