South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-23
NOTICE OF CONCRETE ROAD
pETITION

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing Is copy OF petition Tor a con
crete road improvement filed in the
Commissioners Court or st. Joseph
County. State Of Indiana. to-wit:
STATE OF INDIANA, ST. JOSEPH
PETITION To PAVE HIGHWAY WITH
CONCRETE.
To the Honorable .,Oard Of Commits
siOners Of the County Of st. Joseph,
Indiana:
The undersigned petitioners show your
Honorable Board that this Petition Is
signed by at least nifty C5O) freehoiders
and voters Of Penn Township. ST. Joseph
County. Indiana; that there Is an exist
ing highway in said township described
as follows:
Beginning at the intersection Of the
st JOseph-Elkhart County boundary
line road, on the east line of Ienn Town
ship. with the east and west highway
that bisects Section Four (4l in Town
ship Thirty seven (3I) y. Range Four
ca East, running thence west on said
EaSt-and West Highway at or near the
west line OF said Section -Four ca.
Your petitioners respectfully petition
| that said highway be improved by
grading. draining and paving same with
concrete as follows:
That the grade thereof be constructed
10 the width Of fourteen feet and thor
Oughly rolled, the finished surface Of
the concrete shall have a crown OF PA
/ inches, the form OF which the Engineer
shall designate: upon the sub-grade
when properly completed there shall be
/ spread a layer of concrete II feet wide,
/ So inches deep In the center and 8
! inches deep on each side at the outer
edge. with proper dirt shoulders brought
/ flush TO the pavement.
That all necessary drains, side-drainS
| and sewer tile and Culverts shall be con-
structed to make said road complete and
/ finished In all details.
Said petitioners further show that said
/ Penn Township has an Incorporated city
/ within IL which Is OF less than thirty
| thousand populations that there is no
other city Of greater population than
thirty thousand inhabitants therein. Said
/ petitioners further show that IL will he
| a public utility 10 drain. concrete and
I pave said road as herein set out in the
width and manner herein set ont and
I that the cost thereof will be less than
the benefits thereof, that said road will
not pass into or through any incorp-
Grated city or town. That said road is
less than three miles In length, and con-
meets the Penn Township east line road
I tElkhart-St. Joseph County nOrth-and-
south county line road with a concrete
improved highway already constructed
in said township. and upon and over
said highway runs a United States Mail
Delivery Route.
And your petitioners pray for the i'm
provement Of said highway In all things
/ in accordance with Sections % 20 S3 in
elusive Of the General Acts OF 1905. en-
I titled An Act Concerning Highways.
and All Acts Amendatorv thereof and
/ Supplemental Thereto"
Sol III. Thornton ID. Goodgold. A. d.
! Mcknight. Edward Healy. ". L. Kim
I ball VIM Gougler. j. II. Snyder, VIM.
J. Burden. Chas. Erickson. Jas. II.
Y kizer. q. g Adams. Joe Limerick. Geo.
\ &. kunstman, W. A. BOrdy. Milton No
/ knight. A. :. Garvin. Geo. F. Eberhart.
/ Oscar Hicks. y Carlson. Alfred r. Lud-
! Wig, IRA r. Ritchey, Garry L. Smell II.
I ". Brown. W Eberhart r. l. Perkins.
I II. l. Robbins. r. :. Mcknight. Frank
/ Verney, J. II. Chandler. Levi Herbster.
/ G. w Phelps. c. a Hoover [. Chandler
$. z. Morse. Daniel May. Fred Morse
I Floyd r Eyer. II A. Westfall. David
I ShaneOwer. Frank Eberhart. John r
Wambach. Victor DeGeyter. o. b. Rob
/ bins. Il. r. Hoover. John Austin. j. l.
/ johnson. Max l.. willard. Y. Baugirnan
/ ]. H shaw. Percy Elves, a j. Scrind-
Ter. j Fred Bingham. \. G. Gaugler
\ Paul FusOn. samuel Jude. +. Erickson
VIM Lott. William A Smith. r. De-
GrOOte.
/ The Auditor hereby fixes Monday
\ February 3. 1919. the day when said
\ petition Will De presented TO the Board
n Commissioners OF St Joseph County
Indiana.
n ARTHUR +. WOLF.
Auditor ST. Joseph County. Ind
N 1k-23