The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-28
Notice Of Petition to Appropriate
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Territory of Washington, |,

Territory of Washington, l..
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 aud 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 "An Act
to Provide for the Formation Of Corpora
TONS" 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 beiere me at my office
at the lower Cascades in said County " Ska.
mania, on
Friday. the 2Oth day OF May, A. ID. 1881.
At one o'clock in the afternoon Of said day.
The premises therein sought to be apprOpri-
| atcd are more particularly bounded and de-
scribed AS parts or portions Of the Donation
Land Claims of Daniel +. Bradford and wife
ana OF Francis \. Chenowcfh and wife, COM
mencing at point at low water line Of the
Columbia river, distant eight hundred feet In
| Il 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 a point where Il 10 10.
tersectcd 10y 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 OF 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
intersects the eastern boundary Of the above
described tract OF land and running north
IL degrees east $50 feet; thence north 80 deg.
| 80 mln. east 300 feet, thence north 40 degrees
east 1900 feet thence north 10 deg. east 700
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 90 feet; thence north - deg. west
$50 feet to post marked X, placed on the
| northeastern end Of the uppermost OF two
| small islands at the head OF the Cascades; Q
tract Of land ~ feet In width along the above
described lines wiz: 20 feet on each aide Of
the lincs) also commencing ut point die.
tant 100 feet In direction u north 20 deg.
east from the post marked X above referred
10 and running south 45 deg. east 40 feet;
thence south ~ deg west $50 feet; thence
north - deg. west go feet; thence north 20
deg. east $50 feet; thence south - deg. east
10 feet TO the place Of beginning.
It being understood that whenever the
land above described approaches so 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 sald
presept railroad track Of said Cascade Rail.
road Company or with Its use, then the cen.
ter line OF said 10 foot strip shall defect u
wards the Columbia river leaving and return.
Ing to the line specified BY suitable curves.
| And reference Is hereby made 70 said petl.
ton for more full and particular description
Of said lands and Of the uses for which the
same Is sought Ia be appropriated.
| The object u said petition Il 10 cause ~
damages which the owners Of said lands Vim
sustain by reason Of the appropsiatioa q ~
came ~ aforesaid. To be determined anA ~
sessed 10 BY law provided
| JOSEPH GOODHART.
Justicc Of the Pusce In an6' ~
0e county q okomanaA