Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-15

Court, entered In The above entitled
cause on the 18th day of February, 1879,
whereby l, the undersigned, Master in
Oh ancery of said Court, was authorized
and directed to make. conduct and carry
out the sale of the property hereinafter
described.
Notice is hereby given that on
MONDAY, the TWELFTH DAY
OF MAY, 1879,
At the door of the Court House, in the
city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los
Angeles, in said district, l shall sell at
puulic auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash in gold coin of the United States, in
separate parcels, las hereinafter described
the following described property, or so
much thereof as shall be necessary TO pay
complainant the amount due under said
decree, with interest and costs and ac-
cruing costs, except the portions thereof
hereinafter particularly mentioned and
described, the said property being sltu-
ated in the county of Los Angeles, State
of California, district Aforesaid, and par
tcularly bounded and described as fol-
lews, TO wit:
Ffrst-All that piece Of land situated in
the county OF Los Angeles known and
describ ed in the public surveys of the
United states of America as the south
halt of the southwest quarter OF section
seventeen 10 in township two (2), south
range thirteen Q3), west san Bernardino
base and meridian, containing so acres.
more or less.
Second-Ali that tract ofland situated
in the county of Los Angeles known as
the Rancho Potrero Grande, bounded
and described in the patent for the same
issued by the United states Government
to Juan NJ. sanchez, dated July 10, 1859,
recorded in Book l of Patents, on page
and following, Records of the County OF
Los Angeles, TO which, and TO the survey
of the United States Surveyor-G General
and field notes therein contained, refer
ence is hereby made for more particu-
lar description thereof, saving and ex-
cepting from the operation OF said decree
so much thereof as is contained and de-
scribed in n certain deed made by Will
liam Workman to Margerita Workman
de Temple, dated October I'd, 1862; record
ed October Sd, 1852, in book s., page G3i,
Records OF Los Angeles county.
Third-All that tract of land situated
| in the county of Los Angeles, being a
portion OF the Rancho La Puente and be-
| ing that portion conveyed to William
Workman by John Rowland. Sr.. by a
deed of PARTITION dated June 23d, 1868, re-
corded June 25th, 1868, in book 10 of deeds,
pag9 80, Records Cf Los Angeles county,
saving and excepting therefrom all those
nortiSns thereof described and conveyed
| In and by the following deeds: First-A
| deed from William Workman to Marga-
| ret Workman de Temple, dated March
SIN, 1865, recorded March 5th ,.lS6S, in book
l
william Workman to Frederick Lam
bourn, dated September 10th, 1870, and
recorded Septemb ber 18th. 1870, in book Is
of deeds, page 459. Third-A deed from
William Workman and Peregrne Fitz-
hugh to e l. Beale and Robert S Baker,
dated April LIST, 1872, and recorded April
Cd. 1872, in book 20 of deeds, page g..
Fourth-A deed from William Workman
to Joseph w Work man, dated October
ilth, 1870, and recorded March 9th, 1873,
in book "a OF deeds, page 275. Fifth-A
decd from William Workman to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
dated August 20th 1878, and recorded No
vemb ber goth, 1873, in book 27 Of deeds,
pone l23. And sixth-A deed from Will
| liam Workman to the Southern Pacific
| Railroad Company dated April 8th, 1874,
| and recorded May 4th, 1874, in book % OF
deeds, III age 3l7, all in Records of Los An
geles county, which said tlact-after eX-
cepting the portions referred to in the
sin deeds last aforementioned is bound
| ed and described as follows: Beginning
| at q point in the centre of the old bed OF
the river San Gabriel on The south side
| of the road from Los Angeles to San Ber.
