Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-11
COURT
STREET
OPENED
Report of Appraisers on I'm
pOrtant Improvement


The appraisers of the East Court
street opening improvement have filed
their report with the city council,
and the matetr will be acted upon
Tuesday evening. They are Messrs.
J. Q. Wilson, Fred Hurst and John
Craig
The Report.
We, the appraisers appointed by
your honorable body on the 18th of
May, 1904, in the matter of opening,
laying out and extending Court street,
in said city, under the ordinance made
and provided in that behalf and af-
fecting the following described prop
! erty, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the north
side of Court street, in said Salem,
Oregon, where the said north line
now intersects the west line of the do.
nation land claim of A. F. Waller and
wife, claim No. 46; thence easterly
on straight line with the said north
line of said Court street, as now laid
out 4477 feet to the west line of Sew
enteenth street in said city, thence
southerly along the west line of Sew
enteenth street SO feet, thence wester-
ly in a straight line with the south
line of said Court street as now laid
out 4477 feet to the west line of said
donation land claim, thence northerly
to the place of beginning" and defin-
ing our duties under said appointment
to be as follows: "To assess, and re-
port to the said common council the
damages to property holders on the
line of said proposed street, and at the
same time to determine what persons
and property shall be benefited by the
said proposed improvement and to
assess the damages and expenses
wholly on the real estate benefited
thereby, in proportion, as nearly as
may be, to the benefits resulting to
each; all persons interested in said
property, to present to you and col
leagues in this matter their claims
for damages within 80 days after the
date of your appointment" beg leave
to file this our official report in the
matter of said appraisement:
We visited and inspected the strip
of land to be opened and found that
in extent it approximated one acre Of
land:
We appraised the value of said land
in the full sum of six hundred dol
lars $4,000.
Gated. opened and extended, to be
vested as to title as follows: The
city of Salem, Oregon, an undivided
one-third interest; the heirs of Mary
r. Hall. deceased, an undivided two
thirds interest; save and except, from
the interest herein reported, an undi-
vided one-tnird interest in 1898 feet
by 80 feet, vested in ], w. Mckinney.
We eliminated from the final consid-
Grafton of the matter of damages In
this relation the one-third interest of
the city of Salem, and proceeded to
determine and award the damages suf-
lfered by the proposed Improvement to
the following persons in the following
proportions towit: We do hereby
award the full and final sum of four
hundred dollars as damages to the
said heirs of Mary r. Hall, deceased,
and TO the said j. w. Mckinney to
be pro rated and paid to them In due
proportion to their several holdings
Of the real estate involved in the pro'
posed Improvement:
In the matter of the persons and
property to be benefited by the pro
DO ed Improvement and the damages
and expenses to be assessed thereto
and thereon, we find that the full sum
of damages and expenses incident to
this undertaking to be as follows:
Damages awarded .... $4,000
Advertising 80. .... ..'. e. llf'4o
Surveying ..,. ..'' '''''' ''' %'OV
Per diem of appraisers ...... 1900
Total .... .... .. go, .SO6i'So
Which said sum of $537.95, damages
and expenses in this relation, we do
hereby assess to the persons and
property benefited by the proposed
opening and extending of Court street
aforesaid as follows. towIt:
Charles Weller, $50 feet ....$ $500
I'M. f. Turner, $50 feet ........ 4S.O0
G. G. McFadden. so feet .,..,. 1900
Y. NJ. Investment Co, So feet. 1900