City of Seattle Records

435 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Apr 6 1888 Driving Piles $2.00 each On motion the contract is awarded to Parker and Orr Commercial Street Wharf Bids for constructing Commercial Street Wharf were opened and read as follows: McKinnon & Co Lumber per M [thousand board feet] $16.75 Piling per lineal foot .17 cents Parker & Orr Lumber per M [thousand board feet] $17.00 Piling per lineal foot .17 cents Ordered that the contract be awarded to McKinnon & Co upon the settlement of the question of grade etc and that J M Frink, U R Niesz, and Robert Moran be appointed a committee to confer with property owners and report on Wednesday next. Vine Street Improvement Bids for grading Vine Street and building sidewalks on both sides of said street as provided by Ordinanve No 909 were opened as follows: P Quigley and J M Quigley Earthwork per cubic yard .29 cents Sidewalks per M [thousand board feet] $14.90 Box Drains per M [thousand board feet] $17.50 Grubbing and Clearing per acre $85.00 W E Wilson Earthwork per cubic yard .39 cents Sidewalks per M [thousand board feet] $18.00 Box Drains per M [thousand board feet] $18.00 Grubbing and Clearing per acre $140.00

440 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Apr 11 1888 On motion the mayor is requested to present the same? to Capt Woolery. Which is done with appropriate remarks. Ordered that the Contractors for Grant Street Plank Road Extension file a bond in the sum of $3000.00. Ordered that that Contractors for Commercial Street wharf give a bond in the sum of $1500.00. Ordered that the time for filing bids for grading & building sidewalks on Cherry Street be postponed until Friday May 4th 1888 and that the clerk give notice to parties interested to appear and examine the profile of said grade on Friday April 20th. Committee Reports Received From Committee on Fire & Water rejecting petition of A. L. Palmer for permission to alter and change wooden building on Front Street near Pike St Adopted. From same committee rejecting petition of Robert Abrams for removing and altering a wooden building on Front Street near Pike. Adopted. From same committee rejecting petition of Frank Dupont for permission to build a fish stand at the foot of Madison Street. Adopted. From same committee rejecting petition of F. A. Fay for permission to repair old building back of Marshall building on Commercial Street. Adopted. From Special Committee on Commercial Street Wharf as follows: "Your Committee appointed to confer with the property owners on South Second Street and Commercial Street beg to report that they recommend

494 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jun 1 1888 Gordon Hardware Co 2199 Road 6.40 Powder & fuse M McTeigh 2200 Road 18.15 Repairing Harness J A McBearth & Co 2201 Road 53.45 Horse Shoeing Peterson & Fabin 2202 Road 55.85 Filling in Washington St Shoudy Perkins & Co 2203 Road 24.78 Hay Hatfield & Gurton 2204 Road 33.26 Feed Schwabacher Bros & Co 2205 Road 27.80 Supplies for St Com'r Surber & Eagan 2206 Road 398.10 Driving Piles Seattle Lumber &C Co 2207 Road 826.05 Lumber Stetson &Post 2208 Road 170.05 Lumber Parker & Orr 2209 Road 550.47 Estimate on Grant Street Extn Parker & Orr 2209 Road 391.96 Estimate on Marion Street Wharf McKinnon & Co 2210 Road 5493.54 Estimate on Commercial Street Wharf Fire W A Perry 1284 Fire 82.50 Salary Engr No 1 O A Drew 1285 Fire 82.50 Salary Engr No 1 N S Snyder 1286 Fire 25.00 Salary Secy Bd Fire Delegates N S Snyder 1286 Fire 4.00 Judge of Election Albert Bryan 1287 Fire 4.00 Judge of Election Clark 1288 Fire 4.00 Judge of Election U M Rasin 1289 Fire 4.00 Judge of Election J C Morse 1290 Fire 4.00 Judge of Election McIntyre 1291 Fire 4.00 Judge of Election W T Sharpe 1292 Fire 4.00 Judge of Election Bridges & Coughlin 1293 Fire 1.80 Cleaning Drain Eng #1 Seattle Transfer Co 1294 Fire 2.50 Cleaning Drain Eng #1 W H Conover 1295 Fire 1.50 Cleaning Drain Eng #1 H Meyderbauer 1296 Fire 3.00 Washing Hose Beatly & Sullivan 1297 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose Jno J Sullivan 1298 Fire 3.00 Washing Hose E A Snodell 1299 Fire 2.50 Hauling Hook & L Truck Fuller & Thomas 1300 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose Robt Hamilton 1301 Fire 2.50 Washing Hose Black Diamond Coal Co1302 Fire 13.00 Washing Hose Z C Miles 1303 Fire 3.20 Washing Hose W L Lindsley 1304 Fire 2.50 Washing Hose

538 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jul 20 1888 the committee requested to report on the same this meeting. Petition of D. M. McKenzie for permission to use giant powder in blasting out stumps on Block 47 Nagle addition. Also on Block 6 Yesters addition between Mill Street and Washington Street, read and referred to the Street Committee with power to act. Petition of J. W. Hunt for permission to make certain repairs to wooden building on South Second Street between Mill & Washington streets. Referred to Committee on Fire and Water with permission to act. Petition of M. Korn to move wooden buildings from Mill Street to near South Second to the Commercial Street wharf. Granted. Remonstrance of Thos Rhodes who against being prohibited from peddling ice cream on the streets without a license. Rejected & ordered that the permit heretofor granted be revoked. Petition of Parker & Orr for permission to use powder in clearing and grading Bluff Street. Referred to Street Committee with power to act. Petition of G. H. Wright for permission to build a bake-oven under the sidewalk No. 117 Columbia Street. Read & referred to Committee on Fire & Water. Reports His Honor, the Mayor returns to Council Ordinance No. 967, entitled "An Ordinance granting a franchise to J. M. Thompson, and his associates for a cable street railway in the City of Seattle" with his objections thereto in wiring as follows, to wit.