Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-17
CONDEMNATION NOTICE

A'otRSO ID uSICUy SlfSu W dll pei
sons interested that resolution, of
which the following is a true copy,
was unanimously adopted by the Com
mon Council of the city of Grand
Rapids in the County of Wood, State
of Wisconsin, on the first day of
February, 1910, to-wit:
WHEREAS, the Common Council
has heretofore by resolution direct
ed that proceedings be commenced
for the condemnation of lands owned
by Harvey Gee and by Saul Preston
between First Avenue South and the
Wisconsin River for public grounds
and park purposes, and,
WHEREAS, pursuant thereto there
has been made by the city engineer
and filed with the city clerk an &C
curate survey and plat of the grounds
proposed to b e taken, and
WHEREAS, purchase of such
grounds as are needed cannot be made
by agreement with the owners,
NOW THEREFORE,, pursuant to
proceedings had and petition filed,
1t is hereby
nue. South Thirty three (33) feet,
thence at right angles to said street
about .Eighty-nine (Se) feet to the
Wisconsin River, thence up along
GO IN rirar 70 a poipt o4 rioht opoIoc
to the point of commencement on
First Avenue South, and thence Nortl
westerly Ninety-three (93) feet, more
or less, along the Southerly line of
land now owned by the city, form
erly LaMadlin property, to said point
of commencement on First Avenue
South.
Second: A tract of Land owned by
Saul Preston and now occupied in part
by B. F. Mason, tenant, also lying be-
tween Front Street, now called First
Avenue South, and the Wisconsin
River and being a part of Govern
ment Lot Three ca Section Seven
teen 90, and, part of Government
Lot One %, Section Eighteen (18)
Township twenty-five (22) North of
Range Six (6) East, and bounded as
follows: Commencing at point on
the Easterly line of said First Avenu'
South One Hundred Thirty-two Q32)
feet Southwesterly from a point
where the Southerly line of Cranber-
ry Street, now called Grand Avenue,
fntersects the Easterly line of said
First Avenue South, thence South
westerly along the Easterly line of
said First Avenue South, One Hun
dred Thirty-eight and seven tenths
RESOLVED, that said survey and
plat on file with the city clerk be,
and the same hereby is, approved;
that it is hereby declared to be the
purpose of this Council and the city
of Grand Rapids to take for public
grounds and park purposes the fol
lowing described lands, to-wit:
First: A tract owned by Harvey
Gee, formerly occupied by him for
saloon purposes, lying between Front
Street now called First Avenue South
and the Wisconsin River, and being a
part of Government Lot Three 90
Section Seventeen Q7) and a part
of Government Lot One a., Section
Eighteen 18), Township twenty-five
(22) North of Range Six (6) East,
and bounded as follows:-Commenc
ing at point on the Easterly line
Of Front Street, now known as First
Avenue South, Thirty-three (33) feet
Southwesterly from a point where
the Southerly line of Cranberry Street
now called Grand Avenue, intersects
the Easterly line of said First Avenue
South, thence ! southwesterly along
the Easterly line of said First Ave
Obs 7-10) feet to point at right
angles to- said Avenue and thence
Easterly about Fifty (50) feet to the
River, thence up and a.
long the Wisconsin River to point
at right angles to the place of COM
and thence NorthwesterIy
On the Southerly line of land now
owned by the city. formerly owned
by Ed. Wheelan, to the place of be-
ginning on the Easterly side of said
First Avenue South.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that each
Of said described tracts of land be
taken for public purposes and for
park and be added to the lands ad-
Joining same, now owned by the city