City of Seattle Records

513 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 29 1888 Petition of F E Sanders & others for extension of sewer in Madison Street to Twelfth Street read and referred to the Committee on Sewers and Drainage. Remonstance of H L Yesler & others against granting a franchise for a street railway in Front Street, read and on motion of Councilman Reitze tabled. Petition fo Wm Boyle for permission to put a lunch and lemonade stand foot of Mill Street next to the Coleman Building, read and rejected. Petition of W N White & others for the grading of Lombard Street & laying sidewalks on bothmsides of said street. read and referred to the Committee on Streets. Petition of Parry & Reardon for permission to put a tent stand at Intersection of Front & Mill Streets until July 5th read & Rejected. Licenses referred John Brannen, O N Morse, J M Blanchard & Co, Ahlby & Kriedel Thompson & O'Hara, Shaw & Alger, J T Armstrong, Clancy & McMasters, Jensen& Kunst, Joshua Prosser, James F Megrath Julius Wegert, Julius Wright & Co. Committee Reports Received From Street Committee on remonstrance of Amos Brown against filling in foot of Spring Street unless a bulkhead is built to protect his property; that the committee had stopped dumping earth at the foot of said street and no bulkhead would be required. Orderd filed. From Same Committee returning petition of A Krug & others for the grading of Sixth Street fromBattery St toDepot Street without recommendation but the Committee

To the Honorable City Council of City of Seattle Gentlemen, At sale for City Taxes of 1890 held July 18th 1891 I bought Lots 9 and 10 Blk 2 Francis Addn as shown by certificates of purchase Nos 979 and 980 Sale was erroneous, the lots having been assessed to M Seadl and tax paid by him on Original Roll page 363 line 18. I therefore request that you refund to me the cost of said ceertificates $6.61 with interest. Respectfully submitted John S Howe by W W Dearborn his attorney in fact Seattle Sept 13th 1892 $979- 3.98 $980 - 2.63 $6.61 OK A Krug City Treas pr Graff asst

To the Honorable City Council of City of Seattle Gentlemen, At sale for City Taxes of 1890 held July 18th 1891 I bought Lot 3 Blk 5 A Pontius Addn as shown by certificate of purchase No 202 Sale was erroneous, there being no block 5 in the Addition. Nellie M Smith to whom the lot was assessed owns and paod the tax on lot 3 Block 44. I therefore request that you refund to me cost of the certificate $7.50 with interest. Respectfully submitted John S Howe by W W Dearborn his atty in fact Seattle Sept 13th 1892 #202 - $7.50 Changed property and exempt OK A Krug City Treas pr Graff asst

To the Honorable City Council of City of Seattle Gentlemen, At sale for City Taxes of 1890 held July 18th 1891 the West 20 ft of East forty feet of Lots 1 and 2 Blk 2 Burke's addition were sold to T Hanford as shown by ceertificates No 427 and 428, which certificates sale assigned by [T Hanford]] to me. Sale was erroneous, the property being owned by the City. I therefore request that you refund to me the cost of said ceertificates $3.30 with interest. Respectfully submitted John S Howe by W W Dearborn his attorney in fact Seattle Sept 13th 1892 #429 - $1.65 Engine House City Property #428 - $1.65 $3.30 OK A Krug City Treas pr Graff asst

To the Honorable City Council of City of Seattle Gentlemen At sale for City Taxes of 1890, Lot 7 Blk 22 Burke's 2d Addition was sold to T Hanford at sale held July 18th 1891 as shown by certificate of purchase No 461, said certificate being then signed by T Hanford to me. Sale was erroneous, the lot having been assessed to W D Adams and tax paid by him Feby 28/91 receipt No 5612. I therefore request that you refund to me the cost of certificate $4.59 with interest. Respectfully submitted John L Howe By W W Dearborn his attorney in fact Seattle Sept 13th 1892 #461 - $4.80 Double assessment sec O R page 2 L 15 OK A Krug City Treas pr W H Graff asst