City of Seattle Records

75 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Aug 20 1886 The following bids are rec'd and read for furnishing lumber Western Mill Co All the Rough lumber required by City @ $8.50 per [thousand board feet] Seattle Lumber & Commercial Co All the R Common lumber required for Street Improvements @ $7.90 per [thousand board feet] Stetson & Post Mill Co Good Merchantable rough Fir & Alder lumber @ $8.50 per [thousand board feet] After discussion & Comparison of bids on motion of Councilman Lake the contract for furnishing the City with Lumber for the ensuing year is awarded to the Stetson & Post Mill Co The following bids are received for Lighting & Care of Street Lamps. R W McDaniel 69 cents per lamp per month J J Sullivan 60 cents per lamp per month J C Killen 60 cents per lamp per month J Clancy 49 cents per lamp per month J Harrison 50 cents per lamp per month A C Turner 80 cents per lamp per month M Murphy 60 cents per lamp per month B J Allen $60.00 per month G A Tyler $55.00 per month Bids for lighting the streets of the City are rec'd from Seattle Electric Light Co Seattle Gas Light Co Ordered that the consideration of bids for Street Lighting & Care of Street Lamps be postponed until Monday Aug 23d at 8 o'clock PM Miscellaneous Ordered that the purchasing agent be and he is hereby instructed to purchase sufficient sewer pipe to extend the Union St sewer to Eighth St On moton the Chief of Police is instructed to look up missing City Property & report to the Council

77 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Aug 23 1886 On motion of Councilman Reitze it is ordered that a contract for lighting the Public Streets of Seattle be awarded to the Seattle Electric Light Co and that Electric light equal to 5 fast gas burners according to the proposals on file by contracted for and that a contract be executed with the Seattle Electric Light Co upon the delivery of a bond in the sum of $10,000.00 to light said streets on the first day of September 1886; and that a further bond in the sum of $10,000.00 be entered into by said Electric Light Co. for the faithful performance of such contract for one year. On motion the City Attorney is ordered to draw up a contract with the Seattle Electric Light Co for lighting the streets of the City for the ensuing year. An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute a certain contract" which is passed by the following vote; In favor of said ordinance Coulter, Frink, Green, Hinckley, Lake, Russell and Reitze. Against none Ordered that the Councildonow adjourn W H Shoudy mayor Attest W R Forrest clerk

94 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Oct 1 1886 Cemetary fund 1935 City 190.00 Ordinance No776 Transferred to Cem fund [total] 2168.85 E L McClallahan 1386 Road 58.50 Labor on Streets Daniel Moore 1387 Road 56.25 Labor on Streets Thomas Rock 1388 Road 58.05 Labor on Streets Phillip Cochrane 1389 Road 56.25 Labor on Streets Z Scott 1390 Road 56.25 Labor on Streets Luther Albee 1391 Road 51.75 Labor on Streets James Burke 1392 Road 50.60 Labor on Streets John Mahoney 1393 Road 42.15 Labor on Streets Charles Brown 1394 Road 56.25 Labor on Streets Peter Cunningham 1395 Road 55.10 Labor on Streets Oscar Young 1396 Road 56.90 Labor on Streets Stephen Berry 1397 Road 34.85 Labor on Streets John Cunningham 1398 Road 9.00 Labor on Streets A E King 1399 Road 9.00 Labor on Streets C Beckman 1400 Road 9.00 Labor on Streets W S Gass 1401 Road 9.00 Labor on Streets John Keenan 1402 Road 4.50 Labor on Streets [total] 673.40 C P Stone 1403 Road 32.50 Feed for City Team Gordon Hardware Co 1404 Road 6.15 Nails, Powder, Fuse, etc Chas McDonald 1405 Road 21.00 Repairing Tools J A McBeath & Co 1406 Road 6.70 Horse Shoeing etc Harrington & Smith 1407 Road 471.37 Feed for City Team G Kellogg & Co 1408 Road 3.00 3 Horse Liniment Young & McKeon 1409 Road 1.25 Sewer Pipe & Labor A Chilberg 1410 Road 11.25 Oats M Keezer 1411 Road 2.00 Use of Jack Screws A M Gilman 932 Fire 75.00 Salary Engr #2 W A Perry 933 Fire 75.00 Salary Engr #1 Chas & McKeon 934 Fire 2.00 Repairing Hose Cart G Kellogg 935 Fire 60.95 Coal Youn & McKeon 936 Fire 3.50 Stove Pipe etc Seattle Electric Light Co 160 Gas 135.60 Street Lighting Spring Hill Water Co 44 Water 250.50 Water for Sept A W Burrell 1429 Grant St Plank Road 3924.00 Grant Street Plank Road Contract

97 COMMON COUNCIL OF THECITY OF SEATTLE Oct 5 1886 other nomination on motion the Clerk is instructed to cast the ballot of the Council for said A H Manning which being done, the said Manning declared duly elected a police officer of the City of Seattle Petitions etc Petition of I N Bigelow et al for a plank crossing onPine Street West side of 3rd Street Refrred to Street Commitee Petition of I N Bigelow et al for a Street Light corner of 3d and Pine Street Referred to Street Light Commitee Committee Reports Received FromCommittee on Street Lights to whom was referred the petitionfo O J Carr et al praying the Council to order 32 candle power lamps placed on all street lamps and also on all extensions ordered during the year reproting that after careful consideration they find that upon the faithful performance of the obligation of the Seattle Electric Light Co in the City is sufficient for any and all purpose and therefore recommend that the petition be not granted. On motion of Councilman Lake the report of the Committee is adopted by a unanimous vote. Licenses referred Wm Gross, Geo Delfil, amd Martin Lange Ordered that the Council do now adjourn W H Shoudy mayor attest W R Forrest , clerk

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