Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1906 — Page 8

LEGAL ADVERTISING , MACADAM ROAD PETITION State of Indiana, County of Adams'. In the Commissioners’ Court of Adams county. , Lafayette Rape, et aJ. ex Parte. Petition for Macadam Road. To the Board of Commissioners of Adams County: We the undersigned all resident freeholders and voters of Wabash Township In the County of Adams and State of Indiana, would most respectfully ask your honorable body to take .all necessary steps to cause to be graded, drained and paved with crushed stone, the highway already laid out and established on and along the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the section line between sections fourteen (14) and twen-ty-three (23» township twenty-five (25) north, range fourteen (14) east at the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section twenty-three (23y thence south along the middle line of said section twenty-three (23) to the north-east corner of the northwest, quarter of section twenty-six township twenty-five north, range fourteen (14) east, one mile, thence south along the middle, line of said section twenty-six (26) township and range aforesaid to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter es said section twenty-six, township twentyfive (25) range fourteen (14) east, and there to terminate. Said petitioners would further show that the above road when completed will be about two (2) miles in length and shall be called the L. Rape Macadam road. Said -petitioners would further show that it Would be practicable to build said road as a double track road and that (he same be graded to a width hf twenty-five (25) feet and that crushed stone crushed to one-inch size be placed thereon to the width of ten feet, with stone screenings placed on top of said stone. Said petitioners ask that.the crushed stone'placed shall be the depth of eight (8) inches and the screenings placed thereon shall be placed to a depth of four (4) inches. > Said petitioners further ask that said road be .built and that to pay for same, bonds be issued payable in twenty semi-annual installments and to pay said bonds, together with the interest thereon and the costs of location a tax be levied upon the taxable property of Wabash township, Adams County, Indiana. Said petitioners would further show that said road when completed will connect at the southern extremity with Wm. Burk Gravel Road and at the northern extremity with the extension No. 2 of the Geneva, Ceylon & Waban Township Macadam Road, both of which are free gravel roads. Said petitioners, would further show that sa}d road be by said Commissioners ordered constructed without first submitting question of building same to a vote of the voters of said Wabash •township, and that such proceedings be had to build and establish the same as provided by the Acts of the General Assembly of tne State of Indiana, as approved March 8, 1905. (See Acts of 1905, page 521.) • > ■ Lafayette Rape, S. N. Burkett, .Ardan S. Burley, Bartimus Boice, Michael, Engle, Christ. Steiner, J. % Burlby, W. R. Mann, Jacob Cook, Fred Harm. ’Fred Mathys, Albert p: Ford, ♦ Dean Bekey, William Lehman, Isaac D. Michael, Jacob J. Runkel, Wm. Peel, H. M. Aspy, John W. Cook, Peter Bowman, J- H. Smith, Wm. Farlow, F.M. Buckey Henry Miller, Charles Armstrong F. S. Armstrong, Samuel Egley, J. w. Deitsck A- Harlow, Daniel ReelOt Nathan Shepherd, John Kelly, James H. Kelly, M. F. Aspy, E. Barnes, Clem Michael, & M - T - Atwood, J - A. Anderson, C.X Haviland, C. F. Greene, F. C Deitsch. Robert Poer, t £ H?. cWhinney , v - H. Finch', £ X HiKgins, Thomas Drew, O. O. Juday. w. S. E. .efatton, 4- & .Briggs, T. E. Maun. ftartman, C. Q< Rayn, L N, Veley, S. A. M. Bucher. Said petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, August 6, 1906. the same being the regular July session of said board and at which time any tax payer of Wabash ownship may ap.pear and make such objections as the la,w may provide for >. nt -1./ c/d. "4- u t. Auditor, Adams county. Indiana. ■ — - »• , APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the Third ward, in the City of Decatur, Adams county, and State of ;”?^:” a ’ t l lat Henry T. Scherry a male inhabitant and resident of said ward a person over the age of twenty .one years and a person not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, and a fit per, son to be intrusted with the sale of intoxicating liquors, wil make applicaJL on Board of Commissioners ,of the County of Adams, at their August session for the year 1906, for a license to sell spiritous, vinous and malt and 'Other intoxicating liquors in less quan-* titles than a quart at a time, with the privilege of alolwing the same to* be drank on the premises where sold? The place where I desire to sell said intoxicating liquors is a one story brick building fronting on Monroe street in said city, being the ground floor, with front and rear openings and situated on the following described premises, to-wit: Commencing 41 feet.wesjt from the southeast corner of l n lot No. 120 in the City oT Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, north 132 feet, thenc4 west 13 feet, thence south 132 feet,to the north line of Monroe stret; thence t J le place of beginning. Said building is situated on the south