The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-05


and intersects said section dividing
line; thence north along said section
dividing line and the continuation
thereof dividing sections twenty-one
and twenty I'll & 20) of same above,
township and range, and sections six
/ teen and seventeen 16 & 10 of above
township and range, and sections
eight and nine g & 81 of the above
| Township and Range, to the point of
juncture and joining of THE Rich
mond and Newport Turnpike" with
| The Richmond and Arba Turnpike, -
short distance north of the southwest
corner of said section nine f9), and all
being in length of two and one-half
| (212) miles" shall be laid out and i'm
proved by grading, draining and paw
| ing with crushed stone, all as is here
| matter set out.
| And said petitioners would state and
above of less than three miles in
| length, the same being two and one
| half miles in length, and that same
connects at the each end thereof with
an established free-gravel and improy-
| ed highway in said Township of
| Wayne, and that all of said highway
above described is within the corpor-
ate boundaries of said township of
Wayne. And the undersigned petition
ers herewith recommend that said
part of said highway sought to be laid
out. established graded, drained and
paved through these proceedings in
petition and subsequent proceedings
thereon, be so improved as follows. to-
wit:
I. Width.
That the total width of said high
way so laid out and established be of
the uniform width of sixty 600 feet,
same extending and being thirty 900
| feet on each side of the sections di-
viding line as above set out.
2. Bridge and CuIverts.
| That the bridge as now built along
| line of present highway, short distance
south of hamlet of Chester be removed
and in place thereof bridge of width
of roadway hereinafter petitioned for
be constructed in such place, as part
of such improvement, and that any
culverts now existing along line of
such highway be replaced by iron or
cement culverts of permanent charac,
| ter.
8. General Characters of Improvement
That the general characte of the i'm
provement to be made, and petitioned
| for herein, be the establishing of prop
er grade therefor, and in conformity
with the grades of other and already
established highways Herewith con
And by the plating of said highway
by providing and establishing of a way
nine 90 feet in width along the each
side thereof for the full length thereof
| for eventual and subsequent further
improvement by sidewalks.
And after the such setting apart OF
such nine-foot strips for sidewalks
therealong as above, the remaining
part of said highway. forty-two (42)
feet in width along the center thereof
be further improved by the construc
ton along the each side thereof for the
full length thereof, except in so far
and in SO much as is occupied by
bridge above referred to, of cement
curbs and retaining walls of proper
and suitable and practicable width
and Of some six inches in width along
top thereof, and in height above the
eventual surface of the highway OF
some eight 80 inches, and
in connection Herewith the
building and construction alone
the entire length of such curbs
and retaining walls on the highways
sides thereof of cement flanges OF
wings or cutters. of the uniform width
of eighteen 1S) inches, and such
wings or flanges of elevation and
Grade to be flush with the grade of the
finally improved highway at surface
thereof, the such cement construction
along the both sides of said improved
part of highway being of such charac
ter as to provide for the proper drain
age of said highway so improved, and
of such construction as to preclude
and avoid to greatest possible degree
the ravelling and washing away and
wasting of the crushed stone and high
way material used in the construction
OF the roadway proper, and the same
said cement construction to be further
provided with proper drains and pipes
leading therefrom to carry away sur
face waters from said finished and i'm
proved highways; and also said con
crete and cement construction to be OF
such form as to provide for any other
plated highways entering into and
joining with said improved part oil
said highway, and also of such form
as permitting drives and roadways
through, over and across the same to
private driveways.
That the center of said highway be
tween said lines of cement construc
ton along sides thereof be improved
by the excavation of the soil therefrom
and therealong to sufficient depth as to
provide for permanent bed and founda
ton of crushed stone to be placed
therein and with crushed stone of vari
Gus sized screenings placed therein
and built up thereby to grade of sur
face of highway, such crushed stone
to be of the varying sizes and screen
ings for proper matchmaking con
struction, and same throughout and in
course Of application and filling to be
thoroughly rolled and packed by use
of. and rolling with a road-roller OF