of arch (o pass its waters. Several routes from the west bank of
this valley were examined to tavrnd a ridge of deep cutting, but
QODe- found' more: feasibfe than the one estimated, whioh wiU re-
quire a out throfen^inQ to litiriy-twi> feet, a datanoe.of .fifteen chaini.
Tfaftfleolkm tercninlites onihe westalope of the ridge in eigbtiiMC'
cuttii^y three chain* Arom the snmmit. Timber isoak* bc^ alNl>
inafriermlt'atiaNdjr kMinrand gravel.. It will require
119.312 cubic yards of excavation, at 17 cts. per yd, $20,283 04.
.49,135 >.?t embaahment* at 14 els. 6^884 «0
One^eiilvert of 10 feet chord, 592 perches, at $4 50^ 2,664 00
Qoefahn bridge, 404 00
6r<ibbiii|^ and clearing, 810 00
». Ik — — — _
•81,065 54
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Oontott^s 81 chains. After the first three chaini^ wkkfi ptM â–
tamarack swamp, at foot of ridge, ten feet below the lere), it
crosses a point of ri<^ three chains, with ((rirteen feet ciming ;
it then -has embankment to the end of the section, in consequence
of changing^ the location of a lock to avoid deep cutting. Most
of this low ground can be avoidadfoy varying the line to the r^t,
but the estimates are based upon the lioe run. k is through ttm«
btrsid land ; timber is beech, maple and oak", soit is sandy kiain
imdf ravels and will requrrls
6,640 <;obie yards of exieamtioii» at I6cts. pet y«rd^ $M€ 60
1M,151 <' enrtbankment, at 10 ots. 1M»M4 !•
One eolveK of 6 ibet chord, 396 perehei, at 94 50^ 1,467 M
One drain, M 06
(dnAMng and clearing, 610 00
«97,697 M
Section 132,
Contains 81 chains. The first fifteen chains pass at the foQt of a
ridge on low ground, which will require but one bonk ; thea
apross a swamp nine chains, from five tp ei^ht feet below the le-
vel, thi^t will require two banks, when it agam reaches the foot of
a ridjg^ and continues on low ground at its base for tweotyooe
qbaioa^ where but one bank will be required ; then over a brokea
surface for twelve chains. It then has fro^n nine to eleven feet
quitiog a distance of eighteen chains, and terminates in a swamp
valley in one and a half feet cuuing. This section passes through
beavv timbered laad ; timber is beech, maple, qat^ elm ^nd bass-
wood; soilis sandy lonm. It will require
26,560 cubic yards of excavation, at 1^ els per yard, f 3,712 80
33337 ' •< cmbankmentt at 13 cts, 4,398 81
Grubbmg and clearing, 810 00
♦8,921 61
;Sbc^J0fil38,/
Gontaios 81 chains, and has from sevm to ssveitfeoQ feel ontling
for the first iwenty-seven chains; the next forty^five chains have
ftoM three and a half to sevon feet cutting* it then mse^omv
ilsi^g' itround and terminates hi siiteen feet cuttings TiiuhBr and
soil sanoe as last aaetioa* This seotioQ crosses a sMlemaot road $
has
86^3 oQbic yards of ezcavatiM^ at 14 cts per yard, •12,6il 68
Osi^foadbridga, MO «>
Onibbidg and clearing, 610 40
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SMim 134,
Gdntaids'Sl chains. This sectido crosses (he dividing ridge he-
tweeh the (ributnri<^8 of the Lookinglass and the waters of CJoose
creek, and will require from sixteen i6 twenty-sit feet ctitling.
This deep cut could be lessened by bringing on a higher levelj
It is through timbered land ; timber, oak, beeoh^ maple, elm, ash
and basswood ; soil is sandy loam and gravel. Has
>W,W1 ctifeic yds of excavation, at 20 cts per yard, $60,874 20
Grubbing and clearing, 810 00
; •61,084 2(y
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Contains .81 chains ; contfnues on the dividing ridge and has from
nine to twenty-two feet ci " " ' Irst sixty chains. It then,
m to three a to the end of the section,
js in the vail h branch of Goose creek,
soil similar tc )n, except ^o thi^ sectioq
Swamp. It . , .
I vds of exc£ Is per yard^ #34,882 64
Jge, " 4^4 00
I clearing, 810 00
•86,116 64
Sectim 136, .
