South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-14
NOTICE OF GRAVEL, CONCRETE CE-
MENT ROAD PETITION.

Notice is hereby given that the follow -
ing Is copy or petition Tor gFaNel
road Improvement filed In the Commits
sioners Court of 81 Joseph County. and
State OF Indiana. to-Wit:
/ STATE OF INDIANA. ST JOSEPH
COUNTY. SS-petition 10 Improve
: Highway with Gravel Concrete Cement
I Pavement
J To the Honorable Board or Commission
ers OF the County Of ST. Joseph. state
1 Of Indiana:
The undersigned petitioners show your
I Honorable Board that this petition is
signed by at least nifty tJ0i frecholders
! and voters OF Penn township, 81 Joseph
! County Indiana. that there is an exist
: ing highway IN said township described
4 as follows;
Beginning at q point al the junction
/ Of Main Street and Lincoln Highway I'D
/ the Town OF Osceola. 81. Joseph County,
I OF said Lincoln Highway and said Main
! Street on the north side Of the right-ot-
| ways respectively of the Lake shore a
Michigan southern Railway Company
and the Chicago South Bend & Northern
! Indiana Railway Company. thence run
| ming northeasterly along and parallel
with the north line Of the said Chicago,
| South Bend X Northern Indiana Railway
| northeast quarter of Section Sixteen t16),
| Township Thirty (3Il North
| Range Four a. East, TO the west side
/ Of the highway running north and south
/ 2
/ way and a part OF the Lincoln Highway
! lying between ST. Joseph County and
/ Elbhart County. respectively in the
| State OF Indiana
! Your petitioners respectfully petition
! that said highway be improved by grad
| ing draining and paving the same with 2
! gravel concrete cement pavement as fol-
| lows. tO-wit:
That the grade thereof be constructed
! to the width Of eighteen Gs) feet with
| said concrete pavement. that said con-
crete pavement be constructed with dp-
proved and proper shoulders and TO the
depth of six t6) inches at the sides. and
nine i9l inches In the center thereof ana
! be so placed as 10 form a uniform curve
/ from the center 10 the edges respectively
| Of said roadbed
That all necessary drains and side
| drains bridges culverts and sewer tile
| thereon shall be so constructed as q
| make said concrete road a complete and
| finished concrete road I'm all details
| Said petitioners further show that
/ Penn Township has an incorporated
/ city within Il which is Of less than so
thousand population; that there Is no
! other town or city OF greater population
| than 30 thousand inhabitants therein
| Said petitioners further show that II VIII
be a public utility 10 drain. grade ana
pave said highway as herein set out IN
the width and manner herein above set
out: and that the cost thereof VIII be less
than the benefits thereof: that said road
! viii not pass into or through any incoF-
porated city or town.
/ Said petitioners also show that said
road Is less than three miles in length
and connects the town limits OF the town
OF Osceola at the junction OF Main Street
and Lincoln Highway therein with a
gravel improved road already construct
ca on said COunty-line road above men
toned That said road connects the said
town limits Of the Town OF OSceola az
the junction Of said town-limits and
| Main Street with Lincoln Highway on the
north side Of the right-of-ways Of The
said Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
| Railway Company and the Chicago
I South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway
/ Company IL said Town OF Osceola WITH
the county -line road running north ana
! south on the east side Of said ST. Joseph
/ County and on the west side or Elkhart
J County. in the State of Indiana. which
| said last mentioned north and south
! highway is the east boundary line Of
( Penn Township. all in St Joseph COun-
/ ", State OF Indiana
And your petitioners pray Tor the I'M
/ movement Of said Highway ln all Things
! in accordance with sections 81 20 - IN
Z elusive OF the General Acts OF 1905. en-
titled. IAN Act Concerning Highways
and All Acts Amendatory Thereof and
Supplemental Thereto"
John o. Enger. Loren S Crull. ". z.
/ CrulI G " Curtis Albert Pinkerton
Louis Prouddt NJ d. Henry Nealy,
Ransom Henderson. John Barnhart
Jacob r. ecker. T.. X. Watkins. WIN. NJ
POntius Frank Faro. r VI Long. r.
VI Southland, WIN. a Kaiser l.. Vinegar
7. l. Miller ". A. Eller. Calvin Shearcr
A. G. Snyder Harvey Kollar J. T. Ken
uedy. T. j. Bickel j. W. Zigler. @. II
Lukenbach, David Z. Burkhart. A. III
4 peGroOte. Harry Ellsasser. Grover g.
Hambright Ernest Beebe kazimiei
Straczynskf. l.. j. Coon, F. j. Aenn
VIM. a. Hoerstman. J. .. SWanger. Jr
Fred J. Frueh. AchiIle q. Colpaert. Dr
II g. Holtzendorf %. r Lang Geo. T.
Harris. Ross Eminger. William r Kerr
rs uHam x Worthington. A T. SCHNEIDER
/ Fred Major. Ben Baer Joseph hleiser
&c F. White. Ralph II. Jernegan. 9. s.
! Mauer
!. ARTHUR r. WOLF. Auditor OF ST
Joseph County. State of Indiana. hereby
designate Monday the Bird day of De
cember. 1917. being the LIST day u the
regular December session NJ said court
as the day on which the foregoing petit
ton viii be presented % said Board q
/ Commissioners Of said 81 Joseph Couu-
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