The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
PETITION FOR PUBLIC DITCH.
STATE OF MINNESOTA !


county of Redwood, Minnesota:
We the undersigned land owners, whose lands
will be liable to be affected by and assessed for
the expense of the construction of the ditch and
branch bitches hereinafter petitioned for and de-
scribed would respectfully represent, that said
public ditch is necessary for the reclamation OF
wet and overfowed lands and that it will be of
public benefit and promote the public health and
will drain off large bodies of stagnant waters,
and is further necessary to drain OIL the waters
from the public roads and highways and that the
public health, convenience and welfare and the
reclamations of wet and overf1owed lands and
highways REQUIRE the establishment and con-
str1lction of a ditch and branch bitches along the
following described route in the towns OF klntlre
and Delhi in said county OF Redwood. and that
the construction OF the same VIII DE OF puphc
benefit and utility.
That a general description of the proposed
starting point, route and terminus of said ditch
and branch bitches are as follows:
Commencing near the center OF large slough
at a point thirty rods east of the northwest cor
ner of the southwest quarter OF section 10, town
ship l13, range 81 klntlre toWnsnip, ro rum te
center of said section eighteen, continuing thence
in southeasterly direction to point about Az
rods north of the southeast corner OF SAID section
1S- running thence in an eastery direction about
200 rods to point near the quarter corner pc
tween sections II and 20 in said township,
thence eastery about l rods, thence southeast
erly about 90 rods to a point about Az rods
south of the southeast corner of said section (,
thence southeasterly and easterly about 2Oo rods
to point about thirty-fve rods north OF the cen
ter of section 21, in said last named township,
thence in a southeasterly direction about 1oo
rods to point about 40 rods north of the quarter
corner between sections 81 and % in said town
of Kintire thence in a northeastery direction
about $50 rods to point about ~ rods east OF
the southwest corner of section 10 IN SAID last
named town, thence in northeriy and northeast7
" direction about ITO rods to a point about 30
rods west of the center of said section 10, thence
in an easterly direction to the center of section
1 & thence due south about 30 rods, thence in an
easterlv direction about 100 rods to point about
so rods west of the northeast corner of said Sec
ton % in said last named township and range,
about SIS rods, to point about loo rods south of
the northeast corner of said section ~, thence
south about 40 rods thence in northeasterly
direction about so rods, thence in southeasterly
direction about 100 rods to the center of section
% in said last named township and range, thence
in a southeastery direction about loO rods thence
in a northeasterly direction about lou rods to
nont ahout 20 rods west of the center of section
"a in said last named township and range thence
in a northeasterly direction about Ivy rods,
thence in southeasterly direction about lUo rods
to point about 20 rods north of the center of
said section "a, thence in an easterly direction
following Rice creek, natural run, about lou
rods and crossing the town line at polhe wher ere
rods south of the northwest corner OF section 10,
in township number one hundred thirteen and
range thirty-six, Delhi township; thence follow
northeasterly direction to a point ABOUT loo
rods west of the northeast corner of said section
nineteen thence following said well-delned nat
ura rum Rice creek, in a northerly direction
across sections eighteen and seven, IN said last
named town and range, thence following sad
well defined run, Rice creek, in a northeasterly
creek at point about 81 rods west OF the center
of section eight in last-named township and
range, with said last named point as an outlet
| BRANCH DITCH NO. /.
Commencing in the center of large slough at
point about 40 rods south of the center of Sec
ton l z in township IL, range 81, running thence
/ -, ,-1x-1 and fnr ina
| main ditch at point abont 100 rods south of the
center of said section II, with said last named
point as on outlet.
BRANCH DITCH NO. 2.
Commencing in the center of large slough
about 80 rods east of the northwest corner of sec
ton seventeen in township ll3, range 81, run run
ming thence in an eastery direction about l2O
rods, thence in southeasterly direction to point
about 100 rods east and 40 rods north of the CEN
ter of said section Z, THENCE in southeasterly
direction to poidt about rs rods west of the
center of section sixteen in said last named town
and range, thence in southerIy direction across
the east half of the southwest quarter of said sec
ton &c. continuing thence in southerly direction
and terminating in the main ditch at point about
| 10 rods west and 80 rods north of the center of
section 81, in said last named town and range,
BRANCH DITCH NO. 8
Commencing OF point in large slough about
| 100 rods north and 60 rods west of the center OF
|
and range 81, running thence in a southeasterly
direction about $40 rods to point about 80 rods
north and 80 rods west of the southeast corner of
said section sixteen running thence in an easter
| " direction about 100 rods and terminating in
| the main ditch at point about 40 rods east and
80 rods north of said southeast corner OF section
SPUR TO BRANCH 3.
Commencing in large slough at a point about
40 rods east and 80 rods north of the center of
section sixteen in township number 113, range
| 81, Kintire township running thence in south
| in Branch at a point about As rods north and
20 rods east of the center of said section 16 with
said last named point as an outlet.
BRANCH DITCH NO. 4.
Commencing at the quarter corner between sec
ming thence in southeastery direction, about
20 rods, thence in a northeasterly direction
abous 100 rods and terminating in the main
ditch at point about 10 rods east and oO rods
south of the center of section % in said township
and range, with said last named point as an out
let.
BRANCH DITCH NO. 5.
the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of
section twenty-five town ID, range 81, Kintire
township, running thence in an easterly direction
about 80 rods, thence in southeaSterly direc-
ton crossing the town line, near the northwest
corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 80 town 113. range 50, Delhi
township, running thence in a southery and
southeasterly direction to a point about 80 rods
east and 40 rods north of the southwest corner of
said section thirty, thence in northeasterly d.
rection, to point about 40 rods south of the Gen.
ter of said section thirty, thence in eastery
direction across the north half of the southeast
quarter of said section thirty, to point about 40
rods south of the quarter corner. between sections
thirty and twenty mine in said last named town
of Delhi thence in a northeasterly direction,
across the west half of section twenty-nine, to a
point about 90 rods north of the quarter corner
between sections % and 20 in said last named
town. continuing thence in a northeasterly direc-
ton to point about 100 rods east and 40 rods
south of the center of said section twenty, thence
in northwestery direction to a point near the
quarter post between sections seventeen and
twenty in said last named town. thence in a
northerly direction to point about 90 rods south
of the center of said section seventeen, thence in
| a northwestery direction to point about six rods
south of the railroad track of the Minneapolis &
ST. Louis r. R. Co., at point where the same
crosses the east line of said section eighteen in
said last named town and range, continuing
thence in northwesterly direction south of said
| railroad track about 80 rods and terminating in
| the main ditch at point in the main ditch about
| six rods south of said rair Dad track, where said
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