Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-18
NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION

Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested that resolution, of which
the following is a true copy, was
adopted by the common council of the
city of Grand Rapids, county of Wood,
state of Wisconsin, on the 2nd day of
March, 1909. to wit:
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 ~ in
Section No. eighteen u6) of township
twenty-five (22) north, of Range No
six (6) east, described as follows:
Commencing at point one hundred
ninety-eight (l98) 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 soutberly along the said east
line OF Front street to the north line
of tract of land conveyed by deed
recorded in Volume q. of Deeds at
page PA, 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 10Th day
OF May, 1898, (now owned by Saul
Pr ston 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. g. Chandos to Saul Preston dated
May 10, 1898, and recorded On the Goth
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 27, 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 Normington 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 ~ in
section No. eighteen (lS) of township
twenty-five (22) north, of Range No
six (6) east, described 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 point where the
southerly side of Cranberry street OF
Grand avenue intersects the southerly
line of said Front street or First
avenue south; thence at 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 70 of
Deeds page 28S; thence in a 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 Demroe.
Also the following described lands
A part Of government lot three g.
section seventeen az and part of Gov
lot one ~, section.eighteen (1S), town
ship twenty-five (22l north, of Range
six (6) east, commencing at point As
degrees east from the southeast corn
er of lot No. one ~, block ten 10
original plat of village of Centralia
now city of Grand Rapids, &c feet tc
the northwest corner OF piece of LAND
known as the Pische lot, as described
in Volume "K' of Deed Page 30i
| Wood County records, thence north &c
degrees, Is minutes along the easterly
boundary of Front street 80 feet, thence
48 degrees east SO feet, thence south
40 degrees 15 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 sc
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 DIES.
cribed lot and Wisconsin river and
bounded on northery side by con-
tinuation Of the northerly line OF
above described lot to Wisconsin
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 a