City of Seattle Records

To the common Council of the City of Seattle, Washington, Gentlemen: - We, the undersigned residents of the Northern part of the City of Seattle having learned of a project to use Lake Union as a cess pool, and having also learned of a remonstrance having been presented to your Hon. Body against the use of said lake for such purpose, even temporarily, we wish to hereby add our protest in strong terms against any such action of the city authorities as many hundreds of persons are now forced to use water from said lake.

Names J D Hinckley John B Denny D L Denny David Anderson Isaac Woods Henry Geisler B.A. Anderson T. Macklenbury J.A. McAnslan Chas. A Kelley T. Washburn John Stowllmann E. Engelker J. Morrison A. Krug W. Rittanhoff John H. Mason Thos. H Wistby O W Peterson J.F. Peterson E.S. Baker James G Hall W B Denny Wm Hammond Susan H. Hammond Wm. H. Hughes Flora P. Hughes Mrs. H. Gormley Mrs. Geo. F. Cotterill Emma Graves Gertrude M. Peterson Mrs. N. McCallan Mr Wanderbank O.P. Kingrun Gust Sjagren Mrs. Alice M Goldstein James Gilfillan J. M. Wheeler Mrs. Dr. A.L. Sherman

Office of the Board of Public Works Jesse Cochrane, chairman W V Rinehart G H Heilbrom F W D Holbrook, secretary Seattle Washington Jany, 16 1891

To the Hon. House of Delegates City of Seattle Gentlemen In response to accompanying petitionof the John B Denny and others, the Board respectfully recommende that a sewer be placed on Harrison St from Poplar to Temperance and that one be built alson on Poplar to Thomas from Harrison St. The Board of Public Works F W D Holbrook secy

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

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 Board of Aldermen and House of Delegates of the City of Seattle Gentlemen:- The undersigned citizens and tax-payers of theCity of Seattle respectfully represent: that there is urgent need of re-grading Front Street from Pike Street to Blanchard Street, and in view of the fact that the City is preparing to lay a water main in said Front Street, your petitioners respectfully ask your Hon Body to order said Front Street regraded from Pike Street to Blanchard Street, before said water pipe is laid, The expense of re-grading said Front Street, including dmage to abutting property, to be borne by the City of Seattle. The benefits to be derived from said improvements to the City at large, we deem suffiicient to justify the expenditure. Names D T Denny John B Denny S S Rowe Alonzo Hull W H Mitchell A E Losey F Plessy Christian Ludwig {Northwestern Cigar Co.]] S Frai L Elliott A Howe E Mesner D L McCowan W J Bowen E T Hollingsworth J F Lord M Thompson Duncan Shaw P H Drake Marvin Dingman F O Nickerson T B Elder R Sartori & Co A Haycock R M Creswell Conner Bros. R B Williams]] Morgan & Finlay H E Kelsey W G Biscoff Chas E Dyer F B Etting H W Hawes August Peterson Edward Carroll Collins Bros