The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-07-06
Ditch Notice.

To the City of Norfolk, Nebraska,
Union Pacific Railroad Company, a
Corporation, Rasmus Nelson, l.. j.
Horton, Jacob Beehler, NJ. Morr, G. F.
VanVechten, William e. Gleason, Got.
tlieb Schilling, Carl Beyendorf. Mrs.
NJ. Long, August Graul l.. A. Taylor,
Frank Lambert, Rome Miller, Ferdi-
nand Pasewalk, Sarah e. Smith, Nor
ris e. Pender, Henry Haase, julius
Haase, Josephine Zuelow, Mrs. Emile
Miller, Mrs. Anna Huebner, Mrs.
Louise Palm, Mrs. Augusta Haase and
Augusta NJ. Stein.
You and each of you are hereby no.
tilted that petition Is pending before
the board of county commissioners Of
Madison county, Nebraska, asking for
the location and establishment Of a
drainage ditch, which petition is as
follows:
Before the Board of County Commits
sioners of Madison County, Nebraska.
To the Honorable Board OF Commits
sioners of said County: Your petit
TONER J. f. Haase, respectfully states
and shows to this honorable board
that he Is now part owner Of the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
VIZ SEA and NEA SEA and PIT.
SEA SEA, 2S, a. l, and PIT NWH
SWH, 27, "a, 1. That the topography
of the country of the southeast quarter
of section twenty-one CD township
twentyfour (24, north range one west
of the 9Th p. NJ. in Madison county
Nebraska, is such that great volume
of water accumulates and flows down
a natural water course leaving said
district at or near the southeast cor
ner of said section twenty-one (2DI
said water course being familiarly
known as Corporation Gulch;" then
crossing the section line, known as
Norfolk avenue, and artifcially divert.
ed down the public highway known as
Thirteenth street, between section
twenty-eight (2S) and section twenty
seven (27) in said township, from where
the greater portion of it flows onto the
lands of the F. Haase estate and the
rest in an easterly course just south
of and adjoining the land known as
THE Heights" in the city of Norfolk,
there remaining and forming a swamp
or pond, with no natural outlet or
drainage. That drain or ditch should
be so constructed that such improve.
ment will drain all the lands as we'll
as the public highways now affected
by the waters of said Corporation
gulch. Not only the lands OF your pc
along said Thirteenth street, and 9th.
er property in said vicinity, as we'll as
the public highways will be greatly
benefited by the construction of a
ditch or drain to carry away the wa.
ters from said gulch, and the construc.
ton of such a ditch or drain will be
conducive to public health, convent
ence and welfare
Your petitioner therefore asks this
honorable board that there may be
located and constructed according to
the provisions of article /, chapter SO
of the compiled statutes of the state
of Nebraska a ditch or drain from
said Corporation gulch beginning al
a point about one-haIf block north OF
Norfolk avenue and one hundred ant
fifty feet west of Thirteenth street in
the city Of Norfolk, Neb., running
thence south across Norfolk avenue
passing the property of S. r. Nappel
on the west, thence in a southwestern
direction following the natural wate
course until it reaches to a point at o.
near the northwest corner of the south
east quarter of section twepty-eigh
(2S) in said township on the land be
longing to the F. Haase estate, run
ming thence south and connecting will
a slough or pond running east AM
west, thence south to another slougl
or pond on the same premises, theme
following the natural water course II
an easterly direction, crossing tn
right of way of the Union Pacific rail
way company, the land belonging d
Mrs. Stein, crossing the section an,
public highway known as ThirteentI
street, across the land of r. Nelson