The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-07-03
Notice of Filing Gravel
Road Petition.

County Indiana that a petition OF more
than fifty freeholders has been filed IN
tle office OF the auditor OF said county,
praying for the improvement OF a
certain highway, viz;
Stale OF Indiana, County OF Dubois. IS.
Petition for Rock Roads BY Taxation
in Hsrbison Township, Dubois County
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To Board Of Commissioners OF Said
County
The undersigned petitioners would
respectfully represent that hffy or more
OF them are free-holdeI> and that they
are all resident, legal voters OF Han bison
Township, Dubois Co, Indiana, and
they would ask that the highways here
inafter described he improved by
draining and 10y grading same to a com
mon level as nearly a. the nature OF the
lands over said highways Will permit.
and that said grades may not exceed
ten per sent that the roadway bee not
less than thirty Zee in width that
the finished road bed be not less than
eighteen feet in width. brought 20 a
crown in the center thereof OF not great
er than four inches said road-bed to he
He'd with twelve ton roller to a hard
even al face. and there be spread Thereon
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size not to exceed a stone that will pass
through > = inch ring. aud spread TO
a depth of not less than eight inches
and 10 a width OF not less than nine
feet the same 70 be compacted with al
twelve ton roller, and that there shall
be spread thereon screenings or good,
clean gravel 10 a depth OF not less than
two inches and roll with said roller AZ
aforesaid.
Your petitioners ask that your honor
able board appoint two disinterested
ireeholders OF said county and a compe-
tent engineer 10 view and lay out said
highway and 20 report the same TO yOuI
board u submit the same 10 the quail
fled voters OF said township hy special
election under the ats of the Legisla-
ture OF the state OF Indiana OF 1903,
page 554, section 20 thereof: and that
the auditor OF said county be ordered and
empowered 10 publish this petition b,
two weeks publication in the Jasper
Courier, OF Jasper, Indiana, and post a
copy thereof in three public places in
said HARRISON Township and one copy al
the Courthouse door in tie Town OF
Jasper. said county, and 70 issue bonds
TO said township for the payment of said
improvements, the same 10 be PAL in
forty semi-snnual installments, all upon
.he following described highways, in
HARRISON township, towit
Road No. /, Shoals Road. Commenc-
ing the Northwest quarter of the North
west quarter Of Section 81, township l.
North. range I West, at the junction Of
what Is known as the Shoals road with
the French Lick and Jasper road. run
ming thence South along said highway
2ha miles 10 the Marion TIP. line. Total
length of said highway two and one
half miles.
Road No. ., French Lick and Jasper
road. Commencing on the North west
quarter OF the Northwest quarter of Sec
ton 80, township l North. range / West,
at the junction OF what Is known a. the
Shoals Road with the French Lick and
Jasper road, running thence West along
said highway one mile, TO the point
where said road crosses the section line
dividing sections tw snty-six and twenty
seven, township l Moth, range 4 West,
which point is the town OF kellerville,
Dubois County, Indiana.
Road No. 3, Depot Road. Commenc-
ing at q point 100 feet West OF the south
corner Of the bridge abutment on the
bridge that crosses Patoka river in the
town Of Dubois, said county, in the Pub
lie Highway known a. the Shoals road
running thence along the highway known
as the Depot toad ina Southwester,y d.
rection 80 ieet TO the Marion Township
line and thee to terminate. Said Depot
road to be rocked and improved l6 feet
wide.
Road No. 4, Haysville and Jasper road
Commencing in the town of Haysville
at the intersection OF the Haysville and
Jasper road with the French Lick aud
Portersville road, and running thence
North along said Haysvillle and jasper
road in a Southea -terly direction four
miles through section 80, township 1
North, and section l, ? and IL, township
] South, and all in Range 5 East to the
cambridge township line and there to
terminate. Total length Of said road
four miles.
Your petitioners ask that the above
highway be improved according TO the
above specifications.
John l.. Harder,
A. Lottes,
7. l.. Coble,
Henry Dekemper.
Henry Beckm4n,
Jos. Friedman,
j. b. Schroeing
Martin Bare,
III. +. Harder,
Conrad e.. Hemmerlein.
Conrad Beck,
Henry Arnold
John G Teufel,
J Inn l.. Beck,
Henry Kalb,
b Rowekamp,
Christian Stamm,
Jacob Lottes,
John Schiller.
Conrad Braun,
John Beck,
Louis l.. Hemmerlein,
George w. Noble,
Chris Lottes,
George Schott,
John Ganlall,
VIM. Poe,
Johns. Meyer,
John A. Meyer,
Frank Pinnick,
George Bauer,
George Schiller,
Henry Neukam,
George Angerer,
}. w. Neukam.
John Il. Oenhafer,
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