The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-01-14

Jos. Sandwith super. o san Juan. .,,... IL
JOS. Bull, work OH roads. =. ............... Is o
Ed Sutton do. do.................... oC
@ b briggs, nails ."........ ............... 3
Sweeney Mercantile Co, supplies =. $3.50. IL
hannah, super and work road
san Juan.,... ...+...,* ..,...,.,........ II 2
Ed Madden, work on road ...... ......... 6 oc
w Keefe, blacksmith work ..... -
Sweeney Mercantile Co lumber. ... 6s
The county road petitioned for b,
VIM. Marquardt and others at the 0,
Iober session of the board was order,
established, the county surveyor hay
ing made favorable report thereon
The new road affords an easy grad
over what is known as Doe Bay hill
Further consideration of the matte
Of establishing road petitioned for l.
II. S. Donahue, at East Sound, was d :
tered until the April session of Il
board.
Four lots constituting block A in It.
Water Front addition to the town q
Friday Harbor, and also lot in sec
tion,12, township 30, were leased to t
Friday Harbor Lumber and Manufac
turing Company for a period of ten
years at a rental of $40 per year, pay
able in advance.
Adjourned at p. m. until 8 a. m.
Jan. 6. ;.
Board met Jan. pursuant to ad-
journment.
In the matter OF the application OF
the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Con
pony for the vacation of a portion o
First street in the town of Friday Han.
bor and the lease,or sale to said COZ :
pany of the land 80 vacated, after ful
discussion of the merits of the propo. .
ton and the hearing of a protest mad
by the pastar of the Methodist chuIcl
and also the opinions OF the county at
torney and the company's attorney ur-
on the legal points involved, the MAJ :
ager of said company not being presel I
final action was deferred until Il e
April meeting of the board, permission
being given to said company to cree
its portable office building and con :
plete the installation of its station, with
the assurance of the board that all Il {
rights of use which the county can
legally give will be granted.
A right-of-way for the erection and
maintenance of telephone lines along
the public highways of San Juan coun-
ty, said lines to be connected by sub
marine cable with the system of the
sunset Telephone and Telegraph Con :
pany was granted to David f.. Lain,
his heirs or assigns, said privileges to be
forfeited if the system contemplated is
not in operation within one year, or if,
having once been in operation, the SER
vice is discontinued for period of six
months.
County road No. 15 across Bald hill,
San Juan island, having been obstruct-
ed by gates erected by Walter Lam.
pard and Sarah. Lampard, his wife,
present owners of what is known as
the "Jones place." which said road
crosses, they claiming tbatno road was
ever legally dedicated there, the COM
missioners, without admitting any OF
the alleged rights of contestants, in or
der to insure the continued and unin
terrupted use of the disputed road as q
public highway, without resorting To
authorized the auditor to
draw warrant for S72 in favor of Wal
ter Lam pard and Sarah Lampard up
on the execution by them of a quit
claim deed to the county of the strip oi
land in dispute, thirty feet in width
and approximately 100 rods in length,
said warrant to be accepted as full com
Pensation for such conveyance.
The county treasurer's quarterly re-
port las published Jan. y was exam
med and approved.
Bills were audited and allowed and
warrants ordered drawn on the road
and bridge fund as follows:
j w Frits, chairman on roads. ......... IS oo
WIN Niereek, do. .........................- 90
VIM Marquardt, fiagman. n.................... I 90
+ Fowler, chairman. n........a.........2 90
y acorn, naRnan .......................... 90