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 Valentine Hall 2 Wm Dunning 3 T J Hamilton 4 H P Munger 5 L C Braman 6 C G Whittdesey 7 J M Sutten 8 H N Vaughan 9 C E West 10 J W Range 11 L C Woodman 12 R M Hopkins 13 J C Redwood 14 J W Wilkinson 15 F M Dehly 16 E S Osborne 17 Edward P Tremper 18 Hiram J Jueoles 19 E F Allen 20 George Fowler 21 D A McKenzie 22 C A McKenzie 23 W W Easter 24 C C Dimond 25 Geo W Feurry 26 Ed B Burwell 27 J L Simpson 28 Wm L Turner 29 F W Baker 30 W T Bries 31 M M Grout 32 D S Kinney 33 Edw W Philpott 34 A L Hawley 35 A Maisland 36 F J Wood 37 Albert Jones 38 A C Balch 39 C A Kilhoume 40 E C Cheasty 41 Geo Smith 42 T M Young 43 E R Mason 44 H H Manning 45 J A Frahtn 46 W V Rinehart 47 F Cochran 48 J H Hall 49 S E Smith 50 Wm ODonnell

216 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jun 17 1887 Ordered that the City Clerk be allowed an assistant in his office for such times as he may need one at a salary of $3.00 per day. Ordered that the Clerk be and he is hereby directed to give ten (10) days public notice as required by law that a general election for all city officers will be held on Monday July 11th 1887 . The officers to be elected shall be as follows to wit: One mayor, One City Attorney; one Chief of Police and from the First Ward one Councilman for the term of two years; from the Second Ward one Councilman for two years; from the Third Ward one Councilman for two years; from the Fourth Ward one Councilman for two years. the places apopinted to conduct the same are as follows to wit: First Ward Polls to be held at Engine House No 2 on South Third Street Inspector J D McDermott, Judges W V Rinehart and W D Graves, Clerks J C Holms and W F Dearborn Second Ward, Polls to be held at Engine House No 1 on Columbia Street, Inspector [ M R Maddocks]], Judges F W Wusthoff & Chas McDonald, clerks Chas Swensen and Josiah Collins. Third Ward Polls to be held at Brown's Pavillion on Second Street, Inspector A W Piper Judges L B Andrews & F Anthony, Clerks Douglas Young & R M Hopkins. Fourth Ward Polls to be held at Engine House No 4 Inspector W L Reston, judges Henry Roseberg and Charles Baker, Clerks J McGrath & Henry Harkins Ordinances An Ordinance is submitted by the city Attorney entitled "An Ordinance providing for the erection of wooding buildings within certain limits" which is passedd by the following vote Ayes Frink, Hinckley, Lake, Russell, Reitze. Noes none.

218 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jun 20 1887 Extend and establish Second Street in the City of Seattle, and to provide for the condemnation of real estate necessary therefor". On motion the vote by which said Ordinance was passed is reconsidered over the mayor's veto. the motion is lost by the following vote: Ayes Furth, Frink Russell & Reitze. Noes Hinckley & Lake On motion of Councilman Furth the matter of extending and widening Second Street is referred to the Street Committee and the Committee directed in conjunction with the City Surveyor to examine and report an estimate of the cost of widening Second Street to 90 feet in width from Depot Street to Mill Street and South Third Street from Mill Street to King Street The Street Committee to whom was referred the plans and specifications for the improvement of Fourth Street from Union Street to Bell Street recommending that the same be approved and adopted and on motion the same are approved and adopted. On motion Otto Smith is appointed Clerk of Election for the Third Ward Vice R M Hopkins declined to serve. Ordinances An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitiled "An Ordinance to provide for the grading and improvement of Fourth Street from Union Street to Bell Street", which is passed by the following vote viz: Ayes Furth, Frink, Lake, Hinckley Russell & Reitze noes none. An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitiled "An Ordinance esteablishing the grade of Fourth Street from Kinnear Street to Bell Street