Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-25

page 2. Wood County Records. except
the lands described in 81 of Deeds ST..
now occupied by Normington Brothers
for laundry purposes and now owned
by the city of Grand Rapids.
Also 4 piece OF land described as
follows:
All that part of lot No one a. in
section No. eighteen tlS) of township
twenty-two t22} north, OF Range No.
six 81 east, descri bed as follows: Com
mencing at a pointone hundred thirty
two (132Ifeet southerly on the south
line of Front street, now First avenue
south, from point where the
southerly side of Cranberry street or
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
con>in liver, thence all ng the Wis
consin river to the southerly line of
Harvey Gee lot described in IS Of
Deeds page 2SS; thence in a northerly
direction at right angles to said First
avenue south to nc southerlq 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 DemToe
Also the following described lands:
A part Of government lot three (3)
section seventeen ~ and part Of Gov.
lot one ~, sectionseightean (l8), town
ship twenty-five l22) north. of Range
six (6) east, commencing at a point As
degrees east from the southeast corn
er of lot No. one ~, block ten l0)
original plat of village OF Centrasia
now city Of Grand Rapids, is feet to
the northW est corner of a piece Of lard
known as the Pische lot, as described
in Volume k of Deed Page 305
Wood County records, thence north 40
degrees, Is minutes along the easterlv
boundary Of Front street 80 feet, thence
48 degrees east so feet, thence south
40 degrees Is minutes west 30 feet. to
the northeast boundary of said Pische
lot thence north 48 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 70 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 a con-
tnUation Of the northerly line of
above described lot to Wisconsin
river, and on the sour herly side by a
continuation Of the southerly line of
said lot to Wisconsin river
That said land is owned by Harvey
Gee aid occupied by him for saloon
purposes
That all Of the said lands above de-
scribed be taken for the purpose OF a
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 Firstavenue south,
bounded on the south aud east by the
Wisconsin river
That on the 18th day Of April, A.
D. 1909, at ten 1O) O'Clock in the fore
noon said council will apply 10 Hon.
w, J. Conway, county judge of Wood
county, a 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
resolution named the said council will
apply to the County Judge named
therein for the appointment of jury
to condemn and appraise the lands de-
scribed therein.
Dated March 9th, 1909
O. e ROleS.