City of Seattle Records

Received Jul 22 1891 Board of Public Works Seattle Wash Seattle Wash June 1891 The undersigned residents and property owners in the vacinity of the Streets named below, respectfully petition you Honorable Body, to order a Sewer built on Light Street, Commencing at Bradley Street, thence on Light Street to Harrison Street, thence on Harrison Street to Elliot Bay, according to the plans of Engineer Benezette Williams, and your petitioners will ever pray:

Names ______________ Cealg Lyon Andrew Knox Wm Bentley Leo Kinnear T H Hardwick E F Smart L H McKormin James H Payne L G N McTarlque Pease T Cochran

To the Common Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen: The undersigned, Citizens of said City and residents of and in the vacinity of Gaylor Street, would respectfully petition your Honorable Body that a six inch water main may be laid on said street from the corner of Temperance and Gaylor Streets West on said Gaylor Street to Elliott Street; and that a like main may be run on victory Street from its intersection with said Gaylor Street North one block, and in support of the petition we would respectfully show that all that portion of Queesn Anne Hill lying North of Bradley Street is without fire plugs of any kind and There are no mains of sufficient size for fire plugs to be attached to, that said main as petitioned for would supply the thickly settled portion of said Queen Anne Hill with an ample supply of water and also for fire protection. Your petitioners would also ask that fire plugs should be placed at the intersection of said Streets as may be deemed most expedient. A C Graff Bruce Wolverton H R Clise R E McLeoy Mrs S S Pyper Mrs C T Lanyridge W N Chase J Mikkelson S Rothe C D Fowle J C Wathan J F Pike J H Hewer A G Linn C W Campbell Mrs C A Walsh Mrs G L Marble E S Burnell Mrs S P Tucker W M Caldwell W M Geddes

Seattle June 27/91 To the board of Public Works We, the undersigned, property holders on Rainier Street respectfully petition your Honorable body for the improvement of Banner Street and Bradley that immediate action be taken towards [?] the construction of a sewer from the intersection of Rainier and Bradley Streets and Elliot Bay Stimson Mill Co M Burns L W Filkins S Baxter per H B John F Miller Geo Kinnear O J Carr E Calvert Geo B Adair A M Gilman L W Peirfunter C M Sheafer E J Denny by D L Denny Lots 5-6 B 15 N Seattle J A Park Lot 9 B 21 N Seattle Same Park Lot 10 B 21 N Seattle Charles Kakeldy A P Cassel J D Ryan W F Ehler John A Whalley John Dow Wm L Lindsley

TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. We, the undersigned being the property owners on Anna Street from Powell to Gayler Streets in the City of Seattle, Washington, respectfully represent and show that the said Anna Street is at the present time being graded and that the rise from Powell Street to Bradley on said Anna Street is 57 feet in the total distance of 250 feet and that said Street as now being graded will show cuts of about 10 to 12 feet. That said Street when so graded will be impassable for any kind of vehicles and will be of no practicable use as a Street for oridinary traffic. And that said Street as now being graded has the sidewalk placed at the lot line with a Park 6 feet wide between the sidewalk and the gutter. It is therefore the wish and desire of your petitioners that said Street from Powell Street to Bradley Street might be graded so that the Park 6 feet wide would be allowed between the line of the lot and the sidewalk instead of as originally petitioned the balance of the Street to remain as originally petitioned. Some of your petitioners further represent that while they signed the original position for the grading of said Anna Street they did the same under a misapprehension thinking the property would be graded in the manner above requested, and did not learn of their mistake until the ordinance for the grading of said Street had passed both Houses of your Honorable Body, and been signed by the Mayor. Some of your petitioners further represent that by reason of the heavy cuts as aforsaid, they have a cause of action and will claim damages against the City for the grading of said Street, as is now proposed, but that in consideration of the granting of this petition they will surrender any and all claim of damages which they may have by the grading of this Street. Your petitioners further request that if it be possible the grade on said Anna Street and between Powell and Bradley Streets be raised as much as possible so as to avoid the deep and heavy cuts now made between said two Streets.

Committee Report Mr President: Your committee on Fire & Water to whom was referred petition for extention of Water main on Bradley Street beg leave to respectfully submit the following report: That we recommend that said petition be granted but not to be ordered put in before the first of July 1892 or untill the funds from the bonds are available.

C A Cram { Thos J Carle {committee