Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-07-24
Commissioners Minutes
ThURSToN COUNTY.

Wednesday. July /. 1898
Board met at ~ ID. IN. All commission
ers and clerk present.
9 JanitOr Eastman, upon the request o
the Board. examined the roof OF thu
court house ana reported the same IL
good condition.
The Board set the hearing on the roat
as pettioned for by q. Peat ct al fol
= y. IN. Wednesday, August 5th.
Chairman . Brlen and Pickett report
ed that they had postponed the sane OF
the Cove Addition to Olympia for the
reason that according TO the applica
tion. the treasurer could not Sell the
same in lots and blocks but in its en-.
the same be sold by the treasurer under
the former application and that in the
selling OF the same he call for bids for
the entire addition as one tract and then
solicit bids for the same as blocks. If
the sale price of the addition as a whole
be larger than the aggregate price of the
blocks then he is directed to sell it as a
whole If the aggregate price of the
blocks Is the greater than the price of
the whole, then the same is to be sold
| as blocks.
They also reported that owing to the
size of the lots in thu street addition be-
ing wrongly described III the official
advertisement they had also called the
| sale of them off.
The Board set the hearing on the road
petitioned for by T.. c. Baird ct al for
| "Wednesday. August 18th at 10 a. IN.
| Board then adjourned to meet at 1:50
| y. M.
| Board met at 1:30 p. m. All commits
| sioners and clerk present.
The bid of w: ii. Davis being the only
bid received for the clearing of the
Woodards Bay road and it being for the
sum of $40 the Board postponed the ac
ton on 1t till later date.
| w. l.. Gray asked for the opening OF
the Durgin road and the Board referred
the matter to Supervisor Lambert with
instructions to examine the same and
| report to the Board the probable cost
| thereof.
| the Ames road. Matter referred to Su-
pervlSor Wade.
Mrs. Horr appeared before the Board
asking for a remittance of the interest
on her taxes for the years 1903. 1894. 1906
1906. 1897. on Horrs dock for the reason
that she was not aware that said taxes
were delinquent. Referred to county at
torney.
There being but one bid for the con-
structiOn of the Rich road across the
Des Chutes river the Board awarded
tract price of s546.
The Board then passed the following
road establishment order:
In the matter of the county road petit
toned for by A Martinson and others
the Board finds as follows:
That the petition therefor was filed on
the 18th day of April A. ID. l9,S and that
the said petition was signed by at least
10 householders of the county. residing
in the vicinity of the proposed road.
That said petition was accompanied by
bond in the sum of $500 which said
bond was approved by the chairman of
the Board on the 18th day of April y. ID.
1905
That on the 18th day of April. l9oS. the
engineer was directed to examine and
II necessary survey the route of the pro
posed road.
That on the 3rd day of June. 1908. the
engineer filed in the office of the Board
his report in writing. and map and
field notes of said proposed road.
That by an order passed on the 3rd
day of June. 1903. the 1st day of July, 1919.
was set for hearing the engineers report
and the consideration thereof. and that
notice OF the time and place where said
hearing would be held was given pro-
vided by law.
That the report of the engineer shows
that in his opinion the said proposed
road is necessity and ought to be es-
tablished 60 feet in width. also the term
inal points. general course and length of
the road together list of persons in
terested in lands over which said road
passes who consented to the establish
ment of the same and waived all claim
to damages. Also description of each
tract of land over which said road passes
together with the name and where known
the residence or address of the owners
and the area of the land taken from each
tract. Also that the probable cost of
the construction of the road will be $40O.
a recommendation for the establishment
of the said road .as the same will pro-
vide cut Off from the Smith Prairie
road to the road on the east thereby
saving a mile of travel from one neigh
borhood to the other and will enable the
people OF that vicinity to secure rural
free delivery route; and the Board having
examined all the repOts and papers on
file In the matter and taken into con-
sideration all evidence in the matter: 1t
Is ordered and decreed by the Board all
members cOncurrng. that the road petit
toned by Andy Martinson and others be
established as follows: Commencing at
the corner of sections l3 and "a Of town
ship l6. range east and sections Is and
- of township 16. range east Thence
east. variation % degrees 40 minutes east.
24l4 feet to quarter SECTION corner between
sections Is and 10. thence east. variation
% degrees So minutes east 1854 feet to the
corner of sections II. Is. 19 and 20 Of town.
ship lG. range east and as shown upon
the map OF the engineer and that from
road 90 feet. in width to be known as
the Martinson road and that the same
shall be opened according to law.
Done this 1st day of July. 1905
Attest: L. j. MORRISON.
Clerk of Board.
The county superintendent Of schools.
F. G. Parker, filed with the Board the
following certificates OF alteration of
~. and all Of that part of the south half
of section not included In the NJ Hurd
donation claim. all in township Is. range
west from school district No. to school
The west half of the northwest quarter
and the southeast quarter of the north
west quarter of section 8, township 1S.
range 2 west from school district No. Sc
to school district No. T.
The northwest half of the northwest
quarter of section II, township Is. range
east from school district No. 43 to school
district No. "A.
Section 2. township Is. range east from
the northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of section 10. township 16, range
2 east from school district No. 6S to
school district No. 49,
Board adjourned to meet at 10 a. m
Thursday. July 9. 1905
L. j. MORRISON. Clerk Of Board