Notice Of Letting Of Drain Contract

Notice of Letting of Drain Contract.

Notice is hereby given, that I. D. W. Barry, County Drain Commissioner of the County of Washtenaw, and State of Michigan, will, on the 27th day of April, A.D. 1899. at the lower end of drain, in the Township of Superior, in said County of Washtenaw, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, proceed to receive bids for the construction of a certain drain known and designated as "The John Wagner Drain" located and established in the Townships of Salem and Superior, in said County of Washtenaw and described as follows, to-wit:

Commencing in Flemming Creek Drain, in the east half of the north-east quarter of section 3, Township of Superior, 11.42 chains west and 12.43 chains south of the north-east corner of said description and running thence as follows:

Sec. Course. Distance. Grade Cut. Surface Chains. Width.

and there terminating in the west half of south-west quarter of section 34, Township of Salem, 9.25 chains north and 12.00 chains west of south-east corner of said description.

The above described route is the center line of said drain. Thirty feet on each side of the center line of said drain is to be taken to deposit excavations and for convenience in digging. The bottom of drain is to be two feet wide and the slope of each bank 1 1/2 feet horizontal to each foot perpendicular. Surveyed August 26, 1898.

JEROME ALLEN, Surveyor.

Said job will be let by sections. The section at the outlet of said drain will be let first, and the remaining sections in their order up stream, in accordance with the diagram now on file with the other papers pertaining to said drain, in the office of County Drain Commissioner of said County of Washtenaw, to which reference may be had by all parties interested, and bids will be made and received accordingly. Contracts will be made with the lowest responsible bidder giving adequate security for the performance of the work, in a sum then and there to be fixed by me, reserving to myself the right to reject any and all bids. The date for the completion of said contract, and the terms of payment therefor, shall and will be announced at the time and place of letting.

Notice is further hereby given, that at the time and place of said letting, or at such other time and place thereafter to which I, the County Drain Commissioner aforesaid, may adjourn the same, the assessments for benefits and the lands comprised within the "John Wagner Drain Special Assessment District," and the apportionments thereof will be awarded by me and will be subject to review for one day, from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon.

The following is a description of the several tracts or parcels of land constituting the Special Assessment District of said drain, viz:

All in the Township of Salem.

Now, therefore, all unknown and non-resident persons, owners and persons interested in the above described lands, and you, Thomas Geer, Fred Sockow, Frank Murray, Flora Proctor, John Wagner, Geo. McCormick, Rufus Crippen, Therin Wyecoff, A. C. Curtis, D. D. Waters, Henry Brinkman, A. Perkins, Christian Braun, Ira Root Meager, G. N. B. Renwick Estate, E. J. Comstock Estate, Chas. Kingsley, Wilber Arvis, Betsy A. Perkins, H. Geiler, J. Teckman, Darwin Nelson, Henry Meager, G. W. Weed, Wm. Weed, I. S. Sayery, Melvin Duncan, Lambert Bros., are hereby notified that at the time and place aforesaid, or at such other time or place thereafter to which said hearing may be adjourned. I shall proceed to receive bids for the construction of said "John Wagner Drain," in the manner herein before stated; and, also, that at such time of letting from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon, the assessment for benefits and the lands comprised within the John Wagner drain special assessment districts will be subject to review.

And you and each of you, owners and persons interested in the aforesaid lands, are hereby cited to appear at the time and place of such letting as aforesaid, and be heard with respect to such special assessments and your interests in relation thereto, if you so desire.

D. W. BARRY, County Drain Commissioner of the County of Washtenaw. Dated this 8th day of April, A. D. 1899.