Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-01-08


That IL is the desire Of your pc
tiiiouers and the undersigned do
hereby petition your Honorable
Body TO improve by paving with
! course Portland Cement Con
crete. or with brick, 20'feet wide,
a county road Of King County,
Washington, in accordance with
5730-57s2, inclusive, Rem. < Bal.
Annotated Codes aud Statutes of
the State Of Washington, as am
ended, aud that the portion Of the
cost chargeable to the improve
ment district be pnid for in ten
equal annual installments and the
portion Of the cost TO be borne by
the Comfy and Road District be
paid for al the discretion of the
Board of County Commissioners
in not TO exceed ten equal annual
instalnents.
The particular description of
the road and roads desired to be
improved by your petitioners be.
ing described as follows, to-wit
Beginning at the Vashon
Ferry Terminal at Vashon
Heights in Section 6,Township
%. North Range 3 L. w. NJ,
and running thence in asouth-
erly direction over County
Road No. 1910, the same be-
ing Bond Issue Road No.14. TO
its intersection with the Bur
ton-Portage branch of the
said Road No. l040; thence
westerly and southerly over
said Burton-Portage branch
of said Road No. 1040 to the
County Wharf at Burton. the
same being in Government
Lot No. .. Section 10. Town
ship y. North Range 3 Il. w.
NJ. also from said intersec-
ton Of said Road No. 1910
with said Burton-Portage
branch, and thence easterly
and northerly over said Bur
ton-Portage branch of said
Road No, 1040 to the june
ton of said Road No. 1910
with the County Road from
the Portage Dock, the same
being at Portage in Govern.
ment Lot No. >, Section 8.
Township %, North Range 3
T.. w. NJ. with such changes
in the alignment, etc, as may
be approved by the County
Commissioners, the total dis
tance being 1916 miles.
III.
That the improvement of said
roads with some permanent sort of
improvement is necessary for the
convenience and public welfare of
the residents of King County,
Washington, and will be condu-
Give to the general welfare and
benefit of the residents of said
County and increase the public
revenue.
III.
That it appears from the assess
ment rolls of King County, Wash
ington, for the year 1919 that the
petitioners signing this petition
own property which will be par
ticularly benefited by the making
Of said improvement representing
in value not less than ten thous-
and dollars for each mile of the
improvement herein petitioned
for and represents property with
in the Improvement bouudry of
the road herein petitioned for
equivalent to not less than
five thousand dollars per mile for
each mile Of such proposed I'M
proyement
WHEREFORE, your petition
ers pray that hearing may be
had upon this petition by your
Honorable Body, and that upon
said hearing an order may be en-
tered by the County Commission
crs of King County, Washington,
authorizing and directing the i'm
proyement of the highway herein
petitioned for at the expense OF
the land benefited thereby, and in
accordance with the provisions Of
the laws of the State of Washing
ton hereinbef0re referred 10.
There win be another meeting
of the organization on Wednesday
evening. January 2lst. at s p. m.
in the OddFcllow s Hal at Center
All are urgently requested to at
tend
The News Record will publish
the law, with full particulars and
the approximate cost TO the prop
erty owners in the issue of Jan