South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-12
STORAGE AND TRANSFER.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF GRAyFL ROAD PErIrION

Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing IS copy Of z petition Tor = gravel
ROAD improvement filed IN the Commits
sloners' Court Of st. Joseph Cogaty. anu
State of IN diana. to-wit:
state Of Indiana. ST. Joseph County. IS
Petltlon 70 Pave Rpai With Gravel
To the Honorable Board Of Commits
sionerS OF the Court CT ST. Joseph County,
The Undersigned petitioners show your
honorable Body shat this petition is
signed by az least fifty (JOl frechOl5ers
and voters of Penn Township. st. Joseph
bounty, Indiana, that there IS an exist
ing highway IN said township, described
Beginning on the jefferson Road at
the East line Of Section Ten 90. Town
Three 80 East, in Penn Township. ST.
Joseph County, Indiana, thence Eastward
on said Jefferson Road TO the center OF
Section Twelve (12l, Township Thirty
seven (3D North, Range Three (3) East
thence north to the north line Of said
Section Twelve 02), and to the cross
roads at the north line of said Section
Twelve 10
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway be Improved by grad
ing. draining and paving same with
screened gravel, as follows to-wit:
That the grade thereof be constructed
TO the width of fourteen (14) feet with
good, clear sharp gravel That said
ehANNA w IitdNtu UtLNtt0 DONfUN fourteen
(l4l feet apart, except where the natural
soil affords ample and secure shoulders
Tor said gravel, and the said boards aud
said shoulders to be nine (9l inches high,
and the gravel to be fourteen (14) inches
deep in the center and to be placed
thereon so as 20 form a uniform curve
from the top edges Of said boards and
shoulders 70 the center of the roadbed-
Ihat all necessary drains and side
drains, bridges, culverts and sewer tile
thereon he srr cd I~.
said gravel road a complete gravel road.
Said petitioners further show that Penn
Township has an Incorporated city within
it which is of less than so thousand pop
ulatiOn; that there is no other city or
town Of greater population than 30
thousand inhabitants therein Said petit
TONERS further show that it will be a
public utility TO drain, gravel and pave
said road as herein set cut in the width
and manner herein set out. and that the
costs thereof Will be less than the bene-
fits thereof; that said road will not pass
into or through any Incorporated city or
town.
Said petitioners also show that said
road is less than three miles in length.
and connects the city limits of the City
Of AIishaWaka, at the northeast corner
thereof with a gravel improved road al
ready constructed in said Township, and
upon, and over said highway runs a
United States Mail Delivery Route.
And your petitioners pray for the i'm
prOvement of said highway in all things
in accordance with Sections 81 20 So in
elusive Of the General Acts Of 1905 en-
titled AN Act Concerning Highways.
and all Acts AmendatOry thereof and
Supplemental Thereto"
Jas. G. Eberhart, Jacob II. WOmmer,
David ShanOwer. Frank Chrisman. Aug
ust Geissel Harry H. Hogue. VIM T.
Lott, Palmer Eberhart Charles f. Willis
Alfred II. Ludwig, III. u. Hay. c. l.. God
frey, A. j. Eager. Elmer \. Groff. II. $.
Mcknight, Mrs. Carrie WOmmer, Schuyler
G. Plotner, J. l. Aller, John 7. Mcknight,
Geo. +. Eberhart, JnO Ravencroft A B.
Snyder, J T. Logan. Anthony A. Eel
ton. V. DeGeyter. W NIagolsk. Chas
Schroeder. William Bonney. AIargic Ma
galski, James Smith. Alice A Jude,
Garry L. Smell, Harry WOrthingtOn, VIII
Eberhart, w. H. Ellick, NJ. Z. Miles,
John W. Chamberlain, VIM. J. Burden,
William A. Smith J. w. Virgins, James
Groote. John Lerner, Levi Herbster, w.
A. Massey, Henry Wedel, John Warman
Chas. Harrison, Uriah Chandler, Jas. ii.
kiZer. Hiram McCreary, Lewis Primmer,
". Gaugler, G. \. Hoover, T. +. Hoover
Cyrus Ferris, Oda BaSSett. T. BasSett j.
II. Snyder, o. =. Hicks. John Cell. Fred
Wedel. Dan May, :. II. Thornton, Geo
Kuntsman o. b. Robbins, G. 5. Robbins,
A. +. Carl, Jas. l.. Kennedy, Fred Viii
lard. Peter Neddeau, Purcell VI. Noel,
Mary Beiger Butcher, w. II. Ellick.
j, Arthur +. Wolf. auditor Of st. Joseph
County, State Of Indiana, hereby desig-
nate Monday the 9TH day OF February,
1916. being the 1St day Of the February,
1916. session of said court as the day and
date on which the foregoing petition viii
be presented TO the said Board Of Com
missiOners Of said ST. Joseph County for
hearing as provided by law.
ARTHUR l.. WOLF,
D 1918 Auditor Of St Joseph County.