South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23

lowing is a copy OF a petition for a
gravel road improvement fled in the
County. State of Indiana. to-wit.
STATE OF INDIANA
ST JOSEPH COUNTY
PETITION To PAVE ROAD WITH
GRAVEL
To the Honorable Board Of Commission
ers Of the Court Of St Joseph County.
Indiana
The undersigned petitioners show your
Honorable Body that this petition is
signed by az least fifty lJO) freeholders
and voters Of Penn Township and Mad
iSOn Township. 81. Joseph County. Indi-
ana: that D of said signers reside i'm
Penn Township. and % said signers, in
Madison Township; that there is an eX-
listing highway in said townships de-
scribed as follows.
Beginning at the intersection OF the
Bremen Road with the east-and west
highway running along the north side
OF Sections fourteen t14) and fifteen
ll0l, Township Thirty-siX So. North Of
Range Three 90 East. thence running
east two miles, thence north one mile.
to the south end OF the improved high
way known as the Beehler Road Inn
prOvement, filed in the court Of the Com
missionerS Of 81. Joseph County. Feb
ruary 10. 1916
Your petitioners respectfully petition
tbat said highway be improved by grad
ing, draining and paving same with
screened gravel. as follows. to-wit:
That the grade thereof be constructed
10 the width of fourteen t14) feet with
good. clear. sharp gravel That said
gravel be placed between boards four
teen ia feet apart, except where tho
natural soil affords ample and secure
shoulders for said gravel and the said
boards and shoulders 70 be nine 90
inches high, and the gravel 70 be four
teen (l4) inches deep in the center and
to be placed thereon so as TO form "a
uniform curve from the top edges Of said
boards and shoulders to the center Of
the road
Or that said highway be improved
draining and paving same with screen
ed gravel. as follows:
That the grade thereof be constructed
thoroughly rolled. on which shall be
placed twO-cOurse road. the bottom
course constructed OF crushed and
screened furnace Stag. the top course Of
gravel passing a Cre-inch screen and con
tanning approximately twenty five ESQ
per cent Of sand. That the materials Of
said road shall be placed between
boards fourteen tl4l feet apart. except
where the natural soil affords ample and
secure shoulders for such material The
bottom course. Of Stag TO be six 90
inches deep. at the side and eleven U1l
inches deep in the center OF the road.
and thoroughly rolled; and the screened
gravel TO be placed thereon 10 q Uniform
depth after thoroughly rolling Of three
90 inches. making a total thickness Of
said road Of nine (9) inches ut the side
and fourteen G4 inches at the center.
and so constructed as 10 form a Uniform
curve from the top edge OF said boards
and shoulders to the center OF the road.
That all necessary drains and side
drains. bridges. culyerts 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 IL which is OF less than thirty
thousand 100000 population; that there
is no other town or city Of greater pops
latiOn than 10000 inhabitants therein.
Said petitioners further show that IL will
be a public utility 70 drain. gravel aud
pave said road as herein set out in the
width and manner herein set out and
that the cost thereof will be less than
the benefits thereof that said road viii
not pass into or through an incorpO-
rated city or town.
Said petitioners show that said road
is three miles or less in length and con
meets with a free and improved gravel
road al each end thereof and upon and
over said highway runs q 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 70 50 Of
the General Acts OF 1915. entitled "An
Act Concerning Highways. and All Acts
Thereto"
Frank Wiley. Paul Egly Jacob G.
Beehler George Fore. Joseph Fore. u.
w. Marker. ]. r. hesser. Harry MOser,
Jacob Roeder. Eugene Myers. +. +.
MOchel, Henry LaFree. Geo. MOser. J. L.
Marker. Val. Deitchley. John Biltz, John
Deitchley, Adam Beehler otto 7.
" eber. Charles J. Conrad. Fred 4. JOr-
dan. John VI. Jordan. j. s Marker, O.
u. Pecher. A. L. Leslie, Martin J. No
chel. y. o. Kelley, Isiah Walter. c. +.
Marker. John Weigel. Chas. Scharb.
Jacob Scheiddeger, Geo. A. FELTON,.
Joseph Beehler. AiOis Hilbert. Emil
Berger. Louis Swarm. Wm. Potts, Alex
Scheiddeger. Irwin GrOse. Chas. Williams.
Albert ROeder, Chas A. Ztmmerle. VII
liam Schlarb. John Mochel Christian
Stuber. Fred Stuber. VIM. Eib. julius
LANCER. REM Hilbert Fred Swarm.
Chas Van De Verne Fred J. Cook,
August Bokhart Ed. Seitz Geo +. Riggs.
/ Talne John 4. Schlarb Chas. Gren-
ert. J. Fred Klein. J. u. Getz. VI II
Huston. Fred Hartstein. Clarence Kelley.
4 u. DenslOw. L. " klzer. J. b Sea
man NJ d. Chas DOolittle. NJ :. Laing.
o T. Lang. Henry &. EgglestOn. Dan
Ward. +. J. Yenn. +. B. Byrket S.
McIntOsch
I. ARTHUR F. WOLF. Auditor ~ st
Joseph County. State Of Indiana, hereby
designate Monday. the 18th day Of Jan
uary. 1917 being the 9TH day Of the reg
ular January Session q said court. as
the day on which the foregoing petit
ton will be presented 20 the Board OF
Commissioners Of 81. Joseph County FOR
a hearing as provided by Law.
ARTHUR r. WOLF.
Auditor Of st. Joseph County.