The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-29

EDITo1 ISTxLLIoExcER As you
have recently published the decision OF
Hon. Seer tary Schurz. 10 ths matter
of the Town Site Of Seattle vs. Valen-
tine ct a.; s'so the q. s. Statute Law in
reference to "Town Sites" and as this
matter is soon to core before the CON-
mon Council and ths tax payer Of the
city of Seattle. under . requirement OF
the Register and Receiver Of the Land
Office at Olympia as per notice duly
Published in the ISTELL1GEScER. per-
NIT me to institute the inquiry, what
will the City Of Seattle gain" BY de-
6ning the corporate limits of the city
80 a 10 include the east half Of what is
known - the Maynard donation claim !
II will be remembered tba. in the de-
cision above referred to, the Hon.
Secretary sustained the decision Of the
Register and Receiver by rejecting the
application OF the city Of Seattle to en-
ter the lands in question under sections
1887, 1858 and 1883, of the Revised
Statutes. Section 1853 here referred
to. fxes the basis upon which . town
may enter lands ss provided in sections
1851 add 1883. 10 be one hundred and
less tasn two hundred inhabitunts for
500 acres. The evidence, - stated by
the Secretary. shows that 1t the date
OF the spplicatioo Of the city to euter
said lands, there were not to exceed
ak persons realizing upon the lands sp-
piled fos, and that it Was for . want Of
the requisite number Of inhabitants
that the application Of the city va. re
jecsed. IL will be seen from this de.
cs.ion that there must DO at least one
hundred bona Gds settlers, with houses
and improvements upon these lands.
before the city Can derive sny benefit
from the sale Ut the same Be it re.
n,embsred (see the decision II Sec.
ochurz sbove referred to) that i. Was
On the z2d Of May, 1875. that the city
# Sesttts made application to enter
these lands. As tins was nearly five
y.ars ago. it may not be Improper to
here sugge,t to the Common Council
aud the tax payers interested. that they
Ascertain the Increase o: sesilsmen, upon
these lands since that date, - . basis
upon which 81 determine how long 1t
siii be before the CITY eau possibly
derive any benefit from these lands.
should they extend the corporate
limits Of the city over them. I am in.
formed that there are now less than six
bona tide settlers upon these lands. b
there six. or be there tea. there mus,
BE- some reason why there has not been
. greater increass of settlement upon
these lands during the last five years,
and l understand that this reason Is
because LYDIA A Maynard aud her 40.
socrates hold . cloud over the title to
said lands, which they propose to test
as som as patent issues for the same.
or any portion thereof. THIS being the
case submit the question to the Com.
mon Council and the tax payers Of Sc
attic whether they would not be the
gamers TO allow the application OF
Charles N By water TO 60 to patent.
and have this matter tested and settled
At once. II Mr Bywater should be
successful in contesting his rights
against these claimants. then these
lands would Immediately come into
market. DO settled upon and improved
aud tho city could extend its boun.
daries over them with profit Ths
same result would follow. il the May,
nard claimants we're successful. while
should tbess lands DO included within
the corporste limits Of the city If Sc
attic on the gath of March next. it ap.
pears to me that it viii be many year.
before the city will derive any revenu.
FROM them. Very respectfully,
n. s. BCoru.
Seattle, Jan. 2Sth, 1850.