South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-17
TO IMPROVE ROAD IN
HARRIS TOW SHIP.

STATE OF INDIANA, ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY. SS.-Before the County
Commissioners of the county of St.
Joseph.
Petition for less than three go
miles OF improved road in Harris
township. 81. Joseph County ana
state of Indiana.
To the Honorable Board of Com
missioners Of st. Joseph County:
We. the undersigned petitioners.
respectively petition and show 10
! said board that we are each resident
freehOlders and voters of Harris
township. st Joseph County and
State OF Indiana, constituting more
than majority of said freeholders
and said voters OF said township,
county and state.
Your petitioners respectively pray
that the following road running ana
extending entirely within SAID town
ship. county and state. comm only
/ known and designated as Fir, Fuch-
! STA ana Cleveland road, shall bee
graded, drained and paved with a
concrete or some suitable, practical
and approved road material. said
road is a single continuous road IN
Harris township. IT. Joseph County
and state OF Indiana and is described
as follows. tO-wit:
Beginning at the south boundary
I line of Section Twenty seven (27.
1 Township Thirty-eight (3S) North
! Range Three CD East. where the
Fuchsla Road interSects with the
Douglas Road: thence Northwest err
| IL along said Fuchsia Road about
thirteen hundred and twenty US20)
! feet. more OF less, thence North
| twenty six hundred t&GOO) feet more
or less along said road; thence
Northeasterly TO a point where the
Fuchsia road intersects with the
/ boundary line of said section Twenty
Seven C27), said township and range,
I beiLE an intersection With the Cleve-
/ land road; thence Easterly along the
said Cleveland road TO the North
/ east corner of said Section. thence
north along the boundary line OF
I - elton Twenty-Five (22) along the
! F:r road TO "A point where said road
\ interseCtS with the Edwardsburg
/ highway. which runs in Northeast
/ erlv and SOuthWcSterly direction
1 said Section twenty-five (22) beinu
/ in said township and range, and
/ said road being approximately one
I and one-half miles q 1-21 IN length
Your petitioners further show that
said road is less than three 60
miles in length and does connect a
4 free and macadamized road. beine
/ the Fir road, al "a point where said
/ Fir road intersects with the Doug
/ las road al the bcsinning point o.
/ the road herein petitioned. on the
\ south. with the EdwardsbUrg hish-
( way on the north. being q free and
/ improved maCadaTized road, all o.
I which being in said Harris town
I ship in said county and state.
Your petitioners respectively rec
ommend that said highway. de-
4 scribed aforesaid. he CONSTRUCTED
with concrete. or be constructed and
\ surfaced with some suitable. practi-
cal and approved road material
from nine go 10 twelve C2) feet N
F. width
we further respectively petition
that the grading shall include al
I cuts ills. drains. approaches, siC'
bitches. tile drains catch basins anl
. cuIverts. and we recommend tina
che shoulder for a dis anCe OF tire,
tGl or -four CD feet on each side OF
said pavement shall be graded an
rolled with gravel or some suitable
practical and approved road mate.
rial untl the same is firm and uni
form
Your petitioners further ask tha
Your Honorable Board establish dnt
order the construction OF said roa,
/ without submitting the same 20 ar
election n the voters OF Harris
township
This petition is written IN dupll
cate and al OF said copies are to b,