City of Seattle Records

Petition Seattle May 12/90 To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle wash. - Gentlemen We you undersigned petitioners respectfully ask and petition your honorable body to have an Electric Arc Light placed on the S W Corner of Front and University Street and to maintain same for the save traffic on the University Street Bridge from Front Street to RailRoad Avenue David Gilmore O N Morse Swen F Briggs N W Flaisug

491 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE June 16/84 Sidewalks per M B M [thousand Board Feet] $14. Box drains per M B M [thousand Board Feet] 19. Grubbing & cleaning per acre $90. Ordered that the bids be referred to Street Comtee to report next meeting. Ordered that the clerk be & he is hereby instructed to give 10 days public notice as required by law that a general election for all City Officers of this City of Seattle will be held on Monday July 14th 1884 The Officers to be elected are as follows to wit: One Mayor one Chief of Police, one Attorney, one Assessor, and from the 1st Ward 2 Councilmen for 2 years and one Councilman for one year: from the 2d Ward, 2 Councilmen for 2 years and one Councilman for one year and from the 3rd Ward 2 Councilmen for 2 years and one Councilman forone year. First Ward election to be held at the office of City Justice T H Cann on Washington Street Inspector O N Morse Judges Berry, Murphy and W H Barker Clerks Frank Plummer and B Rogers Second Ward Election to be held at the Engine House on Columbia Street Inspector D N Hyde Judges O C Shorey and Andrew Storah Clerk Robt Allen and Hiram Jacobs Third Ward Election to be held at North School House on 3rd Street Inspector Roswell Scott Judges W G Latimer & D T Denny clerks F E Sander & Marion Fry Consideration of Ordinances An ordinance is submitted entitled "Fixing the gas limits" After due consideration said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Day, Keenen, McDonald, Northrup, Ranke, Rasin & Wusthoff. Against adoption none. An Ordinance is submitted entitled "To assess and levy tax

704 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE From Committee on Harbor and Wharves recommending that the petition of the C & P S R R Co for permission to dump ballast at their at their docks free of cost be granted and that the Council make an order permitting ballast to be dunped at private wharves with the consent of the owner free of cost. Adopted From same committee requesting Chief of Police to report amount of Ballast dues collected at the next regular meeting of the Council Adopted. Applications of Licenses Referred Gruninger & Bittner, W W Burritt, Martin J McDonough Oliver Parent, John Shipich, O N Morse, W Waugh Mauer & Steinle, Andrew Slorah, Chas Ross and W E Townsend Licenses Ordered Issued Burch & Hink Retail Intox 3 months from Nov 1st Grubb & Johnson Retail Intox 3 months from Nov 1st McMaster & Springer Retail Intox 3 months from Oct 17 The A P Hoteling Co Wholesale Intox 3 months from Oct 16 Thomas Clancy Retail Intox 3 months from Oct 16 Lewis Silvin Retail Intox 3 months from Nov 7 Jno Heinrich Jr Retail Intox 3 months from Oct 16 A & J Henrich Retail Malt Intox 3 months from Nov 14 Jas Murphy Retail Intox 3 months from Nov 4 Henry Kersey Retail Malt Intox 3 months from Oct 12 Aug Melhorn & Co Retail Intox 1 year fromOct 21 Aug Wolff Retail Malt Intox 3 months from Nov 13 Chas B Sperry Retail Intox 3 months from Oct 12 Geo C Delfee Retail Intox 3 months from Oct 15 Shaw & Alger Retail Intox 3 months from Oct 9 A Wolters & Co Retail Intox 3 months from Oct 29 Frank P Hornen Retail Intox 6 months from Nov 8 O P Dahlquist Retail Intox 6 months from Oct 23

712 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE A F Hill Retail Intox 3 months from Dec 3d W Waugh Retail Malt 3 months from Nov 16 Oliver Parent Retail Intox 3 months from Nov 13 W W Burritt Retail Malt 3 months from Oct 28 John Shepich Retail Malt 3 months from Nov 8 Gruenger & Bittner Retail Malt 3 months from Oct 28 Chas Ross Retail Intox 3 months from Dec 1 A Slorah Retail Malt 3 months from Nov 14 E Champeaux Retail Intox 3 months from Dec 4 O N Morse Retail Malt 3 months from Nov 5 The vote upon issuing said licenses being as follows, to wit: In favor of same Calligan, Furth, Hall, Harrington, Keenen, Lake, Mcdonald and Post Claims Allowed The following claims having been duly audited by the Council are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the several funds as follows to wit: Name Fund Warrant Amt Service G Kellogg City 1345 4.40 Glass etc A Chilberg City 1346 3.00 Costs in Collecting Kimball tax W H Pumphrey City 1347 73.98 Stationary etc Lowman & HarfordCity 1348 18.20 Printing Tax rects etc R H Thompson City 1349 76.00 Locating for stone monuments F Anthonoy City 1350 2.00 Lettering Tax list R H Thomson City 1351 44.00 Engineering work etcUnion St sewer Neuman & Argens City 1352 2.40 Blank Cartridges Grant Funeral Neuman & Argens City 1353 1.25 Repairing Ball & Chain E Clark City 1354 1.50 Removing Carrion Harrington & SmithCity 1355 3.50 Supplies for Jail Young & McKeon City 1356 7.80 Repairs for Jail etc Geo G Lyon City 1357 75.40 Justice Fees Harrington & SmithCity 1358 39.73 Laying pipe in University Grounds P Fitzgerald City 1359 13.50 Tax refunded(over assessment) Jurors & Witness fees City 1360 72.60 Jurors & Witness fees in to 1392 inclusive Justice Lyon's Court [total] 439.26

G.C. Phinney 110 Seneca Street

Seattle Washington Sept 5th 1893

To the Honble The Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen The petition of the undersigned humby showeth, 1. That there is no light on the north east corner of Front & Seneca Streets 2. That there is very great need of an arc light on that locality, for one reason among others that the sidewalk there is very uneven in two places, that usual accidents have already occurred there at night, and a light would be a very great service to the public & greatly appreciated by them. Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray that your honorable body will consider the needs of the public in this respect and cause be mentioned as said corner an arc light during the night of sufficent power. O N Morse Seattle Outfitting Co. G C Phinney Amos Brown J S Goldsmith pres SAC