The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-10-23
STATE OF WISCONSIN, IN
CIRCUIT COURT FOR BAY
COLI NrmXI

FIELD COUNTY.
In the matter of the petition of
the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany, for the appointment of COM
missioEers to appraise certain real
estate required by the said Com
pany for right of way of a branch
or spur track in said Bayfield, Coun-
ty.
Thompson Lumber Company, a
corporation under the laws or the
state of Illinois; Union National
Bank, a banking corporation under
the laws of the United States, and
C. G. Thompson Lumber Company,
a corporation under the laws Of the
state of Illinois; and to all persons
interested in the lands here in after
described
You and each of you. are hereby
notified that on the Goth day of Octg
1902, the petition of the Northern
Pacific Railway Company was duly
filed in the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of said Bayfield, Coun-
ty. praying for the appointment of
three disinterested and competent
| free-holders who reside in said Bay
field County,, or in some adjoining
County, commissioners to ascertain
and appraise the compensation to be
made to the owners, of and persons
interested in the lands described in
in said petition, as required, and
proposed to be taken by said North
ern Pacific Railway Company, for
the purposes indicated in said petit
ton, which said lands are situated
in said Bayfield, County, in the State
i of Wisconsin,, and are described as
follows, to-wit:
A strip of land II feet in width
over and across the following tracts
of land lying and being situated in
said Town of Washburn, to-wit:
| Commencing on the shore of Che
quamegon Bay at the Southwest
/ corner Of the tract of lard conveyed
by said Isaac Ell. Wing to one S.
George Cook, bydeed, dated, Nov.
ElTths SS4 : and recorded in the office
Eof the Register sof Deeds of said
I Bayfield,. County, State of Wisconsin,
in Volume 8 of records, page562e'and
E,621, and running thence southwest
Eerly, along the, water edge of said
I>bay 700 feet; thence due North to
the South line Of the right of way
'Eof the Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapo-
| lis and Omaha Railway; thence east
'terly,along said line of right of way as
1 aforesaid to the vest line of The land
! decided by said Isaac Ell. Wing to S.
| George Cook, as aforesaid, thence
Seuthalong said west line last men
! toned to place of beginning, said
lands being part of lots l and 2 Of
section 6, township 48, north, of
range 4, west. Also commencing
on the shore Of Chequamegon Bay at
the southwesterly, corner of the
tract conveyed by said Isaac Fl.
/ Wing to&he G. G. Thomson Lum-
Der Company, by deed, dated Nov.
/ 18th, 1897, and recorded in the office
of the register of deeds of said Bay
field County, September %, 1898. in
volume 80 of deeds, on page $40, the
land described in said deed being
known as the G. c.. Thompson Lum.
Der Company's mill site; and thence
running southwesterly along the
shore of said Chez uamegon BAY
three hundred feet; thence north
westerly in a straight line to point
on the southerly, boundary line of
the right of way of the Chicago, St. 4
Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Rail
way, said point being 230 feet south
sterly along the southerly bound
airy line OF the said right of wav.
from the northwesterly corner of
said Q. G. Thompson Lumber Com
! pany's mill site; thence northeastern
| ly along said southefly boundary
j line of said right OF way 250 feet 10
the said northwesterly corner of said
@. G. Thompson s I4nmbeGs~pom.
| pany's mill site, and thehe@~ due
south along the westerly lineof said
c. G. Thompson Lumber ComDany's
mill site to the point Of beginning.
said tract containing. / and $4,000
acres more or less and being a part
OF lots 2and of section 6, towushiD
IS, north, of range 4, west, the tract
of land herein described adjoining
the aforesaid mill site on the west
and lying and beirg between the
said Chequamegon Bay and the right
of way of the Chicago, ST. Paul, Min
neapolis and Omaha Ra lway and
having frontage of 300 feet on said
bay and 250 feet on said right of way,
boun ded on the west by a straight
line.
That said strip of land is included
between lines drawn parallal with,
one on each side of and each distant
eight and q half feet from the center
line of said branch railroad track,
heretofore constructed by the Wash