Coatains^l .^int; oontimiesdawn the valley ^ Qpose creek,
^A;g^ loQ^ioo, ^nd larmiDate^ in Y^xl AlstiiiB!^ cl^ari^ga. It
ii^propsised M> drop A>ur kiokf ^t «ight f0et ,^ach» soil is sandy
loam ; limber as on last section. It will, require
36,276 eubiQ yds pf ^xoaMation. at 12 ds per yard, . •3tl53 12
10,720 '' emb^otme^ot, ^ 10 cents, 1,072 00
F<^r ioQim of 9 r^et lift ea^i. At 1,170 pej: fo^i lift, 97,440 00
Tw<r lock-houses, ^ •^S^ aociir 9^ 0(^
6fubbii\g»nd clempf, 7^^ 99
Section 187,
Contains 81 chains ; has a good location in the valley, and on the
west side of Goc^e creek. At the end of the fifteenth chain, cros-
M ft road; afnd pat»e« Ibroo;^ she improvements of Hemy Bar-:
tow; it tefminates at foot of rid^i^ m Goose oiMk flat. On thi#
tieocieh it k proposed to drop two locks ot eigbt feet each ; timjber
it 'vMit aad y^w eak, dierry, elaa add soft maple. The so^
ife fiiM^irioh, black, saniyloafla. It will require
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28,541 cubic yds of excava<bil,«t IHfteDta per yard, 98,424 92
13,639 '< erubaiikiiiei^,atI3oGpit8, \fim-a&
Two locks of 8 feet lift^schra^ •XA'HO per foot lift, .18»720 oa.
Two lock-houses, at «45(V 900 00
OoQ road brid.Ke, . . 700 0^
0rubbiog aad deariogy ^0100
. .«35,94e.60
fifec^ton 138,
Qon^ins 81 chains, down the valley of the creek ; has a good lo-
caiioD, and ternninates in Mr. Lloyd's improvements, three chains
west of the road leading froa^.PorUaod to Lyons. On this aeo-
tioD it is proposed to drojf> four. locks of eight feet -each,; timber it
oak, maple and eJo) ; soil is a rich sandy loam and oiucIl. Wil(
require
40,144 cubic yds of excavation, at 12 cts per yard,
5,353 ^ embankment, at 12 cents,
Four locks of 8 feet lift each, at 81,170 per foot lift^
Two lock-house?, at ^450 each,
One road bridge,
Grubbil)gand clearing.
Section 139,
Contains 81 chains ; passes down the Valley of the creek, crossiog
points of ridges and crossing th^ creek, continues down (he valley
to its junction with €^and river. It is then located on the lowetf
table land above flood water, w'th suitable cutting, and terminalet
on the south bank of a small brook id oak openings; soil is sandy
loam, muck and gravel. On this section it m proposed to drop
two Ux^ks of 8 fee; eaoh. It will require
!t0,100 cubic yards of OAsavatiod. at It^cts per yatd^ •9,412 00
iO,081 ** embankment. At 12 cehft, 2,403^2
^ Two fOQks of 8 feet each, at 21,170 per fofiiUft, 18^790 00
One hick^ouse, 450 00
€(rubbii^ vrnd clearing, 570 00
•24,556 72
Section 140,
Goiltaina.8i. chains. This section Qontkivea down «n the >eail
bankof Grand rifei\ and has Uf^ooi location^ mostly suilable ciMr
tii^, passing one point of high blufi) baefc fron* twenty toObirtdP
feet above the level for a distanieo.of .sic Qkfuos, thai will mfm^
the canal to be aet into theibaokrlianbaris ortkt poplur and,!^
cedar ; soil is sandy loam and gravel* It will require
H817 28
M2 S6
87.440 00
900 00
700 00
648 00
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8&i6a. "^ eidbankment^ «l 12 oeots* d^OW 84
Tweed vcrt0 of six. and eigblr feet ctxifd, 8:^ perobei,
at.f4 50, . *726 08
OnibbiogdoddeaariiiSp • 848 80
•19,495.88
, . SecHon 141,
Contaioi 81 chaipis ; is located over a gen^y ^loping sarfaooi \9Uh
suitahtefxitti^abovQthigh wstleF mark, and passes ibroUgh ib#
improvennents and near the' house of Mr. Bunnell, and termioatofi
M tlie oQiih hank/#f»a} small brook i timber is wUta and yeHoW
onkv.foit is »>andy toansi i ]| wilt rofuure
88,490 jeubic yds pf escavalkm^at 13 Ats fex ywrd^ .$^96 40
7,191 *" embankment, at 10 cents, 719 70
One qalvert of 8 feet span, 592 perches, at $i 5Q, 2,^04 00
Que 'ftirm bridge, ,424 00
Onedimio, 62 00
Grubbing and clearing, 624 00
88,390 10
