South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-22
NOTICE OF GRAVEL ROAD PETITION

Notice Is hereby given that the fol-
lowing is copy OF the petition Tor a
gravel Improvement filed in the Commits
sioners Court Of St Joseph County and
State Of Indiana. to-wit:
STATE OF INDIANA. ST JOSEPH
COUNTY. Petition for gravel road
To the Honorable Board 81 Commission
ers II the County of ST. Joseph, state
Of Indiana
The undersigned petitioners show your
Honorable Board that this petition Is
signed by az least nifty freeholders AMI
voters in Penn Township. 81. Joseph
County. Indiana. that there Is an exist
ing highway i'm said Township Described
as follows;
Beginning on the Beele road az the
intersection Of said Beehe road with the
north ana south highway on the section
line between Sections twenty I'VE i-ol
and Twenty t2h. Township Thirty
seven f31) North. Range Three tai last
i'm Penn Township. ST. Joseph county.
Indiana. thence Southwark ON said SEE
ton line and said Section line extended
to the highway running westerly on the
Section line dividing sections Two -
and Eleven G1 Township Ihirty-slN
(3Gl North. Range Three t3) East. said
county and state
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway be Improved 10y grad
ing. draining and paving same with
screened gravel as follows. t0-wit:
That the grade thereof be constructed
gravel That said gravel DE placed be-
tween boards fourteen 14l feet apart eX-
cent where the natural soil Affords am
pie and secure shoulders fU- said gravel.
and the said boards and said shoulders
10 be nine go inches high. and the gray
u 10 be fourteen inches deep In the cen
ter and TO Toe placed thereon 50 as 70
form "a uniform curve from the TOP enees
~ said boards 90 the center OF the road
Oe qb.t OH neccesarv drains and side
drains. bridges culverts and sewer tile
thereon be 50 constructed as 20 make said
gravel road a complete gravel road
Said petitioners further show that
Penn Township has an Incorporated clty
within il which is Of less than thirty
thousand population: that there Is no
other town or city Of greater populatfoh
than thirty thousand inhabitants there
in Said petitioners further show that
II will be q public utility TO drain. erav-
el and pave said road as herein set out
in the width and manner herein SET out
and that the costs Thereon VIII DC it3s
than the benefits derived therefrom' that
said road viii 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 with n free improved gravel
road. and upon. and over said highway
runs n United States Mail Delivery Route
And your petitioners pray for the i'm
proyement Of said highway in All things
In accordance Win ~ffllhli~ % To - III
elusive Of the General Acts Of 1903 en-
titled "An Act Concerning Highways
and an Acts amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto
Henry Beehler. j. IT Chand Ter /.
Hahn. James Boner. Frank Wiley. Fred
Major. James McDOuough. Adam Ungrey,
NJ +. Huston. H. q. Eggleston u. Nc
Grew Wallace Rector J. X Stckel.
James w Mason. I'd. q. Klein. Geo. T.
Eberhart. i Valentine Klein, %. T. Lang.
Ed Seitz. = Norman Prank. i. H. Getz.
Dan Ward A J. GodShal Lemon
sheets. IT, ID. Renuer. T. J.. Mason. Fred
Klein. Geo. Beehler. Aaron Dixon. Frank
T. ChristODh. =. AicIntosch. A hos. Elder.
VIM Tngrey. r. J. Bickcl. VI. j. Fulmer
G. T. Moon. Ben B1cr. Ch1s Dooiittle.
=. g. Laidlaw. Eugene J. Perkins. Clar-
ence Fulmer. Jacob Fulmer. Fred Kelley
Charles Albert. John TT Fulmcr. :. NJ
Albert Willard CrOfoot Warren Van
Ripper elem w FuHner Ernest Beebe.
George g. Klein. a.. J.. Rogers J. J..
Fuller Frank Cook. Harry Kelley. Geo.
r. Iaing. Fred J Cook John Parrett
Raymond u. Monhaut. John A. HerzoE.
, y seaman. John ID. Eulmer. Jacob
Weiss
!. ARTHUR J.. WOLF. Auditor 81 81
Joseph County. Indiana. hereby dosic-
nate Monday. the 18th day n March
1916 a day Of the regular term. as the
date on which the within petition VIII he
presented Ia the Board ~ Commissioners
u ST. Joseph County for q hearing
ARTHUR T. WOLF
Auditor. st. Joseph County. Ind.