The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-11
BIG TRIAL 70 BEGIN TODAY.
MORE LAND FOR CANAL PURPOSES
WIZ SOON EE CONDEMNED.
Proceedings Involving Tive Tson-
sand Pieces of Real Estate which
Iary Must Listen to and settle
M@Efrsy re- Appear as Counsel.

Tzs trial e he cazsaagy ga ssgn proceed
la<s so- ire land ineEaaed in tha r1ghr-cE-
wzv ss- tAe governments canal between
EzaotE bay and Lake Washington VII be-
gin lui4y n c,ze civil department. Of tbs
Superior eur. Al &C ire lard nat al
ready condemned Is lac1uc5ssi III. the silt
szrowa IS re County a. King VS.. AnnsSEs
:. aud 81 A. over 2.ege separate pieces
&C property are Involved n the s4ls, ard
when the proceedings are ended the Ell
tire rlgAs-1e-3ay VII De secured Cor the
government The trial was - have COM
raeEcRd yesterday. bGt was post Qoaed IN
account oE me Gon-&xrtval q an important
witness Ter sas county.
Tna act o congress approved August Is.
tSs4, whica authorized tRe government %
ezlarga ara improve tiie waterway con-
Meeting tze waters OF Puget sound at Sal
men bag Wa Lake Calon A14 Lake " as.l-
tn1toE by Improving ard charging tie
waterway lE8 snip cana. as MADE
3UaJrcr % Eae provision TE3aG IA part II
rhe appropriation og 81 40 saouId Dc sx-
pended O. lie Improvement unlA the e.
tire rlgAt-cG-wag and ! release from l-k~
baIEy tron adjacent property -2oId -
snosa5d De zee4Eed 70 TIE government Tree
o. eosg- The necessary rlgAE-of-gay aud
re4ease cf damages las been secured for
Cae land aro&nG ths lakes anu between
Lake Inlon and Sdlnoa bay.
TIE proceedings today Involve the prep
eyty needed CT Salmon bay, Smiths cave
ana TIE intervening land. TIE land 20 90
released from damages by oyericw IL
clades tie cbrtherIy snore u Salmon bay
HAa H.
lands uabls - &c Affected II a similar
way.
An open venirs CT jurors to try the con-
der11aLi0u suits vas drawn yesterday as
follows: Edward Fl. Bragg. Thomas col
ms, =. 2 Phillips. E.d Randolph. Jonn
AcCsalre, Fred BllnkIns. Il. =. Jacobs f.
A Bills. Fred Anthony. Hugh Tterney.
Edward Roberts, z. D. HIDner. T. ".
Moore. ". e. oyer, D. J. WalI4ce + l.
Mcdonald. =. n Mdfr1Rg and Robert
Eols.aia. From this venlre twelve nlea
viii be selected. wno VIII Try All Of the
cases. T. selecting 1lsryulen special effort
VIII be made 70 get men who have 80
property interests n the vicinity Of the
lands TO he condemned. The prose cutting
attorney Is especially on the lockout for
5u-ors who aave tax def-ds 70 property IN
t.lat yicia y and al such Will, Il possible.
be kept off che jury.
Prosecuting Attorney Nek.irey who Il
represent tHe county IN tie case. said vas
tersiay l;Iat ne bad little idea az % aox
luDE e w9Eid take 70 get the 2.Ea pieces
~ property condemned. ffe says L VIII
he Impossible to get through iu less than
two seeks and = make take two months
The jurors wh8 assess the DAMAGES VIII
have a very u0u0taHCus experience. and
win b.. more than tsref " the Nortn canal
matter before theiv work is 5cre. TIE jary
tGat served ln she ether conde n1atioa SUIT
Thought that they were mere tllau ea m
ia< saetr 8 a Iay. and were continual =
trying 20 get excused from longer service.
Tha eoant2s attorney Takss tire Same
statement IA reference 70 every pIece Of
property. ara IL gets very tlresonle wben
X has been revea-e4 few hundred times.