South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-27
PETITION No. IL.



Notice is hereby given that n petition
has been filed In the Office Of the under
signed Auditor OF St Joseph County.
Indiana. addressed 10 the Board OF Com
missioners OF said County, which petit
ton bears the signatures Of Solomon II.
Thornton. and other persons more than
Fifty tJOl In number who represent that
they are freehOlders and voters OF said
County and State, that it would be n
public utility to grade, drain improve.
and pave with gravel. stone. brick. con
crete. bitumen or other road pawn z
material the following described existing
public highway In Penn Township In
said st. Joseph County and State Of
Indiana. tO-wit:-
beginning at the eastern terminus
Of the highway known as the James
@ Eberhart Road No . which is
more fully described IN Petition No.
>. Of James {. Eberhart et al Peti-
tion for Road Improvement I'm Penn
Township, filed with the Board Of
Commissioners Of ST. Joseph County,
Indiana. January Z, 1916 which ter
minus is At the Northeast corner OF
the Northwest quarter of Section No.
IL. and the Southeast corner ~ the
Southwest quarter Il Section No. 1,
Township Thirty seven t371 North,
Range Three 80 East in Penn Town
ship. st. Joseph County. Indiana,
thence East to the Southeast corner
OF said Section One %, thence
North Eighty (S0l rods. thence East
Eighty (S0l rods, thence NOrtheaster-
~ following the centre Of the public
highway already located and laid
out TO the first highway intersec
ing from the North the highway pro
posed to be improved, thence East To
the East line Of Section Four A said
Township and Range last designated.
said east line Of said Section Four
~ being the East boundary line Of
St Joseph County. Indiana.
And said petitioners in their said Deti-
ton as that said highway may be graded
drained. improved, and paved TO a width
Of at least Fourteen 14l feet, with q
hard-surface paving material and re-
commend that that material be concrete
and with a BERN Four a. feet wide
with dirt making the entire width OF
said improvement Twenty two (22i feet
also the construction Of all bridges cul-
verts, waterways. and approaches foI
proper construction and maintenance
thereof
Notice is therefore hereby given that
said petition has been filed under the
provisions Of an Act Of the General
Assembly Of the State Of Indiana known
as EngrOsSed Senate Bill No. lJ2 Ol
the County Init Road Act" and that
the same viii be presented 90 the Board
: of Commissioners Of said st. JOSEPH
County, Indiana at the office Of said
Board in the Courthouse at South Bend
Indiana, at the April 1919 Term Of said
Board. on the DIST day Of April. 1919, al
, ten O'Clock. \. NJ. or as soon thereafter
as council can he heard that AZ sucf
bearing said Board will determin,
whether or not said petition Is sufficient
in form and substance. and whether tn,
| improvement prayed for would be "a pub
/ lie utility
Any interested party may appear al
( such hearing and show cause why re-
] quest prayed for ia said petition should
not be granted
ARTHUR 7. WOLF
Auditor Of st. Joseph County. Indiana
| JAMES HENNFSS1 AND ISAAC *
/ PARKS. Mishawaka. Indiana, Attorney
1 for Petitioners.