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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
3
A partial line indicates someone seeking a suitable place in Fal City. The text shows ongoing search or relocation but provides no clear names, dates, or outcomes. Further readable context is needed to identify involved parties or location specifics.
Fragmentary OCR reports a Rock Island train crash in Kansas on January 2. The incident mentions many injured and possible fatalities, with details unclear about exact numbers or locations. Police and railroad crews respond. more information pending.
William Soreins, a farmer east of Petersburg, spotted two boys Frank Sullivan and Ka Waite stranded on a knoll after floodwaters drove them from the bottoms. He ferried and found them after they endured forty eight hours without shelter or food. The boys, nearly famished and weak, had tried to reach the hills but were cut off by White River backwater.
Otis Gootee of Loogoatee a printer is in the city and has taken a situation at McCafferty's job office.
Engineers report dated February 12 1906 for Lew W Barber et al presents survey findings on drainage and grading improvements for Petersburg Highbanks and Troy roads in Veale Township Daviess County Indiana. It details profiles elevations station counts pipe crossings right of way width eighteen feet sub grade integrity and construction requirements to achieve a firm uniform roadway.
specifications outline grade lines, ditch depths, cross drains of No 1 vitrified pipe, cement joints, and outlet clearances. It mandates nine inch thick ballast, nine foot wide road surface, sideboards spacing, and tester checks by the engineer, with contractor responsibility for all labor materials and compliance.
The document outlines contractor duties and engineer supervision for road works, including material conformity, board review of disputes, and notice procedures. It lists cost estimates for Division 1 Peterdburg, Highbanks, Troy roads, and total project figures with damages and taxes, dated December 34, 1909.
The text outlines the plan to improve a public highway in a township south of Washington and Maysville roads. It specifies a total length of about two and a quarter miles, connecting gravel roads at both ends, with grading draining and paving to thirty feet width using state gravel or equivalent materials under Indiana law.
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