Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
Signers of petition: Henry Nissley, Henry H. Zug, J. Reist, John Hershey, Peter Summy, Peter Longenecker, Peter H. Gibble, Henry Reist, Henry Welch, John Hostetter, John H. Bassler, Joseph Reist.
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Signers of petition: Henry Becker, Samuel Widder, Moses Widder, Peter Buch, William Buch, Henry Hambright, Joseph Baker, Ephraim Bender, J. L. Stehman, Isaac L. Landis, Philip Kapp, John Kissel.
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Located at the forks of the roads leading from Maheim to Lancaster and from Petersburg to Lititz.
April term.
Signers of petition: J. E. Cross, John Long Sr., Christian Kromling, Jacob [Kerle], Abraham Kreiter, J. H. Spickler, Joseph Baker, Peter Longenecker, James Conrad, George Dutt, Henry Erb, Christian Dutt, [signature in German], [signature in German].
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Owned by Jacob Neavling, lately kept by Charles Stark.
April term.
Signers of petition: Charles Stark, David Bricker, John Ziegler, Augustus Hall, Jonas Bucher, Joseph Bucher, Levi Brubaker, Jacob Bamberger, Jonathan Kraatz, George B. Shober, William Buch, Ephraim Bender, Martin Hambright.
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Signers of petition: David Frey, Christian Longenecker, Joseph Bucher, Jonas Bucher, Jacob Bamberger, Rudy Souder, Solomon Kreiter, John Sahm, [signature in German], [signature in German], Christian Gable, Jacob Eberle, Jacob Conrad, Eduart Demmy, [signature in German], John M. Summy, John Shriner, Samuel Longenecker, Samuel Widder, Christian Burkholter, Samuel Hambright, Isaac Hollinger, George B. Shober, David Bricker, Augustus Hall, Simon Eichler, F. A. Zitzman, Levi Heidlebach, Simon Eichler, Daniel Kreider, Frederick Keller, [signature in German], [signature in German], Christopher Frey, William Frey, [signature in German], Jonas W. Bucher Jr., Leonard Mearkley Jr., Elias Eidner, Peter Brunner, Addison Stutenroth, Elias Bentz, [signature in German], Adam Sharp, George Carpenter, Edward Seibert, John Ingle, Adam Ingel, Daniel Doster, Lewis Demmy, George Fredrick, Isaac [Resslein], James Adaire, Peter Fieles, Daniel Adam, Samuel S. Bricker, David L. Eby, Samuel [McAllister], Henry Miller, W. A. Shelly, [unknown signature], Levi Hull, Jacob B. Tshudy, Jacob Geitner, John G. Keller, Benjamin Leed, John Reist, Isaac Witmayer, [signature in German], John Brian, John Zug, John Dutt, Samuel Souder, Christian Dutt, George Dutt, Jacob M. Ebele, George D. Conrad, George Weaver, Solomon Becker, Samuel Garber, John F. Hummer, Henry Baker, Robert Brighter, Philip Kupp, Ephraim Bender, William Buch, Peter Buch, Henry Hambright, Joseph Dohner, Henry Hess, Jacob Weitzel, Andrew Young, Martin Kreiter, Henry Diehm, Miles Carpenter, U. Carpenter, Henry [Bicker], Joseph Habecker, Henry Becker Jr., Levi Becker, [signature in German], Elias Becker, S. E. Keller, Benjamin Colden, Samuel Keller, Adam H. Hambright, Benjamin Clay, Jacob Diehm, David Habecker, Jacob [Johnson], Allen Forrest, James M. Bicking, William [Murkle], John Whitcraft, Christian Diehm, John K. Imhoff, Jacob Graeff, Peter Kissinger.
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