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

235 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jul 21 1887 The following proceedings are had, to wit: Petitions etc Rec'd Petition of Puget Sound Improvement Company and others for a sewer in Pike Street. Read and referred to Com. on Sewers. Petition of Trustees of M E Church for permission to use streets immediately fronting their lots on the corner of Third + Marion Streets. Granted with permission to use one half of said streets. Petition of Engine Co. No. 4 for a fire alarm bell, read and referred to Committee on Fire and Water. Petition of Wm Hammond and others asking that the or-dinance prohibiting the use of cow bells within certain limits be extended to Mercer Street; read and on motion tabled. Communication from John W McGee withdrawing owners consent to sell liquor on premises known as the Inde-pendence Saloon on East side of South Second Street and occupied by John Shepich, read and referred to Committee on Revenue and License.

Report and message of the Mayor read and filed. Annual Report of City Atty, read and filed. Applications Referred. H.M. Duncan, Committee Reports Rec'd. From street committee granting petition of A Slorah + others for opening Sixth Street from Lake Street to Broad-way. From Comittee on sewers granting petition of John Kinnear and others for a sewer on Battery Street. the Committee find that the sewer now constructed is not of sufficient depth to allow the surface water to run