Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-01
NoTIcE.OF CONDEMNATION

Resolved by the common council of |
the city of Grand Rapids that it is
and is hereby declared.to be the pur
pose OF this council to take the follow
ing described lands, to wit:
All that part Of lot No. one o. in
Section No. eighteen Q8) of township |
twenty-five (22) north, of Range No.
six t6l east, described as follows:
Commencing at point one hundred |
ninety-eight tl98l feet southerly from |
the south line of Cranberry street on |
the east marginal line of Front or
River street of the city of Centralia,
now Grand Rapids. Wisconsin. Run
thence southerly along the said east |
line of Front street to the north line |
of tract of land conveyed by deed |
recorded in Volume {. OF Deeds at |
page 274, said Wood County records,
thence easterly to the Wisconsin |
River, thence northerly along said |
river to lands owned by Saul Preston |
or Preston Brothers, on the 18th day |
of May, 1898, NOW owned by Saul
Preston opposite lot 3. block,10 of or
iginal plat of the city of Centralia), |
thence westerly at right angles to the
starting point, being the same pre-
misses described in land contract from
b. q. Chandos to Saul Preston dated
May 10, 1898, and recorded on the 10Th
day of May, 1898, in Volume Al of
Miscellaneous Records on pages 324-
325-326 Wood County records: also
being the same land described in deed
from B. G. Chandos and wife to Ed.
M. Hayes dated January q, 1900, and
recorded on the 9th day of January.
1900, in Volume fifty-one of Deeds ON
page 2, Wood County Records, except
the lands described in 81 of Deeds 3S7,
now occupied by bennington Brothers
for laundry purposes and now owned
by the city of Grand Rapids.
Also piece of land described as
follows:
All that part of lot No one a. in
section eighteen QS) 'of township
TWENTY-FIVE (22) north, of Range No
six (6) east, de, cribed as follows: Com
mencing at point one hundred thirty
two (l32) feet southerly on the south
| line Of Front street, now First avenue
south, from a point where the
southerly side of Cranberry street or
Grand avenue intersects the southerly
line of said Front street or First
avenue south; thence al right-angles
to said First avenue south to the Wis
consin river, thence along the Wis
consin river to the southerly line of
Harvey Gee lot described in IS of
| Deeds page 2S8; thence in northerly
direction at right angles to said First
avenue south to the southerly line of
said First avenue south; thence
southerly along the southerly line of
said First avenue south to the place of
beginning. Said last two descriptions
of land being owned by Saul Preston
and now occupied by Bert Mason and
Wallace DemIoe.
Also the following described lands:
A part of government lot three (3)
section seventeen az and part of Gov.
lot one o., section.eighteen Q8), town
ship twenty-five (22) north, OF Range
six (6) east, commencing at a Point 48
degrees east from the sou theast, corn-
er of lot No. one (D. block ten Q0)
original plat of village of Centralia.
now city of Grand Rapids, &c feet to
the northwest corner of a piece OF land
known as the Pische lot, as described
in Volume "K" of Deed Page 3O5
Wood County records, thence north 40
degrees Is minutes along the easterly
boundary of Front street 80 feet, thence
48 degrees east 50ifeet, thence south
40 degrees Is minutes west 80 feet, to
the northeast boundary of said Pische
lot thence north As degrees west along
the north line of said Pische lot so
feet to place of beginning, being the
same piece of land as described in the
tax roll of Centralia for many years
past and referred to therein as de-
scribed in Volume "M" of Deeds page
213 Wood County records, and all the
land laying between the above des-
cribed lot and Wisconsin river and
bounded on northerly side by con-
tinuation Of the northerly line of
river, and on the southerly side by a
continuation of the southerly line of
said lot to Wisconsin river.
That said land is owned by Harvey
Gee and occupied by him for saloon
purposes.
That all of the said lands above de-
scribed be taken for the purpose of
public park and be added to the lands
adjoining the same now owned by the
city of Grand Rapids for park pur-
poses.
That the location of said improve
ment is the same as above described
and the whole of the park when COM
pleted by the lands above described
will include all lands south of Grand
avenue and east of First avenue south
bounded on the south and east by the
Wisconsin river.
That on the 18th day of April, A.
D. 1909, at ten t10) O'Clock in the fore
noon said council will apply to Hon
w. J. Conway, county judge of Wood
county, at his office at the Court
House in the city of Grand Rapids,
Wood County. Wisconsin. for a jury
to condemn and appraise the said
lands for the purpose aforesaid.
Be it further resolved that an &C
curate survey and plat of the above
described lands be obtained, made and
filed with the city clerk showing the
location of said lands and the location
of said park.
That at the time and place in said