The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-30
Order for Hearing.
Petition for Public Ditch.

| In the matter of the petition of H. III.
Thinker, ct. ais, for. Public Ditch in
LeSueur and Blue Earth Counties, Min
neSota.
To the Honorable p W. Morrison. Dis
| trict Judge of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trict.
The undersigned land owners whose
lands will be liable to be affected by, or
assessed for the expense of the construc-
ton of the Public Ditch. hereinafter de-
scribed. would respectfully represent that
the public health, convenience and well
| fare, require the establishment and con-
| struction of a public ditch along the fol-
lowing described route in the township of
in the township of Lime in said county of
Blue Earth. Minnesota.
| That the construction of the same
would be of public benefit and utility. and
| is necessary for the following reasons.
viz that the lands in the vicinity of
said ditch are low and wet in rainy sea-
| sons and can not be utilized for the pur-
| That the water overflows the same and
| makes the same useless and Improbable.
That the construction of said ditch
will drain several swales or ponds which
said swaleS are normally shallow, and of
! marshy character and are no longer of
sufficient depth or volume to be capable
f! of any beneficial use of substantial
character. for fishing. boating or public
supply. That one of said swales or ponds
was once a portion of a meandered lake
but Is now separated therefrom by sand
said swales or ponds are adjacent or lie
near any town or village.
That II the said lands lying adjacent
and near to the ditch hereinafter describ-
ed are drained thereby, it will be of
great public benefit and of great benefit
to the adjacent owners. and will result
i'm upwards of three hundred acres of
land becoming profitable and susceptible
of some beneficial use.
And your petitioners pray that for the
purpose OF. effecting such Improvement.
that public ditch with spur or branch
ditch. be constructed and ordered along
the foiioWing route, or as near thereto as
practicable. viz: Commencing at or near
point $50 rods due south of a point 40
section %. township 100. range &C. Blue
Earth County, Minnesota. and from
thence running westerly and northerly in
the center of a swale or marsh in section
%, town 109, range &c. said county. for
distance of 80 rods. and thence running
in a northerly direction about $50 rods
to the county line between said Blue
Earth and LeSueur counties. said line
being also the north line of said section
%. town 100, range &C. and the south
line of section IA. town 100. range &C. in
LeSueur County. Mimi, from thence run
ming in a northwesterly and westerly di-
rection across the south half of the south
west quarter of section IA. town 109
range &c, in said LeSueur County to
point about 40 rods north of the south
west corner of section IA, town 100.
range &C. in said county. and from thence
running IN westerly and S0utherly di-
rection across the southeast quarter of
section 10. town 100. range &c. i'm said
LeSueur county. to a point in said coun-
ty line between said LeSueur and said
Blue Earth counties. where the said
county line intersects the bed of a GER
tain creek watercourse and from
thence running southerly and follow
ing middle of the bed of said creek or
wateroourse in section %, town 1O9
range &c in said Blue Earth County for
distance of about eighty rods and there
terminating. That the said creek is the
outlet of said ditch so to be constructed
The spur or branch ditch to commence
at point on the north side of the county
line road between the towns of Kasota
and Lime aforesaid. about thirty-five
rods west of the southeast corner of the
southwest quarter of the southeast quart
er of section Ia. town 109 range 26
thence to run west to the west line of
said quarter section. thence to cross said
road thence west on the south side OF
ed and there to terminate
And your petitioners respectfully pray
that this honorable court will proceed to
esta bliSh said ditch and cause the same
to be constructed as provided by Chapter
230. of the General Laws of Minnesota,
for the year 1905.
Dated October %. 1905
n. n. HINIKER
ERNEST BOEHLAND
JOS. KLEIN.
FRANK KOENEN
HERMAN SCHOJTZ
FESTIlS WARRANT.
HENRY WANDERSEE
FRITZ GUENTZEL,.