Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-29
which the proposed Improvement Is
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which the proposed improvement Is
| proposed to extend:
You. and each of you. are hereby
notified that on the 18th day of De-
cember, 1917, there was filed in the Of
! flee of the county auditor of Marshall
county. Iowa, the petition of j. n.
Renaud, James Andrews, X. Botnen'
| Elias Bueghly, and others, which petl-
zion is now on file and pending. pray
! ing that a drainage district be estap-
| lished for the purpose of protecting
the low lands along the Iowa river
from floods. Such protection 10 De
| accomplished by Strengthening, ana
| deepening the river channel, pulldlnS
| dikes, or by such other means as may
be found feasible after a thorough IN
vestigation a competent engineer
The district may be described approx
imatclv as follows: Beginning at the
point where the channel OF the Iowa
river crosses the north boundary line
Of Marshall county, thence following
the course of said river IN a southerly
and southeasterly direction across the
townships of Liscomb, Bangor, Iowa.
Marietta, Taylor. and Linn to the west
limits of the town Of Marshall. 1t IS
desired to establish this district under
the provisions Of chapter IA supple
ment of Code of Iowa. 1t is intended
that this district shall include all lands
subject to overflow from the Iowa
river between the points above men
toned.
That on the fifth day Of January,
1918, F.. B. 1ngersoll, a disinterested
n
pointed by the board of supervisors oil
Marshall county, Iowa, and thereafter
and on the 9Th day OF March, 1918, sain
engineer filed in the office OF the
county auditor of Marshall county
Iowa, a favorable report recommend
ing the Establishment of the drainage
district and the construction OF the
improvement as follows:
The project is the Strengthening and
deepening the channel Of the Iowa
river by an open ditch or drain OF
sufficient width and depth to relieve
the proposed district from the food
water and do it in a shorter time ana
in the end create a new channel or
the Iowa river beginning at Station .,
a point on the MARSHALL Hardin county
line, on the north line Of the neA nwA
section ., township s. n, range 10 W.
thence southwesterly across the west
I ~ section to a point on the south
! line of the swA swA section 2, thence
southerly across the VIZ Of the VIZ OF
section II, thence southwesterly across
the west 70 Of the nwA, and the nwA
swA section IA, thence southwesterly
across the elH Of the sell section To-
township s. n, range 10 w, thence
southwesterly across section p, town :
ship "a, range 10, to a point on the
south line of the seA of the swA sec
ton %, thence southWesterly across
the west u section 81, to point on
the south line Of the swA, swA sec
ton q, thence on l degree, 80 min
ute curve to the left cutting thru the
nwA, the neA of the swM and the
sell section "a, thence southeasterly
across the swA Of the swA section So
thence southeasterly across the nWA
neA and the east n OF the SEA
section 2, township "a n, range
10 W, thence southeasterly across the
neA neA section II, the nwA swA
and SEA section IL, township "a, range
10 W, thence easterly across the sR
Of the sR section Z, township "a, 10
thence southeasterly across the swA
swA section 8, section II, neA neA
section 20, the nwA, the swA and the