Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-27
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
CONTINUED from last week.

Board met July 6, members all present.
Mr. Lytle appeared before the board
and asked for an expenditure of district
money on the VIM Boyden road.
Il f Newman, supv Of dist q, asked
for an appropriation of $500 to improve
the roads in Quinault dist.
j B Bridges appeared in the interest Of
Ninemire 4 Morgan and asked to have
the valuation on the West saw mill re.
duced.
In the matter Of damages to Hiram +
White in the establishment Of the Jessie
Price road, Mr. Bridges stated that Mr.
White would accept damages in the sum
Of $l75; taken under consideration.
A D Devonshire, through his attorney,
asked that the valuation be reduced on
certain tract at Peterson assessed as lots
which should have been assessed as acre.
age board asked for an itemized state.
ment.
Mr. Parker asked the board to instruct
the treasurer to accept taxes for the year
1890 on lots 2 3 8 s and s sec S-lS-9 as
provided by an act Of the last legislature
and to issue redemption certificate and
also to have the clerk to clear the title
on records; application granted.
Petition read asking the board to let
the road work IN dist 26 by contract, and
Com'r Carson reported that the supv, Mr.
Ingram, Of said district was performing
the work satisfactory; petition ordered
filed.
Surveyor placed on table permission Of
the war depart nent to build Westpo't
dock.
Supervisors attention is called to that
section OF the law relative to the exter-
mination OF thistles and the board ex-
poets each to comply Herewith.
Petition presented by the f X Wood
Co asking that that portion OF 18th st in
Harris River add to Hoquiam be vacated
and the board fiEding that said applicant
had complied with the law in giving no.
tice Of the hearing Of said petition and
there being no objection fled or protest
entered to said vacation, the same If
hereby ordered vacated and closed to pub
| lie travel and it is further ordered that
that portion Of 14th st lying south oil
Chenault ave situated in karr's River
add to the town OF Hoquiam be and is
hereby vacated.
Petition OF Gus Schultz ct al asking the
board to vacate a portion OF the Joseph
Mueller road and the Geo Smith road
read, and the board asked petitioner &c
post the necessary notice.
Notice Of appeal Of c Jay Arnold from
the decision OF superintendent i'll the for
nation of dist So, filed and hearing se'
for July 10 at 2 pm.
Mr. Waldron asked the board what &C
ton they would take in the matter OF re-
building the bridges in dist 26 and stateo
that the bridges we're a necessity.
Petition from road dist II asking the
commissioners to appropriate the sum o
5000 for the improvement OF roads in sale
dist mon condition that the same amount
Of donation work be performed upon the
roads.
Application Of Chas L Davis to have
improvements assessed against lot 4, bill
70 Reul Minis add to Cosmopolis struck
from the rolls, read and laid over.
Application of r I. Austin to have
toxes struck from the rolls read and or
dered filed.
Petition from road dist 8 asking for ar
appropriation of $500 to improve the roadi
Of said dist read and ordered filed.
Communication from Eldridge Wheeler
CALLING the boards attention to the fac'
that Chehalis county was entitled to
free scholarship at the Washington Agri
cultural School at Pullman and asked
that the board appoint ] Leonard hal
for said position; matter taken unce'
consideration.
Mr. Pico asked that certain amount Of
tho taxes for road purposes in dist 80 oe
worked east of the Chas Rychard road
matter referred to Conf Herman.
Application of Edmund Croft asking fof
a reduction of valuation on certain prop
ertv read and not coming within the
Jurisdiction of the board same ordered
filed. ..d
Bridges, upon request Of the board
agreed to submit the matter Of q wa WAIVER
for certain lands necessary to the estao'
l;shment of the John Keal road TO MI
Goggin. IN, ~ood
Order Of hearing Of the John kea' roao
set for Aug 10 at p m. ,.,
Mr. Minkler came before the board anu
expln,ned the necessity of bridge ACROSS