City of Seattle Records

262 F. Petition of

John S. Anderson For grading 5th Street between James & Jefferson Streets

Filed August 28, 1884

Clerk City of Seattle

Seattle Aug 28th 84

To the Hon Mayor & Common Council of the City of Seattle

I the the undersigned do most respectfully petition Your Hon body for the Grading of 5th Street from James to Jefferson in accordance with the Grades now established or that the same may be made passible for a wagon, the improvements of James St having made it impossible for wagons to deliver goods at my residence.

Most Respectfully John S. Anderson

REPORT of J. S. Anderson COMMITTEE ON 5th St

FILED Sep 5 1884

Clerk City of Seattle

To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle,

GENTLEMEN: Your Committee on Streets and Street improvement to whom was referred the petition of John S. Anderson praying for the grading of Fifth Street from James to Jefferson

beg to report that the improvement prayed for would be very expensive, requiring extensive crib work, and a fill of about feet;

That the petition represents only one fourth of the property abutting; That the contractors on the James Street improvement can legally and reasonably refuse, and do refuse, to waste the earth from James Street, where so long a haul is required. We therefore recomend [sic] that the prayer of the petitioner be not granted.

Alfred Snyder Chairman. Dated Sept 5th 1884

Seattle Dec 9th 1885 To the Hon. Mayor and City Council Gentlemen Your petitioner asks for the privilege of erecting a frame building on the line of the alley between Madison and Spring Street and west of Front the said building to be one story high and is to be used for the purpose of storing ice there is no other building nearer than 20 feet on south side or nearer the 120ft on the north side of the proposed site for which this privilege is asked and your petitioner most Respectfully asks the granting of this petition the above building of allowed will not increase John S. Anderson the risk of surrounding property & I know of no reason why the erection thereof should not be permitted C Keleff Chf Dpt