The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-13


GEORGE G. KROST.
Clerk of the District Court
STATE or MINNESOTA. County of
Blue Earth. District Court. Sixth
Judicial District
Petition For Public Ditch.
To ". l.. ComstDCk. Judge OF the Dis
trict Court of the County OF Blue
Earth. state Of Minnesota:
The undersigned land owners.
whose lands viii be liable TO be al
fcCted by. or assessed for. the expense
Of the construction of the public
drain hereinafter described. would re-
speCtfully represent that the public
health. convenience and welfare and
the reclamation of wet and overlooked
lands require the establishment and
construction Oi public drain along
the following described route in the
towns OF lie Ray and MankatO. in said
county Of Blue Earth and that the
construction of the same would be OF
public benefit and utility. and is nee
ossary tor the following reasons. to-
wit:
Some Of the land proposed to he
drained will be greatly benefited and
improved for agricultural purposes
and that part thereof included in that
PORTION Of Eagle Lake proposed to be
drained will be made suitable for ag-
ricultural purposes and is now worth
less. That portion of Eagle Lake pro-
posed 10 be drained Is a part OF a
meandered lake and-is normally shall
low and of a marshy character and is
no longer of sufficient depth or vol
ume 10 be If any substantial public
use for fishing. boating or water sup
Fly. and no Incorporated city or viii
lage is n riparian owner upon said
lake: and the lands within that por-
ton OF said lake proposed to be
drained can and will by said proposed
drainage be converted into valuable
agricultural lands and be taxed as
such.
On the southeast quarter Of section
one UD In township one hundred eight
I0Sl north nj range twenty -siX (26)
west. the right OF way of the Wis
consin. Minnesota. Pacific Railroad
company. now leased and operated by
the Minneapolis st. Paul. Rochester a.
Dubuque Electric Traction company,
crosses meandeTed lake. to-wit:
Eagle Lake at a narrow part of said
lake and upon which said right Of way
the railroad track upon which said
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. Paul. Rochester &
Dubuque Electric Traction company is
now operating it's trains and cara and
which said railroad tracks. while
within the meandered lines of said
lake Is built upon a fill and grade
a, Lob
over which Is constructed a railroad
bridge about the middle of said lake.
where said right OF way crosses the
same leaving an open space of about
fTty-Gve C55l feet through which wa
ter passes from the northerly part of
said lake TO the southerly part of said
like, and the petitioners herein re-
spectfully ask:
First: That a concrete dam be
built I'm said opening under said rail-
road track and-upon said right of way
in said lake, the full width OF said
opening through said right of way
making said dam about fifty-five (55)
iCCt III length ana OF such depth and
width as may BE- necessary In order
TO hold. keep and maintain the water
i'm the northarly portion Of said Eagle
Lake. and by said northerly portion is
meant that part Of said Eagle Lake ly-
ing nprtherly of the right of way OF
said railroad track, at ordinary high
water mark. and to prevent such
northerly portion of said lake from be-
ing drained pursuant TO the prayer of
this petition.
Second: After tie construction of
do, tn 10 lei,
struct a ditch. 10 he known as the
main ditch in the drainage system
herein referred TO. and general do
scripticn of the proposed starting
point, route and terminus of said main
ditch ia as follows:
Commencing az the southerly side
OF and adjacent TO said concrete dam
so TO be constructed as hereinbefore
mentioned and then following as
nearly as practicable I'm a southerly
and easterly direction through the
center of that portion OF said Eagle
Lake lying south of said railroad right
of way and as nearly as practicable
along the center of the current OF the
water nowine through said southerly
portion Of said Eagle Lake to the out
let thereof at the south end of said
lake aud then continuing along the
general course Of the creek or stream
constituting the outlet of said lake In
a southerly direction through govern
ment lot four ca I'm section seven Cd
In township one hundred eight (l0S)
north OF range twenty-five (25) west
and through and under culvert on
the east and west public highway
known as the Mankato and Madison
Lake road, and on I'm a southerly d.
rection into section eighteen QS) in
said township and range and through
and under railroad bridge on the
right of way OF the Chicago and North
western railroad track and on to the
south half OF the northeast quarter OF
said section eighteen us). and thence
imam elsterh xjirestfen. alons<ihesen-
erateoyHeseb ssia screelJ ,apdson to
the northwest quarter OF section sew
enteen t17l IN said township and
range and thence southerly on to the
southwest quarter OF said section
seventeen n7) and alone said creel;
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