City of Seattle Records

TO THE HONORABLE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE DITY OF SEATTLE, STATE OF WASHINGTON

Your Petitioners, being residents and property holders of the city of Seattle and White River Valley, earnestly and respectfully petition your Hon.Body to have constructed a wooden pile bridge as a branch or extension of the Grant Street Bridge, which shall be erected as nearly as practicable along the following proposed route. Commencing at a point where Hanford Street intersects Grant Street on West side of the Grant Street Bridge so as to connect the branch with said Bridge, and thence Westerly on and along Hanford Street the full width thereof to the West side of Colfax Street and thence changing its course South on and along Colfax Street the full width thereof to a suitable termination at or near Court Street in South Seattle on the Southerly shore of Elliot Bay. Your Petitioners further petition your Hon.Body to plank Colfax Street from the termination of said Bridge on Colfax Street to the South boundary line of the City limits. Your petitioners further represent that a vast amount of travel and traffic passes over Grant Street Bridge and that near the South and thereof. Railway trains are constantly crossing the same at a point where the view is partially obstructed. That teams passing through the railway crossing being run over by passing trains of frightened thereby and

Petition of J 78 Denny et al for sewer on Harriosn St to Elliot Bay

sewer be placed on Harrison St from

Report Sewer Com. Petition Joveng

To His Honor the Mayor and Honorable Board Of Aldermen and House of Delgates of the City of Seattle GentlemenThe undersigned petitioners and tax payers, of the City of Seattle owning property adjacent to Harrison St and in said City, respectfully represent, that in response to a petition setting forth the needs of a sewer on said Harrison Street your Honorable body ordered a sewer constructed along said street from Oak to Temperance Streets, and connect with Temperance Street sewer. And, whereas it has been found to be impracticable to so construct said sewer on account of the lack of fall for drainage, and whereas if the line of said sewer were projected along said Harrison Street to Elliot Bay, sufficient fall could be had to properly drain said sewer, and whereas, there is urgent need of a sewer along said street, your petitioners pray that your Honorable body order a sewer constructed from the ally between Oak and Poplar Streets along Harrison Street to Elliot Bay and your petitioners will ever pray. Names John B Denny Chas M Finch Geo F Moyer Lebosh Wilton Nelson McCallum C C Reynolds J A McAurlan L B Towne A J Carr W F Denny Alice M Goldstein A T Cassel W F Epler John Lou Arthur F Thurman MD Geo M Runkle L A Stines D L Denny Louisa Denny E Inez Denny R Byrne Geo Skinner J R Donihue

124 6/6-90 603-F Stimpson Mill Co et al For the grading of John St Elliot Bay to Lombard Com. on Streets recommend that the petition be granted and the City engineers instructed to submit pland and specifications

T E Jones chairman F A Turchell

FILED JUN 6 1890 John St

T the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle

Gentlemen Your petitioners the owners of property of John Street in the City of Seattle respectfully request your honorable body to order said John Street graded and Sidewalked From Elliot Bay to Lombard Street with 8ft of walk on each side.

Name /Lot /Blk ________________________________________ 1. 6 Stimson Mill /1,2,3,8,9,&10/18 N Seattle 2 1. E Leockwood / 1/59 3 3. B F Bette / Lots 11&12 Blk 59 Lot 7BLk60 4 1. W C Sanderlin /3/68 5 1/2 L H Foster / South half 12/68 6 1. Mrs. F Raftery / 11/68 7 1 Priert & Turner / 1/67 8 1 Frank Teem /7/67 9 2 Wm Ritterhoff /1&2/68 1- 1 Dyer & Nickerson /2/67 11 1 Mrs H L Hall /2/59 12 2 August Schone /5x6/60 13 1 Chas Kayser /n 40ft/68 14 1 B A Anderson /Lot 2 /58