City of Seattle Records

220 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jul 1 1887 Remonstrance of L Wilcox and Lucy Wilcox against Seventh St grade assessment roll. Tabled. Official Reports Report of City Attorney for month of June read and ordered filed. Report of Chief of Police for month of June read and ordered filed. Report of Justice H L Jones for month of June referred to Finance Committee Report of Justice A Soderberg for month of June referred to Finance Committee Report of Street Commissioner referred to Street Committee & returned approval. Report from City Treasurer read and referred to Finance Com. Committee Reports Received From Street committee granting petition of W A Steves for permission to erect a two story wooden building on Lot 1 Block 10 Maynard's Plat Adopted From Street Commmittee rejecting petitions of Nicholas George and Andrew Castro for permission to erect fish stands at the foot of Columbia Street Adopted From Street Committee laying on the table petitions of Toklas & Singerman & others in regard to fish stands foot of Columbia Street Adopted. Report from Street Committee on propositionof Seattle Cable Road & Water Co recommending that the same be accepted and a franchise granted the company for 25 years and City Attorney directed to draw an ordinance granting such franchise. Adopted. Report from Street Committee granting the petitionof Thos Burke and others to grade Madison Street fromthe end of the present grade to the City limits and build a sidewalk thereon and recommending that a new grade be established as provided by an ordinance herewith submitted. Adopted

281 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Aug 26 1887 On motion of Councilman Frink the Ordinance granting a franchise to the Seattle Cable Road & Water Co is taken from the table and read. and returned to the parties interested to be acted on at the next regular meeting. Committee Reports Rec'd Bill allowed From Committee on License & Revenue on petition of August Wolff for the return of certain license money recommending that the sum of $71.50 be returned. Adopted. and warrant ordered drawn. Bids Received. In answer to calls for bids duly published bids are received and opened and contracts awarded as follows. For Lighting Public Buildings and Streets Bids are received from the Seattle Gas and Electric Co and from the Seattle Electric Light Co. Also from same parties for furnishing lamp posts and from Moran Bros for furnishing lamp posts. Said bids are referred to the committee on Street Lights and after due examination by the Committee for Lighting Public Buildings and the Street Lamps, 79 Lamps that were formerly used for gas be awarded to the Seattle Gas & Electric Co]] and that the contract for lighting the remainder of the street lighs be awarded to the Seattle Electric Light Co and that the contract for lighting the remainder of the street lights be awarded to the Seattle Electirc Light Co Report adopted and on motion it is ordered that fifty (50) of the lights furnished by the latter Company be of 32 candle power and the rest of 16 candle power incandescent lights and the City Attorney orderd to draw the necessary contracts. On motion the bids for lamp posts are laid over until the next regular meeting. Lumber The Following bids for supplying the City with