The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-29
To the Honorable Board of County Commits
s1oners Of Mile Laos County Minnesota:

The undersigned, your petitioners, would re-
Spect1ully represent that 1t will be OF great
public benefit and utility that your honorable
ooara cause TO De constructed ditch in said
county as hereinafter described and set forth.
Ihat the proposed ditch herein petitioned for
is necessary for the following reasons:
A-That the lands for several miles on each
side of the proposed ditch in the townships of
Princeton and Greenbush. in said county. are
fertile farming lands and largely under Guilt
vatlon. That in wet seasons, and especially in
tlmeS OF Hood on Battle Brook $50 called) and
its tributaries said lands are liable to overflow
from flood waters and from surface waters from
the surrounding country, drowning out and de-
stroylng crops OF large areas of valuable lands,
ana renoererlng large tracts OF valuable hay
lands practically worthless
b-Inat IN many instances and many places
the town and county roads in said townships
are for the same reasons flooded and for MANY
days rendered impossible.
C-Inat the route OF said ditch is practicable
ana said ditch will draw off the water in wet
to. conducting to the public convenience, health
and welfare.
D.That the benefits to be derived from the
construction of such ditch will be vastly greater
than the total cost thereof including anv dam
ages that It will be necessary to award by rea-
son thereof.
route and terminus of the proposed ditch is as
follows: " "'
Beginning at point sixty BO rods west and
twenty-five C2S rods south of the center of
w N@c/' LII GOWuSulp GulrCy-S1X
8S62' north OF range twenty-seven (s7) west in
Mile Laos county. Minnesota. thence north
t t5l (3O and one-half (A) degrees
(5|2 . east to point one rod south OF the east
ana west quarter line of said section twenty
five (s5l; thence in an easterly direction and
parallel with said quarter section line to con-
meet with and empty into small lake at or
near the centre of the east half of said section
twenty-five (25) aforesaid thence from the
outlet OF said lake by the most practicable
route to empty into the west branch of Rum
int oSt, <oI
section twenty-five (25), in the township and
range hereinbefore written.
The names of the owners of the lands over
which said proposed ditch is to pass, are as
follows: ~
Lot two (2), section twenty-five C25). town
snip S thlrty-slx (36), range twenty-seven 2T
W. B. Carter ~'>'
Lot three (D. section twenty-five (s5), town.
ship thirty-six (a6), range twenty-seven ts7)
Clinton Slater. Wv
West half OF northeast quarter of section
twenty-five (25), township thirty six (36) range
tWenty-seven (2D, Henry Serge.
East half OF northeast quarter of section
twenty-five (25). township thirty six 1867, range
tWenty-seven (27), S. a. Carew.
Your petitioners present herewith their bond
conoltloned to pay expenses in case you shall
decline to establish said ditch and respectfully
pray that you will proceed to hear and deter
mine said petition according to the law.
w. B. Carter, G. H. Lamb.
Frank Hurt Frank Hutcheson.
+; NJ MCFARLAND, c. w. Mcfarland.
Chas. E. Slater Frank c. Foltz
J. T. LoIgren, Clinton Slater.
Charlie Hurt VIM L. Buck
>: a. CroSSman, G. p. StOrkle,
henry moore, Nils Highlander,
t. S. Gile.