City of Seattle Records

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.

213 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 17 1887 necessity for opening said half Street until such time as said street is laid out properly and there are more than two signers to the petition. Adopted. From same Committee granting petition of A J Carr and others for grading West Street from Virginia Street to Cedar St Adopted and the surveyor instructed to establish the grade of said street. From same Committee recommending that petitions of Thomas Burke, J F Eshelman & others for grading Madison St laid on the table. On motion the petitions are re-referred to the Committee until next meeting. From same Committee rejecting petition of Wm Potter & others to open Roy and other Streets as the Committee does not deem it necessary to open said streets for the present. Adopted. From the Committee on Public Buildings & Grounds on the matter of a site for a Pest House recommending that a Pest House be built on the property owned by the city on which the Powder House stands, and that plans and specification be prepared for such building adopted. From Same Com. in regard to the Park reporting that they had instructed the Street Commissioner to put the fence around the park in good repair. Adopted From Councilman C F Reitze calling attention of the Council to sidewalks on North side of Washington Street between Commercial Street and the alley between Commercial Street and South Second Street - also on the west side of Commercial Street in front of the Grand Central Hotel asked that the same be condemned and new sidewalks ordered built.

297 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Sep 16 1887 Petition of Jacob Bursch for permisson to transfer his liquor license from the South side of Mill Street to the East side of Commercial Street. Granted Petition of A H Manning & others for Street Lights on 2nd 3rd 4th & Bell Streets read & referrd to Street Light Com. Petition of G G Richards & others for Street Lights on 8th Street from Pine Street read and referred to the Street Light Committee. Petition of E C Kilbourne & others for Street Lights on Battery Street from Front Street. Granted. Petition of N A James & others for opening Roy & other streets read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of J V Scurry & other for establishing the grade of Mikado Street from the West line of South Eighth Street to the West Line of South Twelfth Street read and referred to the Street Committee. Petition of J R Beau and others for opening 3rd Street from Lake Street to Mary Street etc read and referred to the Committee on Streets. Petition of F H Osgood & others for opening Valley Street from Temperance Street to Kentucky Street. Granted. Petition of Maurice O'Connor for damages in the sum of $500. caused by the extension of Grant Street across Lot 6 Block 4 Judkin's Addition referred to Judiciary Com. Communication from Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad accepting conditions of Ordinance No 865 read and ordered filed.

314 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Oct 21 1887 in the sum of $17.50 account of injuries to horse caused by breaking through planking on Jackson St read and referred to Judiciary Committee. Petition of J.H.Paine and others for opening Harmon Street from the Bay through to its intersection with Box Street read and referred to Street Committee Communication from the Geo. Kinnear offering to donate Block 26. Geo. Kinnears addition for a public park with certain conditions, accepted and Street Committee directed to put a force work Same. Petition of F.E.Sander for permission to use a portion of 5th Street. for building material, Granted Committe reports rec'd From Street Committee on petition of J.R.Beam et al for opening Third Street, Mary St, and other Streets, recommending that the petition lay over for the present to be taken up at the first opportunity, as the Committee has more work on hand than can be completed for some time. Adopted From same committee on the petition of N.A.James et al for the opening of Roy St from Temperance to Light Streets etc recommending that the opening of Roy, Light, and Bluff Street s as far as Leary St., as the committee deem there us no necessity for opening any father at present. Adopted From same committee rejecting petition of F G Strange and others for opening Williamson St from Mill to Madison Strs. as a portion of the street runs through emplatted ground and there is no great necessity for opening said St. st present. Adopted.

414 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Mar 16 1888 Committee to investigate the matter & make report of most suitable location and the estimated cost of each of said wharves. Adopted. Mayor appoints Street Committee. From Same committee granting petition of Geo G Lyon et al for opening High Street from Temperance to Banner Streets Banner Street from High to Allen Streets and Allen St from Banner to Light Streets. Adopted. From Same Committee granting petition of D N Hyde & others for opening Roy Street from Light to Victory Streets and Victory Street from Roy to Bluff Streets. Adopted. From Same Committee rejecting petition fo J M D McDermott and others for opening portion of 5th Street & Brook Street as Sixth Street has been opened and Brook Street should be graded and sewered when opened. Adopted. From Same Committee granting petition of Hugh S Taylor & others for grading and laying sidewalks on Bell Street from 5th to 7th Streets and that the City Surveyor be instructed to furnish plans and specifications so bids can be advertised for and submitted at the next regular meeting. adopted. From same committee granting petition of Wm McCoy for permission to put a boot black stand on South Second Street near New Standard Theatre. Adopted. from same Committee granting petition of A A Bell & others for grading Depot Street from Elliotts Bay to Fir Street & directing the City Surveyor to submit plans & specificationat the next regular meeting. Adopted. from same Committee granting petition of Fred Wilhilm & others for grading Cherry Street from 4th to 13th Streets