The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-09
~, River Water Condemnation
Suits at an End.
ncer TO CITY ABOUT s2s. 900.
..sa~u Counsel Humphrey Sue
..fuliy Completes . Task Of
s~eh Nagnitude-lt Was Expect-
- ne Jury Wo1Id Award Far
Z oessteF Damages-Strip - Miles
r~.x ssd - Feet Wide Taken.

mr. noon today the entire rfght-of-way
Z, IA. Cedar river water system. strip
= f.et vide ard Is miles In length. extend
- from the southern boundary OF the
nv 10 q point on the river mile or so
eseye swan lake. Will have become the
.roverty OF the city by condemnation pro-
s,edings. The jury. which has made the
yards Of damages to property owners for
had taken. has now under consideration
- last verdict. and when Il has been re-
earned this morning the jury will be dis
sasrged.
corporation Counsel Humphrey has
pusi,ed the condemnation proceedings to a
sucesssful and speedy conclusion without
te~ai assistance outside OF his own Office.
ma he and his friends are highly satisfied
vssh the result Of the work Of the city law
6epartment Before the two condemnation
ss;fs were brought there were many who
vi.<y shook their heads and predicted
that In spite OF the estimate Of City En-
9lpser Thomson and his assistants, the city
would not get out OF court without pay
fng Al least $50 900 for the rlght-of-way. AS
4 natter OF fact, unless some OF the YER
Nrts are appealed from and increased hy
the supreme court. the city will pay as
DAMAGES 10 property owners a little less
than S2s pe Some people who were familiar
With the way iuries sometimes act, thought
that as high as $1,000 might be awarded In
damages.
The first OF the two condemnation suits
was finished several weeks ago. II dealt
With the Tight-of-way from the east hound
- he f,f hn he
an the river. a distance of about seventeen
miles Upon that portion Of the right of
way the Jury awarded damages i'm the sum
of E4Gf.d7. Among the pieces OF proper
~ condemned In this suit was an entire
osct.oH at the intake. described as section
r. township q north OF range east. This
section belonged 20 the Northern Pacific
Railway Company and the verde. award
inx $3.50 6 for the property was the largest
IN that suit There were 2s in all
In the suit which viii be ended today
the rght-of-way from the east boundary
Of Renton to the city limits Is involved.
Distance OF about eleven miles The first
two days OF the tury's work was devoted
70 Sightseeing trip over the right-of-way.
and the triz! proper. which will end today.
viii have consumed eleven days full OF
hard work for Judge Moore. the jury and
The lawyers In the case. When II rs com
ssdered that about eighty verdicts were
rendered within that time. the fact will
b. evident.
The largest OF these verdiets was the one
n favor of II. Il. Bagley for $3.50 for land
taken from his fine farm near Renton. The
ether verdicts were comparatively small.
TIE total amount of the verdicts has not
yet been figured up, bu. is not far froEl
5I8.sN.
Not many of the property owners who
we're defendants In the suit appeared to
coatest. Yesterday a verdict was rendered
In favor Of John Corgiat for 500. 80. Corgiat
had not appeared. \ little later his lawyer
appeared. and. showing tina. Mrs. Corgiat
shond also have been a party, had the
court reopen the case and grant a new
trial. The result OF the retriai was that
the jury, after hearing Corgiat's witnesses.
gave verdict In his favor for 81 less than
the first. II also developed al the second
trial that King county was the owner OF
part Of the Corgiat land II being part OF
the rlght -ofway for the old military road
and the county will share In the verdict.
Ire result of the new trial was amusing
to all but Corgiat and his lawyer
The big f2-inch water main viii come
into the city through the town of Renton.
across the Ragley and Smithers ranches.
fnilowing closely tho summit OF the ridge
dividing the valley az the Duwamish river
from Lake Washington. At Dunlap can
yon. Ave or six miles south OF the city,
The main VIII descend into the canyon.
and there and at Renton. where the ground
Is low. rveted steel pipe will be used on
account OF the greater pressure. Elsewhere
nr slave pipe will be used.
The intake on Cedar river, where the wa
Ter II taken into the main. is 80 feet above
mean high tide In Elliott bay.