City of Seattle Records

Seattle, Wash., March 6th, 1893.

Honorable City Council of the City of Seattle:

Your petitioners, residents and property owners in the vicinity of Irving Avenue, respectfully represent that there is urgent necessity for the construction of a six inch water main on Irving Avenue and Chesnut [sic] Street from Market Street to Green Street.

Wherefore, your petitioners respectfully pray that such main be constructed.

And your petitioners will ever pray.

M Isaacson O Compton L Aamadt Fred J Middleton Wm Herth Henry I. Dearborn Robert Hegen S. Heojer David Forbes C H Carrington L W Cook John Powell H. M. Carrington S. Bisazza John Pollus Peter Jackson H I. Peterson John O Leary A. L. Steele Thos Lk Wilson James F. McNeal H. S. Ewing D.S. Culman W S Robertson Ole Olson Gina Olson Mrs. A. Wootton R H Shackelford Tom. Wootton W. H. Middleton

To the Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: Whereas there is now being printed and circulated in this city an certain paper known and designated as the Sunday Breeze Mercury, and also a certain other paper known and designated as the Sunday Sun: and Whereas, these papers do smirch the character of our citizens and corrupt the moral of our youth; and Whereas certain of our sister cities, deeming such publications unfit to be read by their citizens, have prohibited their circulation within the corporate limits of such cities; Therefore, we, the undrsigned, most respectfully petition your Honorable Sir and Body to take such action as will effectulally stop the publication and distribution of said papers in our own fair city. NAMES Cora Goodale Ethel Reyburn LauraJohnson Ada Johnson Eva Gardner Tom Bugllene Jennie Inglis J A Haynes A M McKinnon Nettie Laester May Nellis O Compton Katie Kerr Billy Jones Mr McDermond Jessie Eplin Lillian Lindsay Thos Huderran A McBeth Lillian M Kerr Etta Kerr Mrs G E Burray G A Eppler A R Laurence Mrs W H Brown G Willis Price