Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-28
IN CIRCUIT COURT, MARATHON
COUNTY.

In the matter of the petition of the Wis.,
consin River Traction and Power Com
pany to acquire certain lands by con-
domination.
To Thomas Grant and Mrs. Thomas Grant, his
wife; III. c. Ives and Henry Gaulke and Julia
Helen Gaulke, wife of Henry Gaulke, and to
all persons interested in the lands hereinafter
described:
River Traction and Power Company, a street
railroad corporation organized under the Laws
of the State of Wisconsin and authorized by
law to construct and operate a line of street
railroad in the cities of Wausau and Merrill
and between said cities of Wausau and Merrill,
has filed with the clerk of this court petition
duly verified asking for the appointment of
commissioners of appraisal by this court or the
judge thereof for the purpose of determining
the value of the land hereinafter described
sought to be acquired by said petitioner for the
purposes of its said street railroad and the dam
ages sustained by the owners of said land so de-
sired to be acquired by said petitioner for the pur
poses of said road and the purposes for which
said land is so desired, said land being herein
after described. And that the court has made
an order prescribing that notice be given by
personal service and by publication of the time
and place of hearing the matter of said petit
ton. That the land so described in said petit
ton and so sought to be acquired for the pur-
poses of said petitioner in the construction and
operation of its said line of street railroad is as
follows:
A strip or tract of land so feet in width east of
and adjoining the east boundary line of the
right or way OF the chicago, Milwaukee 4 ST.
Paul Railroad Company where said east bound
airy line is now established and marked by
fence through the southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of section twelve Q2) town
ship twenty nine (29) north, range seven al
east. Said strip or tract of land being desired
by said petitioner for the purpose of establish
ing and operating thereon its main line of
street railroad between the cities of Wausau
and Merrill, Wisconsin.
Also a strip or tract of land so feet in width
Immediately east of and adjoining the east
,6arxr asNff p.
Paul Railroad Company, where said east bound
airy line is now established and marked by a
fence through the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter (SWH NE14D of section two
east, in Marathon county. Such tract or strip of
land being desired by said petitioner for its
main line of street railroad between the cities
of Wausau and Merrill
Also a strip or tract of land 80 feet in width
Immediately east of and adjoining the east
boundary line of the right of way of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad Company,
where said east boundary line is now marked
and designated by fence through and across
lot six (6), in section thirteen 49, township
thirty 1907 north, of range seven "a east in Mar
athon county, Wisconsin.
Also that part of lot six t6), in section thir-
teen 13), township thirty (30J north, of range
sevenC7( east lying west of the west boundary
line of the Chicago, Milwau' ee & ST. Paul Rail-
road Company, where said bC ndary line is now
designated and marked by .ence through said
tract of land. Said part of said lot six g. so
establishing, constructing and using across said
tract, electric wires poles and other electrical
equipments for the transmission of electric
power to operate said line of street railroad,
from any power plant or any power generating
equipment on the Wisconsin river to its said
line of street railroad, and for the purpose of
placing and operating across and upon said lot
switch track by petitioner from its said main
line OF railroad to dam which petitioner propo-
ses and intends to construct and build upon and
across the Wisconsin river west of said lot six
t6), which dam is intended to be used for the
purpose of generating electrical power for the
construction and operation of said street rail-
road. and that said tract of land described is
also desired by the petitioner for the purpose
of obtaining from the same the gravel and
earth necessary for the construction and main
tenance of its said dam across the Wisconsin
river near said tract.
Also a tract of land for a switch track or side
track 100 feet in width, commencing on the
east boundary line of the Chicago Milwaukee
~ 81. raul halfway Companys right OF way in
lot six (6l, of section thirteen (13), township
thirty (30) north, of range seven ~ east, run
ming thence west through said lot six (6) to the
west boundary line thereof, to be used for the
purpose of transporting supplies and materials
to and from petitioners main line of street rail-
road to its said dam and the equipment thereof
on the Wisconsin river, located Immediately
west of said lot six [6I The south boundary
to intersect the Wisconsin river at the point
where the west boundary line of said lot six 81
intersects said Wisconsin river.
That all of the strips and tracts of land herein
described and sought to be acquired by said
petitioner are necessary for the purpose of con-
strncting and operating its said line of street
railroad.
Dated this 9th day of November, A. d. 1905
THE WISCONSIN RIVER TRACTION
AND POWER COMPANY,
by NEAL Brown, President
and BROWN, PRADT Il GENRIoH,
its Attorneys.