City of Seattle Records

Seattle Wash June 10 1889 To the Honorable Mayor & Council of Seattle Washington Gentlemen the alley west of Front St and running south to Marion St from Union St is impasible for teams between University St and Marion St because of debris and portions of plankway being hung The local Steamers and ocean Steamers land between University St and Union St and wharves immediatly north of Union St. All passengers and trucks with goods have to climb a steep grade at foot od Union St to get on Front St trucks canonly haul very small loads, the hill being at an angle of about 45[degrees] Your petitioners pray that the alley be immediately repaired from University St to Madison or Marion to accomodate the immense [amount of business] for which this alley is required. SEATTLE SOAP CO. C B Bussell scy Mngr Puget Sound Ice Co W J Blackwell mgr Alderwood & Phillips Foundry Co W R Phillips Washington Standard H Jacobs D C Farwell & Co Seattle Warehouse Co Barker Bacon & Co mgr Charabacher Bros & Inc R R Harding (O R M Co) Main Barnes & Co Kischer & MacDonald C L Hibbard Puget Sound Machean Depot Puget Sound Saw Works S B Cliff S L S P R Nelson Chilburg Frederic E Mand W Patching teamster Peoples Market d F P Frandsen do Willie Miller do Burdun & Cook Wholesale Brokers Chas Lonch Grocer Teamster A Daugherty do W A MacPherson do J H Sullivan do W V Hurd teamster Battin & Co David Jones T R Punphrey G W Scott W G Sharpe

trucks with goods have to climb a steep foot of Union St to get on Front St trucks haul very small loads, the hill being at an angle of about 45[degrees] Your petitioners pray that the alley be immediately repaired from University St to Madison or Marion to accomodate the immense [amount of business] for which this alley is required. SEATTLE SOAP CO. C B Bussell scy Mngr Puget Sound Ice Co W J Blackwell mgr Alderwood & Phillips Foundry Co W R Phillips Washington Standard H Jacobs D C Farwell & Co Seattle Warehouse Co Barker Bacon & Co mgr Charabacher Bros & Inc R R Harding (O R M Co) Main Barnes & Co Kischer & MacDonald C L Hibbard Puget Sound Machean Depot Puget Sound Saw Works S B Cliff S L S P R Nelson Chilburg Frederic E Mand W Patching teamster Peoples Market d F P Frandsen do Willie Miller do Burdun & Cook Wholesale Brokers Chas Lonch Grocer Teamster A Daugherty do W A MacPherson do J H Sullivan do W V Hurd teamster Battin & Co David Jones T R Punphrey G W Scott W G Sharpe

192 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 20 1887 too committee on Sewers and Drainage. Petition of C B Bussell for permission to movee a cabin to the foot of University Street for a period of three months. Granted Petition of C & P S R R Co for a 2000 candle power arc light at the foot of Main Street the cost of putting up the same and one half of the cost of maintenance to be borne by the petitioner. Granted and the 32 Candlepower lamp ordered discontinued. Petition of Fred Gasch and others to have alley west of Front Street between Columbia and Mill Streets opened for travel. Granted. Petition of Fred Gasch for permission to move wooden building from his lot in Front Street north of the Poncin Block to the northeast corner of the Alley in Washington Street between Commercial and Second Streets Granted. Petition of Hillary Butler et al for establishing grade of James Street. Laid on the table. Petition of Everett Smith et al to have Seventh Street graded its entire length instead of from Battery to Madison Street as hereto fore ordered. On motion Ordered that that portion of the petition asking that Seventh Street be graded from Madison Street the Mill Street be granted: Also that the City Surveyor be instructed to establish the grade of said portion of Seventh Street and that an assessment District be established thereupon.