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GonlaidsSl^obains.^ The first half of this section is located on tha
fiist lable tand abovie high water, at ttie foot of a ridge on gnoMnd
nostlyfrom one to three feet below the level, where out one bank
wM be t^quiied The remabing half is oo the slope of b%h bififf
biekt ii*Mch rises from iweniy to ninety feet above the levels wiMi
«alo^ from one to two feet base to one foot rise. Here it wilt
require the caoat to be set into the bank from (hirtyoone to fifty*
four feet The river^ slope will require, a brush slope- wajl pro*
tectioQ. The soil is saody loam and gravel. On the first half
of this seetioQ. it is proposed to drop a lock of eight feet- U iviU
require
9Sa08l ioob; yds. ef excavation, at 10 cts. per yd. 4^^2,303 18
18»758 "" embunknient, at 12 cts* 2,250 90
One lock of 8 ftet lift^ at 81»170 per foot lift, 9,360 00
Onekick'house, 450 00
QrubUog and cleariog, 435 00
#34,788 08
Section 143,
O op tains 81 chains. After the first twelve chains, which are on
the liV^ ifets, where but one bank will be required, it crosses a
lidgd of nine chains^ which will require from six to sixteen feet
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4itUto06 or tweDty^fasr ^dhiin*t The Aitt an: fr«>m Ifldta to
fbarteeo feel Mow the lenelr and t>ttly oqe baak wiH be accewa
tf. Tbt next fourteen chaint are on the brow of the (Muk above
tba ri^r, which rises from fourteen to tweoiy^wo feel above tbi
levels ^md will require the canal to be set into the bank* The ro^
sMue 0f tbe section bears to the right, leaving the river bank, has
suitable cuttir^, and termioales in an improved field south of the
village of Lyons. On this sectidn h is proposed to drop a lock of
ikieet The aoil is iandy losm aod gi<a«el f ^liae dhwrgai
frMn this section that iotetseetf the riWif at Lyoasi ii lAdH m^
Mrfre
Te,4M dub* yds. of ex<!ilvatioii» at U etK par yd^ fOv^M 90
65,807 '< embaakm«nl«st It ctsi^ )«896 M
OhclnekefeiaeiHft^attliMl aafttr footliR, a^we 00
One* lock-house, 450 00
06e-ftrrti bridge, 4M 00
Grubbing and clearing, Vtl #0
Section 144,
Contains 8 1 chains. This section crosses the flats sooth of Lyon's
hotel, and will require an embahkment froin one to three and one
halfife^t for a distane^ of twenty-<we chains, at vAikb diaiiMie
It Maches GraDd river near the bridge* Tbe ctossiog of ikO
A'^mt would require an aqueduct four hundred (bet in len^ ; the
bed of the river lies some filleen feecH>el4iw the levet. The rssi»
6fJM of the section passes through tn^ lower {Nirt of the vWageof
Lyorti, on the west side of thd river, and contiodsa-io saiiaMaiMSi
tlog at the foot of the rid^ on whioh the village is situdtei and
termiuati^s in timbered land' Timber is beeefa^ maple, oak, isai*
Ant, besswooiK cedar and tafmiracki On thia semio» it is propo*
sed t6 drop a lock of eight feet, and it int^rseets with tkeoortbefn
raiJDad route. It will require
f S,d7e duWc yds of excavation, at 11 eenfa per yard, Olv^W 70
09,711 '* ' embiinkmeiit, ai 18 earns, 5^102 48
One aqueduct of 2,$dO perches, al 04 5U| and 400 (bM
oftrunk, at09, 14,040 00
Ohe lock ( f 8 feet lift, at 01,170 per foot lift, 0,010 00
One lock house, 450 00
OM mad bridge. 700 00
One farm bridge, 424 00
Grubbing and clearing, 881 00
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Sccnon 1409
Containfl 81 chains; is located mostly through timbered land, at
the base of a ridge bordering on the south side of the valley of
Grand river, crosses Libhart's cre^k near the road leading down
the valley of the river to Ionia, and through improvements near
his barn ; timber is oak, elm and basswood ; soil, sandy loam and
f ravel; will require
1,326 cubic yds of excavation, at 10 cents per yard, 82,182 (5d
.8;932" ; •• embankment, at 11 cents, 982 62
Grrubbing and clearing, 408 00
»3,528 1?