end ». ? above described real estate and is 81 feet long by 12 feet 8 inches wide °” v the ,ns ! de ; 1 wlll at the satne time ask permission from said Board of Commisisoners to keep and maintain a lunch counter in aforesaid rom for the purpose of selling lunch. tfi o* HENRY T. SCHERRY. Applicant NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in Hartford township in said county known as the Jimtown extension oiie Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock A. M., on Monday, August 6, 1908, at a regular session of said Board of Commisjoners held in the city of DeS’” 1 ® co , un ty, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for th A construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report Os the Viewers and Engineer whic are fl i e ln A he Auditor’s office of said County, said roads .to be built of crushed stone alone. A good bond must accompany each bid b J d filed con ' aitioned for faithful performance of said work and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor trill enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which ..aid road will be constructed for cash payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent of any one estimate out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by z the salvor ■ ’ *7 * ■

bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. C. D. LEWTON, 14-3 t Auditor of Adams County. NOTICE OF Pl BLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana will receive bids for the Construction of a macadam road in French township, in said county known as the Reynolds Extension No. three Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock A. M.. on Monday, August 6, 1908, at a regular session of the Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids wi|l be received for the construe.tion of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which arenow on file in the Auditor’s office of said County, said roads to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid in twice the amount of the bid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of sata work and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to sueh contract and in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent of any one estimate out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. C. D. LEWTON, 14-3 t Auditor of .Adams County. — 'it' j 1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. ’ ■ Notice is hereby given that the’ Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana will receive bids for the construction of a macadam road in French township, in said county known as the French Township Central Extension No. two Macadam Road up and until 10 o’clock A. M., on Monday, August 6, 1906, at a regular session of the Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur. Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in the Auditor’s office of said County, said roads to be built of crushed stone alone. , A bond must accompany each bld in twice the amount of tim bid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work and that the bidder if awarded the cofijract therefor wi|l ertter into contract therefor and complete the same* according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash payable-on estimates to be made by the . Engineer in charge,, not to exceed eighty per cent, iqf any one estimate out of the funaa to be'hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required-by law. > Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as provided by law. N The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. C. D. LEWTON, 14-3 t Auditor of Adams County. NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adam» county, Indiana will receive bids for the construction of a macadam road in. French, township, in said county knowif. as the French Township Central Extension No. one Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock A. M., on Monday, August 6, 1966, at a regular session of the Board of Commissioners held in the city of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of tfie Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in the Auditor’s office < ofsaid County, said roads to be built -of crushed stone alone. < ,- , , '' • • -f i, • . . A bond must'accompany each bld in twice the amount of the bld filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor wi]l enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bld filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constnicted for cash payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate out of the funds to be .hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. C. D. LEWTON, 14-3 t Auditor of Adams County. TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD. To the Honorable Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana: We, the undersigned all resident free holders and voters of Root ownship and of Union township, in Adams county, Indiana, would most respectfully petiiion your honorable body, to cause to be built a stone road, on and along the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the south-east corner ot section twenty-five t 25) township twenty-eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, at the place where the township line between Root and Union township