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. A M MacCulsky Co by A E MacCulsky manager W P Fuller & Company Kreielsheimer Bros JK M Levy & Co Gordon Hardware Co By W F Dingley gm Sperry Flour Co W F Dingley Geo A Smith Healey Grocery Co, Inc A P Hill C D Fougth

489 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 1 1888 Henderson and Locke Earthwork per cubic yard .45cents Cribbing per MBM[thousand board feet] $18.00 Sidewalks per MBM[thousand board feet] $17.50 Box Drains per MBM[thousand board feet] $18.00 Clearing and grubbing per acre $100.00 Ordered that the contract be awarded to McClanahan and O'Day upon their filing a bond in in the sum of $1000.00 Liquor Licenses Ordered Issued Slorah and Baumen, J T Beadle the vote upon issuing said licenses is a s follows viz: In favor of the same; Frink, Green, Lake, Niesz, Russell and Reitze against none. Licenses Referred Frank Clinch, Kreielsheimer Bros Plans and Specifications for the improvement of Second Street from Depot Street to Blanchard Street are submitted by the City Surveyor and approved. Plans and Specifications for the improvement of Second Street from Depot Street to Blanchard Street are submitted by the City Surveyor and approved. Plans and Specifications for the improvement of Lake Avenue from John Street to Harrison Street are submitted by the City Surveyor and approved. Plans and Specifications for the improvement of Wall Street from Elliott's Bay to Depot Street are submitted by the City Surveyor and on motion the same are approved. Plans and Specifications for the improvement of Tenth Street from Broadway to Seneca Street are submitted by the City Surveyor and upon examination of same are approved.