City of Seattle Records

471 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE May 18 1888 granted the same to be included in the assessment district heretofore created in Tenth Street from Broadway to Spring Street Petition of M McDonald for permission to use the foot of Washington Street near Commercial Street to Commercial Street next to Esmond Saloon Granted. Petitionof Thomas Ewing for permission to use the foot of Washington Street for a landing place for ferry boat. Read and referred to Committee on Harbor & Wharves. Communication from W V Rinehart asking for the payment of certain street grade warrants. read and referred to the City Attorney. Remonstrance of Geo Brandt andothers against opening alley through Block 106 D T Denny's First Addition read and referred to Street Committee. PetitionofC M Sheafe and others for grading Temperance Avenue from Mercer Street to Lee Street read and referred to Street Committee. Communication from Memorial Committee G A R extending an invitation to the mayor and Council and through them to the people of Seattle to participate in the exercise of Memorial Day read and on motion accepted. Petition fo F Hochbrunn and others for the change of certain Street Grades, read and referred to Street Committee. Communication from the Boardof Fire Delegates reporting that Josiah Collins had been duly elected Chief of the Fire Department at an election held pursuant to law on Manday May 7th 1888 read and on motion of J Furth the siad Josiah Collins is appointed chief

486 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jun 1 1888 From Same Committee granting petition of Elizabeth H Shumway permission to take Earth from Randolph Street. Adopted. From Committee on Harbor and Wharves Granting petition of Thomas Ewing for the use the foot of a street for a ferry slip provided Main Street is substituted for Washington Street in the petition. Adopted From Committee on Sewers & Drainage granting petition of Mrs Mary E Kenworthy and others for a sewer in Sixth Street between Union Street and Pike Street to connect with Pike Street sewer, the same to be of 8 inch iron stone sewer pipe. Adopted. From same Committee granting petition of W H Gleason and others for extension of Washington Street sewer so as to extend the same to Ninth Street which is as far as the street is graded. Adopted From Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds granting petition of D B Ward on behalf of the Methodist Protestant Church for permission to alter repair and enlarge said church building situated on the Corner of Madison and Second Streets. Adopted. From Same Committee recommending that engine House No 1 be repaired: "that the City clerk be instructed to employ John Lick to repair the roof of said building That the clerk also advertise for bids for papering the walls of all the rooms and calsoming all ceilings and for repainting all wood work. now painted, two coats of good paint and for repairing all grained wood work three coats of paint and two coats of varnish, all work to be the same nature as the present work". Adopted.

497 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 1 1888 to attend to the collection of licenses. On motion the Plat of Monroe & Whipple's Addition to the City of Seattle is rejected. Ordinances 941 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance granting the use of the foot of Main Street in the City of Seattle to Thomas Ewing his heirs and assigns for ferry purposes", which after due consideration is passed by the following vote, to wit: In favor of the same Frink, Green, Lake, Neisz, Russell and Reitze. Against the same none. 942 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance to widen and straighten South Eleventh Street in the city of Seattle Washington Territory, and to provide for the condemnation of real estate necessary therefor", which is passed by the following vote, viz: In favor of the same Frink, Green, Lake, Neisz, Russell and Reitze. Against the same none. 943 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance establishing the grade of Tenth Street in the City of Seattle between Seneca and Cedar Streets", which is passed by the following vote, viz: In favor of the same Frink, Green, Lake, Neisz, Russell & Reitze. Against the same none. 944 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the grading of Tenth Street in the City of Seattle from the West Marginal Line of Broadway to the south marginal line of Seneca Street and constructing sidewalks on both sides of said Tenth Street", which after due consideration is passed by the following vote, viz: In