City of Seattle Records

Petition to Extend City Limits of Seattle To the Honorable, the City Council, the Legislative Body of the said city of Seattle, hereby respectfully petition that the boundaries of the City of Seattle be altered and extended so as to include the new territory hereinafter described within the said City of Seattle after proceedings had as required by law, and that you submit to the electors of said city and to the electors residing in the said territory hereinafter described, the question whether said territory shall be annexed to said City of Seattle and become a part thereof. The said new territory proposed to be annexed to the City of Seattle is particularly described as follows to-wit: Beginning at the point in the center of Lake Washington, which is the Northeast corner of the present limits of the City of Seattle; thence Northerly along the center of Lake Washington to an intersection with the south line of Section Sixteen, in Township Twenty-five, Range Four West, W.M., produced eastwardly; thence West in the waters of Lake Washington and Union Bay along said east line produced to the intersection with the east line of said Section Sixteen, produced southerly; thence North in the waters of Union Bay along said east line produced to the shore of said Union Bay, and thence North along the east line of said Section Sixteen and of Section No Nine in said Township and Range to the quarter-section on the east line of said Section Nine; thence West along the center line of said Section Nine to the quarter-section corner in the west line thereof; thence North along the east line lines of Sections Eight and Five in said Township and Range to the north line of said Township Twenty-five North; thence West along said Township line to the quarter-section corner in the north line of Section One, in Township Twenty-five North, Range Three East, which latter point is the Northeast corner of the present corporate limits of the town (now city) of Ballard; thence South along the center line of said Section One, and Sections Twelve and Thirteen in said township Twenty-five North, Range Three East to the Southeast corner of Government Lot 2, in said Section thirteen, said last-named line being the Easterly boundry of said City of Ballard; thence West along the South boundary of said City of Ballard to the center of Salmon Bay; thence Northwesterly following the present corporate limits of the City of Ballard along the center line of Salmon Bay to deep water in Puget Sound of Admiralty Inlet; thence West to the main channel of Puget Sound or Admiralty Inlet; thence southerly along said main to a junction with the main channel from Elliott Bay; thence Easterly and Southeasterly along the main channel of Elliott Bay to the point in the center of Elliott Bay, which is the Northwest corner of the present limits of the City of Seattle; thence Northeastwardly along the present Northwestern boundry of the City of Seattle to the intersection between the shore of said Elliott Bay and the west line of Section Twenty-four, in Township Twenty-five North, Range Three East; thence North, following the present boundary of the City of Seattle along said west line of said Section twenty-four to the quarter section corner in the west line of said Section Twenty-four; thence East, following the present boundary of the City of Seattle along the center line of said Section Twenty-four, and of Sections Nineteen and Twenty in Township Twenty-five North, Range Four East to the east line of said Section twenty; thence South following the present boundary of the City of Seattle, along the east line of said Section Twenty to the Southeast corner thereof; thence East following the present boundry of the City Seattle along the North line of Sections Twenty-eight and Twenty-seven in Township Twenty-five North, Range Four East, to the shore of Lake Washington; and thence Easterly in the waters of Lake Washington following the present boundary of the City of Seattle to the present Northeast corner of the limits of the City of Seattle and place of beginning, including all waters embraced within the boundaries above described. 1 J C Killen 2 Wahan Bros 3 Alex Meister 4 N C Graves 5 A A Cook 6 N C Davies 7 Eugene Lewple 8 H M Wright 9 Lee DeVries 10 F Anthony 11 John Brown 12 J B Metcalfe 13 Chas H Barber 14 Geo McMonegle 15 L M Wood 16 Breese Frank O 17 H P Walton 18 Harry L Bostian 19 Bolton Dyer 20 J W George 21 S E Hinson 22 W E Lockard 23 M C Gormley 24 A N Graves 25 H G Thomlin 26 C M Basler 27 J M Blanchard 28 M R Maddaks 29 J D Hinckley 30 D Geo A Rerd 31 W Burritt 32 J H Dempsey 33 Rich Borndling 34 R C Crawford 35 J VanLenhupher 36 James Leddy 37 N K Owens 38 John Waceafeg 39 W M Holmes 40 R B Dearborn 41 T H Cann 42 A R Kennedy 43 Leo Kinnear 44 J S Odiardy 45 Gordon Osden 46 A P Randall 47 N K Smythe 48 John Megrath 49 D W Cross 50 Geo N T Sparling

701 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Oct 16 1885 be continued until the next meeting And now the Council proceeds to open the bids for furnishing the City Thirty stone monuments for government Corners, when the following bids were received to wit: Evans & Co. $2.25 each. H M Wright 75 cents each. whereupon the Contract is awarded to H M Wright and the proper contract ordered drawn A plat is presented to the Council entitled " Supplemental Plat of Blocks 44 & 58 Burkes Second Addition to the City of Seattle" by Eshelman & Llewyllen and onmotionis approved. Ordered that the Councildonow adjourn. Attest: W A Forrest clerk H L Yesler mayor Nov 6 1885 Be it remembered that on this 6th day of November 1885 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chambe pursuant to law; the Following officers are present to wit: His Honor the Mayor Henry L Yesler and Councilmen R H Calligan, J Furth, Geo Hall, W A Harrington, Jno Keenen, T W Lake, Chas McDonald, J J Post & G W Young. When the following proceedings were had to wit: Petitions and Communication Petition of Melody Choir et al for opening Willow and Filbert Streets. Referred to Street Committee Petition of G W Young et al for planking Washington Street Referred to Commitee on Streets Petition of J T Ronald et al for opening streets and laying plank walk from Eastern Boundry of Peter Deans Addition Referred to Commitee on Streets. Petition of Julius W Smith et al for planking Main Street between

