City of Seattle Records

Seattle Wash May 7th 1889 C W Ferris City Clerk Sir In accordance with Sec. 11 Ordinance No 1007, I hereby notify you, That at the Annual meeting of Union Engine Co No3, held the seventh day of May 1889, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: viz: Foreman - M W Hand 1st Asst Foreman - Henry Frankland 2nd Asst Foreman - Thomas Cranney President - Geo L Burns Secretary - Albert W Bryan Treasurer - W J Colkett Respectfully W J Colkett Secty

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 W J Colkett 2 W J McClellan 3 H D Temple 4 W E Wornnell 5 Jas S Farrall 6 F J Monall 7 C O Chisholm 8 Lincoln Hall 9 E B Southard 10 H S Comfort 11 W Morris 12 John Hall 13 Edward Brady 14 C M Anderson 15 J T Robinson 16 R H Moss 17 Geo H Gilmore 18 S H Richardson 19 Chas H Baker 20 W H Moore 21 Jas Lee 22 Geo Gibeen 23 P Brown 24 A B Kewllyn 25 J A Moore 26 M J Colwell 27 W L Gazzam 28 L K Hedges 29 C E Cohnes 30 C E Bowman 31 L J Colman 32 Geo Higgins 33 H S Burwell 34 C A Smith 35 Everett Smith 36 Austin P Burwell 37 E E Williams 38 F N Bigelow 39 L J Cowgill 40 B R Henry 41 Joseph M Glasgow 42 C F Bahutge 43 C A Hammond 44 Geo Elliller 45 L D Ross 46 J W Gramsbang 47 George C Day 48 Milton Lang 49 R J McClelland 50 J A Murriam

Board of Education, School Dictrict No 1 King County Washington Office corner of Seventh and Marion Streets Seattle, Aug 20th 1891 Received Aug 19 1891 Board of Public works Seattle - Wash To the Hon Board of Public Works Gentlemen The undersigned, comprising the Seattle Board of Education, respectfully request the immediate extension by the City of the Battery Street sewer from the Center of Fifth Street to the center of Sixth. This is needed for the relief of the Denny School, the largest school building in the State of Washington, which will reopen its doors to the youth of the city early in September. Wm H Hughes W J Colkett J B MacDougall Thos W Prosch D A Spencer

58 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jul 30 1886 W V Rinehart 1769 City 8.00 Election Officer G L Manning 1770 City 8.00 Election Officer Rich'd Osborne 1771 City 8.00 Election Officer W J Colkett 1772 City 8.00 Election Officer N S Snyder 1773 City 15.00 Board registration Hillory Butler 1774 City 15.00 Board registration D L McCowan 1775 City 15.00 Board registration David Kellogg 1776 City 15.00 Board registration Companies "BE" & "HG" 1777 City 5.00 Rent of Armory Robt Abrams 1778 City 10.00 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1779 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1780 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1781 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1782 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1783 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1784 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1785 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Shaffer 1786 City 2.50 Spl Police Officer Stetson & Post Mill Co 1787 City 2.60 Lumber for City Jail G Kellogg etc 1788 City 9.50 Medicines for Prisoners John Dawson 1789 City 1.50 Cleaning out brush Jackson St Bridge N S Snyder 1790 City 5.50 Posting Election Notices James P Ludlow 1791 City 16.65 Clerks Fee City vs Benson G A Hill 1792 City 11.65 Justice fees City vs Benson Geo G Lyon 1793 City 4.60 Justice fees City vs Benson J H McGraw 1794 City 2.40 Shffs fees City vs Benson U M Rasin 1795 City 4.40 Wit fees City vs Benson E L Smith 1796 City 6.60 Wit fees City vs Benson E C Slorah 1797 City 2.20 Wit fees City vs Benson M V Mills 1798 City 4.40 Wit fees City vs Benson Carl Basler 1799 City 2.20 Wit fees City vs Benson Jas Thublo 1800 City 2.20 Wit fees City vs Benson Chas Kiel 1801 City 2.20 Juror fees City vs Benson J E Duff 1802 City 2.20 Juror fees City vs Benson J B Eames 1803 City 2.20 Juror fees City vs Benson J F T Mitchell 1804 City 2.20 Juror fees City vs Benson