Chapter 157. To grant to the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington, certain rights of way for sewer and street purposes through and along the military reservation of Fort Lawton, Washington, and through the reservations for the Lake Washington Canal
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CHAP. 157.— An Act To grant to the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington, certain rights of way for sewer and street purposes through and along the military reservation of Fort Lawton, Washington, and through the reservations for the Lake Washington Canal. May 2, 1908.[[S. 5126](/us/bill/70/s/5126).][[Public No. 107.](/us/pl/70/107)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the city of Seattle, aSeattle, Wash.
Granted right of way through Fort Lawton Military Reservation, for drainage purposes. municipal corporation of the State of Washington, is hereby granted the right to construct and maintain a tunnel for sewer and drainage purposes under and across the military reservation of Fort Lawton, Washington, from a point on the east boundary of said reservation soDescription. selected that the central line of said tunnel shall bear north eighty-two degrees west, approximately, to the intersection of L street and Delaware avenue (formerly McGraw street) of the Seattle tide lands; thence northwesterly into Puget Sound: *Provided*, That all work on the reservation*Provisos*.Secretary of War to approve work, etc. shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War and to such regulations as he may prescribe in the interest of good order and to prevent any unnecessary injury to the reservation or to public property thereon: *Provided further*, That if, at any time, the dischargeChanges. of said sewer shall become injurious to the sanitary conditions of Fort Lawton, the city of Seattle, upon notification by the Secretary Of War, shall take prompt measures to abate the objectionable features: *And provided further*, That if the construction of the Lake WashingtonLocation.
Canal shall have been decided upon before the completion of said sewer, the city of Seattle, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may so modify the location of the outfall and the route across the reservation as best to meet the new conditions created by the canal. Sec. 2. That the city of Seattle is also granted a right of way oneLake Washington Canal reservation.Right of way through, granted. hundred and fifty feet wide, for street and tunnel purposes, across the reservations for the old and new locations of the Lake Washington Canal—the central line of said right of way bearing approximatelyDescription. north from a point on the south line of the old location reserve, situated about six hundred and thirty-nine feet westerly from the southerly monument in Twenty-fourth avenue north (formerly East street); together with the use for similar purposes of land included by the south boundary of the old location reserve, the east boundary of said right of way, a line bearing approximately north from said southerly monument, about seventy feet, to the northerly monument in Twenty-fourth street, a line bearing westerly from said northerly monument, parallel to and seventy feet distant from the southerly line of the old location reserve, about four hundred and sixty feet in length, and a line from the westerly end of the last-mentioned line, bearing north about forty-four degrees and fourteen minutes west, about one hundred and fifty feet, to the east boundary of said right of way: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Changes, etc.
That any structures placed by said city in said right of way shall be subject to the supervision of the Secretary of War and to such changes as he may from time to time prescribe in order that the use of said rights of way shall not obstruct any improvements which the United States may make on said reservations. Sec. 3. That the city of Seattle is also granted the right to constructTunnel for sewer, gas, etc. and maintain a tunnel to carry water, sewer, gas, and other pipes, and electric wires, under and across the Lake Washington Canal Reservation near Third avenue, west, in the city of Seattle, subject to such conditions as to location and plans of the tunnel and to such changes in respect thereto as the Secretary of War may from time to time prescribe in order that the tunnel shall not obstruct any improvement which the United States may make on said reservation.
Sec. 4. That the city of Seattle is further granted the right to openFort Lawton.Street along boundaries. and perpetually maintain a public street in and along the southern, eastern, and northern boundaries of the military reservation of Fort Lawton, Washington, using for that purpose a strip of land thirty feet wide within the reservation and along said boundaries, beginning 100 at the meander corner between sections fifteen and sixteen, township twenty-five north, range three east, Willamette meridian; thence along the reservation boundary northerly, easterly, northerly, westerly, northerly, westerly, northerly, westerly, and northerly to the meander line on the north side of section ten of said township and range: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Expense, etc.
That all expense of opening and maintaining said street shall be borne by said city and that the work of moving the Government fences to the location made necessary by this grant shall be done by said city without expense to the United States and to the satisfaction of the military authorities. Approved, May 2, 1908.