The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-08-22
NOTICE OF LETTING
OF DRAIN COTRACT

en-, State of Michigan, will, on the
9th day of August, A. ID. 1919, at
the residence of Guy Colburn in the
township of Waverly, in said County
of Van Buren, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of that day, proceed to re-
ceive bids for the construction of
certain Drain known and designated
as Buckley Drain" located and es-
tablished in the Township of Waiver
ly and Paw Paw in said County of
Van Buren and described as follows,
to-wit:
Said Buckley Drain" as deepened,
widened and extended commences at
point in the Garter Creek Drain"
20 ch. N. from the S. quarter-pOst
of Sec. SO in Waverly township, Van
Buren, County, Mich, and bears E on
the south eighth line of Sec. 33,
1894 chs. on the line between the N.
two thirds of the S. w. u of the S.
f u of Sec. SO, owned by Martin B.
and Myrtle M. Terrill and the N. w.
Il of the S. E. Il of Sec. 33 owned
by Frank LePert. Drain bears thence
N. 60 deg. E. .06 CHI. to the E line of
LePert's land as described above.
Length of Drain on this land 20. chs.
Drain crosses e. line of this land on
to the N. f. a of the S. f. u of
Sec. 33 owned by John H. Laundering
03 oh. N. from their common S.
line and continues N 60 deg. f so oh
thence f. 1896 chs. to the E. line
of this land. Length Of drain on this
land, 1896 chs.
Drain crosses f. line of this land
onto the w. p of the N. w. a of
the S. w. a of Sec. "a, owned by
John H. Lammering, .25 CHI. N. from
the eighth line and continues f. 10.
chs. to the f. line of this land. Drain
crosses f. line of this land onto the
E. q of the N. p of the S. w. "a of
Sec. "a, owned by Guy F. and Bertha
G. Colburn .25 CHI. N. from the eighth
line and continues E. 1875 chs,
thence S. 21a deg. f. .25 CHI. to the S.
line of this land. Length of drain on
this land 20. chs.
Drain crosses S. line of this land
onto the N. y of the S. f. a Of the
S. w. "A of Sec. 81 owned by Guy F.
and Bertha G. Colburn, 1918 chs. w.
from their common f. line and bears
S. IL deg. f. 1016 chs to the S. line
of this land. Drain crosses the S.
line of this land onto the S. f. u
of the S. f. "A of the S. w. "A of
Sec. 81, owned by Elijah L. Green
and wife, Mary E. at it's N. w. cor
ner and continues S. IL deg. E. 1907
chs thence f. $50 chs. thence S. 21a
deg. f. 10 chs. to the S. line Of this
land Length of drain on this LAND
12.S0 chs.
Drain crosses S. line of this lanc
90 chs. w. from its S. Z. corner on
to the E. FIR. u of the n. w. FIR. a
Of Sec. in Paw Paw township owned
by Frank Cutter 6.73 chs. w. from
its N. f. corner and continues S
lie deg. f. 6.17 chs. thence S. S4K
deg. f. 7.06 chs to the E line of this
land. Length of drain on this lanC
1928 chs. Drain crosses f line of this
land onto the w. "a a. of the n. FIR
Il of the n. f. FIR. p of Sec owned
by Ernest Cutler, 7.76 chs. S. from
the n. line of Sec. 3 and continue;
S. 841a deg. f. 11.24 chs. thence S
70 deg f "a chs. to the + line of thi!
land. Length of drain on this land
1908 chs. Drain crosses f. line o.
this land onto the n. FIR. p of the n
f. FIR. Il of Sec. 3 Except the west
"a acres) owned by Llewellyn w. Ar
mold and wife, Fannie c., 9.23 chs
S. from the N. line Of Sec. and con
tinues S. 70 deg. f. 900 chs, thence
S So deg F. 200 chs. and ends at this
point, $3.50 chs. f. and 11.40 chs. S
from the N. quarterpost of Sec. 3, IL
Paw Paw township. Length of drair
on l.. w. Arnold's land, 11.90 chs
Total length of drain 10000 chains
The line of drain described above
is to be the center line thereof, anC
the excavation is to be made and thu
excavations deposited equally OF
each side of this line. A strip o
land % links wide on each side o
the center line will be required 70
, construction purposes.
The line of drain described abov'
J follows the line of the original Buck
ley Drain and extends beyond the or
iginal drain both at the lower ant
upper ends.
Grade stakes are set each two chs
the entire length of the drain and arr
numbered consecutively from go" a
the beginning of the drain.
The following table gives the di
mansions of the drain at each grad
stake in feet and tenths.
IT,. toll nanth NNiHth NJ Width