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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1919
Page
11
A petition has been filed with the Harrison County Auditor asking the Board of Commissioners to improve two segments of public highways. The hearings are set for May 5, 1919, in Corydon Indiana, with requests for grading draining resurfacing paving and stone work to widen portions to thirty feet. Signed by John J. Seiple and over fifty voters and freeholders.
A notice announces hearings on May 5 1919 before the Harrison County Board of Commissioners for multiple petitions to improve public highways. Proposals cover grading draining resurfacing paving and bridge work with gravel stone or other material. Petition signers include F M Brown Abe Pitman J D Pitman and over fifty other voters.
Description outlines a road survey in Harrison County Indiana detailing the Depauw and Fredericksburgh public highway intersection with the Hancock and Milltown routes. It traces the path through sections 32, 33, 29, and 20 in township 1, range 3 east, to the north line of the section.
Notice of a petition for improvement of a public highway under county unit system. The document notes a formal request, location identifiers, and intended works to be considered by local authorities. No specific names or dates clearly legible in the excerpt.
Harrison County Indiana voters petition the county Board of Commissioners to improve part of the Corydon and Salt River road in Harrison township by grading draining and paving with stone to create an 18 foot wide road with a 10 foot paved center. The plan calls for gravel and crushed stone layers and a legal taxation method without an election. An engineer and two viewers are requested to assess the proposal before the May 1919 hearing.
A notice states a petition to improve the Rosewood and New Albany highways in Rosey and Taylor townships across 3.5 miles. The plan calls for draining and paving with stone or other material, and a hearing date is set to show cause, signed by C. H Stewart and over fifty others.
In Indiana, Sam C Mauck petitions for all proper relief against Auditor Harrison of Harrison County alleging unspecified claims and remedies within a county proceeding.
Indiana Harrison County notice states a petition to improve Corydon and Laconia public highway in Boone township. Hearing set for May 1919 in Corydon to decide if paving to ten feet width is allowed with petitions signed by Ira J. Melton A A Dodds and over fifty voters.
Harrison County Indiana petitions to improve part of Laconia and Elizabeth public highway by grading draining resurfacing and paving with stone. Hearing set May 6 1919 before Board of Commissioners Corydon Indiana to consider notice validity signed by M W Funk and over fifty freeholders.
A petition in Corydon Indiana requests drainage resurfacing and paving of the Corydon and Elizabeth public highway from New Middletown to Elizabeth with gravel stone or other paving material. The hearing is set for Monday May 5 1919 in the regular May session at the board room in Corydon.
A petition signed by Columbus Payton Robi Kirkham and over fifty county freeholders requests a road widening to thirty feet with twelve inch paving over bed rock crushed stone and screenings. Hearings set to show cause why the improvement should be granted dated April 1919.
Petition filed in Harrison County Indiana seeks upgrading the Elizabeth and Bridgeport public highway by grading and stone paving. Hearing set for May 6 1919 before the Board of Commissioners at Corydon to determine regularity sufficiency and public utility and allow steps toward the improvement. The route details describe starting in section 27 township 4 south range 5 east and ending at the Elizabeth and Bridgeport road near Doolittle Hill with a proposed 30 feet width and layered stone pavement. The petition claims over fifty freeholders and voters support the project.
A public hearing before the Board of Commissioners on May 6 will consider a petition for a Mt Lebanon and Ramsey highway improvement in Harrison County. The plan describes routes in Spencer and Wayne townships, requests a 30 foot wide right of way, 20 foot graded width, and center pavement with stone bed and gravel overlay. Signed by Joseph F. Pinaire and others, the notice asks for confirmation of proper notices and signatures from eligible voters.
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