St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10

That whereas, the viewers
having been duly appointed by
this Council in the matter of the
opening, establishing, laying
out and extending of st. Johns
avenue from the easterly line OF
Central avenue to westerly line
of Seneca street and appropriate
ing certain strip of land making
said street sixty feet i'm width,
and the viewers having met IN
pursuant to the resolution of the
council and having viewed the
said property to be appropriated
and having assessed the benefits
and damages thereof to this
council, which said report has
been filed with the city recorder
of the city of st. Johns, and
which report is in words and
figures as follows, TO wit:
st. Johns, Oregon, August
26th, 1913.
To the Honorable Mayor and
Common Council of the City of
st. Johns, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
We the undersigned having
been duly appointed by your
Honorable Body to act as View
ers by Resolution dated the 10Th
day OF July, A. d., 1913. and
having been duly notified of our
appointment as viewers in the
matter Of the opening. laying
out, establishing and extending
st. Johns avenue and in accord
ance with Ordinance No. SOL,
dated the 18th day of July, A.
ID. 1913. and approved by the
Mayor the 18th day of July, a.
ID. 1913, do respectfully report
as follows. TO wit:
That pursuant TO individual no.
tices to ourselves sent by the re-
corder of the city of St. Johns,
notifying ms and each of us of
our appointment as viewers, we
met at the said time and place
designated at the Office of the
Mayor in the City Hall of the
City of st. Johns, Oregon. at
Ten O'Clock in the forenoon on
the 18th day of August. A. ID.
1913. nc the said time and place.
we took oath TO faithfully dis
charge the duties assigned us.
which saidoath was duly liledwith
the city recorder of the city of
St. Johns, and after taking and
subscribing 10 the said oath we
were furnished with a copy of
Ordinance No. 55l together with
IA copy of the engineers report
survey, plat and written des.
cription of the hereinafter des-
cribcd property 20 be apprOpri-
ated for the proposed opening,
laying out. establishing and eX-
tending of said ST. Johns avenue
and together with a copy of the
charter of the city of st. Johns.
AT the time and place of meet
ing the viewers, the city of st,
Johns was represented by o. j.
Gatzmyer, city attorney of ST.
Johns, and that Mr. Morris G.
Urban was present and that
Benjamin Amsterdam nor any
representative of the heirs of
Chas. II. Ladd or +. X. Strong
whose property was TO be appro-
priated for street purposes were
present.
After being sworn i'm as view
ers, we proceeded To view the |
property TO be appropriated for
the opening, laying out, estab-
fishing and extending of said ST. |
Johns avenue and the whole |
thereof, and we listened 60 evil !
dence, instruction and argu-
ments of council and we took
into consideration the claims of
all persons concerned and we
then determined and assessed /.
the damages that will be sus-
tanned by the taking of the prop
erty and the benefits that will he
derived 10y reason of the opening
laying out, establishing and eX-
of the aforesaid st. |
Johns avenue.
That we adjourned from time
to time as follows:
From August 18th. 1913, TO
August l3, 1913, at eight o'clock
and that during all the said time
and meeting we investigated
and considered the proposed !
opening, laying out, establish I
ng and extending of said St, \
Johns avenue.
That the proposed opening,
aging out, establishing and eX- I
ending of said ST. Johns avenue Q
will necessitate the appropria- )
ion of the following described
ract of land situated i'm the /
'ounty of Multnomah, State of [
oregon, as follows. TO wit: c
A strip of 30 feet of the west S
,rly side of lot l, block 3, Oak I
Park Addition TO ST. Johns con- d
aiming S207 square feet more or Il
ess. d
And we find and determine Ii
hat the said tract of land To be 4
appropriated is owned by Mr. "
forris G. Urban. and we fur y
her find that Morris G. Urban II
5 the owner of the following de- e
cribed property, TO wit: n
All of lot |, block 3, Oak Park e
addition to St. Johns according