City of Seattle Records

Alonzo Hall Real Estate, 2405 1/2 Front Street

Seattle Washington, ....... 189

Petition of citizens of North Seattle:

We the undersigned residents and property holders of North Seattle Fully realizing that the present extension of the fire limits in North Seattle is detrimental to the best interests of the locality, petition your honorable Body that the same be re-established on the East and North as follows: The center of Second Street in the East and the center of Vine Street on the North and recommend that on the opposite sides of streets the center of streets are boundries that frame buildings not exceed two stories in height be permitted to be erected.

D. T. Denny [?] H W Wheeler Alonzo Hull Jn Morrison Willis L Ames Samuel P. Short W. H. T Barnes E. F. Shaffer F. A. Johnson John Hillman H W Durant Edwin W. Craven L. S. Rowe

323 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 4 1887 on Corner Virginia & Front Streets; Virginia and 2nd St Also on S E Cor Leonora & 3rd St, on the N W cor of Leonora & 3rd Sts & Cor of Blanchard & 3rd Streets, read & referred to Committee on Street Lights. Communication from Stetson & Post Mill Co in regard to lumber contract read & referred to Judiciary Committee. Monthly Reports Received From City Attorney for month of October read & ordered filed. From City Justices Jones & Soderbergread and referred to the Finance Committee. From Chief of Police; read and ordered filed. From City Treasurer; read and referred to Finance Committee. From City Jailor; read and referred to Finance Committee. From Street Commissioner; read and referred to Street Committee and returned approved. Committee Reports Received From Street Committee granting petition of Willis L Ames and others for opening Sixth Street from Battery to Depot Street and Pine Street from Fifth to Depot Street adopted. From same Committee on petition of J H Payne & others for the opening of Harrison Streetfrom the Bay to Box Street recommending that Harrison Street be opened from Temperance Street to its intersection with Box Street. Adopted. From Committee on Street lights granting petition of Fred Prosch and others for street lights along Fourth Street from Pine Street to Blanchard Street also Petition of M L Wright and others for Street Lights along Seventh Street from Olive Street to Battery Street also Petition of D Rohlfs & others for street lights on Clay Street from Second Street to Fourth Street and recommending that the lights be placed on wooden posts or if convenient