City of Seattle Records

293 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Sep 2 1887 Name Fund No Amt Remarks White & Quigley Ord 836 High St 1460 1732.72 Estimate Albro Gardner Ord 836 High St 1461 69.89 Engineer J Furth for W E WilsonOrd 829 7th St 1462 1425.68 Estimate of wrok Albro Gardner Ord 829 7th St 1463 110.14 Engineere Wm Tierney Ord 839 Madison St 1464 1443.75 Estimate Albro Gardner Ord 839 Madison St 1465 59.01 Engineer Wilson & Godfred Ord 848 7th St 1466 1577.00 Estimate Albro Gardner Ord 848 7th St 1467 41.01 Engineer Ordered that the City Attorney be instructed to compile the City Ordinances up to the present date. The Matter of the Ordinance granting a franchise to the Seattle Cable Road and Water Co is continued until Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock PM Ordinances An Ordinance is submitted by the City Atty entitled "An Ordinance granting the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Company its successors and assigns the right and authority to locate lay down construct maintain and operate a railway consisting of one or more tracks across Columbia St inthe City of Seattle" Passes full vote. On ordinance is submitted by the City Clerk entitled "A Special ordinance appropriating money to pay audited bills. Passed un'msly Ordered that the action of the council inregard to Mary Costello's assessment be rescinded on account of teh Notice required by law not having been served by the Chief of Police in time. Adjourned until Tuesday next at 7:30 PM Approved Thomas T Minor mayor Attest Clerk

464 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 11 1888 Be it remembered that on this 11th day of May A.D 1888, the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in in it's Council chamber pursuant to adjournment, the following officers are present to wit: His honor the Mayor Thos T Minor and Councilmen Furth, Frink, Green, Lake, Russell & Reitze and W R Forrest Clerk. -- The following proceedings are had, to wit: -- Petititions and Communications Petition of F W Woodaman & others for the grading of Cherry Street from Fourth Street to Thirteenth Street as originslly petitioned for and not from Fifth Street to Broadway as ordered by the Council read and referred to Committee on Streets. -- Petition of J B Metcalfe & others for straightening South Eleventh Street from Mill Street to Jackson Street read and referred to Street Committee with power to act & the Committee requests to examine & report as to the advisability of grading said South Eleventh Street from Mill Street to Lane Street. Remonstrance of A. A. Denny and others against opening streets on tide flats at the expense of the general fund, read and referred to the city attorney. Petition of T S Briscoe and others for establishing grade of Sixth Street between the South side of Union Street and North side of Spring Street, and grading and building sidewalks on both sides of said Sixth Street between said points, read and referred to the Street Committee and the Committee directed to report to Depot Street. _________________________________ _________________________________ Petition of the Seattle Cable Road and Water Co for the return of a certified check for $1000 heretofore