Sectim 146,
Contains 81 chains ; continues over gradually sloping grounds
near the foot of the ridge inclining to the north, with suitable cut-
ting, for the first 56 chains ; it then passes over a pine ridge with
eight feet of cutting, to the end of the section. The timber is beech*
maple, ash, elm and pine. This section crosses two small spring
brooks which will be taken into the canal. It will require
48,642 cubic yds of excavation at 13 cents per yard, 96,323 46
3,693 *' embankment, at 12 cents, 443 16
Qqe farm bridge, 424 00
prubbing aqd clearing, 64S 00
•7,838 62
Section 147,
Contains 81 chains; has a good location with suitable cutting on
the first table land above high water. The surface is gently in-
clining to the river, and covered with a heavy growth of beech,
maple, elm, ash and basswood timber. The soil is a rich vege-
table mouldy sandy loam and gravel. It will require
25,198 cub. yds. of excavation, at 11 cts. per yard, #2,771 78
6,393 « embankment, at 12 cts. per yard, 767 16
One culvert of 3 feet chord, 110 perches, at $4 50, 495 00
6rubbing and clearing, 648 00
•4,681 94
Section 148,
Contains 81 chains, and passes ovei* ground similar to the last
section, and crosses a brook where an aqueduct twenty feet in
length will be required. Previous to crossing the brook, it is pro-
posed* to drop a lock of eight feet Timber and soil are the same
as last section, with the addition of some oak. The section ter-
minates m Ionia road at the foot of a high bluff. It will require
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90,433 cub. yds. of excaTatkinu at 1 1 cts. per yard, #3»d47 68
11,649 /* embankmeot, at 12 eta. per yard, 1,421 88
One aqueduct, 264 perches, at 94 25, and 20 feet of
trunk, at $7 50, 1,272 00
One lock of a feet lift, at $1,110 per fool Gft, »,300 00
One lock^house, 450 00
One rbad bridge, 700 00
^Irubbjqg and clearing, 648 00
817,199 51
Section 149,
<Jodta!ns 60 chains ; continues on the bottom land at the foot of
the high bluffs for the first forty cbaios ; then bearing to the right
zh bluffs and taking a ridge bordering upon the out^
sn, forming p. bayou or basin at its junction with
At this point it is proposed to unite with the river
lock of ten feet. This would be a very safe point
can be easily protected from the high floods. The
It of intersection is twenty*five chains above the
sing place, to the village of Ionia. The timber i$
oak, elm, ash, butternut and basswood. Soil is
It will require
ds. of excavation, at 12 cts. per yard, #2,842 08
embankment, at 10 cts. per yard, l]d 70
feet lift, at #1,170 per foot lift, 11,700 00
e, 450 00
One road bridge, 700 00
Grubbing and clearing, i 438 00
816,248 78
Aggregate cost qf Cedar and Grand River Canal JRoute , with
the average per mile.
Cost of construction, #1,247,549 01
Contingencies, 54,000 00
.Total cost, #1,301^9 01
Average per mile, #16750 95
This aggregate amount, I think, can be reduced by chanj2;ing
the location of some of the locks, and varying some part ot the
line from the present estimated route ; but deeming it practicable,
I thought ii noLimportant, in this examination, to spend time for
a more feasible route. And was the route estimated, to be the
one ac^pted, the estimated cost of the work, (which is liberal and
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abundantly sufficient, with economy in its expenditure, to com-
plete the canal) is not a sum that should even excite the fears or
forbodings of the most sceptical in relation to the policy of inter-
nal improvements, as an objection to the state's assuming the re-
sponsibility of the construction of this work. It is not a work of
minor importance to the interest of Michigan, iK)r40,tl9q interests
and future prosperity of the richest, (by nature,) and most impor-
tant district in the state. It is a work 6t ^bich there is no doubt,
fri niy opinion, Chat would pay not only the interest of the money
on the capital invested, but a revenue into the treasury of the
state. ltd fiirAibg lands are rich beyond description ; its mineral
wealth untold; its chmate serene and delightful, in a latitude
where health might be considered the prevailing epidemic ; anc|
situaleii in the centre of the state, connected with a machine driv-
ing power ih its water courses of immense wealth, atidt as shua*
ted, perhaps unparalleled in extent— connecting, (it well might be
Mnd, as the time is not (elt distant when it will be trCily appfiea*^
ble,) with the Mediterranean of the west by the broad and ma-
jestic Nile of Mich^n; And when the contemptoted improve^
ments from this placid inland sea shaU reach the rich minmg re-
S'ons of the &r west, bordering upon the great valley of the fa-
ers of rivers, and its waters connected by the Illinois c^nal with
the cotton and sugar growing states of the far*stratching south,
with a line of communication froai its southeastern border, ex-
tendipe across the state of Indiana to the great and risipg.ciVy.of
the valley ; and our own no less splendid than wisely adopted
system of internal improvement shall be completeiX intersecting
hier points of deposite by four independent linet of communication
across our state from her eastern navigable waters^ and the con-
nection, (by St Marie's canal,) with that mighty stretch of out-
spreading waters to the fa^olad regioos of the north — its shores
may be considered the deposite cf the rich products pf the y^si
extended regions of the hdi growing west, as well as its bosom
the radiating point for the untold millions of commerce which will
at no distant period float upon her mirror surface and crowd her
busy ports.
