South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-22

State Of Indiana
ST Joseph County, SIS:
Before the Board OF Commissioners Of
the County OF st. Joseph
In re. Petition for the improvement
of the Northern part OF the Fir, Adams
and Endive Roads in Harris Township
Notice is hereby given, that petition
addressed 20 the Board Of Commission
ers OF the County of st. Joseph In the
State OF Indiana, signed by Rudolph 5
Hawkins et al and more than two hun
bred and fifty (2JOl OF the freehOlders
and voters of st. Joseph County In the
State of Indiana; and that Of said more
than two hundred and fifty l2JOl free
holders and voters in said County and
State at least fifteen 90 are each resi-
dents and freehOlders Of each or the ma
jority OF townships OF said County and
State. who represented themselves each
TO be freehOlders and voters or ma
tority Of the townships Of said County
and State: which petition prays foS an
Improvement Of a highway wholly IN
said County, was on the i5th day % on
/ Of the Auditor of said County.
That said Auditor did then and there
[ by endorsement upon said petition de s8g5
nate the 18th day Of March, A. D, 1872
the same being a day In the regular SEES
/ sion OF the said Board OF Commission
ers and which said day is not more man
thirty DAYS after the filing OF said pen
/ tiOn as the day upon which the peu-
TONERS would present said UetIlon 70
the Board Of Commissioners.
That said petition lis for the improve
ment Of a certain highway under the
Act passed at the list regular session OF
the General Assembly Of the state or
/ Indiana which Act IS contained in The
Acts Of 1919. page 81, and rs amended
az the 12nd session Of the General AS
S nhly of the State Of Indiana, Acts OF
I 1921 page SIS
That the matter TO be considered by
/ said hearing Is whether SAID petltlon Is
+ i'm due form and sufficient in substa nee
! TO Justify the said Board Of Commission
! ers In making and entering an order TOT
/ the said petition 10 De spread or record
and referring the matter 10 said petltlon
PRAYED for 10 the County Surveyor or 10
( the Engineer ia accordance with the pro
visions of said Act and Amendment
thereof
THAT the beginning course and termin-
alton Of said proposed highway and I'm
movement are I'm harris Township s.
Joseph County, State of Indiana, and is
described as follows
Beginning at a point where the Ed
wardsburg Highway intersects with the
Fir Road on the dividing line between
Sections % and % Township -. Range
@ East. thence North ON the dvldlng Inc
between Sections % and . 10 Sections Il
and %. being along the road known and
designated as the Fir Road, 20 the Norlh
line OF Section Il and -. where said J. lr
Road Joins the Adams Road. thence
East about ] 600 feet more or less, along
H
sects with the Endive Road thence
North on the Western part ~ Section III
with said angling road known and deslg
mated as the Eudive Road 70 the state
Line. the entire length OF said highway
end road IS about two miles.
That said petitioners recommend that
the Highway be made sixteen Llbl Ieet
in width, and also recommend that sara
Highway be paved with concrete sur
face. upon a concrete foundation or some
suitable. practical and approved Toad ma
terial with sufficient berms for the dis
the proposed Improvement and bitches
al each side thereof and with such cul-
verts bridges and other waterways ds
the Surveyor or Engineer and the Board
Of Comm issioners of said County may
deem 90 be sufficient.
Vow. therefore, all persons or c0rpor-
ations whose lands or property VIII be
affected by the work In said petition
prayed for and all other interested ner-
sons. II any, are hereby notified that on
the 18th day Of March. lAZ-, at ten
q clock TO the forenoon. or as soon there
after gs the said petition can be heard
in the Commissioners Room iu me Court
House or ST. Joseph County, located $40
south Bend, Indiana, the said petition
win then and there be presented % said
Board OF COmmi ssiOners and hearing
had thereon and that any Interested pef-
and show cause WIN the request prayed
for IN the petition shall not be granted.
In witness whereof. !. Clarence SedE-
wick. Auditor of said 81. Joseph County
state az Indiana, do hereby sign the
above and ajax my seal thereto on THIS
CLARENCE SEDGWICk,
Auditor n ST Joseph County Indiana.
Louis NJ Hammerschmidt.
Attorney for the Petitioners