City of Seattle Records

27 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Ordered that the Ordinance Committee be and they are hereby instructed to resubmit at next meeting an Ordinance to provide for the construction of a sidewalk in front of the property owned by Col. Squire in Belltown. Ordered that the County Treasurer be & he is hereby instructed to correct the double assessment existing upon the City tax roll against Mrs. Briscoe's name And now the Finance Committe make the report upon the petitions of C.R.Fosterand F.W. Westhoff and Frances McDaniels; thereupon it is ordered that the petitions of ]]C.R. Foster]] & F.W. Westhoff be rejected. And that a warrant be drawn in favor of said Frances McDaniels for Road Roll Tax remitted And now Geo Kinnear and WmR.Brawley present an ordinance to authorize them to construct and operate Street Railways; thereupon the same is referred to the Committee on Ordinance And now the Ordinance Committee submits Ordinance No 254 the same being "an Ordinance to provide for the Construc" tion of a sidewalk along the Northside of Main Street from the " East side of Seventh Street to the East side of the alley between " Fourth and Third street and from thence along the South side " of said Main Street to the alley between Second and Commer" cial Streets there connecting with a side walk recently constructed " by the proprietors of the Arlington Hotel": thereupon after due consideration said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote: To wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins, Densmore, Jennings, Keenan, Keezer & McDonald Against adoption none. And now the Street Committee make their report upon the petition of W.Burnett & others, thereupon it is ordered that the obstructions mentioned in said petition be removed that that the Dog Pound be sold to the highest bidder And now the Street Committe make their report upon the petition of Sarah J. Plummer & others; thereupon it is ordered That the Chief of Police be & he is hereby instructed to cause the removal of the nuisance complained of.

33 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE And now the Ordinance Commmittee submit Ordinance No 255 the same being entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the Construction of a side walk along the east side of Front (formerly Third) Street from the south side of Wall Street to the South side of Battery Street" Thereupon after due consideration said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote to Wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins, Densmore, Jennings, Keenan, Keezer & McDonald. Against adoption none And now the City Attorney submits Ordinance No 256 the same being entitled "An Ordinance to repeal the Ordinance No 254" thereupon after due consideration said ordinance is adopted upon the following vote to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins, Densmore, Jennings Keenan, Keezer & McDonald. Against adoption none A Communication is secured & read from the Mayor upon the subject of China Wash Houses & their relations to fire: Thereupon said Commincation is referred to the Fire Committee And now the Council proceeds to elect a Policeman whose beat shall be the same as set forth in the petition of J M Kellock & Others hereto fore acted upon at this meeting; whereupon James Welsh receiving a majority of all the votes of said Council is duly declared elected as such Policeman for the term provided by law Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned until Friday evening February 10th 1882 Attest: E S Osborne Clerk Approved L P Smith Mayor

34 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE And now the Finance Com tee return the petition of C P Dose report favorably thereon. Where upon it is ordered taht a warrant be drawn in favor of said petitioner on the Road Fund on the sum of $4.00 for road poll tax remitted And now the Ordinance make their report upon the Ordinance granting the right to lay a street railway in our City to Geo. Kinnear & others recomment certain amendments to said ordinance It si therefore ordered that the said Ordinance be re-referred to said Com tee with instructions to conferwith the City Attorney and with said Geo Kinnear & others & to submit such and Ordinance as can be agreed upon between all of said parties And now the City Attorney submits Ordinance No254 the same being entitled "An Ordinance to Provide for the construction of a side walk along the North side of Main Street from the East side of Seventh Street to the East side of the alley between Fourth and Third Streets Thence Crossing said Main Street to the South side thereof and from thence along the said South side of said Main Street to the alley between Second and Commercial Streets there connecting with a side walk recently constructed by the proprietors of the Arlington Hotel thereupon after due examination & consideratioin said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins, Densmore, Jennings, Keenan, Keezer & McDonald Against adoption none And now it appearing to the Council that thereis a vacancy existing in the Office of City Sexton caused by the death of Thos S Russell the Council proceeds to fill such vacancy. Whereupon O C Shorey receiving the unanimous vote of the whole Council is duly declared elected to such office for the term provided by law Ordered that the Street Committee be & they are hereby insturcted to remove from time to time as they see fit all shade trees & other obstructions now existing & causing inconvenience to travel in teh streets. Ordered that Thos Clancy, Moses Keezer & M Dens

36 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE due proof that they are men of good oral character. It is therefore ordered that upon their Complyance with all the other porvisions of said Ordinance, the clerk be & he is hereby instructed to issue licenses to said aplicants for the periods & purposes following to wit: Names Description of license Term Date of Commencement August Hess Grocery 3 mos Feb 15 1882 Walsh & Auld Wholesale 3 mos Feb 5 1882 Gotleib Burian Grocery 6 mos Feb 22 1882 d" Pigeon Hole Table 6 mos Feb 22 1882 d" Pool Table 6 mos Feb 22 1882

And now a Communication is received from David Kellogg charging certain officers of the Poilce force with having violated Section 4 of Ordinance No 128 & asking an investigation thereupon the same is referred to a Special Committee, to wit: Jennings Densmore & McDonald The matter of wrongful taxation of Melody Choir is re-referred to the Finance Committee And now John H McGraw tenders his resignation of the Officers of Chief of Police & Harbor Master; thereupon said resignations are accepted and the siad offices are declared vacant And now the Council proceeds to fill the Office of Chief of Police by an election; whereupon James H Wooley receiving a majority of all the votes of said Council, he is duly declared elected to fill such vacancy for the term provided by law A petition is received from H G Shire & others praying for the grading of Second Street from Mill Street to Lake Avenue Street; thereupon the prayer of the petitionis granted And it is ordered that the petitionbe referred to the Ordinance Committee And now the Finance Committee returns the semiannual report of the Treasurer with their report of approval; Thereupon the said Treasurers report is accepted & ordered filed

39 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE of H G Strure & others for the grading of 2d Street from Mill Street to Lake Avenue Street with their report that the petition is not signed by 1/2 of the owners of the property fronting on such improvement, thereupon the report is accepted and the petition is referred to the petitioners And now the Ordinance Committee submit Ordinance No 258 the same being entitled "A Special Ordinance for the grading and improvement of Front Street from the South side of Pike Street to the North side of Lake Avenue Street in the City of Seattle in King County Washington Territory" After due consideration said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins Densmore, Jennings, Keenan, Keezer & McDonald. Against adoption none Any now Samuel Pettingill makes application & files his bond for a retail liquor license. Whereupon the Council finding he has complied with the requirements of the Ordinance relative thereto it is ordered that a License be issued him for 3 months from March 3, 1882 The following claims having been duly audited by the Council are ordered paid by Warrants drawn on the funds and in the amounts following to wit: City Fund E S Osborne Clerk $41.64 J M Hall Atty 41.67 J H McGraw Chief of Police 50.00 Jas H Worley do 50.00 Jas H Worley Police 40.00 D L McCowan do 80.00 W B Jacklin do 80.00 James Welch do 80.00 S F Coombs J P's fees 11.65 E L Smith Health Officer$75. Telegrams Quarentine $4 $79.00 Seattle Chronicle Printing 15.12 M V B Stacy ground rent for Jails 10.00