Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

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 ac-
curate survey and plat of the grounds
proposed to 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,
it is hereby
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 60
Section Seventeen 90 and a part
of Government Lot One %, Section
| Eighteen Q8), Township Twenty two
! (22) North of Range Six 60 East,
and bounded as ollows:-Commenc-
ing at a point on the Easterly line
of Front Street, now known as First
Avenue South, Thirtythree (33) feet
Southwesterly from 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
nue. South Thirty-three (33) feet,
thence at right angles to said street
about F ghty-nine (89) feet to the
| Wisconsin River, thence up along
said river to a point at right angles
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 CD Section Seven
teen 90, and part of Government
Lot One O, Section Eighteen (18)
Township twenty-five (22) North of
Range Six CO. East, and bounded as
follows: Recommending at point on
the Easterly line of said First Avenu'
South One Hundred Thirty-two Q32)
feet SouthWesterly from a point
where the Souther1y line of Cranber-
ry Street, now called Grand Avenue,
intersects 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
038 7-10) feet to a point at right
langles to said Avenue and thence
Easterly about Fifty (50) feet to the
Wisconsin River, thence up and a.
long the Wisconsin River to a point
at right angles to the place of COM
mencement, and thence Northwesterly
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, row owned by the city
of Grand Rapids, for park and pub
lie purposes; and that the public