City of Seattle Records

351 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dec 9 1887 north sidewalk of Seneca St between Front Street and the alley innediately east of Front Street, read and referred to the Street Committee Petition of Alfred Snyder for a cross walk on the north street corner of Seneca read and referred to street committee Petition of Edgar Bryan for a culvert across atreet for east half of Block 22 A A Denny's Addition read and referred to Street Committee Petition of John Crist for permission to put up a small building to be used as a Fruit and Cigar Stand on Alley facing Mill Street in Block 9 Maynard's Plat read and referred to the Street Committee Petition of L A Treen and others calling the attention of the Common Council to the defective construction of our Theaters, Hotels, Halls and other public buildings read and referred to committee on Fire & Water & Grounds Communication from the Spring Hill Water Company accepting provisions of franchise conveyed by Ordinance 833 read and ordered filed. Communication accompanied by deed from H H Dearborn and Co donating Lot 2 of Summerville for the purpose of a Public Park to be known as Summerville Park and requesting the City to clear off the land and seed it with grass. Referred to Committee on Public Buildings & Grounds.

606 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sep 7 1888 Ordered that the Chief of Police notify the owners of property on Mill Street where the sidewalk had been condemned to at once rebuild said sidewalk. Ordered that the City Attorney prepare a profile of a proper grade for Bluff Street and submit to the Council at the next regular meeting. Ordered that the City Clerk advertise for Bids for Lighting the Streets, doing the city printing furnishing lamp posts etc for the ensuing year. Ordered that the matter of grading the alley between Main & Jackson & Commercial & South Second Streets be referred to the Street Committee & the matter of laying a sewer in said alley be referred to the Committee on Sewers & Drainage. Ordinances 990 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance fixing the limits of the benefits and protection afforded by the contract for the supply of water made by the City with the Spring Hill Water Company and within which property shall by subject to a special tax to pay the water rent according to said contract" which is passed by the following vote viz:In favor of the same Burns, Durie, Green,Jones, McCombs, Mc Donald, Niesz & Reitze Against the same none. 989 An Ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance fixing the limits of the benefits fo Street Light provided by the City and within which property shall be subject to a special tax for lighting the streets" which is passed by the following vote viz:In favor