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Show EUREKA TOWNSITE. Albert llursh Testifies to the Value of Town Lot. on the Property Now I nilci Litig-il ion. The Eureka towusite case began again this morning. Albert Hursh was put on the stand bj the applicants. After a few unimportant un-important iiiestions in which the witness staled that he was a civil and mining ougiueer, had been in Eureka some three years and had hecu practicing his profession some nine years, be was asked: "Calling your attention to the townilt plat tiled with the application in the case, I will ask you to state, if you know, who prepared pre-pared that plat?" Yes sir, I prepared it." "Was that map made from an actual survey sur-vey 1" "As to the location of the houses and of the claims unsurveyed for United States patent and a portion of the claims surveyed for United States patents, it was made from actual surveys made by me, and in the case of all the claims surveyed for United States patents, it was made from the official notes and li led in the surveyor general's otllce. "As to the estimated Value of the buildings it was made from actual observation on my part. As to the dates of construction of the huildiugs MibsriUctit to lSS'J, it was made from actual observations, and with reference refer-ence to those constructed prior to lsstl, from the best information I could obtain from the old residents of the place and the owners of he buildings." "Have you a general knowledge of the value of real estate within the limits of the towusite of Kureka!"' "Yes sir." ' 'Calling your attention to the townsite plat tiled in this case, and to the location of the Wolfe Tone mining el aim marked there- on, i wvu asiv you 10 give a general csiiniale of the value of the buildings within the limits of that claim on the 23d of January, 1891." "The total value I couldn't give very well without looking it up, but I should estimate that the building would estimate that the buildings would average in value $550. "What would be your estimate as to the value of the buildings at that time upon the Honicstakc, giving an average of each building?" 'T would estimate the average value at abont $800 each. I am mistaken. I understood under-stood your question to apply to the Home Kulc. As to the lloiucstakc average, 1 would say about $400 each." "And at that time was the value of the ground within the limits of the Honicstakc, for townsite purposes, estimated either by lots or by the acre f "1 should say that if a title were secure, a building lot of say 50 by 101) feet on the llomestake would have been Worth from JliKHI to 15(HJ." "Ami tlie value of the land embraced within the Wolf Tone at that time?" "With the same provision as to title, 1 should say that a business lot of say 'J5 by 75 feet, along the Main street, would have been worth from KWO to 1000, and that res. idence lots off Main street, on the Wolf Tone, about 50 by 75 feet in size, would he worth 150 to '.'50. "I will ask you the same question with reference to the Robert E. Leer' " The average value of the buildings on the Robert K. I.ee 1 should estimate at Jttit) euch, and a lot 50 by loo feet, with title, would tie worth from $60 to $150." "Same question with reference to the Little Chief ?" "1 would give about the sam estimate ou the Little Chief as on the Robert K. Lee." "And how is it as to the Diablo?" "On the l)iahh the average value of the buildings at that time was probably .; each, and a residence lot ou the Diablo, 50 by 100, would have been worth, with clear title, from -50 to $150." "Since you have been a resident of Eureka, in what direction from the old business nor tion of the town has the tow n been spread ing?" "To the east am! north." "Have any of the lands within the town site application ever been regularly surveyed sur-veyed and divided into streets, lots, blocks and alleys?" 'A small portion lying north of the Diablo and AoqUarrlea has been so surveyed by parties holding mineral claims." "That is the only portiou, is it?" "lliat Is Hie. only portion us far as 1 know." "Do you know Mr. M. 8. PowerB, one of the mineral protectants in this case?" I do." "Did you, in .Inly or August, 1WJ, in eon. nection with Mr. f'uwers, make a measurement measure-ment of water BoWlBK from Diablo tunnel or in the Diablo tunnel':" "Yes, sir." "How came you to make that measurement measure-ment ?'' "I was directed to do so by the Bullion. Heel; ai d ('humphm Mining company, bv w hich 1 w.is employed, aud I iiudcr.nod that it was ou account of a deal that was in progress for the purchase of the watei right." Cross-examination "When did you make the survey, or part of the survey upon which the townsite map is based?" "i mad pert of it In Jane, of lstK), and part of it in May or June, IS.tl. aud other parts of it at various limes froiu lhS'.l to lbltl." "What part did you make in 1SH1I?" "I ran a preliminary line through the main street of the town", and nil to the north. east lo lioinansvlllc, niidlatcr used the points ou that hue as a asis fjr tliis aur- Mr. Hi. -ii wiis still nj tbe staud at the time of K'm'o t prcbs.-s |