South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-29
LEGAL NOTICE.
PETITION TO PAVE ROAD WITH
GRAVEL
STATE or INDIANA ST. JOSEPH

STATE or INDIANA. ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY. S.
70 the Honorable Board Of Commission
ers for the County of 81 Joseph
The undersigned petitioners show your
Honorable Body that this petition II
signed hy az least nftv tJOi freehOlders
and voters in Penn Township. 81. Joseph
County. Indiana that there is an exist
tng highway in said township. described
as follows:
Beginning at the eastern terminus Of
the highway known as the James g.
Eherhurt Road. which road Is more fully
described I'm Petition No > % James 4.
Ehcrhart ct ed. petition for road i'm
provement in Penn Township, hied WITH
the Board or County commissioners OF
ST. Joseph County, indiana, Ou January
a. 1916 which terminus BIS az the north
quarter Section " Number Twelve tl2l
and the south quarter section 0f Number
One ll township Thirty seven i3tl
North. Range Three 81 East in Penn
Township, ST Joseph County, Indiana.
thence east 20 the southeast corner OF
said Section one On, thence north Eighty
f~0t rods thence East Eighty lSDl rods,
thence northeasterly following the center
~ the public highway already located 70
the west quarter corner Of Section rive
iJi Township Thirty seven 90 north.
NBnge -Four a. East. thence east % the
pust line Of said Section Five CO.., being
three miles or less.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
that said highway be improved by grad
ing. draining, and paving same with
screened gravel. a. follows, tO-Wtt:
That the grade thereof be constructed
90 the width of sixteen tlbi feet AMI
thoroughly rolled. on which shall be
placed two-course road the bottom
course C0nst -ucted OF crushed and
screened blast furnace Stag. the top
course OF gravel passing one-inch
screen and containing approximately
twenty -tve t25fCl per cent II sand Ihat
"a. 81. a..
placed between boards sixteen l1G) feet
apart. except where the natural soil az
fOrds ample and secure shoulders Tor
such materials The bottom course. Of
Stag. 20 be six (Gi inches deep az the
side and eleven GI inches deep i'm the
center Of the road, aud thoroughly
rolled and the screened gravel 20 he
placed thereon 20 a uniform depth after
thorough rolling Of three CD inches.
making a total thickness In said read
Of nine inches 40 the side aud fourteen
ti4l inches az the center. and SO con
structcd as 10 form a uniform curve
from the top edge Of said boards and
shoulders 20 the center Of the road.
That all necessary drains and side.
drains bridges. culverts and sewer tile
thereon shall be so constructed as 10
make said road complete and finished in
all details.
Said petitioners further show that
Penn Township has an incorporated city
within 10 which is Of less than thirty
800 thousand population: shat there is
n0 other town or city Of greater pOpu-
lation than thirty 800 thousand inhab-
itants therein. Said petitioners further
show that 10 will be a public utility TO
drain. gravel and pave said road as
herein set out In the width and manner
set out. and that the cost thereof will be
less than the benefits thereof; that said
road will not pass into or through an
Incorporated city or town.
Said petitioners show that said road
Is less than three miles in length and
connects with q free and improved gravel
road az the west end thereof and upon
and ever the most OF said highway runs
q United states Mail Delivery Route.
And your petitioners pray for the i'm
provement Of said highway I'm all things
in accordance with Sections 80 90 50 in
elusive OF the general acts Of 1919, en-
titled An Act Concerning Highways
and all acts amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto.
JAMES a. KEIZER AND
SEVENTY OTHERS.
T. Arthur +. Wolf. Auditor OF st.
Joseph County. Indiana, hereby desig
nate Jan -. 1917. day Of the regular
Term, as the date ON which the written
Tefiflun will Dee presented to the Board
a. commissioners of ST Joseph County.
A~Gs7ua. for a hearing.
ARTHUR +. WOLF.
Auditor Of St Joseph County.