City of Seattle Records

72 Feb 7 1890 Petition of Chas McMorris et al for the grading and opening of the following streets from the Junction of Florence and Rainier St thence South onf Rainier St to Baxter thence East on Baxter Street to Lake View Street Thence south on Lake View Street to Walnut St. Thence East on Walnut St to Baker St Thence south on Baker St to the northline of Tract No 29 in the Seattle Homestead: 11 St Com FILED Feb 7 1890 Clerk Committee on Streets recommend that the petitionbe granted, that the City Engineer prepare plans and specifications, and that Condemntion proceedings be entered into on Rainier St when necessary to Make it 60 feet wide. T S Jones T A Tuchen

To the Honorable The Mayor and Common Council of the city of Seattle We the undersigned Petitioners property owners and freeholders on Florence Rainier , Baxter, Lake View, Walnut & Baker Streets in Lewis & Gilman, Baxter, Jackson, Rainier Orient Prospect Terrace 1st and Prospect Terrace 2nd Addition to the City of Seattle respectfully petition your honorable body that the following streets be opened graded sixty feet wide and sidewalked to wit commencing at the junction of Florence and Rainier streets in Lewis and Gilman and Baxter Additions thence South on Rainier Street to Lake View Street thence East on Baxter Street to Lake View Street thence South on Lake View Street to Walnut Street thence East on Walnut Street To Baker Street thence East on Baker Street to the North line for Tract No 29 of the Seattle Homestead Association. Lot 7 Chas McMorris 4 Edward Brady 4 Baker Street C B Livermore 2 Baker Street Geo Sucherland 2 Baker Street E H Thompson 4 LakeView Street Geo Somermidyke Jr. 1 LakeView Street Thos C Marum 1 Baker Street M A Gardener 1 Lakeview Street J G Woodward 2 Rainier A Tetro U Tetro 1 W G Ronald 1 SH Pells 1 Wm Bell 4 W F Thomas 4 D Thomas 4 T Kellogg 4 Newell H Moore 1 Wm B Sharpe 1 Levin Wintermute

518 F Appointing Chas Roberts as appraiser

Sep 16 1890

Ord 1362 Main Street From Market St to Lake View Street

Filed Sep 19 1890

To the Hon. Mayor & Common Council of the City of Seattle - Gentlemen. The undersignedresidents of the eastern portion of the city, respectfully request your honorable body to order the southerly half of Jackson Street from Sixteenth Street to Lake View Street to be planked frorm the car track to the sidewalk on the south side of the street. Three Fourths of all the travel from the City to Lake Washington goes over Jackson Street, a portion of which is newly graded and filled some four feet deep, and this part particularly will be impassable as soon as wet weather sets in. Wherefore we pray that said work be ordered done and your petitioners will ever pray. R Morford C A Cram B M Padley H McDermid Harry Muhl A M Cale Geo H Bartell Anderson Jas Henry Jones A H Mafferd W E Burgess A G Keene J M Branson Thos Anderson Alex C Anderson M J Cook H Keller C S Rabison E A Frasier Levi Wintermuth C H Morford A W Pratt Chas N Evans Emil Anderson J C Levold E W Engel J S Cox