Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

Sampson. Ellis, Briere, Roenius, Lu-
kaSeski, GilmaSter. Jackson, Ristow,
RoSsier, Lyon, g. NJ. Hill, Payne, a.
A bsent: Aldermen Stelb and Painter
2,
The committee on general business
to whom had been referred the petit
ton of Nose Marceaux, ct. al. re
ported that they had carefully ex-
amined the matter stated in SAID petit
tiou, and recommended that the petit
tfUn be denied except insofar as with
relation of damages, that question
having been referred to The city at
torney. On motion, the report Of the
committee was accepted.
There was presented the petition Of
Taylor and Scott Co., and Is others, as
follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and the
Member of the Common Council of
the City of Grand Rapids, Wis
We, the undersigned, citizens of
said city Of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin,
and the owners Of the several parcels
of land described after our respective
names, respectfully petition your
honorable body to open, construct and
extend drain, ditch or canal from
such point on the south line of sec
tion No. thirteen (l3), township No.
twenty-five (22l north, range No. five
~ east, as IS intersected by Boles
Creek: thence west to the west north
and south eighth line of said section
No. thirteen (13): thence north along
said eighth line TO the southeast
corner Of The northwest quarter INV
II of the northwest quarter (nw + of
said section No. thirteen OBJ; thence
east along the south boundary line of
the northeast quarter. me / of the
northwest quarter INV Il Of said sec
ton thirteen l13) to the southeast
corner Of said forty: thence north on
the north and south quarter line Of
said section No. thirteen 13l and on
| the, north and south quarter line of
section No. twelve (12) same town
and range. to the center of said section
| twelve t12); thence east on the east
| and west quarter line of said section
| twelve ~ to the east section line of
| said section twelve (l2); thence north
on the range line between ranges los.
| FIVE Isl and six (6). said town, to the
southeast corner Of the northeast
quarter Inc Il Of the northeast quarter
| me II of section No. one o., township
| No. twenty-five (22) north, range No.
! five (5) east: and TO lay out, open, con-
| struCt and maintain public highway
| along said route, the highway to be on
| the eaSterly side of said proposed
| route, and the ditch, drain or canal to
| be on the westerly and GOrtherly side
| of said route.
We further petition your honorable
| body to alter, widen and Straighten
Boles Creek from where the same
| crosses the south section line of said
section No. thirteen (l3) for such d
distance as ~ be necessary in order
| TO carry off Jne water from said ditch
or drain properly,
We respectfully petition your
| honorable body to condemn such
property as may be neCessarys'tO con-
struCt and maintain said drain. ditch
or canal and such public highway, and
| alter. widen and Straighten SAID water
course under the provisions Of section
| 925, ub-diyisiOn ITO, ana section 927,
and sections 895 and 903 inclusive, OF
| the Wisconsin Statutes for the year
| 1898, and acts amendatOTy thereof AND
supplementary thereto.
| We further hereby mutually agree
| to give the necessary land to construct
said ditch, drain or canal and said
! highway from the descriptions after
our respective names, which we here
| by represent to be the owners of, to such
an extent that we can control the
conveyance of so much thereof as is
necessary for said right-Of-way.
Signed.
Taylor & Scott Co., ct. al.
The following resolution was pre-
sented and. on motion, adopted. Re
solved that the city engineer be di-
reCted and he is hereby directed and
| required to make an accurate survey
and plat OF the route rods in width
for the proposed ditch or drain and
| highway as petitiOned for in the fore,
going petition and file said plat and
survey in the Office of the city clerk
Moved, seconded and carried that
the city engineer be directed to fur.
nish an estimate of d ditch feet deer
and one feet deep along the pro
posed route, and estimates Of the cost
of road and bridges.
Alderman Lyon, who was appointed
a committee of one TO confer with the
School Board, reported that he haC
met with the School Board and that
the committee had deemed it ad
viSable to grade down the school yaro
along the sides where the fence haC
previously been constructed and tC
put in a curling and a new fence
On motion, the report of the commit
tee was accepted and the committee
instructed TO get estimates of the
cost of the proposed Improvements
and TO report at the next meeting OF
the council.
On motion, the Council adjourned
| G. r. BOLES, (. POMAINVILLE,
Clerk. Mayor