aforesaid crosses the public h'ghway on the south line of said section thirty (30) township twen-ty-eight (28) north, range fifteen (15) east. That there is now a public highway extending north between said townships from said beginning point, and your petitioners now petition your honorable body that said stone road be constructed upon said public highway to a point north of said beginning point continuously On said Township line and public highway for a distance of two miles ending at the public highway which crosses said township line road, at the north-east corner of section twenty-four (24), township twenty-eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, and there to terminate on said section line, being two miles in length. • Your petitioners further ask your honorable body that said highway above described 'be graded, ana that broken stone be placed upon the grade. And that there be built and made upon said highway what is known as a “Macadamized Road,” and your petitioners would further, show that the public highway sought to be improved is a dirt road, and is one ships* public hl khways of said towppetitioners would further ask" taa j ®> ai ? roa ds as above described be graded to a width of ) ahd that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ( y feet,

and that said road be- constructed as a double track, one of dirt and the other of broken stone. The name of said road above described shall be called the Drummond Road. We ask that said improvements shall be paid for by bonds issued by the County of Adams, in the State of Indiana, payable in twenty semi-an-nual installments, or series, and for the payment «f which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of Root xownship and Union township, in Adams County, Indiana, in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they may become aue. That the saia road be built and that said bonds be issued, and that said ' tax be levied, upon said property of said townships, in accordance with the Acts- of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, now in force and passed in the year 1905, as appears in the Acts of 1905, page 550. “ We further ask that the board take the different steps lequired by law fubmitHng the question of building the same to an election tn said townships.. That tne road thus sought to be improved is to be an extension of the Stegmeyer Macadam !i oad ybteh had heretofore been voted upon-by the voters of Union township and is now under construction. That the road thus sought to be in length ’ leSS than three (3) m,les R. A Drummond, J. A. Fleming John H. Railing, J. d. N®dllnf er Wm n Ri E u rman ’ C s - Mumma’ ’ Wm- pi«eke, Chas. Ahr, n A. Mumma, E. J. Ahr. Jno. A. Barkley. Geo. Ohlt-r Frert n l^, n klng ’ A ’ Ehirman. J 1 Mumma, Abe Boch. A f Krueckeberg, H. Krueckeberg, Fred Koldewey, Smith Steyeng, John McGill, E Krueckeberg, Geo. Stevens, Chas. Krueckeberg, C. C. Miller Fred Weiland, A A. Brodbeck. l e ’ William Bleeke, J. H. Blakey, otto Bleeke. J. L. Gage, E. t' f Ed Moses. J. E. Ulmar, J. p s DU ri^ r W.jwort.'J’- Geo H w" I cAS;’,. G. W. Bauserman, Aurie E. Cunningham. J. H. Knavel, Sam Workinger, W. J. Miller, S. Curtis Miller, Frederick Thieme, A. R. Wolfe, Paul Miller, 1 W. A Whittenbarger. F. W. Biehif, Nathaniel May, G. Bittner. • Said petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, on Monday. August 6. 1906. the same being the regular July session of said b<gird and at which time any tax payers of Union and Root townships may appear and make such objections as the Taw may provide for. C.‘ D. LEWTON, 14-3 t. ■•Auditor, Adams county, Indiana. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given to the voters df the Third ward of the city of Decatur,lndiana, that I, Henry Ostetmeyer will apply to the board of County .Commissioners of Adams County at their August term, 1906, for a license to sell spiritous, vinous and malt liquors in quaiitities less than a quart at a time with the privilege to allow the same to be drank on the premises where said liquors are to be sold My place of business wherein said liquors are to be sold and drank is located on the ground floor of a<two-story brick building, to-wit: Commencing at the northwest corner or inlot number two hundred and sev-enty-one (271) in the original plat of said town (now city) of Decatur, Indiana, running thence east parallel with the alley 66 feet, thence south 25% feet, thence west parallel with first line 66 feet to Second street; thence north along Second street 23% feet to place of beginning. Said room being 21x39% feet Said room has both front and rear openings. HENRY OSTERMEYER, Applicant. f t NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTINGt Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana will receive bids for the construction of a macadam road in Preble township,- in said county, known as the Charles Ewell Macadam road, up and until 10 o’clockA M., oik Monday, August 8, 1906, at a regular sesion of the Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Dqcatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed blds will be received for the constr'uctionof ' said road in acmftvyvmfwy ). tion of said road in accordance! with the plans, speciflcatiosn and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which ire now on file in the Auditor’s Office of said county, said roads to be built Os crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid in twice the amount of the bid filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract And in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exfieed eight per cent, of any one estimate out of the funds to be* hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. C. D. LEWTON, 18-3 t. Auditor of Adams County. PETITION FOR MACADAM ROAD. Township Line Road. To the Honorable Board of .Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana: We the undersigned all resident free holders and voters of Root township and of Union Township, in Adams county, Indiana, would most respectfully petition your honorable body, to cause to be built a stone road, on and along-the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the south-east corner of section twenty (25), Township twen-ty-eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, at the plade where the township line between Root and Union townships aforesaid crosses the public highway on the south line of said section and section thirty (30) township twenty-eight (28) north range fifteen (15) east. That there is now a public highway extending north between said townships from said beginning point, and your petitioners now petition your honorable body that said stone road be constructed upon said public highway to a point north of said beginning- point continuously on said township line and public Highway for a distance of two miles ending at ■ the public highway which crosses said township line road, at the nest-th-east corner of section twentyfour (24), Township twenty-eight (28) north, range fourteen <l4) east and there to terminate on said section line, being two miles in length. Your petitioners further ask vour honorable body that said highway above described be graded, and that broken stone be placed upon the grade. And that there be built, and made upon said highway what is known as a “Macadamized Road,’ and your petitioners further show that the public ' highway sought to be improved is a dirt road, and is one of t'.ie public highways of said townships. Your petitioners .would further ask

I —' i that said roAd as above described be > graded to a width of i ( ) feet, and that broken stone be • placed thereon to a width of ■i ( ) feet, and that said road be conI jstructed ,as a double.track, one of dirt i.and the ethe’r of broken stone. IJ The nhme of said road above describ- • ed shall be called the Drummond Road. • We ask wthat said improvements shall i. be paid for by bonds issued by the • County of Adams, in the State of In- •> diana,. payable in twenty semi-annual i installments or series, and for the t payment of which we ask thdt a tax ’ be levied upon the taxable property of Root and Union tbwnship, in Adams County. Indiana, in a sufficient t amount to pay the interest and princil pal of said bonds as they may become due. > > That the said road be builGand that I said bonds be issued and that said tax » be levied upon said property of said townships, in accordance with the Acts of the Legislature of the State ofl In- > diana, now in force and passed in the ’ year 1905, as appears in the Acts* of 1905, page 550. i ■ ■ s We further ask'that the board take ■ the different steps requiredby law i without submitting the question of s building the same to an elecnon in said i townships. That the road thus sought • to be improved is to be an extension > of the Stegmeyer Macadam Road a road i which has heretofore been voted upon by the voters of said Union township, and is now under construction. That the road thus sought to be improved is less than three miles in length. NAMES OF PETITIONERS. R. A. Drummond, J. A. Fleming, John H. Railing, -J. D. Nidllnger, John A Ehrman, Chas. S. Mumma, William Bleeke, Chas. Ahr, John A Mumma, E. J. Ahr,, Jno. A. Barkley, Geo. Ohler, Henry Reinking, J. A. Ehrman, Fred C. Hoile, Howarti Mauller, Elijah Walters, Wm. Breiner, J. S. Lower, F. W. Dibble, F. W. Fuelling, John Andre, John H. Mumma, Abe Boch, Fred Krueckeberg, Henry Krueckeberg, A F. Thieme, Fred Koldewey, Smith Stevens, John McGill, Earnest Krueckeberg, Geo. Stevehs, Chas. Krueckeberg, . C. C. Miller, gred Weiland, , k A. A. Brodbeek, Wm.,Hoile, Williaffi Bleeke, J. Hi Blakey, Otto Blakey, J. L Gage', ■ i • E. F. MiUer, A.- J. -Bailey, Ed S> Mdse,s, J E. Ulman, J. P. Spuller, Geo. B. Cline L. N. Grandstaff, J. C. Moses. W. E. Bleeke, Frank J. Kurber, ij. H. Nidlinger, W. Worden, Geo. W. Cramer, G. W. Bauserman, Aurie Dykeman, E. Cunningham, James Knavel, Samuel Workinger, W. J. Miller, S. Curtis Miller, Frederick Thieme, A. R. Wolfe, Paul Mi'ler, W. A Whittenbarger, L W. Bienz, Nathaniel May, G. Bittner. Said petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, on Monday, August 6, 1906, the same being the regular August session of said board, and at which time any tax bayers of Union township may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. C. D. LEW TON, 18-3 t. Auditor, Adams County, Indiana. NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana will receive bids fqr the construction of a macadam road in Hartford township in said county, known as the L. O. Bears extension two Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock A. M., on Monday, August 6, 1906, at a regular session ofi the Board of Commissioners, held in the City of De, catur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construe, tion of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now oa file lii the Auditor’s office of said County, said roads to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid in twice, the amount of the bid filed, con--ditioned for faithful performance of said work and that ‘ithe bidder if awarded the-.