City of Seattle Records

Stevedores, Longshoremen and Riggers Union of Puget Sound Branch No.2 P O Box Seattle, Wash Ter Nov 8 1889

To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle: Gentlemen: We the undersigned Stevedores, Longshoremen, and other citizens of Seattle doing business on the wharves and along the water front, would most respectfully petition your honorable body to grant permission to the "Stevedores, Longshoremen and Riggers Union of Seattle" to erect a structure or building about 25 x 30 feet at the foot of Main Street on the West side of Railroad Avenue, to be used as a reading room and headquarters for Stevedores and Longshoremen of said union. We would respectfully represent that the place desires is not occupied nor used for a street, being beyond the end of the street as new piled and by the erection of said structure there will be no interference with navigation or with the rights of wharf owners adjoining thereto. We would further represent that such a place would be of great benefit not only to the members of this Union but to all persons requiring the loading and inloading of freight along the wharves and especially to those doing business along the water front in furnishing a place where men can be easily found