City of Seattle Records

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On Mill Street: At Commerical Street 8 3/4 feet. At Second Street 15 feet. At the point midway between Second and Third Street, 20 feet. At Third Street 31 1/2 feet. At Fourth Street 56 1/2 feet. At the point midway between Fourth and Fifth Streets 61 feet. At Fifth Street 79 feet. At Sixth Street 117 feet. At Seventh Street 155 1/2 feet. At Eighth Street 194 feet.

On Washington Street: At Commercial Street 8 3/4 feet. At Second Street 10 feet. At Third Street 12 feet. At Fourth Street 25 feet. At Fifth Street 47 feet. At Sixth Street [85?] feet. At Seventh Street 123 1/2 feet. At Eighth Street 162 feet.

On Main Street; At Commercial Street 12 feet. At Second Street 15 feet. At Third Street 10 feet. At Fourth Street 12 feet. At Fifth Street 25 feet. At Sixth Street 56 feet. At Seventh Street 94 3/4 feet. At Eighth Street 133 feet.

On Jackson Street: At Commercial Street 11 feet. At Second Street 15 feet. At Third Street 10 feet. At Fourth Street 10 feet. At Fifth Street 10 feet. At the point midway between Fifth and Sixth Streets 11 feet. At Sixth Street 20 feet. At Seventh Street 58 1/2 feet. At Eighth Street 97 feet.

On King Street: At Commercial Street 10 feet. At Second Street 10 feet. At Sixth Street 10 feet. At the point midway between Sixth and Seventh Streets 11 1/2 feet. At Seventh Street 22 1/2 feet. At Eighth Stree 61 feet.

On Weller Street: At Seventh Street 10 feet. At the point midway between Seventh and Eighth Streets 24 feet. At Eighth Street 43 feet.

On Lane Street: At Seventh Street 10 feet. At the point midway between Seventh and Eighth Streets 10 feet. At Eighth Street 25 feet.

TO the Honorable, the City Council of the city of Seattle;-

The petition of the undersigned, respectfully represents unto your honorable body that they are citizens, property owners and tax payers of said city of Seattle; that they are owners of and interested in property located in the district or locality usually known as Beacon Hill, in said city; that said property is approached by 14th. Street, leading South from Jackson Street and that said thoroughfare of 14th. Street is the only natural and practical way of reaching said property by teams or otherwise; that in fact said route over 14th. Street is the only way that said section known as Beacon Hill can be reached from the central part of the city of Seattle, and then only in the dry season or when said street is in good repair.

Your petitioners further represent unto your honorable body that said 14th. Street, commencing at its intersection of Lane Street and continuing South for about a block and a half, is out of repair and is in fact in very bad condition, almost impassable in the dry season of the year; that your petitioners are informed and believe that said street between the points mentioned was at one time graded up to the city datum, but by reason of the continued, long, wet season of the winter of 1890-91 a large portion of the filling and garding [sic] was carried out of the street proper and down the hill to the East of said street, thereby making it almost impassable for teams at the best season of the year.

Your petitioners further represent that during the present season a large number of residences have been and are being built in the section of the city referred to and many persons and families have become and are about to become residents thereof and will be

To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council of the city of Seattle.

We, your petitioners, owners of real property contiguous to the herein proposed street, would respectfully pray for the location and establishment, as provided by law, of a street, to be eighty (80) feet in width; beginning at the intersection of Ranier Avenue and Lane Street, in "The Hill Tract Addition of the city of Seattle", and running thence in a southerly direction, corresponding with the line of the Ranier Electric Railway, to the southern boundary of the city of Seattle, excepting so much thereof as is already dedicated as a street.

We would respectfully offer as a few of the reasons for locating said street; that there is a large and rapidly increasing population adjacent ot said proposed street, which has no direct communication with the business portion of the city; that a considerable portion of said street will be through unplatted land; that a county road will, in all probability, be laid out this summer, which will connect with the southern end of said proposed street at the city boundary, and which will extend south through a thickly settled portion of the County, to which there is now no direct road from the city and extend to the town of Renton; that said road will be direct and comparatively level, and will make one of the best drive-ways in the city; and that the topography of the country is such, that the line of the proposed street will be in the natural course of the sewer, to connect a large portion of the city with the sewer tunnel, now being constructed in the lower part of the city. The damages awarded property owners may be assessed on property benefited is deemed advis-

To the Hon. Mayor and Comon Council of the City of Seattle

Gentlemen Your Committee on Fire and Water beg to make the following recommendations for the better protection of the city from fire.

1st That a district be laid off, bounded by King St on the north, So. Seventh St on the east, Lane St on the South, and Railroad Ave. on the West. That within these limits the erection by prohibited of any building which shall exceed the height of 24 ft from the sidewalk to the eaves or more than two stories, and that no cloth and paper finish be allowed on any inside wall in any building within the same.

2nd That the fire limit ordinance be so amended that the district lying between Bell + between 3rd St and the alley West of Fourth St and Pine Streets shall be included within the same.

Respectfully submitted

D. E. Durie Chairman

F E Jones F. A. Twichell

June 6/90

Seattle, Washington. May 8 1894.

To the Honorable; The Board of Public Works. Seattle, Washington

Gentlemen; We, the Undersigned, residents and taxpayers in the City of Seattle, respectfully petition that five (5) Arc Lights be located at the following points on Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, all but the one on Lane street being on Beacon Hill. One light at the corner of Lane and Fourteenth streets. One light at the corner of Catherine and Fourteenth streets. One light at the corner of Atlantic and Fourteenth streets. One light at the corner of Amy and Fifteenth streets. one light at the corner of Frederick and Fifteenth streets. Thousands of dollars have been expended on Beacon Hill, yet up to the present time we have been unable to secure any light service. We earnestly request that this petition receive your early attention.

Respectfully yours,