-contract therefor wi]l enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid pled. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer tn charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate out qf the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. • ’ ■ Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all C. D. LEWTON,' 14-3 t Auditor of Adams County. IJOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that sealed bidsw ill be received at the office of the undersigned, trustee, until two o'clock, p m-> on Monday, July 30, 1906, for the erection and completion of an addition to the Pleasant Mills school building,f or District No. five, in St. Marys township, Adams county, Indiana, according to plans and specifications prepared by J. W. Teeple. Plans are now on file at the trustee’s office, and at the office of J. W. Tepele, Decatur, Indiana. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. W. H. TEEPLE, July 5, 1906.’ Trustee. 18-3 L PETITION FOR MACADAM ROAD. Tb the Honorable Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana: We the undersigned all resident freeholders and voters of Root township, Adams county, Indiana, and of Madison township, in Allen county, Indiana, most respectfully petition your IWnorable board to cause to be built and constructed a stone road, on and along the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the north-west corner of section six (6), township twentyeight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, running thence east on the public highway known as the County line road, a distance of one mile and terminating at the north-east corner of section six (6) township twenty-eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, the road th.us sought to be improved and macadamized is on the Mne dividing Adams' county, Indiana, and Allen county, Indiana, and is a part of the highway at the south side of Madison township in Allen pounty, Indiana and said highway is at the north line of Root township, in Adams county, Indiana, the said highway thus sought to be Improved at the commencement thereof is conected with a free gravel road known as the Kdehnemann Gravel Road, and at the terminus of said highway thus sought to be improved connects and is connected with the free • gravel road, known as the Williams Branch gravfcl road. Said highway jhqs sought to be-Improved is an unimproved highway and does not exceed three miles in length. Your petitioners further ask your honorable body that said highway above described be graded and drained and that broken stone be placed upon the grade and that there be built, constructed’ and made upon said highway what is known as a “Macadamized Road.” And your petitioners further show that the public highway sought to be

> improved is a public highway already established- and is what is known as a > dirt road and is situated as above described on the line dividing Adams and • Allen counties, in the state of Indiana. Your petitioners further ask that said road as above described be graded to a width of twenty-two feet and that : the broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ten feet, and to a depth of ten inches in the center thereof, and ‘ eight inches at the sides. > : The name of the said road above desr cf-ibed shall be called the Joint Root ■ and Madison Township Road. We ask that said Improvement shall • be paid for by bonds issued by the counties of Allen and Adams in the state of Indiana, payable in twentv - semi-annual Installments or series for ■ the payment of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of Root township, In Adams county, ’ and upon the taxable property of Mad-. ; ison'township, in Allen countv, Indiana, in a sufficient amount to pav the interest and principal of said bonds as they may become due. That said road ; be built, and that said bonds be issued. , and that said taxe be levied upon said ; property of said township, heretofore 1 mentioned in accordance with the Acts • of the Legislature of the State of Indi- : ana, now in force and passed in the year 1905, as appears in the Acts of ■ 1905. page 493, and approved March ; 7, 1905. NAMES OF PETITIONERS. Ernest Schroteder, 'Ttse Ulman, John gchurger, Samuel Magley, Frederick Hoile, Andrew Fuelling, J. A. Fuhrman, g, Fuhrman. William C. Gallmeler, Uriah Grim. 1 Eleasor Biggs, Ernest Buuck, Fred Hockemeyer, John E. Mann. S. J. Spangler, Chrisfn A. Selklng, JEre,4, B u? se ’ A. B. Cunningham, Phillip Ba.rhe r . Joseph Stegmeyer L. H. Ziegler. Fred Mutchler. H. C. Oetting, Martin Gerke, Wm. Bulmahn, " Wm. Tieman, Wm. Ostermeyer. Herman Frame, Jerry Barkle y , * Wm. Gerke, Chas. Boknecht, ’ T. W. Lehrman, E^ d (J. w. LaFdllette, Wni. Hocken*yer. w. Mackie, Ca/1 Hockemeyer, J. e. Mann B. F. Butter, ■ - . ■ coat Cook, Thomas Elzey, Noah S. Sheets, -James:O. Hoagland, G. W. Ruckman, D. 