The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-13
TACOMA TIDE LANDS.
Plat Filed Of the Part Lying in
King County.
LARGE LOTS AND WIDE STREETS.


Tacoma Tide Lands" IL the brief
but expressive title given by the board
az APPRAISERS 10 the 7ss acres ct toe
and shore Iqnds IN King county szaas
He IN front OF and within tgo miles OF
ssye oily sf Tacoma. and tfaf come
within tise Jurisdiction Of Fred W. Spar
gsr,x. Thomas w. Prescsia ard ID. a. Nc
Kessz!e, composing the King county
board These gentlemen fled fnfsr
books OF gslass and appraisen1sflfs VITA
the st4ate land COMMISSION and County
auditor yesterday. AZ directed py nav,
and the lands ara now for sale by the
state. The upland owners wild have SIX
~ tlays in which 10 make applicafs1s
fyr fhssr lands at the appraised value.
failing IN making which appilkza tHsf,
the lands win be open TO the general
public.
The pIata OF these lands are drawn
ulrysa the scale OF 100 feet 40 the incn.
ard are large enough therefore 10 con-
4aan an Information concerning taesn-
The lines Of the United States survey
have been extended across them. while
TIE surveys OF she state are indicated
IN i,sntf1nasable ways. The pGats nafTfl-
1,er sixteen. The first twelve blocks or
tracts are those Ia the vicinity OF
Browns Jsc1Hs and oFs the north side
OF the bay. opposite the city. The tide
lands there were but n isslfypw border
OF about 100 feet in width. This strip
was nssI Lad out ia his. but was left
n tracts corresponding IN frontage
WITH the upland subdivisions a few
other tracts, owing TO their l1Tesularity
Of shape ard the ingoasfbiiity OF their
dssiss0n into lots, were similarly piatted.
The greater part Of the tide lands were
laid out In gsreets. los and blocks as
nearly Systematic and uniform a. pos
aIbIe. The north and south streets are
ssaanrd South Seventh. South Eleventh
and South Fifteenth. and are continue
TORS OF streets 81 similar hume IN Ta-
coma Easyi IL ZOE ttef In width. Rail
rvxsi avenue Is zoo feet wide, and its
c2asrse is Tsgsh and south also. 1t
Yars1irsa the hAars,cr area of the state
nj a Distance OF 200 feet. This avenue
and these streets ARE mile hyng.
There are gissae cast and west streets.
which have Indian names. each about
a msa i1ng. extending from deep water
10 the government meander line ard
Intended 10 he continued over the lands
Of tho Pssssllgup Indians. as they from
sinse Ia time s4lay ire plated The first
III ss5tkian avenue. iso feet wide. half
.n King cnuzyt3' and half In Pierce.
Estkum being the Chinook word for
half. The next thofougilfarv is 40 feet
wide. a width desired by the Indians
OWNING the adjacent upsands, and which
WIS called payallup boulevard in honor
of them and their hoasne II Is said TO
be their 3sssentixah to park this nnagnitl-
cent tlloroughfaro fn- eight mics and
srseke Il one of the slsited streets af the
civilized world Seven other streets to
the nnsh 81 the boulevard and parul-
les thereto are each 100 feet wide. They
aE,a called ayenueu, Tt was thought aa,-
rfoPasste gnd harmonious TO give them
the names Of rivers I'm the state. The
one nearest Tacoma is txtliesi Skagat.
the next SnohFantsh. the third Mes
aaaEy. the foarth Caleha,is. the nth
NfliaIsi. tho sixth Cowlitz and the sey-
eiaRf klAasna. The blocks are OF differ
ent lengths but generally logg One
water front hin~k has a length OF eos
feet. one Of 500 feet. enc of 900 feet and
FIVE If go feet, The anterdos, blocks
wherever possible. ssavt a uniform,
ieng.th o. 1913 feet. Where the rule has
been sieviatesi frxrn the blocks are
sengeT, A uniform width Of .so feet
Nss adopted for the blocks. and was do
parted fisSsa rgiiy where absolutely ny&,-
sesssary. The lots generally are 100 feet
wide and $50 fest long. Sons, iots are
longer stnd soma shorter. as the n,s,es-
stiles ~ the situation required, and as
Is ssfsa1-kably the Case in rsattsng sn
large ami Irregular a tract. The length
width and AREA OF every ha appears on
Tho plat
The appraisements az the Tacoma tile
iaf1sis range from ses per acre un tha
whole tfNrt being valued bv fha tsrsar.,
e. SsSssa. am average Of sise per acre
The surveys were unSier the direction
81 ~. sttxEHid, the weii-known civil en-
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