City of Seattle Records

To the Hon. Mayor & Common Council of the City of Seattle - Gentlemen. The undersignedresidents of the eastern portion of the city, respectfully request your honorable body to order the southerly half of Jackson Street from Sixteenth Street to Lake View Street to be planked frorm the car track to the sidewalk on the south side of the street. Three Fourths of all the travel from the City to Lake Washington goes over Jackson Street, a portion of which is newly graded and filled some four feet deep, and this part particularly will be impassable as soon as wet weather sets in. Wherefore we pray that said work be ordered done and your petitioners will ever pray. R Morford C A Cram B M Padley H McDermid Harry Muhl A M Cale Geo H Bartell Anderson Jas Henry Jones A H Mafferd W E Burgess A G Keene J M Branson Thos Anderson Alex C Anderson M J Cook H Keller C S Rabison E A Frasier Levi Wintermuth C H Morford A W Pratt Chas N Evans Emil Anderson J C Levold E W Engel J S Cox

City Park Commssion Daniel Jones chairman W E Burgess Abram Barker Chas N Evans W E Bailey

Seattle, Wash May 12 1892 The Honorable the Board of Police Commission of Seattle Gentlemen In view of the theft missdemeanors and trespasses constantly occuring and likely to occur in the City Park; also the probable inability of your then Board to detail such necessary police force, as to afford a proper and continued surveillance.

The board respectfully suggest and request that its Superintendant have such authority rested on him by your Hon board, that he may delegate such to the Park Keepers and tenders during their hours of service in order to better to protect the Cities Park property.

All to conform agreeably to you rules and regulations and instructions.

Very Respectfully Yours W E Burgess chairman