The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-06-28

County OF Shiawassee. State OF Michigan
will. on the 9th day of July A. d., 1918. at the
residence of c. b. Chalker. in the Township
of Rush in said County of Shiawassee, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of that day, proceed
TO receive bids for the contraction OF a GER
tain Drain known and designated as BARNES
No. Drain" located and established in the
Township of Rush, in said County OF Shia-
wassee. and described follows, to-wit:
MINUTES OF SURVEY OF THE BARNES
NO. DRAIN
Commencing in the Grifus Creek Drain at
a point iinss east OF the west is post on tue
ca and west a line OF sec 3 rSN RE
Thence s. deg. w. on the west 1-2 of the
east u of the S. w. "A OF Sec. 3, Charles II
| Barnes and wife owners. 27.84 chains, thence
S. 2 deg. 20 min. w. 1915 chains to point
16 links east of the S. w. corner of said land
Length of drain on said land is 39.9s
chains.
Thence S. deg. 20 min. w. on the north
Chalker and wife owners, 26 links, thence
N. 81 deg. 20 minutes w. 1887 chains, thence
| N. 81 deg. 10 min. w. 20 links to point 30
links south of the N. w. corner OF said Sec
Length of drain on said land is 1888
chains.
Thence N. 81 deg. 10 min. w. on the N. e.
| "a of the N. E. Il of sec. 9. Robert T. Ross
owner, 1897 chains to point 20 links south
of the north N. r. 1-8 post of Sec. L.
N. II. 2 E.. which shall be the terminus.
Length of drain on said land is 1897 chains.
Total length of Barnes No. 2 Drain is 80
| chains or l mile.
| SPECIFICATIONS FOR BARNES NO. DRAIN.
Center stakes are set at the outlet terminus,
anu at dill angles OF the drain.
Station stakes and grade hubs are set every
/ DDS along the line OF the drain
Station stakes are numbered consecutively
from at the outlet OF the drain TO 40 AT the
| terminus OF the drain.
| Station stakes and grade hubs are set rs
| follows: station o. /, 2, 3, and are set ~
| links right; all following stations are set 20
| links lett win references TO the center line OF
the drain going up stream from the outlet
The width Of the bottom OF the drain shall
| be- as follows: feet.
The slope OF the banks shall be one
| foot hor zontai to each foot OF depth.
The width Of the top shall be two times the
depth adoed to the width OF the bottom.
The depth OF the drain shall be 9.l0 feet or
less 10 be taken from the profile or grade
table which are herewith returned and made a
part OF the survey records
Between stations the Drain shall he dug to a
true grade, based on the depth at each grade
hub.
All measurements shall be from the tops OF
the grade hubs or bench marks.
AL angles not aft :cung the highway or at
the face OF culverts shall be turned on an
easy curve beginning and ending not less than
two rods each side of the angle stake.
The right OF way required for the drain shall
consist OF a strip OF laid 80 feet wide. ~ feet
being on each side OF The above described
route which shall be the center line OF the
drain.
All trees, rocks brush, STUN ps. etc. shall be
removed from the right OF way far enough from
each side OF the center line so that the full
width Offhe drain good clean BERN OF feet
and the spoil banks shall &c In the cleared
area.
All work shall be dome In good and work
msnlike manner and shall be approved by the
Drain Commissioner. or his representative,
before being CONSIDERED completed.
Surveyed and leveled Aug and 7. 1917, by
order OF
ALoNzO GRIFFIN.
County Drain Commis sioner OF
Sh;awaSsee County.
BRUCE ROBINSON,
Surveyor.
Bids will be received for furnishing
l 4S-inch corrugated pipe 20 feet long Ia
gage.
1 42-inch corrugated pipe "a feet long. ID
gage.
Bids will be received for delivering CORR
gated pipes and constructing two head walls
for each pipe.
Said job will be let by sections. The Sec
ton at the outlet of said drain will be let
first. and the remaining sections in their
order up stream, in accordance with the dia-
gram now on file with the other papers per-
County Drain Commissioner of the County
of Shiawassee to which reference may be
had by all parties interested. and bids will
be be made made. and received accordingly. deserving
will be made with the lowest responsible bid
der giving adequate security for the perform
be fixed by me. reserving the right to reject
any and all bids. The date for the completion
of such contract and the terms of payment
therefor, shall be announced at the time and
place of letting.
Notice is Further Hereby Given, That at
the time and place of said letting at such
other time and place thereafter to which l.
the County Drain Commissioner aforesaid
may adjourn the same, the assessments for
benefits and the lands comprised within the
Barnes No. 2 Drain Special Assessment
District" and the apportionments thereof
will b announced by me and will be subject
to review for one day (from nine o'clock
in the forenoon until five o'clock in the after
noon.)
The following is a description of the several
tracts parcels of land constituting the spe-
cial assessment district of said Drain, viz:
The Township of Rush at large and the fol-
lowing described lands in said Township.
=, Section No, as; ". 4. Of w.; v of s.
". 81 Of E. a. Of s. VI W. e e. E. 3 ~ A. and n
s; E. A. of the remainder of w. u of S. w.
Section No As. w 4 A. of s. E. u of s.
E. u S. E. a A. of w. n of S. E. u.
w SECTION e n No as; J., E rs A. Of y. x Of N;
S. n of N. W. exc. S. W. 10 A.: N. 20 A.
of s. w. u of N. E. a; S. " of. w. u
of N. E 4 exc. S. A. also N. w. 2 A. of s.
u; w. A. Of N. " of S. E. "a of N. E. "a
Section No 1O.-N. w. a of N. w. u; N
E. u of N. w. u N. u of S. n of N. w. "A
exc. w. A. and s. E. A.. s. u of S.
south side and w. 2 A. and E. A. of the
remainder; N. w. A. of N. e. "a. All in It.
N. X. East.
Now, therefore. all unknown or nonresident |
persons, owners and persons interested in the |
above described lands. and you Jessie Bliss. |
supervisor and Charles Isham, highway COM |
missioner of the Township of Rush.
And you George ii. and Fred Sawyer. VIM. |
o. Wheeler, Charles Barnes and wife. Mrs. |
Ann Newell. Elizabeth Bacon, Otis s. Mead. |
John Dellamater. Arthur Bliss, George |