City of Seattle Records

To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle: We, the undersigned business men, residents and tax payers of said City, understanding that there is in circulation a petition remonstrating against the contrast of the City letting the lighting thereof to the Rainier Power Railway Company and the Seattle Gas and Electric Light Company, which said petition is being circulated in the interests of the Union Electric Company, beg to urge on your Honorable body the full appreciation we have, and are confident you have, for the necessity of an economical administration of the affairs of the City, and a lessening of the pres ent burden borne by the tax payers. We are further of the opinion that the awarding of this contract to the lowest bidder would effect a large saving to the City and meet with public approval. Robert F Brown Thos W Prosch U S Clothing Co C Rickenbauch Pres. J K Busye Griffith Davies J L Crawford Wm B Adair H M Enessol Erik Drison F A Treen J K Murphy C W Parker Harris McKenan C A McKenzie

Know all men by these presents that we F. Antony as principal and Griffith Davies and Max Cleriens as sureties all of Seattle State of Washington are held and stand firmly bound and obliged unto the City of Seattle a municipal corporation of the State of Washington in the full and just sum of one thousand dollars to be paid to the City of Seattle its successors or assigns for which payment well and truly to be made we do bind ourselves our and each of our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seals and date this 31st day of May 1893.

The condition of this obligation is such that whereas the said principal F. Anthony has this day entered into a contract in writing with the City of Seattle for the printing binding and furnishing of certain books and pamphlets containing the Charter of the City of Seattle and certain ordinances thereof and other matter as will more fully appear by said written contract which is hereby expressly referred to and made a part here of. Now therefore the condition of this obligation is such that if said principal F. Anthony shall do the work and furnish the books and pamphlets provided for in said contract and as therein agreed by him and shall faithfully comply with all the terms and conditions of said contract then this obligation shall be void; otherwise shall remain in full force and virtue.

F Anthony Seal Griffith Davies Seal Max Cleriens Seal

State of Washington} }ss County of King }

Griffith Davies and Max Cleriens being duly sworn each for himself on oath deposes and says: That he is one of the sureties who signed and executed the within bond that he is a bona fide resident of the state of Washington that he is not a counselor or attorney at law sheriff clerk of the Superior Court or other officer of such Court and that he is worth the sum of one thousand dollars over and above his debts and liabilities and exclusive of property exempt from execution.

Griffith Davies Max Cleriens

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of May 1893. W J Colkitt Notary Public in and for the State of Washington Residing at Seattle

302 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE July 16/83 of the following assessment roll, towit: For the Improvement of the alley through Blocks A, B, C, D and E of Denny's plat under Ordinance No. 384; For the Improvement of Main Street under Ordinance No. 385; For the Improvement of Columbia Street under Ordinance No. 386; For the Improvement of James Street under Ordinance No. 387; For the Improvement of Eighth Street under Ordinance No. 388; All filed June 5, 1883. For the Improvement of Cherry, Ninth and Twelfth Streets under Ordinance No. 395 all Filed June 22, 1883. For the Improvement of Pike Street under Ordinance No. 400. Filed June 22, 1883. Thereupon no complaints being presented with reference to any assessment of said rolls and the Council after due examination finding the same correct in every particular. It is ordered that the said assessment rolls be and they are hereby approved. And now it appearing to the Council that no appointments of Appraisers have been filed on behalf of the owners of property benefitted and condemned by the Extension of Jackson Street under Ordinance No. 396 the Council proceeds to appoint such appraisers; thereupon Robert Abrams and R. H. Calligan are appointed such appraisers. And now His Honor the Mayor appoints - Griffith Davies as the Third appraiser to assess damages and benefits under said Ordinance No. 396. Ordinances Received An Ordinance is submitted entitled "To prohibit the suspension of signs and transparencies over the sidewalks" thereupon after due consideration the same is adopted upon the following vote, towit: In favor of adoption Collins, Cosper, Clancy, Gasch, McDonald and Rasin. Against adoption none. The Attorney submits an ordinance entitled "To provide for lighting the street of the City of Seattle, and fixing the limits within which property shall be subject to a special tax for gas light." Thereupon after due consideration the same is adopted upon the following vote, towit: In favor of adoption Collins, Cosper, Clancy, Gasch, McDonald and Rasin. Against adoption none. Thereupon the same is approved and returned by the Mayor. The Attorney submits an ordinance entitled "To amend Ordinance No. 405 and to assess and levy taxes for general and special

TRUSTEES

E. O. GRAVES, President, THOS. W. PROSCH, Vice-President SAMUEL RAMSEY, 2d Vice-President E. F. WITTLER, Treasurer.

A. P. BURWELL, JAS. R. HAYDEN, G. DAVIES, JOHN LEARY, J. FURTH, ANGUS MACKINTOSH, D. H. GILMAN, L. E. THOMPSON, BAILEY GATZERT, D. B. WARD, J. M. WIESTLING.

Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

J. W. DODGE, Secretary.

Seattle, Wash. 1893

#5. Third- That nearly all of these sewers are inadequate by reason of insufficient size, for the increased population.

No city improvement has been more carefully considered than the matter of sewerage and the citizens will be themselves to blame if any dissatisfaction results after final action is taken.

For the purpose of commencing the permanent sewerage of the city, the Chamber of Commerce would respectfully ask the City Council to submit for vote to the people the proposition to issue a twenty year "city sewer" bond in the amount of $250,000. to be expended to the construction of "intercepting mains," as outlined above.

Respectfully submitted.

E. F. Witler Griffith Davies D. H. Gilman Samuel Ramsey