The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-07-22

This being the time set for the
hearing upon the petition of Dr. Pres
ton Bradley, ct al, for the location
and establishment of a highway de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at the
intersection between the center line
of Fabian road and the east section
line of section 16, township 60, range
16. running thence in an easterly di-
rection across Government Lot 2,
section Is, township So, range 16, to
the east line of said Government Lot
2, section 10, township g. range 16,
and there terminating at the center
of the Pine road as laid out on the
plat of Birch Point now on record
in the office of register of deeds, st.
Louis county, Minnesota, (one-quar-
ter of a mile more or less) the chair
man announced that the board was
prepared to hear persons in favor of
and opposed to the granting of said
petition. At this time the clerk of
the board read a communication sign
ed by Howard l.. Bump, eft al. pro-
testing against the construction of
any road on Birch Point, Lake YER
million.-12S25.
H. ]. Atwood appeared in favor of
said petition, and urged the legaliza-
ton of said road. George Atmore
appeared and spoke against the legal
ization of the said Fabian road
Upon motion of Commissioner An
derson, the county highway engineer
was directed to obtain accurate meas
urements between the shore lines of
Lake Vermillion and the proposed
Fabian road, and to ascertain the
damages that might be caused by
the construction of said road.
Commissioner Anderson moved that
the hearing on the petition of Dr.
Preston Bradley, ct al, for the legal
ization of a highway in township g.
4, l. 4
be continued to July 18th, 1882, at 2
o'clock, in the afternoon, which mo-
ton was declared adopted upon a
unanimous vote.
This being the time set for the
hearing upon the petition of Matt
Lehtinen, ct al, for the vacation of
a highway described as follows: That
portion of the present established
and travelled road which lies outside
the 66-foot right of way of proposed
alteration between the termini de-
scribed for said alteration of State
Aid Road No. %, to be vacated and
abandoned as public road upon the
completion and opening for public
use of proposed altered route. the
route to be vacated being described
as that part of the present legalized
Tower 1tasca road, beginning at a
point on the section line of section
5. 20.3 feet north of the corner COM
mon to sections 4. 5, s, 9, township
81, range 16, thence westerly through
sections and s, township 81, range
16, and sections II, Is, Ii, Is, town.
ship 81, range IL, to a point in the
SWA of the NWA section Is. APP
proximately 1900 feet south and no
feet east of the corner common to
sections 8. 10, Is, Is, township 81,
range. IL west, the committee recon-
mended that the petition be granted.
Upon motion of Commissioners Hogan
the report of the committee was ac-
copied and the committee discharged.
The chairman then announced that
the board was prepared to hear per-
sons in favor of and opposed to the
granting of said petition, but no one
appeared.
The following resolution was there
upon introduced by Commissioners
Pete:
Resolved, that the committee APP
pointed to examine the route pro-
posed to be vacated, of a highway