The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-05
Notice OF Petition 10 Appropriate
Lands.
Territory of Washington, J..
County of Skumnnia -

Territory of Washington,
County OF Skamania.
In Justice Court Of Cascade Precinct, JOS
eph Goodhart, Justice.
To the Oregon Railway Il Navigation Com.
pany and TO the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the e.. Portage Railway Company has herein
on the 9th day of April, a. ID. 1881, under tho
provisions OF Section one, of Chapter four Of
the Act Of the Legislative Assembly Of the
Territory Of Washington, entitled IAN Act
to Provide for the Formation OF Corpora
tions," approved Nov. 18th, 1878, duly filed its
petition to appropriate to its use for right
Of way for railroad and for other purposes
connected Herewith, certain lands In said
county of Skamana and Territory OF Wash
ington, in which you. are alleged to have or
claim some title or interest, which petition
will come on to be heard betere me ut my office
nj the lower Cascades in said County Of Ska
mania, on
Friday. the Goth day Of May, A. ID. 1881.
At one o'clock in the afternoon of said day
The premises therein sought to be apprOpri.
ated are more particularly bounded and de-
scrlbed as parts or portions of the Donation
Land Claims of Daniel f. Bradford and wife
and of Francis \. Chenoweth and wife, com.
mencing ut point at low water line OF the
Columbia river, distant eight hundred feet In
westerly direction from the south eastern
corner of the Chenoweth Donation Claim and
running thence in an easterly direction along
said low water line to point where II ID in
tersected by the eastern boundary Of said claim
continued to low water line; thence north
westerly following said eastern boundary
line one hundred feet; thence westerly and
following high water line to a point distant
one hundred feet north west Of place Of be.
ginning; thence southeast one hundred feet
| To place of beginning, all being In Section II,
'Harn. !. AI.,
ing where high water line Of Columbia river
intersects the eastern boundary Of the above
described tract OF land and running north
"a degrees east $50 feet; thence north 81 deg.
30 min. east 800 feet, thence north 40 degrees
east 1900 feet; thence north 10 deg. east 500
feet; thence north 81 deg. 30 min. east 100
| feet; thence north Z deg. east 5S0feet; thence
north 81 deg. west $50 feet; thence north 10
deg. west go feet; thence north q deg. west
$50 feet to post marked X, placed on the
| north eastern end OF the uppermost Of two
small islands at the head OF the Cascades; q
tract OF land 40 feet In width along the above
described lines (viz: 10 feet on each aide Of
| the lines); also commencing ut point die.
tant 100 feet In direction Uf north 20 deg.
| east from the post marked X above referred
to and running south 45 deg east 40 feet;
thence south - deg. west $50 feet; thence
north IS deg. west 800 feet; thence north 70
deg. east $50 feet; thence south IS deg east
l2O feet to the place OF beginning.
1t being understood that whenever the
land above described approaches 80 nearly 70
the railroad now owned and used by the Cas-:
cade Railroad Company that the railroad
| OF said Portage Railway Company could not
be laid thereon without interfering with said
present railroad track Of said Cascade Rail.
road Company or with Its use, then the con.
ter line OF said 40 foot strip shall defect 10.
ing to the line specified by suitable curves.
And reference Is hcrebv made tn aaid neN