'C.'Boerger’ I. F.-Boerger. John G. Hey, Frank McConnell, August Koenemann, Henry Doehrffian, S. Houck, ’ w. A. Fonner, J. C. Houck, . Louis Weber, Charles Dirkson, Henry Zwick, Henry F. Fuelling, Jacob Fuelling, Ernest Fuelling, Herman Reiter, ? e ” ry^Di, ; k . son ’ c - D - Kunkle, S. D, Kunkle, s. Pin ar s, L. .N. Grandstaff, Reuben Baxter, Jason Hobbs, H. F. W. Bulmahn, John Bogner, Henry Weber, Louis H. Boknecht, J. H. Fuelling. Said petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, on Monday, August 6. 1906. the same being the regular August session of said board, and at Which time any tax payer of Root township may appear and make such objections as the law may, provide for C. D. LEW TON, 18-31. Auditor, Adams County, Indiana. —_____ NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissiqners of Adams county, Indiana.; will receive for the construction of a macadamized road ini Hartford township in said county, known as the ’.’ekrtite extension No. 2 Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock A. M., on Monday, August 6, 1906, at a regular session of said Board of Commisloners held in the city of Decatur, AdAm a county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for th e construction qf said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer whic are now on file in the Auditor’s office of said County, said roads to be built of crushed stone alone. A good bond musft accompanyiach bid twice the amount-of the bid filed conditioned for faithful performance of said work and that the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will enter into contract thqrefor and complete the same • according to such contract ana in accordance with the bld filed. AU bidr sfi®ft be made so as co give the amount foT which said road will be constructed for cash payable on estimates to be made by, the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Eacfo' ffie required to file, affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commissioners' reserve the right to reject any and aU bids. C. D. LEWTON, 14-3 t « Auditor of Adams County. - NOTICE. All taxes on. Fourth, Monrop, Rugg, Fornax, Sixth Street Brick, Secpnfl and Winchester Streets -and Bowers Alley Sewers, Brick, alleys', Gregory Alley; Gay Alley Sewer, - Kyiak, or-Thirteenth Sewer, Marshall Street Sewer, Meyer, Erwin and Miller Branch Sewers* William Harting Sewer and Elm Street Sewer, are delinquent June Ist, and Subject to penalty. W. J, ARCHBOLD, 149-3wks.daily Treasurer, ST. .MARYS MACADAM ROAD EXTION NO. ONETo the honorable BoaVd of Comissioners of Adams County, Indiana: We, the undersigned viewers and engineer appointed by your Honorable Board at the Jue term, 1906, and in pursuance to the within order of said pCtetion .would most respectfully submit the following report In pursuance to the within order we, William Zimmerman and L. W. L. Lewton as viewers -and L. L. Baurpgartner as enginer met at the office of County Auditor in Decatur, Indiana, and after being duly sworn as prescribed by law we proceded to examine, lay out and straighten said road as shown by that Part of our report which is marked exhibit “A” and which report shows the route of proposed road. Also a profile showing the grade of said road as established and showing “cuts” ad “fills”, also location of drains and sewers; said profile is marked exhibie “B" the same being on file in the office of County Auditor of Adams County, Indiana. We further find no claims for damages of any kind whatever. We further estimate the cost of the proposed improvement to be. DESCRIPTION OF THE ST. MARYS MACADAM ROAt> EXTENTION NO. ONE. . . . Commencing at the north-east corner of the north-east quarter of section one (1) township twenty-Seven (2») z horth, range fourteen (14) east, in Adams County, State of Indiana, thence running west on half section line through section one (1) to the Tricker pike, and there to terminate. ROADWAY, GRADE, ETC. The roadway must be clear of all fences, trees, stumps, logs and all rubbish of whatsoever nature it may be. • ' All stumps must be either grubbed or blasted out in the drains or on the grade. t

—=s= ——! ——■ The right-of-way shall be forty . (40) set in width. 1 In at any time during the construct* . ion of or before the final aceptance of the same grade should settle the con-’ ; tractor shall fill all depressions and re- [ store the same to the original speci- : fications. ► ; The grade shill be of the I track system of a uniform width of twenty-six feet from shoulder to shoulder with a slope of four (4) inches from center to either side The Sub-grade shall be rolled by the contractor at such times ar<l places as may be deemed necesary by rhe I superintenSant or the engineer with > a roller of not less than six tons in > weight before placing any stone • thereon . The road-bed Shall be made in a smoothed and workmanlike manner , and inspected and aeepted in . feet sections before any material is . Placed thereoh. i '•’r,de and lire stakes set by J rhe I etig.neer and destroyed by tin- c-.n- --. tractor through negi:>x<n c will be t set again at tre contractor's e>cei: , se. ' DRAINS. ■ Side drains shall be constructed on each Side of said