City of Seattle Records

653 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 16 1888 Maynard's Plat, read and referred to the Judiciary Com. Petition of Board of Trade for amending ordinance relative to auctioneers, peddlers etc read and referred to the Committee on Fire & Water. Petition of Jno R Kinnear and others for planking Bluff Street from Victory Street to Short Street read and referred to the Street Committee. Petition of W A Bird andothers for opening and grading Wilford Street from Jackson Street south read and referred to Committee on Streets. Petiton of J Winters for permission to put platform and awning in front of building in [Commercial St] Read and referred to Committee on Public Buildings & Grounds. Communication for P P Carroll attys for Louis Engels claiming damages for said Engels on account of injuries received while working in a sewer for the City, read and referred to the City Attorney. Communications for Chief of Police asking for a safe read and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Petition os A E McInerney for use of a portion of Harrison Street read and referred to Street Committee. Petitoin of H G Struve andothers for grading Second Street from Pine to Blanchard Street read and Granted provided that the warrants drawn for payment of such improvements shall not have theinterest thereon uarenteed by the City, and property owners along the line of such improvement agree to take the warrants as par or near par value. On motion

658 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Nov 16 1888 Tax Levy Seventh Street Ord #829 Ordered that a tax levy three hundred nine and one half (309&1/2) mills on each and every dollar of the assessed valuation of all the property included within the assessment District created by Ordinance No 829 be and the same hereby is levied on said property for the purpose of paying for the improvement of Seventh Street from Madison Street to Battery street in the City of Seattle. Bills Allowed The following claims against the City having been duly presented to the Council and audited and allowed are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the several funds as follows to wit: Name No Fund amount Remarks James H Woolery 3482 City 200.00 Police Captain Salary Z C Miles 3483 City 8.50 Drop Light Clks Office B B Dearborn 3484 City 12.00 Printing Chambers Hack Line 3485 City 3.00 Carriage Hire VanWart & Counter 3486 City 33.00 Horse Hire A E McInerney 3487 City 20.00 Care if deserted Child Oregon Impt Co 3488 City 19.50 Coal Schuster & Co 3489 City 2.00 Hack Hire Seattle Transfer Co 3490 City 11.75 Hack Hire W H Hughes Ptg Co 3491 City 1.00 Printing [total]310.75 Road Hall & Ritchie 2642 Road 27.00 Labor on 8th & 12th Sts Gladding McBean & Co 2643 Road 122.40 three flush tanks & freight [total]149.40 Fire W R Forrest pur Agt 1457 Fire 16.90 Heater Valve & Exp chgs W R Forrest pur Agt 1457 Fire 18.15 Expander & Exp chgs C H Albertson 1458 Fire 20.00 Expander & Exp chgs Seattle Transfer Co 1459 Fire 3.50 Hauling Engine P J Emerson 1460 Fire 5.00 Hauling Engine C B Ames 1461 Fire 2.05 Hauling Cart Bridges & Coughlin 1462 Fire 1.70 Lamps etc [total]62.75