City of Seattle Records

OCT 3 1890 221

L S. Rowe, et al for the lowering of the grade of Depot Street between Albert & Crawford

St Com

Petition 3[50?]

Crawford and Hannon for removal of building August 3d, 1891.

[Report?] [this?] Crawford + Hannon

Granted by H of D-

Granted by B. of S.

To the Hon Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle

Your petitioners respectfully represent that they are the owners of that certain small wooden building situated on property belonging to the City of Seattle at the corner of Yesler Ave. + 3rd Street

Said buiding is occupied by your petitioners as a Real Estate and Brokerage Office. The said City of Seattle through its proper officers has notified your petitioners to remove the building off from its grounds without delay. Your petitioners have rented ground in the block of land on the west side of 3rd Street between Yesler Avenue and Jefferson Street known as the Yesler Triangle. Said ground so rented is within the fire limits but isolated and so far removed from other buildings that a wooden structure treated thereon will not in any manner increase the insurance rates or fire hazzard of any other building

Wherefore your petitionsers pray that a special permit be granted them to remove their said building from its presenst location on Lot 4 Blk 38 [Borens?] Add. to the Yesler triangle facing 3rd Street+ Yesler streets Aug 3. 1891

Crawford + Hannon

462 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 4 1888 assessment Roll Ord 915 be postponed till On motion the City Clerk is directed to advertise for bids for the grading and constructing sidewalks on Lane Street. Said bods tp opened Friday May 11/88 Ordered that the Plat of Hinckley's Addition be approved. Ordered that the Street Commissioner notify Mrs Pontius to leave streets in as good condition after laying water pipes as same were before work was done. Ordinances 925 The City Attorney submits an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance establishing the grade of Lane Street between8th & 14th Streets" which is passed by the following vote, viz: Ayes Frink, Green, Lake, Russell & Reitze 926 The City Attorney submits an Ordinance entitled"An Ordinance providing for teh grading of Lane Street in the City of Seattle from 8th Street to 14th Street and constructing sidewalks thereon" which is passed by the following vote, viz: Ayes Frink, Green, Lake, Russell & Reitze. Nays none. 927 The City Attorney submits an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance changing thename of Hawthorn Street in the City of Seattle between the west line of Crawford and Broadway" which is passed by the following vote, viz: Ayes Frink, Green, Lake, Russell & Reitze. Against none. The City Attorney submits an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to widen extend and establish Depot

State of Washington County of King A M Kent being first duly sworn on Oath deposes and saysMy bill for One Hundred dollars and seventy three cents is a just honest and equitable bill and there is no fraud about it. I presented the bill accompanied by a certificate from the City Physician and also a statement of my claim to the chairman of the Police Commission, Commissioner Crawford says that no such documents were before the Commissioner. When the bill was taken from the clerk's office the certificate or statement could not be found. but the last time I saw the bill they were attached I thought that an appeal might be legitimately taken from such proceeding, I therefore called in the chairman for the bill. He requested me to go before the audition Committee, which I did. The chairman of the Police Comission Explained to said Committee where the bill had been and what action had been taken. This bill was then taken up and discussed on its merits and received the sanctioin of the auditing committee- Fron there it went to the