The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24

bers and debris from the river chane
beneath its bridge over South Skunl
River four miles north of town and Il
do this by August first or within per
iod of sixty days.
Both resolutions We're passed unani
mously by the board and in the Ian
guage in which adopted are as fol
lows:
The board is further abandoning the
route for the drainage ditch in Mahas
ka County district No. for portion
OF the work about three quarters OF
mile west of the NJ & ST. L. Bridge
The route called the south route" OF
that now occupied by the river stream
past the Water works property and
crossing the NJ. & st. L. railway right
of way in the existing chanel, for a
route known as the north route" that
skirts the bluffs" along the north
side of the bottoms. 1t will touch the
north side of the river and will make
a crossing of the M. & st. L. railway
grade or embankment at point some
distance north of the existing bridge
over the South Skunk stream.
Debris Ordered Removed.
Resolution offered by A. w. Holdings
worth. ...
Be it resolved by the Board of Su-
pervisors and Drainage District No. 3
o. Mahaska County, Iowa, in session
May 10, 1917, that .....,
Whereas, the NJ. & st. L. Railroad
Company or the Iowa Central Rail,
way Company on, or about the years
1902, 1903 or 1904 built new bridge
over the Skunk River on the right of
way in Madison Township, Mahaska
County, Iowa, about 81 or 4 miles
North of the City of Oskaloosa; and
Whereas, said Railroad Company at
said time left standing a number of
piling or abuttments that had formerly
supported the old bridge together with
the fact that many of the timbers and
iron and other material used in the
construction of the old bridge were
dropped into the river bed among and
by the piling and pieces hereinbefore
referred to; and that there is a great
of old material, wreckage and
debris left in the channel and bed of
said Skunk River and near the old
site of the bridge and at the point
where the new bridge is now located;
and
Whereas, said obstruction, debris,
piling, etc. are an obstruc-
ton to the free flow of said river and
binders the water of said river from a
free flow and that it is causing and
has caused filling in of the river
channel between said point and the
dam west thereof of said Skunk River
and is injurious to the farm land in
said neighborhood and is a nuisance
and a public nuisance. and .., ..... ..
Whereas, drainage District No. 3
has been established and that this
point is included within Drainage Dis
trict No. 8 and coming under the juris-
diction of the Board of Supervisors of
County, Iowa, and it being de
sirous that said debris, wreckage, pill
ing, ETC., in the channel of said river
be removed for the reason that it is
a public nuisance and for the further
reason that it is an obstruction and is
in the road and way of the Drainage
District No. 8,
THEREFORE be it resolved by the
Board of Supervisors Of Mahaska
County, Iowa, in session this 18th day
of May, 1917, that said Company be
and they are hereby notified to remove
within so days from the date hereof,
all the obstruction, wreckage, debris,
piling, or any other material in said
riI er under said bridge as hereinbc-
fore described and mentioned and to
clear the channel of said river and
free it from all distractions within
the right of way or the one hundred
feet claimed by the said Railroad and
the width of the channel of said river;
and that unless said NJ. & st. L. Rail
road Company shall comply with this
resolution on or before the LIST day of
August. 1917, that Mahaska COUNT,
Iowa, and Drainage District No. will
perform the duties required in remOy-
ing said distractions at the cost and
expense of the said NJ. & st. L. Rail
road Company.
The notice herein required TO be
served by the County Auditor shall be
the resolution and by leaving with
said Company a copy of said resolu-
ton.
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