South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-11
Legal NOTICE
NOTICE OF GRAVEL ROAD
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PETITION
Notice is hereby given that the follow
lnG i copy ~ petition for gravel
road Improvement hleI iu The Commis-
stoucrs Court N ST.. Joseph County. aud
state 20 Indiana. to-wit-
Petition 60 Pave Road with Gravel
STATE or INDIANA. ST Joseph
COT NrY. SIS
no the honorable Board Of Commits
sioncrs " the county If ST. Joseph,
STATE ~ Indiana
The undersigned petitioners show your
Honorable Board fhat this petition is
signed bv no lease INV freohoIders and
voters n Penn Township. ST. Joseph
County. Indiana that there ls Hn exist
Ing highway iu said township, described
rs follows:
Beginning on the Jefferson Road at the
East line ~ Section Ten t10l. Township
Thirty seven $50 North. Range Three
~ East liza Penn Township 81 Joseph
county. Indiana. thence eastward on said
Jefferson Road 20 the center ~ Section
Twelve ll2I. Township Thirty seven Ga
Nerfh. Range Three 90 East thence
Worth O. the north line ~ said section
twelve ilZI and On The cross roads M
ire north line Of said section Twelve
Your petitioners res pectfuHv petition
that said highway De improved by grad
irg. draining and paving same with
screened gravel as follows. to-wit-
That the grade thereof hc constructed
o. Tho width n sixteen ilGl feet and
thoroughly rolled. on which shall Doe
course constructed II crushed and
screened blast furnace Stag. the top
course ~ gravel passing One-inch
reen and containing approximately
twenty l25C( per cent ~ sand.
That The materials " said road shall be
placed between boards sixteen 40 feet
apart. except whore the natural soil af-
fords ample and secure shoulders for
such material The bottom course. OF
Stag. o. Zoe six lGI inches deep at the
side and eleven GI inches deep in the
center or the road. and thoroughly roll
ed and the screened gravel 90 Doc placed
thereon az a uniform depth ~ three l3l
inches. and thoroughly rolled. making
total thickness In said finished road II
nine co. inches at the side and fourteen
tfI inches at the center, and SO con-
-tructed as 10 form a uniform curve
from the TOP edge ~ said boards and
shoulders 90 the center Of the road.
That an necessary drains and side
drains. bridges. culverts and sewer tile
thereon shall be SO constructed as 20
make said road complete and finished in
I'D details.
said petitioners further show that
Penn Township has an Incorporated city
within IT, which is ~ less than 10000
population; that there is no other city
Jf greater population than 10000 inhab-
itants therein. Said petitioners further
Show that no viii Doc n public utility 10
drain, gravel and pave said road as
herein set ont in the width and manner
herein set out and that the costs there
~ VIII pc less than the benefits thereof:
mat said road viii not pass into OF
through any incorporated city or town.
said petitioners also show that said
road is less than three miles I'm length
and connects the city limits Of the City
~ Mishawaka NJ the northeast corner
thereof. with gravel improved road
already constructed I'm said Township.
md upon and over said highway runs a
United States Mail Delivery Route.
And your petitioners pray for the inn
prOyement 0f said highway In all things
tr accordance with sections 81 10 ~ in
elusive. 81 the General Acts Of 1905. en-
titled An Act Concerning Highways.
and All Acts Ameudatory Thereof and
supplemental Thereto
Jas. e.. Eberhart Jacob IT. Wommer.
David Sh1 mower George II Carver. Jas
smith, Edwin Erickson. James Sousely,
II. Snyder. X. y. Mcknight Elmer
Erickson. W a Kaiser John Kirk
Patrick. g. A. Hoover. T. r. Hoover.
Valentine L. Marx. Alvah e. Gaugler.
w w Ludwig. j. II Shaw. John A.
Eyer. Chas. Bodahaugh. T.. Bassett T.
T. Baughman. y. a. Eberh1rt Mrs. Mary
Bayrer. John Beyrer Harry Worthinc-
tom. John II. Mcknight Peter Ncddeau.
Felix DegrOote, g. - Robbins George
kuatsman. w III Bustler. oscar
Hicks, j. f. Homer. $. r. Morse. !. r.
Logan. Fred Willard. ". Chapman.
John Austin. Henry ". Brown. l.. Herb
>tr- %. l.. Bloomer. Victor DE Geyter.
William Bonney. Henry Bonney. w.
Angerstcin. y a. BerkheiscF Chas. Har-
rison. Jriah Chandler. John Pope n NJ.
smith. sam Beehler. Mrs Alice Judy. s.
Judy, IT, NJ Plotuer % b. Robbins. WIN.
Lott Milton Mcknight e.. g. SweitZer
A j. Eager, =. s. Fuson. Geo r. Eber-
hart. Chas Fryar. John Giel. John s.
~toeckinger, =. ". Virgins g. 4. Wig
cins. Jerry Leininger. Jas l.. Kennedy.
Ben Baer q. +. Lang. =. A. Croft A. ID.
snyder.
q. ARTHUR WOLF Auditor OF ST
Joseph County. State ~ Indiana. hereby
designate Monday. the sch day OF Janu-
trv, 1917. being the 9th day of the regu-
tar January session Of said Court as the
day on which the foregoing petition
VIII Doe presented % the said Board Of
commissioners 81 said St Joseph Coun-
ty for hearing as provided by law
ARTHUR T.. WOLF
Auditor OF ST. Joseph County.
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