St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1912-07-12

The city of St. Johns does ordain as
follows:
Whereas, The city Council Of the
City of st. Johns, oregon, deemed IL
eNpedient to open, lay out aud estab.
lish Dawson street from the southeast.
erly side line of Columbia Boulevard
eastcrly to the center line of Ida Street
aud to appropriate right of way
thirty feet In width In said street as
proposed, owned by the Portland Rail.
way, Light and Power Company; aud
Whereas, The City Council of the
City of ~. Johns did on the 9TH day
OF July, 1912, adopt resolution where.
IN the city Engineer of the City of st.
Johns was directed to make survey,
plat and written report of the said pro.
posed Dawson Street and of the pri.
vate right of way of the Portland Rail.
way, Light and Power Company to he
appropriated for the opening, laying
out aud establishing of said Dawson
street; aud
Whereas, The city Engineer, pursu.
ant to the said resolution ordering such
survey, plat aud report, has made such
survey aud plat and written report, aud
has Tiled the same with the City Re.
cOrdcr, which said survey is entitled
condemnation of Dawson Street, Tx.
hibit a. - aud which said written re-.
port is as follows, to.wit:
To the Honorable Mayor and Council
of the city Of -. Johns, Orcgoni
Gcntlcmcn-ln response 10 the rcso
luton adopted by the Council on the
nth day of July, 1919, for the opening.
laying out aud establishing of Dawson
Street In the City of 81. Johns, sixty
feet In width from the southcastcrly
line OF Columbia Boulevard castcrly Go
the center line of Ida Street, aud for
the appropriation of thrtyfOot right
of way of the Portland Railway, Light
aud Power Company located within the
limits of said Dawson Street, aud In
compliance with the said resolution of
the Council adopted as aforesaid ON the
nth day OF July. 1919, herewith sub.
init the following report thereof;
First; have made survey as pro.
yidcd tor by the said resolution aud
have prepared plat Of such survey ne.
cording 10 the terms Of the resolution,
aud ! herewith report that Dawson
street ~ now opened, laid out aud -.
tablishcd between the southcastcTly
line OF Columbia Boulevard aud the
center line of Ida Street In sixty feet
In width throughout It's entire length
between said southoastcrly line of Go.
lnmbia Boulevard aud the center line
OF Ida Street, excepting strip of land
fifteen feet In width ON the north side
Of aud contiguous 10 and parallel with
the thirty foot right Of way OF the
Portland Railway, Light aud Power
Company aud between the eaStorly line
Of Tyler street As now located aud
the westerly line of Buchanan Street
ns now located, which said fifteen foot
strip of land is known as part of the
Caples Tract, aud further excepting the
private right of way now owned by the
Portland Railway, Light and Power
Company, thirty feet In width, dc
scribcd as follows, to'wit:
A thirty,foot right of way situated
IN sections Seven aud Six, 4. ~, Il.
r., willamette Meridian, aud ex,
tending along the center line of Daw
sou Street from the southeasterly side
line Of Columbia Boulevard easterly 10
the center line of Ida Street, said cen
erly boundary of the city of ~. Johns, |
Oregon, the center line OF said strip |
Of land thirty feet in width being |
more particularly described as follows |
Beginning at "a point Ia the south
easterly side line OF Columbia b0ule |
ward where intersected by the center |
line OF Dawson street, thence south |
n degrees II minutes east along the |
center line OF Dawson Street IA suf
ficient distance 10 inteTsect the said |
center line OF Ida street heretofore
described, containing In all s6,s7i.3 |
square feet more or less.
II is hereby intended 10 describe
right OF way thirty feet in width
previously conveyed by Nancy Caples
to the city 4 Suburban Railway Com
pany by deed recorded in Book POS,
page 98, Records of Deeds, MultnO'
NAH County, and also right Of way
thirty feet in width previously con
yeyed 20 the City q Suburban Rail
way Company by Reuben Weeks, tTus
tee, aud ClaTissa Weeks, his wife, by
deed recorded in Book 3O7, page 47J,
Records of Deeds, Multnomah County,
ON which said strips of land the Port
idhu hdlihalt iiBht anu ioN'i 'nh' |
pany now maintains and operates a
street railway
All of the land lying within the lin
its of the said Dawson Street as pro,
posed TO be established and opened
and laid out has been dedicated, ae-
cepted and has been and is now being
used for street purposes, excepting
only the said thirty foot strip belong
ing to the Portland Railway, Light
and Power Company and used by the
said company for the operation and
Of a right of way Of said
company. A complete description of
the land TO be appropriated for the
purpose Of opening, laying out and
Dawson Street as pro-
posed in accordance with the resOlu-
lion adopted by the Council on the
9TH day Of July, 1912, is as follows;
The right of way Of the Portland
Railway, Light and Power Company
described as follows, TO-
wit:
A thirty-foOt right Of way situated
n sections Seven and Six, r. I n, Il.
f., Willamette Meridian, and extend
ng along the center line Of Columbia
Boulevard easterly TO the center line
# Ida Street, said center line Of Ida
street being the easterly boundary of
he City Of ST. Johns, Oregon, the
enter line Of said strip Of land thirty
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