The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-12
Notice Of Petition 10 Appropriate
Lands.


County of Skamania.
In Justice Court Of Cascade Precinct, joe
cph GOudhart, Justice.
To the Oregon Railway Il Navigation CON-
pany and to the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company:
You and each OF you are hereby notified
that the Portage Railway Company has herein
on the oh day Of April, a. ID. 1881, under the
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, 1873, 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 Skamania 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 bei-rc me Mt my office
ut the lower Cascades in said County Of Ska.
mania, on
Friday. the goth dny Of May, A. d. 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-
scribed as parts or portions of the Donation
Land Claims OF Daniel +. Bradford and wife
and OF Francis \. Chenoweth and wife, CON-
mencing at II point Mt low water line Of the
Columbia river, distant eight hundred feet In
n westerly direction from the south. eastern
running thence in an easterly direction along
said low water line to point where 1t is In
tersected by the eastern boundary Of said claim
continued 70 low water line; thence north
westerly following said eastern boundary
line one hundred feet thence westerly and
following high water line to point distant
one hundred feet north west Of place Of be-
ginning; thence south east one hundred feet
to place Of beginning, all being In Section II,
Town north, Range east. Also commenc
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 80 deg.
3O.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 deg. east $50 feet; thence
north 81 deg. west $50 feet; thence north 10
deg. west $40 feet; thence north . 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; .
tract of land 40 feet IN width along the above
described lines wiz: 20 feet on each aide OF
the lihes); also commencing at q point dis
tant 100 feet In y direction Of north 70 deg.
east from the posi- marked X above referred
to and running south As deg. east 40 feet:
thence south 20 deg. west $50 feet; thence
north 45 deg. west 600 feet; thence north -
deg. east $50 feet thence south IS deg. east
40 feet to the place Of beginning.
1t being understood that whenever the
| land above described approaches SO nearly 70
the railroad now owned aud used by the Cas-.
cade Railroad Company that the railroad
Of said Portage Railway Company could not
be laid thereon without interfering with ssid
present railroad track OF said Cascade Rail.
road Company or with It's use, then the cen.
ter line Of said 40 foot "trip shall defect %.
wards the Columbia river leaving and return.
ing to the line specified by suitable curves,
And reference Is hereby made TO said peti.
ton for more full and particular description
OF said lands and Of the uses for which the
same Is sought u be appropriated.
The object Of said petition is to cause the
damages which the owners Of said lands will
sustain BY reason Of the appropriation OF the
same a. aforesaid, TO be determined and -.
sessed as by law provided.
JOSEPH GOODHART,
Justice Of the Peace In and for
the county a ekanAnlA