The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
Notice OF Petition to Appropriate
Lands.
Territory of Washington, ..
County OF Skumanja.


County OF Skamania.
In Justice Court of Cascade Precinct, Jos
eph Goodhart, Justice
To the Oregon Railway Sc Navigation Com
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 9th 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 a 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 before me at my office
at the lower Cascades in said County Of Ska
mania, on
Friday. the roth 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-
scribed as parts or portions of the Donation
Land Claims of Daniel +. Bradford and wife
and of Francis \. Chcnoweth and wife, CON-
mencing at point Mt low water line Of the
Columbia river, distant eight hundred feet In
a westerly direction from the south eastern
running thence in an eastcrly direction along
said low water line TO point where IT is 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 point distant
one hundred feet northwest OF place oil be-
ginning; thence south east one hundred feet
TO place Of beginning all being in Section IA,
Town north, Range east. Also commenc-
ing where high water line OF Columbia river
intersccts 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 $40
feet; thence north 81 deg 80 min. east l1OO
feet; thence north deg east $50 feet; thence
north 81 deg. west $50 feet; thence north 10
deg. west $40 feet thcnce north % deg. west
$50 feet to post marked X, placed on the
north eastern end OF the uppermost OF two
small islands al the head Of the Cascades; .
tract of land 40 feet in width along the above
described lines wiz: 20 feet on each side OF
the lines); also commencing at point dis
tant 100 feet in direction Of north 70 deg.
east from the post marked above referred
to and running south Is deg. east $50 feet;
thence south 20 deg. west $50 feet; thence
north - deg. west GOO feet; thence north 10
deg. east $50 feet; thence south 10 deg. east
100 feet to the place Of beginning.
1t being understood that whenever tho
land above described approaches SO nearly 70
the railroad now owned and used by the Cas-
cadc 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 It's use, then the cen.
ter line OF said 40 foot strip shall defect TO-
wards the Columbia river leaving and return
ing to the line specified by suitable curvcs.
And reference Is hereby made TO said petit
ton for more full and particular description
OF said lands and Of the uses for which the
same Is sought to 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
came Is aforesaid, to be determined and -.
sessed as by law provided.
JOSEPH GOODHART,
Justice Of the Peace In aud for
tho county u 6kamania.