The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-14
LAND VALUE IS FIXED
Half a Million, Price Placed by
Commissioners.
FOR DUMPING PURPOSES
Purchasing Company Against
!. the Butte g. Bos-
ton.

A half million dollars--that Is the
value fixed by the commissioners upon
the land involved in the condemnation
suit brought by the Montana Ore Pur-
chasing company and Johnstown Min
ing company against the Butte & Bos-
ton Consolidated Mining company and
Old Colony Trust company. The report
of the commissioners, three in number,
Messrs. Joseph v. Long, Charles Schatz-
lein and Samuel Mulville, sets the total
value of the land, including surface,
| mineral and all other values, at this
sum, Notwithstanding the mineral value
Of the land, which is unknown, may
be far greater, and the two condemned
tracks into which it is divided contain
IS acres in the aggregate.
In it's complaint In the suit the plain
tiff, the Montana Ore Purchasing COM
pany, alleged that it required the land
for waste dumping purposes, and the
order condemning the ground was is
sued in compliance with the allega-
ton.
The report Of the commissioners
states that they were appointed on
Nov. IA. 1899, and took the oath of
commissioners on the 2lst Of Novem-
ber They visited the ground to be
ing at room 621, Hennessy building, at
10 o'clock on the morning of the 22d
of November. All succeeding meetings
were held at the same place, and there
! the commissioners were attended by
the counsel Of the parties, and wit
nesses for both were sworn and ex-
amined as to the value of the land in
controversy and as to all matters per-
tanning to the proceedings. At the
close of the testimony the commission
ers visited certain parts of the land at
| fected by the evidence in order to more
fully understand and amply the latter.
| The commissioners heard all the proofs
and allegations OF the parties, and upon
such hearing and the proofs adduced,
report, with reference to the first tract
of land, containing an area of 51S3
acres Of land, which is described at
length, as follows:
1--WE flnd that the value of the said
parcel OF land last above described and
sought to be condemned and appropri-
ated and the value of each and every
separate interest therein to be the sum
| Of s455, 00o."
The report states that the remainder
of the tract from which this parcel has
been taken will be neither benefited nor
damaged
The report as to the second tract,
containing Ait acres of land, also de-
I'VE find the value OF the said tract
last above described to be the sum OF
Sac, 000."
1t says that the tract Of land from
which this parcel has been taken will
not be benefited nor damaged either. In
recapitulaton the report adds:
I'VE further report that the total
value Of both tracts of ground sought
to be condemned and appropriated and
hereinbefore described, including sur
face and mineral value, ard al! other
values, is the sum Of $500 coo, and that
the defendants have not suffered any
damages nor received any benefits by
reason of the severance of the above
mentioned tracts from the remainder
of the portion from which the same are
taken, and that the value of the land
is the total amount of compensation to
which the said defendants are entitled
in this proceeding"
The commissioners conclude their re-
port with the statement that they were
in session is days, that they are en-
titled to $40 a day for their services,
and that the aggregate sum of $500 is
owing to them for the same.