improvment its enl entire length,, said side drain is to be not less than one (1) foot jviffe at the bottom and the banks to have a slope of eighteen (18) inches horizontal to one (1) foot perpendicular and the ■ bottom of said drains to be not less ■ than eighteen (18) inches below the 1 nip of the grade, and to be construct- • ed in a neat and workmanlike- manner with sufficient fall and outlet to - carry all the water that may accumulate therein and remove the same from said highway. The bottom of said drains to be unobstructed and continuous. From station sixteen (18) to station twenty-four (24) the contractor shall place on each side of the grade, in side drains, a string ,of ten (10) inch tile laid to grade hereinafter given by the engineer, and said tile shall be cov4ked,to a depth,of two (2) feet ? r BULKHEADS.. At the ends of the above strings Os tile at the bridge there shall be built bulkheads. Said bulkheads shall commence eighteen (18) inches below the bottom of the tile and shall extend three '(3) feet above the top of the tile and shall be eight (8) feet long and in thickness shall conform to the wings of the abuttment to which they shall be attached. There shall also be bulkheads built three feet west of wells at station 19. Said bulkheads shall commence one (1) foot below the bottom of the tile and extend three (3) feet above top of tile and shall be six (6) feet long and fifteen (15) inches thick. Tfie above bulkheads shall be built of concrete composed of one (1) part good Portland cement, two (2) parts clean, sharp sand and three (3) parts crushed stone. All parts of said stone that will not pass through a two-inch ring shall not be used in said concrete WELLS. There shall be wells built at the following places: At station 16, two wells,.one on each side of the road. At station 19, two wells, one'bn each side of the 1 Said wells to of the best hard-burned brick laid flatwise and so extend eighteen (18) inches below the bottom of, the tile and walled up to the surface of the side drains, said wells to be not less than three (3) feet in diameter on the inside and arched at top so as to receive an eighteen (18)' inch cast iron grate securely fastened thereon. i Said brick in said wells to be laid up in mortar composed of ’on§ part good Portland cement and two parts clean, sharp sand. built abutments and a steel bridge At station 23 plus 70 there shall be twenty-sRc (26) feet long with a concrete floor, according to plans and specifications hereto attached CRUSHED STONE, KINDS, ETC. The crushed stone shall be placed on the roadbed to a width of ten (10) feet and shall be ten (IQ) inches deep in the center and eight' (8) inches at the sides, and shall be placed on the north side of roadbed, leaving a space of three (3) feet from north shoulder of grade to edge of stone. The uppec three (3) inches, of said stone shall be composed of screenings. All matetjal to be placed on grade in a neat and workmanlike manlier. The stone shall be graded in 'before final acceptance. All stone must be so crushed that at least 80 per cent of the sarfie will pass through a two-inch ring. Where stone is unloaded all coarser particles shall be raked-th the bottom. Said stone shall be equp.l to the product of tfie Linn Grove or Decatur quarries. : STIPULATIONS. The work as it progresses will be laid out by the engineer, and stakes set by him must be preserved. The material for the various improvements shall be oh the ground before the old material is removed. The Board of Commissioners, the engineer and superintendent reserve the right to inspect the material used and condemn the same if necessary and 1 all material so condemned sh&ll be removed from the right-of-way and not used at any time in the construction of said Improvement. - ,S- 1 It is expressly understood that the contractor is not compelled to place in any tile, culverts, bridges or approaches at any private lane or cross-ii frig, road, etc., and If any fence, post, or similar matter be within the limits of the right-of-way of the proposed improvement is not removed by the 1 ; party to whom they belong after hav-4 ing had sufficient notice then the contractor shall remove the same. It is expressly understood that when the time comes for accepting the road, the contractor shall have the side drains In good condition and shall have scraped in ' the stofie and leveled the entire road and have in all respects; complied with the specifications. PAYMENTS All payments for said Improvement , will be paid for in cash at the Treasurer’s office in the city of Decatur, Indiana, on estimates made by the engineer comp Tying in all respects with the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, aproved March Bth, 1905. ESTIMATES. Total Jength of the proposed improvement is 2,828 feet. No. yds. stone for rqad* 771 778 yds $1.15 for stone | 894.7(11 778 yds stone .32 for hauling.. 248.9( 778 yds stone .15 for spreading 116.0( Grading 150.0( Wells,, and bulkheads < 90.0 C Domestic tiling ..’ 150.(M Bridge and abutments 650.0( Total .' .....’?...... ~.2,300.3( All of which is respectfullyKSubmltted, 1 ’ WM. ZIMMERMAN, Viewer. L. W. LEWTON, Viewer. L. L. BAUMGARTNER, Engineer. Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 16 day of June, 1996. 19-3 L C. D. LEWTON. Auditor