The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-09-13
Notice Of Letting of Drain Contract.

Notice is hereby given thdt We,
William c. Heyn aud George MNtch
Ter, county draiu commissioners OIL
the counties Of Berrien ana van Bu-
rem. and state of Michigan, Will, ON
the 24th day of September, n. ID. 1912,
at the residence OF John H. Blackman,
in the township of Waterviiet in said
countN~of Berrien at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon of that day.. proceed TO re-
ceive b ds for the construction of a
certain Drain known and designated
as "Wilson Drain located and es-
tabiished in the townships of Water
vliet aud Hartford. in said counties of
Berrien aud Van Buren,, and described
as follows. to-wit:
Minutes OF Wilson Drain. Watervliet
Township. BerGien County. Mich.
Said drain is described IS follows:
- Commencing at p int sos feet
south aud 81 feet east of the north
west corner of section 80, Hartford
township, Van Buren, county, Michi-
gan, thence north 1,5S5 feet, thence
south 8715 degrees west OBS teet;theuce
south S7H degrees west 800 feet;
thence south 81 degrees west 500 feet;
thence south 1875 degrees west 400 IT;
thence south S034 degrees west AIS fl;
thence north rs degrees west $50 feet;
thence north 48 degrees west 40 feet;
thence north Is degrees west 800 feet
thence north 81 degrees west $50 feet;
thence north degree west 249 feet;
thence north 50 degrees west III feet;
thence north 1615 degrees west $40 IT.;
thence north - degrees west 20 feet;
thence south 80 degrees west 2o7 feet;
thence north 25 degrees west 50 feet;
thence south 7015 degrees west l29 TT;
thence north so degrees west ~ feet;
thence north 81 degrees west l47 feet;
thence north "a degrees west 2S1 feet
thence north o. degrees west 324 feet;
thence north 81 degrees west 334 feet;
thence north degree east Isl feet;
thence north % degrees east l55 feet;
thence north degrees east 600 feet;
thence north ~ degrees west 100 feet.
Total length of drain Sis feet.
From stake to stake plus 95 feet,
a distance of sos feet said drain is on
the lands OF Frank H. MCGOWAN.
From stake plus o5 feet to stake Is
plus 90 feet, a distance of 995 feet,
said drain is on the land of John T.
Smith. From stake Is plus 90 feet
to stake % plus "a feet, distance of
1885 feet, said drain is on the land
of Peter NJ. Becker. From stake %
plus IS feet to stake 81 plus 81 feet, a
distance OF 2,272 feet, said drain is on
the land of L w. Emerson. From
stake 81 plus 81 feet to stake SO plus
80 feet, a distance of go feet, said
drain is on the land of ]. +. Black
man. From stake SO plus 80 feet to
stake o. plus "a feet, distance of 39S
feet. said drain is on the land OF the
Pere Marquette X n. Co. From stake
4 : II
a distance of 90 feet, said drain is on
the land Of Joseph Clauser. From
sstake % plus 80 feet TO stake o. plus
> feet, a distance of S9feet, said drain
is on the land of the Pere Marq
X. r. Co. From stake o. plus p feet
TO stake % plus 40 feet, distance of
41S feet, said drain is on the land of
Joseph Clauser. From stake % plus
40 feet TO stake 81 plus Is feet, a dis
lance of .875 feet, said drain is on
the land of Mrs. Mary Kennicott. The
center line of above described sur
vey to be center line of drain, one
half the width to be taken from each
side thereof and shall further include
a margin of IS feet on each side of
said center line for the deposition of
excavation Said drain to have a bot
tom width of feet from stake 0 TO
stake 40, bottom width of 3 feet from
stake 40 to terminus. Slope of banks
to be one to one or rs degrees, Depth
of said drain TO be from .95 feet, &c
12.4O feet 5 shown more fully on pro-
file.
Will ]. Cleary, Surveyor.
Said lob will be let by sections. The
section at the outlet of the said drain
will be let first, and the remaining
sections in their order up stream, III
accordance with the diagram now on
file with the other papers pertaining
TO said drain, in the offices of the
county drain commissioners of the
said counties of Berrien and Van Blu
rem, to which reference may be had
by all parties interested, and bids will
be made and received accordingly
Contracts will be made with the low
est responsible bidder giving adequate
security for the performance of the
work, in a sum then and there to be
fixed by us, reserving to ourselves
the right to reject any and all bids
The date for the completion of such
contract and the terms of payment
thereof, shall and will be announced
at the time and place of letting.
Notice is further hereby given, that
at the time and place of said letting
or at such other time and place there
after, to which we, the county drair
commissioners aforesaid. may adjourn
the same, the assessments for benefits
and the lands comprised within the
"Wilson Drain Special Assessment
District" and the apportionmen
thereof will be announced by us ant
will be subject to review for one day
from nine o'clock in the forenoon un
til five O'Clock in the afternoon