City of Seattle Records

444 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Apr 20 1888 Remonstrance of W M Coffman and others against establishing fire limits between Bell Street and Lake Avenue read and tabled. Petition of M Densmore & others for changing present license fee for peddling milk from $1.00 for three months to $20.00 per year in advance. Read and Tabled. Petition of D T Denny & others for grading Lake Avenue from John Street to Harrison Street and building sidewalks on said street, read and referredto Street Com. Petition of G A Weed and others for change of fire limits as as to make University Street the northern boundry of the fire limits district read & referred to Committee on Fire & Water. Communication from C F Reed submitting proposition for filling in Washington Street, read and tabled. Petition of N Armstrong and Co for permission to erect a brick veneered building on South Second Street near Main Street read and referred to Committee on Fire & Water. Petition of J D Smith & others for grading Second Street sixty six feet wide from Pine Street to Depot Street and building sidewalks thereon, read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of A Jackson supt of Pacific Cable Road Construction Co for change of grade of a portion of Jackson Street read and referred to Committee on Streets with power to act. Petition of Frank Clancy for permission to blast out five stumps on lot on 5th and Stewart Street read & granted provided no blasting is doen within 120 feet of any house without permission of the owner and resident. All damamges done to be paid for by petitioner.

454 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 4 1888 From Same Committee granting the petition of D T Denny et al for the grading of Lake Ave from John Street to Harrison Street and directing the City Surveyor to submit plans and specifications therefor at the next regular meeting. Adopted From Same Committee refusing the petition of A Jackson for grading a portion of Jackson Street; stating that work has been done as prayed for. Adopted and ordered filed. From Same Committee rejecting the petition of J M Quilter for vacating a portion of Old Beach Road. Adopted. From Same Committee granting the petition of J D Wincapaw for grading and constructing sidewalks on Box Street from Depot St to Harrison Street and the City Surveyor is directed to submit plans and specification therefor at the next regular meeting. Adopted. From Same Committee submitting report of L Bertrand and Co showing the condition of the 7th Street grade, north end, which is ordered filed and City Attorney directed to notify the Bondsmen on said contract to complete said street. From Committee on Sewers & Drainage in reference to the petition of A A Bell as follows: Your Committee to whom was referred the petition of A A Bell for a sewer in Bell Street beg to report that the same be granted and the sewer be placed under the direction of City Surveyor. Adopted.

500 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE June 15 1888 Street read and referred to the Street Committee Remonstrance of N Brown and others permitting the peddling of Fifth without a license read adn tables. Remonstrance of Amos Brown against filling in Spring Street read and referred to the Street Committee Petition of D T Denny & others to lower grade at intersection of Lake Avenue and Willow Streets read and referred to the Street Committee Petition of the Columbia Canning Company for permission to use a portion of the foot of Pike Street read and granted. Petition of R F Allen to maintain tent on Front Street read and rejected. Petition of Fred Jansen and others for a sewer in the Block bounded by South Seventh and Eighth Streets and King and Weller Streets read and referred to the Committee on Sewers. Petition of J A Hatfield and others for an ordinance empowering the Harbor Master to regulate blowing of whistles by steam vessels and locomotives along the wharves and water front of the City of Seattle. Read and referred to the Committee on Harbor & Wharves Petition of J D Springman and others for the regrading of West Street between Virginia and Blanchard Streets, read and referred to Street Committee in conjunction with the City Atty. Remonstrance of H L Yesler and others against granting

529 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jul 6 1888 City of Seattle from Fifth to Thirteenth Streets and for constructing sidewalks on both sides of said Cherry Street" And no one appearing to contest said assessment rolls or either if them and no objection being made to them or either of them on motion said assessment Rolls as submitted by the clerk are approved. The owners of property benefited along the line of Second Street from Depot Street to Blanchard Street having filed a petition asking that F S DeWolfe be appointed an appraiser in their behalf, and the owners of property condemned having filed a petition asking that S E Clough be appointed an appraiser on their behalf now on motion duly made and seconded it is ordred that the said F S DeWolfe be and he is hereby appointed an appraiser to act in behalf of the owners of property benefited along the line of said Second Street. And that the said S E Clough be and he is hereby appointed an appraiser to act in behalf of the owners of property condemned or damaged along the line of said street: Whereupon his Honor the Acting Mayor appoints D T Denny esq an appraiser to act in the behlaf of the City in said matter. Ordered that the City Clerk issue a duplicate Road Fund Warrant in favor of R H Calligan for $40.50 in place of Warrant #2196 which has been lost upon said Calligan filing a proper bond with the city Treasurer. Ordinances 961 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorneyentitled "An Ordinance establishing the grade of South Eleventh Street in the City of Seattle between Washington Street and the south side of Weller Street " which is passed by the following vote, viz: In favor

554 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Aug 3 1888 Remonstrance of [Frank A Keene]] against the line of the grade of South Eleventh Street, read & referred to the Street Committee an City Attorney. Remonstrance of H M Peters against grade of sidewalk on Box Street in front of Block 56 read and on motion tabled. Petitionf of J A Gould & others for opening Ward Street from Farm to Lombard Street and Lombard Street frpm Farm Street to Farragut Street read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of Geo B Kittenger for permission to raise certain buildings on Washington Street to grade read and referred to Committee on Streets with power to act. Remonstrance of J C Haines and others against granting a franchise for the construction of any street Railway on Union Street which is to be operated by what is known as the overhead" system of electric propulsion read and referred to the Street Committee. PetitioinofD T Denny & others praying that the sewer on Bell Street heretofore ordered constructed be extended to Fifth Street read and referred to Committee on Sewers and Drainage. Petition of W V Rinehart and others for streeet lights on Fifth Street between Pine & Bell Street read and referred to Committee on Street Lights. Petition of Peter Durose for permission to erect a boot black stand in Mill Street referred to Com. on Fire and Water.