Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1919 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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wotxcb or rroo boas nactxov. Petition of Claud* Bpanoer at al for *o*4 Improvement la Milroy Town* ■kip, Jasper County, Indiana. ( Cause No. 3222. This la to certify that the board of ootnmlMlonerc of Jasper county, Indiana, has decided that no damage* have been applied for and that the | report and profile In the matter of the petition for road Improvement to Milroy townahlpl In Jasper county, Indiana, by Claude Spencer et al. Is in due form and sufficient tn law, and made an order requiring the undersigned auditor to give notice by publication for three consecutive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Jasper county, Indiana, that on September 20th,' 1919, the polls would be ripened at the several vatdng places in Milroy .township for the purpose of taking th# votes of the legal voters of said township whether the highway referred to in said report should be laid out, established, graded, drained and paved. I |The said report, excepting plats, specifications, profile and the engli neer’s explanation thereof, reads as follows: State of Indiana, county of Jasper, sb: I In commissioners’ court, July term, <919 » i In the matter es ithe petition of Claude Spencer et al for Improvement of highway in Milroy township. Cause No. 3222. i We, tlhe undersigned engineer and viewers in the above entitled cause, respectfully report to the board of commissioners of Jasper county,. Indiana, that in compliance with the order of said board heretofore entered at the regular May term, 1919, a certified i •copy of which order la attached hereIto and made a part hereof by reference, 1 we met at the office of the county auditor on May 14, 1919, and duly qual■lfled by subscribing an oath of office; "that we afterward proceeded to view the proposed improvement which is set •out in the petition and is described as "follows, to-wit: i | Commencing In the public# highway at the southeast corner of section sixteen (16) in township twenty-eight (28) north, range five (5) west in Jasper county, Indiana, and running thence west to the southwest corner of section eighteen (18) in said township end range, a distance of thirteen ■thousand two hundred feet (13,200). Wte further report that: ’ 1 Ist that Che proposed improvement shall not involve the laying out and : establishing of any new highway. 2nd that it will be of a public utility to grade, drain and pave the highway named in Che petitlian and hereinafter more especially described. . 3rd that the width of said highway of forty feet of which twenty-two feet lin the center thereof is to be graded land stone to the width of nine feet laid thereon. 4th that said highway mentioned in sadd petition and more particularly described in the plans and specifications thereinafter appearing -shall be graded as aforeeald, proper drain .provided, and the improvement with culverts and other waterway*, as an entirety and each part thereof and anything .that in any way pertains to the same, shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specific atioms and terms hereinafter set forth under the title, •’Plans and Specifications,” and a ( profile herewith marked exhibit "A ’ as hereby referred to is made a part of .this report. sth that the said Improvement herein described and found by us to be a public utility is by us estimated to cost 316,742.61. „ Clearing and Grubbing. Clearing: The roadbed must be cleared to the width of twenty feet on each side of the center line. Ail trees, brush and other vegetable matter, within <the space designated, to be cut down, and the 'same, together with all logs and brushwood already dpwn, shall be burned or removed from the ground, so aS-not to injure the adjoining lands or to obstruct the line fences along the boundaries of the said right-of-way. All trees, brush and stumps shall be cut to the ground. Grubbing: From the place required by the roadway and necessary slopes ■and aide drains, and Whatever additions Ispace may be required, except where the excavations are three feet or more in depth, or more in height, ail stumps or other wood or vegetable matter imbedded in the ground shall be grubbed up and removed or disposed of as the engineer may direct, and only the area so grubbed shall be estlm Grading, Evcavating xnd Embankment. Grading: The course of the road Shall be staked .out by the engineer and in all respects the highway must be built in conformity with the stakes set by the engineer, and according to ■the profiles, cross-sections, as shown. Excavations: Excavations shall be included in the grading of the roadway ditches and side slopes and the entir¥ length of the highway to conform with the width, lines and. grades (Shown on the plans and profile. Also the digging: of all foundations, pits for all structures, the clearing of waterways, old culverts, -Che digging of all necessary outlet ditches and the grading of all highway intersections. All ditches will be brought to a uniform grade and dressed up in a workmanlike manner, with, a .sufficient fall and outlet to carry off all surface water from the roadway. The removal of any private approach to the road, required in construction, shall be restored as soon as construction is completed, and in as good a condition as they were found. When excavated material for filling •is Insufficient in quantity to regulate the road, the contractor shall obtain from borrow pits or Baurces appfoved by the engineer, all additional material necessary and place it where .I’eci u i red. < , . Back filling culverts, and concrete retaining walls shall be classified as excavation. All surplus excavation shall be used to widen the embankment, or flatten side slopes, or be deposited in such places as the engineer may direct. The contractor will not be allowed to put on the margin of 'the road in unsightly piles rock, earth, or boulders excavated in excess of what can be used to the embamkmenit. Such excavation shall be placed where directed by the engineer. All finished surfaces and slopes Shall be trimmed and deft in a neat condition in conformity to -the lines and in accordance with the direction given by 6 allowance will, however, be made for borrowed material where there is an equivalent waste of excavated material from the roadbed within four thousand (4,000) lineal feet of the place of deposit. When barrow Pits are authorized by <khe engineer, within the limits of the roadway the same will be staked out by the engineer, and must be dressed up upon completion to a uniform width of grade and slope similar to the banks required on the standard roadway. ' Filling of Embankment: The filling shall be formed of earth or other material satisfactory to the engineer, must be absolutely-free from vegetable matter or debris or perishable matter of any kind. Proper allowances must be made for any and all settling and shrinking. All fills and cuts shall be of one and one-half (1 1-2) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical, .as shown on the P1 A11" public approaches to the line of Improvement shall be graded back to a distance of twenty feet from the.