The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-16
PETITION FOR PUBLIC DITCH.
L. P. LARSON.
County Auditor.

COUNTY OF REDWOOD
To the board of county commissioners of the
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-
scrihed would respectfully represent that said
public ditch is necessary for the reclamation of
wet and overfowed lands, and that it will be of
will drain off large bodies of stagnant waters,
and is further necessary to drain off the waters
from the public roads and highways and that the
public health, convenience ana wenare ana the
reclamations of wet and overlooked lands and
HIGHWAYS REQUIRE the establishment and con-
str,lction of ditch and branch bitches along the
following described route IN the towns OF hlntlre
and Delhi in said county of Redwood. and that
the construction of the same will be OF public
benefit and utility. ,
starting point, route and terminus OF sald dllch
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
shin 10 range 81, Kintire township, running
thence in an easterly direction to point near the
center of said section eighteen, continuing thence
in a soutbeastery direction to point ABOUT ~
rods north of the southeast corner OF sad section
/ g. running thence in an eastery direction ABOUT
900 rods to point near the quarter corner pc
+1uaan sections II and 70 in said township,
thence easterly about l rods, thence southeast
erly about 90 rods to a point aDout ~ roos
sorth of the southeast corner OF SAID secIlon 9,
thence southeasterly and easteriy ABOUT ~ RUS
fer of section 81 in said last named township,
thence in southeasterly direction about loo
rods to point about ~ RODS NORTH OF the auarIer
of Kintire thence in northeastery direction
about 80 rods to point about ~ roos easy OF
the southwest corner OF section - IN SAP lasC
named town, thence in a northerly ana nortneaSt1
" direction about ITO rods to a point about ~
rods west of the center of said section To- thence
in an easterly direction to the center OF section
~ o1,o,,+ )rOHS
easterlv direction about 20 rods to point about
so rods west of the northeast corner OF sad sec
ton % in said last named township and range,
continuing thence in a southeasterly orectlon
about SIS rods to point about W rods south OF
the northeast corner of said section ~, thence
south about 40 rods, thence in northeasteriy
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 southeasterly direction about 10y rods thence
in a northeasterly direction about % rods to a
noint about 20 rods west of the center of section
"a in said last named township ana range, tnence
in a northeastery direction about Ivy RODS
thence in southeasterly direction ABOUT ioo roos Us
to a point about 20 rods north OF the center OF
said section "a, thence in an easterly dlrecttlon
following Rice creek, natural rum ABOUT 1oo
rods and crossing the town line at poht Whe ae
said Rice creek crosses said town line about Ivy
rods south of the northwest corner OF section %
in township number one hundred thirteen ana
range thrty-six, Delhi township, thence follow
ing said Rice creek, well-defined natural run, IN
a northeasterly direction to a point about loo
rods west of the northeast corner OF sald section
nineteen thence following said weli-dehned nat
ural run, Rice creek, in a northerly direction
across sections eighteen and seven, IN SAID last
named town and range, thence following saio
we'll defined run, Rice creek, in northeastery
direction and terminating in the bed OF SAID RICE
creek at point about so rods west of the center
of section eight in aSt-named township anu
range, with said last named point as an outlet
BRANCH DITCH NO. l.
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a point about 40 rods south of the center of sec
ton y in township 49, range 81, running thence
in southerly direction and terminating in /. the
center of said section II, with said last named
point 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 ID range 81, run
ming thence in an easterly direction about 100
rods thence in southeasterly direction to point
about 60 rods east and 40 rods north of the cen
ter of said section Ia, thence in a southeasterly
direction to poidt about 70 rods west of the
center of section sixteen in said last named town
and range thence in a southerIy direction across
the east half of the southwest quarter of said sec
ton 16 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,
with said last-named point as its outlet
BRANCH DITCH NO.
Commencing OF point in large slough about
100 rods north and 90 rods west of the center of
section sixteen in township one hundred thirteen
and range 81. running thence in southeasterly
direction about 80 rods to point about 30 rods
north and 80 rods west of the southeast corner of
said section sixteen, running thence IN an easter
ly 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
16 with said last named point outlet
SPUR TO BRANCH B..
Commencing in a large slough at a point about
~ rods east and ! 81 rods north OF the center OF
section sixteen in township number -, range
81, Kintire township, running thence in a south
westerly direction about l4O rods and terminating
in Branch 3 at point about 45 rods north and
20 rods east of the center of said section TO- with
said last named point outlet
BRANCH DITCH NO. a.
Commencing at the quarter corner between sec
lions % and 26 in township ~, range 81, run
ming thence in a southeastery direction, about
20 rods thence in a northeasterly direction
about go rods, thence in northerly q. direction
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.
Commencing in a large slough in the center of
the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of
section twenty-five, town lib, range 81, Kintire
township, running thence IN an edSUefly direction
about 80 rods, thence in a southeastery direc-
ton crossing the town line, near the northwest
corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 30, town 113, range 30, Delhi
township, running thence in southerly and
southeasterly direction to a point about 81 rods
east and 40 rods north of the southwest corner of
said section thirty thence in a northeasterly d.
recton, to point about 40 rods south of the
ter of said section thirty, thence in easterly
direction across the north half of the southeast
quarter of said section thirty to point about Az
rods south of the quarter corner. between sections
thirty and twenty nine in said last named town
of Delhi, thence in a northeasterly direction,
across the west half of section Twenty-Five, to a
point about 20 rods north of the quarter corner
between sections % and 20 in said last named
town, continuing thence in northeasterly direc-
ton to point about 100 rods east and 40 rods
south of the center of said section twenty, thence
in a northwesterly direction to a point near the
quarter post between sections seventeen and
twenty in said last named town, thence in
northerly direction to point about oO rods south
of the center of said section seventeen, thence in
northwesterly 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 a northwestery direction south of said
railroad track about 90 rods and terminating in
the main ditch at a point in the main ditch about
six rods south of said rair Dad track, where said
main ditch crosses said railroad track, with said
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