City of Seattle Records

179 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Apr 15 1887 Name Warrant Fund Amount Remarks Ruth Cooper 2214 City 1.50 Gas Tax refunded L P Smith & Son 2215 City 2.00 Repg city Seal E L Lindsley 2216 City 5.50 New Lock for Powder House etc Press Pub'g Co 2217 City 11.50 Printing Albro Gardner 2218 City 17.00 Front Street Sidewalk Dunham & Johnson 1028 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose W R McDonald 1029 Fire 3.00 Washing Hose Chas McDonald 1030 Fire 15.00 Spanners W S Hughes 1031 Fire 8.00 Rent of Engine House No 4 Frank Beattie 1032 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose Frank McKeon 1033 Fire 3.00 Washing Hose Roseburg & Hill 1438 Front St 564.20 Front Street Sidewalk Chas Hopkins 1439 Front St 71.63 Front Street Sidewalk Ordinances An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance providing for the construction of a sidewalk on the North Side of Marion Street between Third and Fourth Streets" Which is passed by the following vote: In favor of the same Furth, Green, Hinckley, Lake, Russell & Reitze. against none. Also an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to amend section 32 of Ordinance No 383, entitled 'An Ordinance establishing certain grades in the City of Seattle'" Which is passed by the following vote: In favor of the same Furth, Green, Hinckley, Lake, Russell & Reitze. against none. Also An Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to prevent the growing and spreading of thistles within the City of Seattle" Which is passed by the following vote viz: In favor of the same Furth, Green, Hinckley, Lake, Russell&Reitze. against: T D Hinckley. Also An Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to license Street Railway Cars running within the City of Seattle"

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.

212 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jun 17 1887 property therefor, Second Street if so widened from Depot Street by way of South Third Street to King Street and from there continuous and extended to Grant Street would be as good a street as the one proposed by the above entitled Ordinance, and yet the cost thereof would be almost nothing as compared with the street proposed to be widened and established by the Ordinance. I believe it therefore to be my duty to vetoe the above entitled Ordinance and have accordingly returned the same with the foregoing reasons for my objections thereto. You will please take such action as you may deem proper in relation to the Ordinance. Very Respectfully W H Shoudy mayor On motion the consideration of the Mayor's Communication is passed for the present. Committee Reports Rec'd From Street Committee on petition of Ruth Cooper et al recommending that said petition be granted so far as to open Virginia Street from Front Street to Seventh Street but not so as to lay the sidewalk asked for. Adopted From Same Committee granting petition of Samuel Ware to move building on Block 10 Maynard's Plat Adopted From Same committee laying over the petition of H L Yesler and others to grade Mill Street as the Comittee are of the opinion there are noat a sufficient number of signers to the petition. Adopted. From same Committee rejecting petition of Wm Lides & Otto Ranke as it appears to the Committee there is no