The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-01
TIDE LAND CONTESTS.
Land Commissioners Begin Hear
ing at Ballard.
SHORE OWNERS VS.. ImPRoveRs.
First of n Series OF Conflicting Claims
TO Purcha<es-Nany other Con-
tests 10 Follow.

The board OF state Land commission
ers, consisting OF EraStus BraIuerd. =
J. Chadwick and ". 4 Forrest commits
sioner OF public lands ana ex-offscso
chairman. spent the day al Ballard yes
tersiay hearing contssfiag applications
20 purchase tide lands in Salmon hay.
The commissioners Sit as a board OF ap-
pealx. Whenever there is a conflict IN
the applications 10 purchase the tide
lands the board passes on the Law and
equity OF the case. Thus far eleven con-
tests have been filed from Salmon bay
and these Will all ee heard by the board.
Yesterday morning the ease Of the
West Coast Improvement Company vs..
Alfred G.. Pstes was being heard IN the
council chambers at Ballard and Seattle
lawyers were well represented eighteen
from this city being IN attendance The
West Coast Improvement Company al
leges that the lands in the harbor which
Patss desires 10 purchase had no valu-
able improvements upon them prior to
March ~. 1856; thar the Improvements
thereon at the present time were made
subsequent 20 that date and consist OF
a row OF piles and a dwelling house.
Pates In his answer alleges that the har-
bor line had not been established In ac-
cordance with the law: that under the
law IL is mandatory that the lines should
be established along the waterways: that
the waterways were rot adequately es-
tablished. He also CONTENDS that the To-
cal tide land appraisers did not complete
the work OF plating the land In front
OF Ballard. having plated only 10 the
government uleander line instead OF the
high tide land. He also complains that
the appraisement OF the land il excess
i've He denies the allegation that he did
not have any valuable improvements on
the land prior to March 26, 1870. Certain
aspects OF the case have already been
litigated In the supreme court. but the
boarf VIII pass upon the other points
not touched by the ruling Of the court.
The other contests aled for applica-
ton to purchase tide lands in Seattle
harbor are as follows:
Fleming A. Ayerst Company VS.. Seattle
& Montana Railway.
West Coast Improvement Company ys.
Seattle 4 Montana Railway.
West Coast Improvement Company VS..
Fleming * Ayerst Company.
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Rail-
waS vs. Seattle & Northern Railway.
Fleming q Ayest Company and West
Coast Improvement Company.
a T.. Pretty vs.. o. j. Carr. trustee
1.-TWO casesi
Walker =. Sanderson VS.. Thomas Win
sor and Ida Winsor.
Seattle Cedar Lumber Company VS.. o.
]. Carr. trustee.
a. =.
The case OF the Lake Shore road VS..
Seattle Il Montana Railway, Fleming a.
Ayerst Company and the West Coast I'm
provement Company viii be heard this
afternoon at o'clock in the room of
the Chamber OF Commerce, In this city.
The case OF A. z. Pretty VS.. O. J. Carr.
trustee. will also be heard at the Cham
her OF Commerce this afternoon. The
case of Walker Z. Sanderson VS.. Thomas
Winsor and Ida Winsor Will be heard at
the Chamber OF Commerce tomorrow,
and also the case OF Seattle Cedar Lum-
Der Company vs. o. ]. Carr. srustee. The
dates for the hearing OF the other cases
have not yet been set.
During the hearing yesterday OF the
contest OF the West Coast Improvement
Company W. Alfred c. Pates the council
rooms at Ballard were crowded almost
TO suTocation by residents OF that place
and others who are interested In the con-