The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-01
THE MARKET
frk Yesler's Tract to Be
eold to Pay the Debts.
80 or rne LATE JOHN CRAIG.


- "a OF property OF the estate
<sn Il Tester. deceased, has be-
Z-~esunry, and yesterday James d.
49, administrator filed q petition
- Gect in the probate In
The petition the administrator
~se that the total amount OF the
2.s 1xszfe which has come into his
trcaudine twenty-five shares Of
z&zl e $500. all OF which has long
ES-Sn exhausted. The sole real es-
s-nn1x 10 81, 40, and 1t 10 now
Skexed by comfy taxes Up to date
Ss1 susount of taxes paid by the adj
Ss.for e se.os4-2s, and the total debt
.5s~e ,sfate. Including further expenses
illustration, amounts to Ss2.s94.z3.
&<,f fhix the administrator will have
man the cofasummatioa and con-
zz%.1seuof sales recently made. the sum
mx and therefore a deficiency will
SZ.f ? aO.ess@. In view of fhis fact,
"a eenisered necessary to sell q fur
1rsttea Of Sarah Il. yesier's dona-
Shtm
dpmsion claim. which lies entirely
800 fhe corporate limits OF the city.
sely ufplafted. although the streets
- y. and TO q slight extent 10, the
SfnL In otder to make a good sale.
- rattle far prices the administrator
- ii Is advisable that the sales be
80 q such 4 manner as to give pur-
kSsnss aecses oy streets to the land pur-
aSd. and inssmnch as the admins
fzk1r Aas no powex to dedicate streets
= n - Of the public II is deemed best
M ~ tracts sold should be dimen-
rned 90 that zach tract will contain
r3thfu 1t o half of what would be
6krflinx streets In case the streets r
6<iensed. With this end In view he has
eo=DDd : surveyor to map out eighty-six
h1cfs. averaging In size two fair-sized
tfsy III, numbered from q to liz. From
II mie, II ordered by the court. the adj
n6ni6svxfor expects to pay of the debts.
s&aAalaee and membranes.
Ts<s1rfise these tracts for sale by
netm AAd bounds would involve great
6ntlsy snd expense. which would be dis
reoDoTtfonate to the amount to be real
hi. and with q view OF avoiding hat
sxpense the administrator has prepared
map Of the donation claim, showing
Mck Of the tracts and all the t~wenty-six
mruels previously sold, indicating the
e1sst location Of each with reference to
tfeeent streets supposed to be extended.
ptm to the hearing Of the petition he
~ Ale this map for record with the
county auditor, under the title of "A
~ u . portion OF the Sarah b. Yesler
6eaation claim" The administrator asks
III tAe map be taken formal notice OF
W te court. In order that sales may
hNlly be made by reference thereto.
- asks for an order directing the sale
y ais place. and also for the appoint
nens Of . guardian al Item to protect
~ Interest or minor heirs.
1ks Sarah B. Ycsler donation claim Is
~ east ons~half OF the II. L. Yesler
aonafson claim. and Is bounded on the
tcrth by = Enc 10 feet north OF the
eeuter line Of Willow street, on the east
" Rainier street, on the south by q
H. 10 feet south of the south line Of
IteieF avenue, and on the west by Lewis
stzsek- The tracts to be sold. according
70 the map accompanying the petition,
som : continuous row along the inside
sdfs Of the donation claim. The petition
tseludes q description OF each of the
e$hiy-slx tracts. and covers eighty type
written pages,