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have to remain 100 feet from a platted grave all forestation surrounding the cemetery <br />would be removed. Additionally, the c. 1860 White Family homestead is a few hundred <br />feet to the east and would be removed under the east side option along with two other c. <br />1860 farmsteads immediately south on Maple Road. Please review our enclosed <br />photographs showing the White Family Cemetery area. <br />2) The two alternate routes we object to also would remove a c.1910 farmstead with a very <br />fine barn on East 111 Road and two or three other c.1900 farmsteads on East V Road with <br />supporting outbuildings. Again, if the alternate route that follows the old Vandalia <br />Railroad is chosen, it would miss the farmsteads mentioned above. Please see the <br />enclosed photograph showing the farmstead on East 1B Road. <br />3) The two alternate routes we object to would also have greater disruption to the rural <br />character of eastern North Township, Marshall County. It would have the resulting affect <br />of removing more farmland and farmsteads from production. Should the Vandalia Line <br />alternate be followed, it would place new construction nearer to the current U.S. 31 and <br />new growth would occur in a smaller area between the existing and new routes. <br />For the above reasons we would ask that you remove Alternate G and combined Alternate C, E, <br />G, and G -C as they, are proposed in North Township, Marshall County and only consider <br />Alternate C, E, F as it follows the old Vandalia Railroad line. If it becomes necessary to <br />construct Alternate Route G, Alternate G, G -C; or Alternate C, E as it passes through St. Joseph <br />County it would be rather simple to construct a link from the alternate route that follows the <br />Vandalia Line to these other alternates south of the St. Joe/Marshall County line. <br />Thank you for your consideration of our request. I would appreciate being notified of additional <br />changes to the proposed routes and a response to our concerns. <br />Sincerely, <br />Kurt West Garner <br />cc: Mrs. Linda Rippy, Marshall County Historian <br />Mr. Kevin Overmyer, President, Marshall County Board of Commissioners <br />Mr. Todd Zieger, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana <br />Ms. Karie Brudis, DNR-DHPA <br />Mr. Rick Jones, DNR-DHPA <br />Mr. Steve Sperry, Indiana Dept. of Transportation <br />Mr. Jamile Smith, Indiana Dept. of Transportation -Laporte District <br />Mr. Carl Camacho, Bernardin Lochmueller & Assoc. <br />Mr., David Isely, Bernardin Lochmueller & Assoc. <br />Ms. Linda Weintraut,' Weintraut & Assoc. <br />Mr. Jeff Plunkett, Landmark Archaeological and Environmental Services <br />