nardino, in an irregular mound OF rock
| from which q willow tree 7 inches in di-
ameter bears N 721a degrees W distant 9Sl
| links; thence according to the true me-
fidian (he magnetic variation being l3
deg 30 minutes easD along the exterior
boundary OF said Rancho La Puente, as
surveyed and patented by the United
states, as follows: n 81 deg r l3 chains Al
| links to willow 6 inches in diameter,
marked Sta. Q; thence N ll% degrees E 40
chains; thence n IA deg + 60 chains 10
station 4, to rock II inches long, inches
wide and inches thick; thence N rs deg
E 2iS chains to a sycamore "A inches in
diameter, about one chain south of the
road leading to San Bernardino and
marked station 8; thence along the parti-
tion line described in said deed of parti-
ton between William Workman and
John Rowland, ST, $ deg w 40 chains to
The northeast corner OF the 40 acre tract
of said frederick Lambourn; thence
along said tract N So deg w 20 chains; S
deg w 20 chains; and S Sc degrees E 20
chains back to said partition line; thence
along said partition line as follows: IS 4
deg w SO Chains 50 links to stake east
393 ch aims, to a stake in mound in ravine,
from which stake the northern one OF u
group of three sycamores on the southern
edge of gully or wash, all OF apout tnlr-
ty inches diameter, bears s. deg w dis
tant 4OI links, and the southern one of
said group bears S So deg w distant Ais
links; the middle one of said group not
being visible from the said stake; thence
over The San Jose Hills S % degrees Il los
chains and 50 links to the northeast cor
ner of the tract of land conveyed by Will
liam Workman and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to e s Beale and Robert $ Baker; thence
along the northern boundary line of said
Beale and Baker tract, rs fol-
Stake marked p Fitzhugh and William
Workman, on top of a large hill; thence
S SO deg w 20 chains and 80 links to a
stake in mound of stone marked p F1tz-
hugh and w Workman, close to small
arroyo; thence N G64 deg w % chains
and 80 links to big pile OF rocks on top
of hill, marked + & W W; thence 5
S734 deg w Is chains and eO links, to a
and pits, posted on summit OF nigh and
steep hill; thence S 59M deg w 40 chains
so links to big pile OF rocks marked on
the northern side w w and on the SOUTH
ern side Z 4; thence 81 deg w 20 chains
TO a stake marked z F d w w, on the
summit of high hill, with mound and
pits; thence Is deg W 40 chains 70 links
to n stake marked z Il d w W, with pits
in mound: thence "A deg W - chains
to a stake marked p Fitzhugh Il w Work.
man, on top of hill; thence 10 deg w
~ chains TO point in said partition line;
thence along said partition line as fol-
lows: n % deg w 20 chains to station IL,
at stump of five prongs of an elder tree
in the center of an arroyo, surrounded by
cactus patches; thence over the pla1n N
S4% degrees w llS chains TO n stake IN q
mound; thence S deg W no chalns o0
links to stake in mound at the 1901 OF
the western point of the San Jose Hills,
from which stake the house or Wliiiam ~,
Workman bears 591 deg " ana we
deg w; the chapel bears 5l DEG W tne
mill Of John Rowland bears deg II,
and his house bears S l9l2 deg w; thence
s a2% deg W as chains by links to the
northern end of the division fence be,
tween the enclosures OF Workman ana
Rnwland: thence along said fenee
i "a deg W chains 50 links to an offset In
fence on the south bank OF an arroyo
thence N 6S deg w % links TO corner oil oe
fence; thence S % deg w III chains 81
links to the center of san Jose creek
thence along the channel of said creek N
I% deg w chains; S 81 deg w chains;
N 4Oh deg w 2 chains so links; N 63 deg
W2ehains SO links; N IL deg w 2chains;
n 6t, deg w 3 chains; N rs deg w 2 chains
70 links; N So deg W chain so links; n
5IM deg w 8 chains % links to station W,
whence the southeast corner OF Work
w 2 chains SO links; N 81 deg w s chains
80 links; N 40 deg w 8 chains 30 links;
N as deg w chains so links; N 74M deg
w 5 chains, to station A in said creek,