All of which is dofamitted with the fullest confidence in the ju-
dicious policy of oar system of internal improvemfsnt, and with
much respect
JARVIS HURD, OMJSr^^i^
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Table of Altitude above Lake St. Clair.
LIVINGSTON CODNTV.
TowDf A Ningef.
Names of places.
^
1
P$
i
1
PQ
1
1
1
T,8N.ofR4.E.
Oak ride,
IVnaradL swamp
335
880
T.aN.of ».3R
Coalcredi,
Creek,
311
808
885
Tt8N.ofIl.8Ji.
Bigmayah,*
Cedar river.
Camp creek,
898
311
995
908
T,4N,ofR.jE.
Kentcfeek,
Dimier creek,
EiUoacr«ek,
965
275
870
857
869
Beech creek,
961
1
INGHAM COUNTY.
t.4N.0fB.lE,
Beech,
Bliifi;t
Graad river,
Pardee's creek,
Pine lake,
Creek t
Ridge,l|
BlnS;^
ftro
937
969
869
864
800
307
980
CLINTON OOUNTY.
t.5N.ofR.2W.
Plrairie creek,
Rid«s,
Creek,
McKetizie*s oredi
T.5N.ofR.3W.
DeWitt,
CrtA,
FergQaoB*s ofsMr,
Utk7*s creek.
Look in^ass river,
BUplacredL
Cherry creek,
Bluff,**
Poplar creek.
940
909
907
989
978
nit of Marsh,
tbn the Cedar river.
tO^mlet of Pine lake. . ^ «_. . u
UD^iding ridge between Cedar nver and Praina cfaek.
VOn Grand river.
tAtthevillMeofDewitt.
**On the Lookii^laii river opfxiaite Uvff.
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869
Tomm&BMDgm,
Names of pUuMM.
1
1
1
1
i
1
1
1
T.5N.ofR.3W.
HiU'i creek,
Creek,
Clear creek.
Creek of the yal'y,
Creek,
Grove creek,
u
250
222
216
214
212
207
210
T.5N.ofR.4W.
M
it
Creek,
Eddy'i creek.
209
202
811
189
lOJ
^OACOUN'
TY.
T. 5 N. of R, 5 W. LookingkM,
196
MiUrace.*
136
BlufT.t
183
Portland,
lae
Grand river,
113
T.6N.ofR.5W.
Ridged
ti
140
128
216
T.7N.ofR.5W.
Grand river,
Bluff,!!
Lyons,
Grand river,
94
84
72
170
T.7N.ofR.6W
Lebharts creek.
Creek,
u
Grand river,^
64
72
78
65
•At the villaffe of Portland.
tOn the Lookinglass river.
Summit between Lpokinglnss river and Goom oreak.
UOn Grand river.
%AX the tannination of tha canal nrate.
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5
1
t
1
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2
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PortaKgeblnT.
