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 C E Chapin 2 C H Knapp 3 W W Radcliffe 4 F M Jordan 5 N A Sanborn 6 A B Buck 7 L A Buck 8 Arthur H Lee 9 W G Gilgen 10 Ferdinand Schmit 11 F H Kindall 12 A Kline 13 Geo M O'Brien 14 H S Baker 15 Wm Colneit Jr 16 C H Hadley 17 J H Calvert & Co 18 A Stoersuraff 19 G D Snow 20 A L Hall 21 H D Purch 22 Chas C Clark 23 Geo E Elwell 24 Wm F Ridgway 25 M B Gage 26 G O Guy 27 H M Wheldon 28 V Hugo Smith 29 Herman Smith 30 G H Munson 31 Will R While 32 Albert Pontius 33 C Sapp 34 W J Cartwright 35 W E Williams 36 H E Merkel MD 37 W J Lawrence 38 P A Oversbagh 39 Walter Culin MD 40 G W Fischer 41 A J Gisken 42 Robt Baptu 43 Danl Steevens 44 E T Stuart 45 A B Kibbe 46 C A Salyer 47 L K Rightumi 48 L J Stevens 49 S H Clememt 50 F E Adams

101 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Oct 15 1886 reason that the greater portion of the land mentioned in the petition is not platted. Adopted From Same Committee on petition of Nicholas Ruffin for permission to occupy the extension fo University Street for the purpose of building a cabin recommending that it be not granted as the petition now reads, as it is indefinate and asks too much. Adopted From Same Committee asking further time to report on petitions of J D Smith et al for opening Stewart Street and W E Williams et al for crossing on Madison Street granted From Fire and Water Committee recommending certain repairs to Engine House No 4 and the purchase of certain furniture for said engine house. Adopted and purchasing Agent authorized to purchase the necessary articles. from Committee on judiciary on petitionofC W Lawton and W H Davis reporting that upon examination they find that ordinance No 705 covers all that the petitioners can ask. adopted Licenses Referred John T Lester, J H Foster, T P Heman, Morgan and prosser Melhorn & Probst, W Waugh, O P Dahlquist, August Wolff, O N Morse & John Feigh. Licenses Ordered Issued Fred Scholpp Retail Malt Thomas & Davis Retail Intox Shaw & Alger Retail Intox Geo W Walsh Retail Intox Benj Murphy Retail Malt

453 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE May 4 1888 Petition of W E Williams for opening Renold Place Read and referred to Street Committee Petition of W M Morse for permission to use certain streets and alleys for storing lumber necessary for the erection of Armory Building Granted. Petition of F T Blunk asking for a street railway franchise. Read and referred to Street Committee Petition of W H Bow for permission to change building on Commercial Street opp Arlington Hotel. Read and referred to Committee of Public Buildings and Grounds. Resignation of Capt Jas H Woolery from the Police Force of the City. Read and ccepted. Deed from Terry heirs received dedicating a portion of Lane Street and ordered filed. Monthly Reports Received. From Police Justices Jones and Soderberg. Referred to Finance Com. From Chief of Police Read and ordered filed. From City Treasurer Read and referred to Finance Com. From Health Officer Read and ordered filed. From Street Commissioner Referred to Street Com and returned approved. Committee Reports Received From Street Committee rejecting the petition of J D Smith andothers for the grading of Second Street from Pine St the Depot Street. Adopted.

472 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 18 1888 of the Seattle Fire Department for the ensuing year. Petition of J C Britton and others for opening and extending West Street through to Mill Street read and referred to the Committee onStreets. Petition of Dillis B Ward on behalf of the Methodist Protestant Church for permission to enlarge the M P Church corner of Madisonand Second Streets read and referred to Com on Public Buildings & Grounds. Communication received from the owners of property condemned along the line of Depot Street by ordinance #928 appointing J D Smith to act as appraiser in their behalf, pursuant to notice duly published and it aspering to the Council that the owners of property benefited have not filed notice of appointment of an appraiser to act in their behalf in the matter of the condemnation of property along the line of Depot Street under ordinance No 928, and this being the time set for appointing such appraisers: It is ordered that J D Smith be and he is hereby appointed to act as appraiser on behalf of the owners of property condemned and that Geo Kinnear Esq be and he is hereby appointed an appraiser on behalf of the owners of property benefited by the extension and opening of said Depot Street under said ordinance No 928.Where upon his Honor the Mayor appoints L B Andrews Esq an appraiser to act on behalf of the City insaid matter. Committee and other Reports Rec'd From Street Committee on petition of W E Williams for opening Renold Place as follows: "We are unable to find Renold Place on the City Map, but we found however the place referred to and as we deem it a private improvement we recommend that the petition