City of Seattle Records

To the Honorable the President and Members of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Seattle

Gentlemen

The undersigned property- owners and tax-payers respectfully ask your Hon Body to order the construction of a sewer on Cedar Street from Fourth Street to Water Street thence along Water Street to a connection with the sewer on Vine Street. A good many buildings have been erected on Cedar Street others are under construction or contemplated. Said sewer to be constructed at the expence of the City of Seattle and not at the expense of abutting property. Hoping your Hon Body will act without delay in that matter we remain respectfully yours.

Charles Hart John Keevan C C Reynolds Geo Autenen E K Bushnell C Schaefer Eva D Heilbron Geo Kinnear

Recommended

James Shannon M D President F A Churchill M D F A Noble M D G H T Sparling M D Health Officer E P Heliker M D Asst Health Officer

Office of Board of Health

Seattle Washington March 4 1891

To the Hon Board of Alderman City of Seattle

Gentlemen

At the regular meeting of the Board of Health it was decided to recommend to the favorable Consideration of your Honorable Body The petition of Chas Hart et al for a sewer on Ceder St from Fourth to Water and on Water Street to a connection with the Public sewer on Vine St as said was deemed necessary to public health in that vicinity.

Very Respectfully Geo H T Sparling Secy B of H

Territory of Washington SS 990464 County of King

I David T Denny of Seattle Left side of page notes King County W T would represent to the Hon Council of the City of Seattle Blk B R to $50 per lot that all the lots in Blocks A & B in my 6th addition to Seattle are assessed at three hundred dollars Blk 93 Lts 1 2 3 R to $150 per lot each, and the lots so described are entirely covered with water and Blk 94 Lts 1 2 3 R to $150 per lot therefore at the present time are very much less valuable than those on the land which are assessed at the same price. Also lots 1 - 2 - 3 in Block 93 in D T Denny 1M addition also lots 1 - 2 - 3 in Block 94 in same add are water lots and assessed too high also part of Lot 1 and the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 29 T 25 NE 4 E is too high and in consequence theseof I do hereby present this as my written protest to and against said valuations. Given under my hand and seal this 23rd day of May A D 1884 D T Denny Seal

To the Honorable the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen!-- Whereas, There was presented to your honorable body on Jan. 24th 1893, a petition praying that Lake Avenue be vacated from John Street to Mercer Street, which petition alleges as a reason for said vacation that Lake Avenue was diagonally to the streets already laid out in that district. Now, Therefore, we, the undersigned owners of property abutting on and adjacent to Lake Avenue, do hereby emphatically protest against the vacation of said Avenue, for the following reasons:-- 1.-- The avenue running as it does diagonally from the Bay to the Lake Union, instead of being a detriment, is in our opinion, a great public convenience as it affords the only direct route from the Bay to the Lake (as will be more readily seen by reference to the map of the City) and will, when graded, establish one of the finest drives in Seattle, The Avenue being eighty feet wide, of comparatively easy grade, and

STATEMENT Of Charles A Duke Made on oath as an applicant for appointment as a member of the Police Force of the City of Seattle, in the form of question and answer, for the purpose of establishing his qualifications for that duty. Question. What is your name? Answer. Charles A Duke Q. Where were your parents born? A. Paris, France Hoboken, N.J. Q. Where were you born? A. Hoboken N.J. Q. When were you born? A. Aug 1st 1849 Q. If out of the United States, have you been naturalized? A.- Q. In what Bourt, when and where? A. - Q. Have you your final Papers? A.- Q. an you rad and write the English language understandly A. Yes. Q. Have you ever been convicted of any crime? A. No. Q. where do you reside? A. 114 Albert St. City Q.How long have you resided there? A. Four (4) years. Q. How long have you lived in Seattle? In this State? A. Four (4) years Q. Are you married or single? A.Married Q. If married, what family have you, and do they reside with you? A. Wife and daughter -yesQ. What has been your trade, business or employment? A. Carpenter and R.R. man Q. Have your paid or promised to pay, or give any money, thing, service or consideration, to any person, directly or indirectly, for any recommendation, service or influence given, used or promised towards procuring your appointment? A. No Q. Are you in good health, of firm constitution, and able bodied? A. Yes Q. Have you ever had the rheumatism, hernia, piles, or any chronic disease? and if so, how long since? A. No Q. Are you aware of any bodily or other defect which will impair you usefulness as a policeman? A. No Q. Have you ever been in the U.S. Military Service? If so, what, and were you hininrably discharged? A. Yes. -YesQ. Have you ever been a Policeman? A. Dpty Sherrif & constable in Kansas under Judge Wilson Q. Are your parents, or either of them Dead? and if so, of what disease did they die? A. No Signature. Charles A Duke NOTICE-Any false statement, evasion or decption in answering the foregoing question, will be ground of summary dismissal