The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-07
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


Now Rule ON Leases OF School Lands-
Contracts and Routine Matters.
The board OF county commissio ners held their
first meeting of the March session yesterday
and enough business had accumulated to keep
them busy for the whole day.
The first important business to be acted upon
by the board resulted in an order that in the
future all applications for leases of school lands
must be accompanied by IS to cover cost of adj
vertlsing in case no bid is made: that all appli-
cations shall be advertised for two consecutive
weeks in the official newspaper of the county,
an ! that the lease of the lands advertised shall
be sold at auction to the highest bidder at the
office of the county commissioners at 10 O'Clock
in the morning one month from the date
when the application 10 fled in the ofics
OF the county auditor. provided that il
such date shall fall on Sunday the
sale shall take place on the preceding Saturday:
ii none Of the commissioners are present on the
proposed day, the sale shall be postponed from
day to day until at least one OF the commits.
sioners shall be present. 1t was further ordered
that no more than 50 acres shall be included in
one application, and that no bid of less than SIG
per annum shall be considered.
A contract for repairing the hop ranch bridge
across the Snoqualmie was entered into with A.
T. Chaffey & Co upon the following terms: For
raising the span five feet six inches, lengthen.
ing the cylinders and filing them with con-
crete, $3.50; for raising approaches five feet six
inches, 6 cents per lineal foot; for building
necessary new approach, s.. 10 per lineal foot;
for furnishing new floor beams, IS EACH Ac-
cordinc to the terms Of the contract work must
be completed within thirty days from the ap.
prevail OF the bond. which was fixed at 5000.
Tine timber on section Is, township 70 north.
range east, and on section l6. township q
north, range 5 east, was ordered to be sold sep
arate from the land at public auction to the
highest bidder. on April ID. 1898.
School land leases Of the northwest quarter OF
the southeast quarter of section Sc. township 3
north, range east. and the southwest quarter
o. the southeast quarter OF section So, township
% north, range east. were granted to Robert
Bridges and Florence Van de Putt at rental OF
$4l and $l75 per annum respectively.
On petition of Justice Caldwell the salary OF
his clerk. E. C. Kriebe. was increased to s75 per
emonih.
Summit addition to Kirkland and part Of
Maple Leaf addition to Green Lake Circle were
vacated by the board.
A number OF tax petitions were acted upon,
and those of the Kirkland Land improvement
Company ttwo). were granted, "a were also
those of David Hart (three). Neis +. Larson, }.
N. Ogle, L. A. Thompson. Frank Paul. Plym-
outh Congregational church, l. W. Ballard, T.
j. White, Charles +. whittlesy. Ida McNstt
Those rejected were the Port Blakeley Mill Com
p8ny, William Elliott and S. Hunes.
William Cochrane. Patrick c. Hayes, John
Green and Andrew washburn filed notice OF
appeal 10 the superior cour; from the action OF
the board in the matter o. the ditch IN White
river valley psttioned for by Charles Sloan and
others. The appeal is taken from the order OF
the board determining that the ditch would be
convenient and practicable. also from the re-
fusal to make compensation for the land appro-
priated, and because compensation for damage
TO the land was not provided for. The notice
concludes with demand that the board tx the
amount OF the bond for the appellants. aud that
it certify the papers TO the superior court.
The above bond was subsequently fixed BY the
board in the sum of 81. COO