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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

Feb 17 1890 20 J B Denny et al for a sewer in Harrison St Oak St to Bay Sewers Committee on Sewers recommend that a sewer be constructed on Harrison Stfrom Oak Street to Temperance St to Connect with Temperance St sewer F A Twichell Chm Sewer Com (Not a Conformity Henry White)

To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: We the undersigned residents and tax payers, on and in the Vacinity of Harrison Street, respectfully represent that we are in a Section of the City that is rapidly growing, and in great need of sewerage: wherefore we respectfully petition your Honorable Body order a sewer laid on Harrison Street from Oak Street to the water signed John B Denny 7-8-28 North Seattle Wm B Denny 6 B 35 D L Denny Home Add Geo F Moyer 7 B 35 D L Denny Home Add D L Denny Lot 1 B 11- N Seattle Wm Dankel Lot 1 B 46 D L Denny 3rd Geo M Runkle Lot 11 B 41 Wm H Hughes9 Bl 24 J H Payne 11 & 12 Block 26 Lots 1 & 2 B 21 F P Hughes 10 Block 26 John Dow Lot 2 Block 16 D L Denny Add C C Reynolds Lot 12 Block 41 Louisa Denny Lots in Blocks 25, 32, 35 &42 etc J F Lord Lot 7 Bl 12 N Seattle Ad &etc O J Carr5 Lots, 2 Cor Light & Harrison 3 Lots on Bangor & Harrison A F Thomson M D Harrison & PoWm J D Ryan Lot 4 Block 15 Thos Goldstingly Lot 1 & 2 Block 26 Geo Kinnear 2 Lots W F Epler Lot 1 Blk 16

To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle The under signed property holders and residents of North Seattle apprehensive of the risk and immenent danger. our property is subject to from fire. Would respectfully call the attention to the vast amount o of money that had been invested in buildings in that portion of our City laying between Depot and Harrison, Oak and Willow Sts which has no protection and liable to share the scenes of the 6th of at any moment. We therefore pray that your Hon Body will give the matter the consideration demands And would respectfully suggest that in the absence of hydrants that two or more cisterns be immediatly built for the protection of our property in case of fire It has also been suggested to your petitioners that if a

September 6th 1889

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Petition for Equalizing Assessments on Oak Street Grade District Arthur DeVoe et al

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Filed, SEP 6 1889 Clerk.