,
2
LoeklMmw
900
$4188ii62
1
Loekkow*
450
16384 SS
^
2
LoekbOM*
900
27982 40
-
2
LoekkMw
900
S1042 1»
—
85250
•118191 63
#450
•18063 79
450
17284 58
10941 80
8034 49
6794 38
450
88471 27
18544 88
91194 84
450
39881 24
1800
•248660 22
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CEDAR BRANCH ROUTU
lamfficTma qband spnim at thb movth or MiCort^ cjumu
iSsdton 100,
OoQtaiiyi 91 chains. This section crosses a ridge which will re«
Quire from nine to fourteen feet cutting a distance of twelve chains i
ttie residue of the section isnlestly soilable cutting, bordering on
aswaap md a iMrsb,Md has an undulfeitilig sum^. Tbaikiw
bar if while oak and poplar; soily tnindy Umm* On tkaisectioo
b is propased to drop a lock ^ 8 feel } and oo this sacliaB Iha
Lookinglass route diverges. It has
46,90& cub, yds. of excav4tionf at 13cts. per yard, •6,007 M
10,678 «* embankment, at IS cts., 1,388 14
Uaabek of 8 feet Kft» at»U70 par fool liftt 9,360 06
Onefeck-house, 460 60
Grubbmg and clearing, 768 00
918,66^ 79
Section 101,
Contains 81 chains; has a rolling surface, bordering upon a
S«vaaip^ and termtDatas at the Indito trail leadiog from Qeof»o«
viitege OB the>Cedar to the mouih of Prairie crecuc, at 1). ScoU^
06 the Lookinglass river, in Cliatoncou{^\^ Timber, oaks beeoh#
maple, elm» poplar, cherry and baaswoad ; soil, mostly aaady
k)eQi. Qo this section it is proposed to drop.a look of S ieet« U
will require
34,605 cuK yds. of excavation, at 12 cts* per yard* #3,940 60
26,879 ** embankment, at 12 eta. per yard, 3,105 48
Oae lock 8 feet lift, at 61,170 per foot lift, 9,360 m
One lock-house, 450 00
One culvert of 4 feet span, 125 perches, at $4 50, 562 50
Grubbing and clearing, 816 00
•17,234 58
Section 102,
Contains 81 chains. The first six chains cross a ridge, which
will require from fourteen to twenty-three feet cutting ; it then
crosses the valley of Purdy's creek» which lies thirteen feet below
the level, and will require a culvert of 10 feet span of arch ; the
residue of the section has from two and a half to six feet cutting.
Timber and soil are the same as the last section. It will je-
quire
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48,965 cub. yds. of excavation, at 12 cts. per yard, $6fi7S 80
8,975 •* embankment, at 10 cts., 897 50
One culvert of 10 itfel^cb^r^ ^p9 j^cl^ at t4 50
per perch, 2,604 00
Otaie^iioed bridge, . - • , - ' r 700 00
Grubbing and clearing, 804 00
•10,MI M
Baotim^lOBr
OeMrio* 81 chains; . It has from two vari a iialf td«x faef eal-
ting for the first twentjt-fodr chaiotf ; then paMea over -low ground
» diacance of thirty-nine cbakis^ crossing Leaf creek, vrMch Kea
four feet below the level ; the residue crosses a ridge which has
ivom'i^ight to thhrteen ibet cuttingw Timber and soil as last de-
^ihed. It has
45,959 cub. yds. of excavation^ alt I'd Vtts., per yard, tdtdOS 00
'%961 '' embankment, at 10 cts., 706 W
Okie culvert of 4 feet chord, 125 perches, at #4 50, 562 SO
Ombbii^ and clearing, 840 GO
08,034 49
Section 104,
Oontalfi^ 81 chains; has Mailable cuttim for the first thirty^ihc
chains; it then crosses a ridge of' nine chains in dhtailoe, wbieh
will require « cut from i^me to twelve feet. The residue of the
section, though some broken, has a good location at the foot of a
ridge, and rising ground on the rigln* Near the terminatioo of
this section a line was run down and intersected with the Cedar
^iver at the north bend ; bntthe stream below is so very crooked
and the banks beirtg subject to inundation, would render this in-
fersectioh unadvisable. The timber Is beech, maple, white and
yellow-oak, ash, elm and basswood ; soil, sandy loam and gravel.
Has
40,744 cubic yards of excavation, at 12 cts. per yd. 04,880 26
10,751 *• embankment, at 10 cts. per yd. 1,075 10
OHe drain, 62 00
Grubbing and clearings 768 00
$6,794 88
Section 105,
C6ntains 81 chains; continues near the foot of a ridge, firteen
chahas, with suitable cutting ; at this point it crosses Grand river
road, and it is proposed here to lock aown eight feet into an ex-
tensive swamp, extending north and south, which lies from four
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to sit kei belcm the levd. The lln6 crbafl^ a Mnall stream hi
Ais swamp which will require a cnffert of eight feet span of arch.