The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-08-01
Petition for Public Ditch

To the Board of County Commissioners of
the county of Redwood and state of Min
neSota:
The undersigned land owners, whose
lands will be liable to be affected by, or as
sessed for. the expense of the construction
of the ditch hereinafter described would
respectfully represent that the public
health, convenience and welfare and the
reclamation of wet and Overfiowed lands
require the establishment and construction
OF a ditch along the following described
route in the towns of Three Lakes and Pax
ton in said county OF Redwood, and the con-
struction of the same would be Of public
benefit and utility.
general description of the proposed
starting point. route and terminus of said
ditch is as follows:
Commencing at a point two rods south of
the southwest corner of lot one Q) OF sec
ton three (3). township one-hundred and
eleven (l1l), of range thirty-f1ye (35); from
there due east to outside of highway be-
tween sections ten 90 and eleven GD in
said town and range; thence due north
along said highway twenty-seven (27) rods;
thence northeast thrty-one (31) rods to
natural water course, known as a branch OF
| Wabasha creek; thence following said wa
ter course southeast, crossing section line
between sections two (2) and eleven I'D,
and continuing in said general southeast
course, following said water course to north
and south line of said section eleven GD,
fifty four (54) rods south OF quarter corner
between sections two ~ and eleven I'D;
thence along said water course northeast TO
section line between sections eleven and
twelve in said town and range at point
tWenty-f0ur (24) rods south OF northeast
corner of said section eleven: thence in
said water course nOrtheaSterIy to a point
ten rods east of last mentioned corner;
thence no1 tn along said creek fifty-eight
(5S) rods: thence in said creek, east sixty
800 rods; thence northeast in said creek
twenty (2O) rods: thence along said creek
east to north and south quarter line in sec
ton one in said town and range: thence in
said creek and north to center of said sec
tion one; thence following said creek in
CTcn Gfbr~1 II
north OF SAID section one; thence west along
said road eighty 900 rods: thence north
easterly to track of 9. & N. w. Ry. Co. in
4 township one hundred and twelve Q12) of
/ range thirty-five where there is a truss over
I said creek bed; thence northeasterly to
4 section line between sections tEirty-tive and
4 thlrty-Six in said last mentioned town and
range: thence northedSterly in said creek
/ bed to north and south quarter line of sec
ton twenty-five, twelve G2) rods north of
/ quarter corner between sections twenty
five and thirtysiX therein; thence in
| curve, following said creek northeasterly
and then northwesterly in said section
twenty-five, crossing north and south quar-
ter line in said section at center thereof;
thence northwesterly to point twenty
seven (27) rods west of quarter corner be-
tween sections twenty-five and twenty four
in said town and range and thence in said
creek bed in a curve through said section
! twenty-four first northeasterly and then
Rorthwesterly and then northeasterly and
| terminating at point one hundred
and twenty rods north of said last mention
| eu quarter corner III Sdlu SeCllon l"6HLy-
| four at a stone culvert across said creek or
water course, made of granite slabs, as It's
outlet.
And your petitioners pray that you will
proceed to establish such ditch and cause
the same to be constructed as provided by
! chapter two hundred thirty (23O), of the
General Laws of Minnesota fer 905
| Dated June 10Th, 1906
W. P. DAVIDSON,
K J. BRUBAKER,
JAMES G. HANSON,
FRANK SCHUMAN,
LARS BENSON,
MS HOFFBECK,
L. P. NILSSON,
j. A. CHRISTENSEN,
A, PAULSEN
| 5O-3t Petitioners