The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
First publication May End, 1913.
NOTICE.
STATE OF wIsCoNSIN-IN CIRCUIT
COURT FOR RACINE COUNTY.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ROOT RIVER
DRAINAGE DISTRICT

DhAiNAGE DISTRICT.
Notice is hereby given, that on the Sth
day Of May, 4. D. 1913, NJ w Holloway,
henry Pfeifer, Stephen West, Benjamin
west, ct. al, filed a petition in the circuit
court OF Racine comfy, pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 40 of the Laws of
l9Oo, and OF Section 15T9-11 and known
as Chapter 434 of the Laws of 1909, and
TIE sections Of Chapter 81 of the Wiscon-
SIN Statutes of 1898, and any acts amenda-
TORY thereof end supplementary thereto, re-
iaIng to the organization and powers of
urslnage districts, wherein and whereby
the organization of a drainage district by
tne name OF Root River Drainage District
was demanded and prayed for by said Pc
lltIohefs, and that Ten O'clock in the fore
noon OF the 23rd day of June, A. d. 1918,
at the circuit court room. in the court
mouse, in the city of Racine, county of
haclne, is the time and place fixed by the
hon e. B. Belden, Judge of said court,
Wheh and where the said petitioners will
ask g nearing on said petition. and when
ana where said petition shall be heard;
mat said petitioners intend TO and pro-
pose 70 organize and establish drainage
district IN the town of Paris, in the county
q henosha, and state of Wisconsin, and in
the town OF 4orkville and Raymond, in the
county OF Racine, and state of Wisconsin
mat the purpose of establishing said
drainage district is TO secure the construc-
uon, maintenance, and keeping in repair
OF Two main canals or bitches, together
with certain laterals running thereto and
connecting Herewith: one of which canals
will have its starting point in the town of
Parls, in the county of Kenosha, and state
OF Wisconsin, and will run in southerly
direction through said town of Paris and
VIII have its outlet therein; that the other
main canal will have its starting point in
the town of Paris, and viii run northerly
fbn frxxvv II
mona, IN the county of Racine, and state
OF wisconsin, and will have it's outlet in
the town of Raymond; the character, To-
cation and course of said canals or bitches
nelng correctly shown and set out upon
the map filed with said petition, and made
a part thereof, and which plat or map is
now ON hle in the office of the clerk of the
circuit court in and for the county of Ra-
cine;
That the purpose and necessity of said
work is the promotion of the public health
and welfare, and the draining and reclaim
alton OF mash and overlooked lands with
in said district;
Ihat the starting points, routes and
term1ni of said canals or bitches, together
With the starting points and termini of
certain lateralS connecting with said main
canals or bitches, are as follows
one OF said main canals or bitches will
nave It's starting point in the northeast
quarter IN E ~ of section ten (10), in
town two % north, of range twenty -one
CID east, Of the fourth principal meridian,
in the town of Paris Kenosha county.
Wisconsin. and will run thence in a south
erly direction through said town of Paris
and have its terminus in the southwest
quarter Is w ~ of the southeast quarter
Is "a } of section twenty seven CD, in
town two CD north, of range twenty one
CID east, in the town of Paris, Kenosha
SIM +hn4 .ka,, 1,A- L.
Joining with and emptying into said main
ditch or channel it is proposed by your
petitioners to run as follows One begin
ming on the west line of section twenty
three (23), in town two (2) north, of range
tWenty-one CID east, and running thence
in a southwesterly direction and connect
ing With said main canal or ditch in the
northwest quarter IN w ~ of section
twenty-seven (27), in said town and range
another starting in the west half (W w OF
the northwest quarter IN w u Of section
twenty-five (22), in the township and
range aforesaid, running thence south and
eaSteriy and connecting with said main
ditch or canal in the east half (E ~ OF
the southwest quarter Is w r. of section
twenty-five (22), in said town and range
another beginning in the north vest quar-
ter On W Il of section twenty three (23)
in said town and range, running thence
north and west and connecting with said
ter IS w H. of section fifteen (15), in
said town and range; another beginning
in the southwest quarter Is w u of the
southwest quarter Is w ~ of section
three CD, in the township and range afore-
said, running thence southwesterly to the
south line of said section three ~, thence
in sonth ana easterly direction and con-
Meeting with said main ditch or drain at
the beginning point thereof
That the second of said main bitches or
canals in said proposed district will have
its starting point at point between the
northwest and the northeast quarters OF
section fourteen (14), in town two (2)
north, Of range twenty-one (21) east, OF
the fourth principal meridian, and in the
town of Paris, Kenosha county, Wisconsin
and will run thence northerly through sec
tons fourteen (14), eleven (11) and two
~, in town two (2) north, of range TWEEN
ty one (21) east in the town of Paris, Ke-
nosha county, Wisconsin, to the highway
which lies between the county of Kenosha
and the county of Racine in the state OF
Wisconsin; thence continuing north across
said highway through sections thirty -four
(34), thirty-five (35), twenty-six (26),
twenty three (23), fourteen (14 eleven (11)
and one a., in township three ~ north,
of range twenty -one (21) east and in
the town of Yorkville, in the county of
Racine and state of Wisconsin, sections
thirty six 1857, twenty five (25) twenty six
(26), twenty three f23), twenty two (22),
fourteen Ga, fifteen (15), and ten (10), in
town four (4) north of range twenty -one
CID east, in the town of Raymond, in
the county of Racine and state of Wis
consin, and will have its terminus at a
point in the northeast quarter IN e "a
of said section ten (10), in town four az
north, of range twenty-one (21) east, In
the town Of Raymond, in the county OF
Racine and state of Wisconsin; that run
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main ditch or canal will be several later
ais one of which will have it's starting
point in the west half CIV " of the north
east quarter (NE w of section two ~,
in town two ~ north, of range twenty
one CD east in the town of Paris, Ke-
nosha county, Wisconsin, running thence
in a northerly direction and emptying into
and joining with said second main canal
or ditch in the northwest quarter On w W
Of the northwest quarter IN w NJ of sec
ton two ~, in town two (2) north, of
range twenty-one (21) east, and at the
county line between the county of Keno
sha and the county of Racine, in said
state of Wisconsin; another having its
starting point on the line between the east
and west halves ef the south half IS ~
of section three (3), in town two ~
north, of range twenty-one (21) east, in
the said town of Paris running thence
north along the line of an old town ditch
now contracted in said section three (3),
in town two (2) north, of range twenty
one (21) east, and following practically the
course Of said ditch in north and then
easterly direction and joining with said
second main ditch or canal on the west
boundary line of section two ~, in said
town and range, and at point a short
distance south Of the dividing line between
the county of Kenosha and the county of
Racine in said state of Wisconsin; anoth-
er lateral having its starting point on the
west line of the northeast quarter IN E W
of section fourteen ia, in town three (3)
north, of range twenty-one (21) east, in
the town of Yorkville, in the county of Ra-
cine, in the state Of Wisconsin, running
thence nofthwesterly and emptying into