701 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Oct 16 1885 be continued until the next meeting And now the Council proceeds to open the bids for furnishing the City Thirty stone monuments for government Corners, when the following bids were received to wit: Evans & Co. $2.25 each. H M Wright 75 cents each. whereupon the Contract is awarded to H M Wright and the proper contract ordered drawn A plat is presented to the Council entitled " Supplemental Plat of Blocks 44 & 58 Burkes Second Addition to the City of Seattle" by Eshelman & Llewyllen and onmotionis approved. Ordered that the Councildonow adjourn. Attest: W A Forrest clerk H L Yesler mayor Nov 6 1885 Be it remembered that on this 6th day of November 1885 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chambe pursuant to law; the Following officers are present to wit: His Honor the Mayor Henry L Yesler and Councilmen R H Calligan, J Furth, Geo Hall, W A Harrington, Jno Keenen, T W Lake, Chas McDonald, J J Post & G W Young. When the following proceedings were had to wit: Petitions and Communication Petition of Melody Choir et al for opening Willow and Filbert Streets. Referred to Street Committee Petition of G W Young et al for planking Washington Street Referred to Commitee on Streets Petition of J T Ronald et al for opening streets and laying plank walk from Eastern Boundry of Peter Deans Addition Referred to Commitee on Streets. Petition of Julius W Smith et al for planking Main Street between

739 COMMONCOUNCILOF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jan 15 1886 the vote upon the issuance of said licenses being as follows viz: In favor of same R H Calligan, J Furth, Geo W Hall, W A Harrington, John Keenen, T W Lake, ChasMcDonald, J J Post and G W Young against none Bills Allowed The following claims against the City haveing been duly audited by the Council are allowed and ordered paid by warrants drawn on the Source funds as follows viz: H F Phillips City 1449 10.00 Rent of stable H M Wright City 1450 30.00 Stone Monuments G Kellogg & Co City 1451 4.50 Medicine for prisoners G A Hill City 1452 20.00 Justice Fees Geo G Lyon City 1453 14.50 Justice fees Lou Robbins City 1454 5.00 Posting notice on site of old Miss. G F Burns Fire 725 10.00 Hauling Eingine No 1 G F Burns Fire 726 1.25 Hauling Bell to No 3 S Cavenaugh Fire 727 1.50 Hauling buckets to Cooper Fire Post Intelligencer Fire 728 1.50 Publishing Ad Fire Delegates Wm Hubbert Fire 729 1.50 Repaining Tanks North Seattle Spring Hill Water Co Fire 33 166.00 Water month of Dec Miscellaneous Franklin Matthias presents plats of Terry's 4th & 5th addition to the City of Seattle which after due consideration by the Council are approved. Councilman J J Post moves that all peddlers of bibles and testaments be not required to take out license therefor motion lost by the following vote: In favor of the same J J Post. Against R H Calligan, J Furth, Geo Hall, W A Harrington, John Keenen, ChasMcDonald, T W Lake and G W Young On motion ordered that the matter of refunding $4.00 to Geo H Wright be referred to City Attorney.

242 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDING OF THE Aug 5 1887 In favor of the same; J Furth, J M Frink, Jos Green, T W Lake, Robert Moran, U R Niesz, R Russell and C F Reitze. Bills Allowed Thefollowing claims against the City having been duly audited and allowed by theCounicl are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the Several Funds as follows viz: Name No fund Amount Remarks W R Forrest 2425 City 125.00 Salary City Clerk W R Forrest 2425 City 8.40 Registrar's Fees F H Peterson 2426 City 100.00 Salary City Atty L A Treen 2427 City 100.00 Salary City Treasurer L Cummings 2428 City 89.25 Salary Street Commr James Bogart 2429 City 60.00 Salary Jailor & Janitor James Bogart 2429 City 49.20 Board of Prisoners Dr E S Smith 2430 City 75.00 Salary Health Officer Wm Murphy 2431 City 100.00 Salary Chief Police Jas Welch 2432 City 80.00 Salary Capt Police J W Hunt 2433 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer F A Fay 2434 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer A H Manning 2435 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer W M Jones 2436 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer J D Duncan 2437 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer Chas Robinson 2438 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer J L McDaniel 2439 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer J L McClellan 2440 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer Fred Voight 2441 City 65.00 Salary Police Officer Jas Miles 2442 City 65.00 Salary Special Police Officer M A Murphy 2443 City 65.00 Salary Specail Police Officer W H Pumphrey 2444 City 70.95 Stationary Press Pub Co 2445 City 1.70 Printing Notices Press Pub Co 2445 City 21.15 City Printing Press Pub Co 2445 City 41.42 Registration list H M Wright 2446 City 2.25 Stone Monument [total]1659.32