City of Seattle Records

To the Honorable City Council of the City of Seattle:

The undersigned, being the owners of all the property abutting on Lake Avenue, between John Street and Mercer Street, hereby petition and pray your Honorable Body to vacate that portion of Lake Avenue between John Street and Mercer Street.

The reason for said vacation is that said street does not conform to the other streets in said vicinity but runs diagonally across the same, and is of no practical benefit or utility to the City.

And your petitioners will ever pray.

NAMES. Lot Block Addition

Olaf P. Norgren and Ida Norgren 4 65 Home R.D. Parker & Lizzie Parker 5&6 11 " H.J. Pearmine & Pauline Pearmine 7 65 Home Frederick Prosch & Helen M. Prosch (on 7&8 61 Park condition that street when vacated becomes the property of abutting land owners) R.D. Parker & Lizzie M. Parker 11&12 66 Denny's Park Mrs S K Murdock 2-3 61 Denny's Park W. Dankel Margaret Dankel 7 57 " " Douglass Allmond (wishes his name taken off)4-5-6 61 " " Annie C. Haller by Theo. W. Haller]] atty in fact 1,2 [57] " " Granville O. Haller by Theo. W. Haller]] atty in fact 3,4 57 " " Henrietta M Haller by Theo. W. Haller]] atty in fact 5 [57] " " D.T. Denny all fractional lots in said all Blocks 65 Louisa Denny block 72-73-74- DT Denny Home addition

341 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dec 8 1887 Maynard's Plat read & granted. Communication from J J McGilvera in regard to Madison Street grade read & referred to the city Atty. Petition of O J Carr & others for street lights on West Street from Virginia Street to Vine Street read and granted; said lights to be of 16 candle power & placed on wooden posts. Petition of Frederick Prosch for a cross walk on Fourth Street at the corner of Virginia Street read & referred to the Street Committee. Petition of A G Murray for permission to build on addition to his oyster stand on South Second Street read and granted. Petition of Thomas Burke & others for grading alley in Block 9 Boren & Denny's Addition read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of Henry Adams to have assessment corrected, read & referred to the City Atty, and returned by said Atty with the recommendation that it be rejected. Adopted. Petition of N L Rodgers & others for opening Leonora Street from Front Street to Fourth Street and that the bluff on the bank on the East side of Front Street on said Seneca Street so sloped enough to prevent land slides onto Front Street sidewalk, read and referred to the Street Committee. Petition of L M Robbins & others asking for appointment of J L McClellan to a Police Captaincy read and tabled.

512 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jun29 1888 closed on the Fourth day of July from 9:30 am till 6 o'clock pm read and granted. Petition of Mrs. Sarah J Plummer for renumeration for damages caused by small pox. Read and referrd to Finance Committee. Remonstrance of D S Smith & Others against changing grade of West Street read and referred to the Street Committee Petition of A B Stewart & Co & Others that a cable road franchise be granted to J M Thonpson on Front Street read and granted. Petition of John Leary for a cable road franchise on Front Street read and referred to Street committee. Petitionof M L Hamilton for permission to blast earth Corner of Third and Cherry Streets read and tabled. Communication from Health Officer calling the attention the councilto the necessity of at once extending the Madison Street sewer from Seventh Street to Twelfth Street read and referred to committee on Sewers. Petition fo Frederick Prosch praying that the ordinance for the grading of Lake Avenue be passed & the work of grading commenced at once. Read & referred to Street Committee. Petition of E Dawes & others for raising sidewlk to grade on east side of South Second Street between Mill & Washington Streets read and Street Commissioner directed toraise the sidewalk to grade.