The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-03-04
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the board
OF county commissioners of Whitman
county, Washington, will hear the peti-
ton OF A j. Smith, s. J. Crutcher and
A. II. Gustin, for the construction of an
electric or other motor power railway
across and on the public highways of
Whitman county, as follows, tO-wit:
Commencing on the north line of sec
ito 2, in township 20 n, R. ~, E. W.
M, Whitman county, state of Washing
ton, where the Texas Ferry road inter
sects said north line of said section 2,
running thence in a southwesterly drec-
ton along and upon said section 2, sec
tions 3, IL, 10, 8 16, 81 and %, in said
township 20 north, range ~, E. W. NJ,
to Pine City, in said Whitman county;
thence in a sOuthWesterly direction
along and upon said Texas Ferry road
through said section %, township 20
north range AZ E. W. NJ, to the Bell
road; thence along said Bell road in q
general westerly direction through sec
tiOns 20, 30, 33, 80 and 81, in said
township 20, north of range ~, E. W.
M; thence in a general westerly direc-
ton on and along said Bell road
through sections 80 and 35, in town
ship 20, north of range Al, E. w. M to
kamiac creek, thence on and along said
kamiac Creek in a general sOutherly d.
rectiOn through sections 3, 10, Is, Is
and 81, in township 10 north, range Al,
+. W. NJ, to the Henderson road; thence
on and along said Henderson road in a
general sOutheasterty direction through
sections p and % in township 10 north,
of range Al, E. w. Nj. to the G. N. Clark
road, thence in a general sOutheasterly
direction on and along said g. n. Clark
road through sections 27 and 20 in
township 10 north, of range Al, E. W.
NJ, to the intersection of the Griffith
road, thence on and along said Griffith
road in q general southeasterly direc.
ton from q point where said g. n. Clark
road intersects said Griffith road in said
section n; thence on and through sec
tions 81, "a, 35 and SO in township 10,
north of range Al. L. ". Nj, to the
town OF st. John; thence on and along
said Griffith road in said same general
direction through section l, township
IL north, Of range Al, E. W. NJ and
sections 6.5, 8, 9, 16, 81, %, 81, "a, 80
and 36, in township Is north, of range
AZ, E W. NJ; thence in a general south
easterly direction along said Griffith
road through sections l and II, town
ship II north, OF range ~, E. W. NJ.
and sections z, 8, II, 20, 10, %, 30, 30
and 30, in township II north, of range
43, E. W. NJ; thence in a general south
easterly direction along said Griffith
road through sections 4, 5, 9, 10, IL
and IA, in township Is north, of range
43, E. W. NJ, to the City Of COlfax, in
said Whitman county, state Of Wash
ington. Also commencing at point in
section 36. township Is north, of range
AZ, E. W. M, where the Cornelius road
intersects the said Griffith road; thence
in a general easterly direction along said
Cornelius road through section SO,
township Is north, OF range AZ, E. W.
NJ thence in the same general direction
through section 81, township Is north,
of range 43, E. W. NJ, and in the same
general direction through sections 6, 5,
4, 8 and 10 in township II, north O.
range 43, E. W. NJ; thence in gent ral
easterly direction on and along the
Hardesty change in Cornelius r. ad
ship II, north of range 43 E. ". NJ, to
the intersection of the Stephens road in
section IL, township IL north, of range
t.), IL W. NJ. OucuCe III IL SeH6Tdl SOUU0-
erly direction on and along said
Stephens road through sections II, 14I
and 23 and "a, township II north of
range 43, E. W. NJ, to the intersection of
the McCrOskey road in said section "a;
thence in a general southerIy direction
along said McCrOskey road through
sections "a and %, in township II
north, OF range 43, to the intersection of
the Hollingsworth roed in said section
%, thence in a sOutherly direction on
and along said Hollingsworth road
through sections 25, 36. IS, in township
II north, of range 43, E. w. NJ. and sec.
lions and 2 on said Holingsworth
road and the Grim change in township
16 north, of range 43, E. W. NJ, to the
corporate limits of the city of Colfax,
Whitman county, state of Washing ton.
Therefore, in accordance with chapter
173 OF Session laws of 1903, the said
board OF county commissioners of said
county and state have fixed the time
and place for hearing and considering
said petition for March 10th, 1904, at
O'Clock p. m, at its office in the court
house at COlfax, Washington.
In witness whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official seal
this 18th day OF February, A. D. 1904.
SEAL II. H. WHEELER,
County auditor and ex. officio clerk Of
tho board OF county commissioners of