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"ANACORTES AMERICAN" BY DOUGLASS ALLMOND AMERICAN BUILDING, ANACORTES, WASHINGTON

Oct. 27, 1892

T. N. Haller Seattle

Dear Sir--Replying to your 25". I may not understand clearly the Lake avenue matter, but so far as I can see, closing same would be detriment to North Seattle property. If the avenue should go to abutting property owners, it is true that it would give me title to considerable property. Yet I believe the avenue is the only highway that connects in a comparatively direct line, over an easy grade, the lake and the bay. Indiference or stupidity on the part of North Seattle property owners is the main cause why such a highway has never been thrown open to the public. It is merely my individual opinion, and I confess that I am not familiar with the circumstances of circulating the petition, yet I believe that by grading the avenue and later condemning the obstructing block, our property as well as the interests of the public at large would be benefitted more than by closing the avenue. Viewing it in this light, I ask that my name be stricken from the petition.

Very truly, Douglass Allmond