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

491 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 1 1888 John Caldwell 3034 City 8.80 Witness fees Jones Court John Caldwell 3034 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court Andrew Keinrick 3035 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court J Gallagher 3036 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court C F Treat 3037 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court B Mulraine 3038 City 6.60 Witness fees Jones Court D P Jones 3039 City 6.60 Witness fees Jones Court W P Boyd 3040 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court G G Richards 3041 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Chas Norager 3042 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court H P Walton 3043 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Joseph Yelland 3044 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court U M Rasin 3045 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Emily Rose 3046 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Press Publishing Co 3047 City 61.64 Publishing Tax Lists Lowman & Hanford 3048 City 57.00 Blanks etc U R Niesz 3049 City 57.50 Owners Streets Booth & Briscoe 3050 City 8.20 Names of owners unpaid ass'ts Jas St Providence Hospital 3051 City 188.25 Care of Jno Brandon Gordon Hardware Co 3052 City 1.75 Tacks andRopefor Surveyor H Argens 3053 City 14.50 Lock Keys & repairs Bridges & Coughlin 3054 City 4.60 Repairing Closet Jail Mechanics Store 3055 City 17.50 Store for Harbor Masters Office Moore & Fletcher 3056 City 10.00 Burying Horses A B Stewart 3057 City 1.00 Prescripton for indigent man Seattle Transfer Co 3058 City 1.00 Hauling man to jail Oregon Impt Co 3059 City 43.90 Coal F Anthony 3060 City 55.50 Justices Docket & Registration Books Moran Bros 3061 City 735.00 Anchors for Mooring buoys Walter Swain 3062 City 705.60 Chains for Mooring buoys Chas McDonald 3063 City 110.67 Rep'g chains etc for Mooring buoys [Ed Miller]] 3064 City 241.44 Floats for Mooring buoys R Russell 3065 City 20.00 Hauling Anchors for Mooring Buoys Steamer Bee 3066 City 30.00 Towing for Harbor Master Seattle Lumber & C Co 3067 City 3.60 Lumber for Harbor Master M A Kelly 3068 City 7.50 Medicine for Prisoners