City of Seattle Records

141 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITYOF SEATTLE Jan 21 1887 to street committee from Ames & Russell for permissionto lunload logs o Union Street. Granted From Sundstrom & Littell for a lease of or permission to use the foot of University Street for a Steam Jobbing shop. Referred to Street Committee, to be reported on at the adjourned meeting Committee Reports Rec'd From Street Light Committee stating that they are unable without a test with the proper instruments to satifactorily determine as to whether the contract of the Seattle Electric Light Company with the City being faithfully fulfilled or not. That if requested to do so the Electric Light Co willl increase the lights on Front and Second Streets to 32 candle power lamps. On motion the report is adopted and the Electric Light Company requests to make the change suggested. From Committee License & Revenue on petition of Frank Wilton for the return of certain license money rejected the same. Adopted. Application for License Referred Thomas Anderson & Conrad Brehm Licenses ordered Issued F S Curtis & L L Jewett. The note upon issuing said licenses is a follows viz: Infavor of the same J Furth, J M Frink, Jos Green, T D Hinckley R Russell & C F Reitze against none. License Rejects Mrs Jane Osborn and Mrs John Shepich Bills allowed the following claims against the City having been

199 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 3 1887 Petition of Ruth Cooper and others to open Virginia Street and build a sidewalk along said street from Front St. to Seventh St. Referred to Street Committee Petition of Andrew Lunn for permission to transfer liquor license from the Red White & Blue Saloon Corner South Third St. & Washington Street to Gold Bar Saloon on south side of Washington St. Granted Petition of W B Spencer and others to declar the creosoting works a nuisance and order the same removed. Referred to Comittee on Health & Police Petition of F. W. Wald and others to widen and extend Second Street. Referred to Street Committee to be reported on at an adjourned meeting. Petition of Wm Porter and others to open Roy and other streets. Referred to Street Committee. Petition of Andrew Lunn for permission to remove two small wooden buildings from South Third Street to South Fourth Street. Granted. Petition of W. H. Hughes for the return of certain taxes to Wm Cochran. Referred to Finance Committee. Comminication from Chief of the Fire Department in regard to the Fire Alarm System. Referred to Commitee on Fire and Water Communication from Seattle Electric Light Company offering to light city jail, city offices and the engine houses for the sum of $21 per month. Referred to Committee on Street Lights.

615 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEaTTLE Sep 21 1888 32 Candle power lights for public buildings $3.00 each per month for each light used. Seattle Gas Light Co Gas lights for Street Lighting $4.50 each per month including lighting extinguishing & Cleaning street lamps, Gas for lighting public buldings $2.00 for thousand feet The bids were referred to the Committee on Street Lights and the said Committee having examined the same report in favor of awarding the contract for the lighting of the streets to the Seattle Electric Light Company for one year from Oct 1st 1888, and the contract for lighting the City Buildings and offices for one year from Oct 1st 1888 to the Seattle Gas Light Company and on motion the report is adopted and the contract awarded in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee. Lamp Posts The bid of the Seattle Electric Light Company for supplying the City with Iron Lamp Posts for the ensuing year being the only one presented was, on motion accepted and the contract for supplying the City with Iron Lamp Posts for one year from october 1st 1888 was awarded to the Seattle Electric Light Co at the following costs, viz: Iron Lamp Posts adapted to either gas or electric light $7.50 each. Hood Lamps and goose necks to attach to each post $10.00 each. Lamps, hoods, and goosenecks to attach to wooden posts $9.50 each. Compliant having been made to the Council fo the Auctioneers Stand at the S E Corner of Commercial and Washington Streets and it being evident that said complaints are well founded. On motion of Council man McDonald the Chief of Police is ordered to keep said sidewalk cleared and unobstructed at all times and not permit crowds fo people to loiter there.