City of Seattle Records

460 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 4 1888 Depot Street Imp fund Ord No 930 Albro Gardner 1582 $195.37 Surveying Third & Virginia Street Imp fund Ord Albro Gardner 1583 $104.25 Surveying Miscellaneous The consideration og the grade of Cherry Street ordered postponed until next meeting. Bid for the improvement of Cherry Street ordered returned to bidders. Bids for Marion Street Wharf opened and read as follows; Parker & Orr Piles per foot .17cents Lumber per M [thousand board feet] $17.00 Upon motion the bid is referred to Street Committee to report during meeting also City Surveyor Bids for Depot Street Improvement opened and read as follows: Mulkern and Conroy Earthwork for cubic yard .47cents Lumber per M [thousand board feet] $17.50 Grubbing per acre $110.00 W N White Earthwork for cubic yard .40cents Lumber per M [thousand board feet] $17.50 Grubbing per acre $100.00 Pursuant to law and published notice, the Council now proceeds to examine and equalize the assessment roll for the assessment district created for Ord 917 for grading and building sidewalks on both sides of Bell Street

461 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE May 4 1888 Parker and Orr Earthwork for cubic yard .37&1/2cents Lumber per M [thousand board feet] $17.00 Grubbing per acre $100.00 Henderson & Locke Earthwork for cubic yard .43cents SideWalks per M [thousand board feet] $17.50 Box Drains per M [thousand board feet] $19.00 Grubbing per acre $125.00 Ryan & Co Earthwork for cubic yard .31&1/2cents Lumber per M [thousand board feet] $15.00 Grubbing per acre $91.00 O'Day & Co Earthwork for cubic yard .36&1/3cents SideWalks per M [thousand board feet] $16.25 Box Drains per M [thousand board feet] $17.00 Grubbing per acre $120.00 H F Phillips Earthwork for cubic yard .39cents SideWalks per M [thousand board feet] $19.00 Box Drains per M [thousand board feet] $24.00 Grubbing per acre $200.00 Ordered that the contract be awarded to Ryan and Co upon their filing a bond in the sum of five thousand (5000) dollars. Pursuant to law and published notice, the Council now proceeds to examine and equalize the assessment roll for the assessment district created for Ord 917 for grading and building sidewalks on both sides of Bell Street from 5th to 7th Sts and no one appearing to contest said roll and no objection being made to it on motion the same is hereby approved. The assessment roll of Bell Street ord #917 from Fifth Street to Seventh Street is approved. On motion the equalization of of the Cherry Street

473 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE May 18 1888 be tabled. Adopted. From the same Committee granting petition of A A Bell & others from grading and building sidewalks on both sides of Wall Street from Elliott's Bay to Depot Street. and City Surveyor directed to submit plans and specifications from such improvement at the next meeting of the Council. Adopted From the same Committee rejecting petition of E D Briscoe & others for grading Sixth Street from Spring Street to Marion Street as the petition has not been signed by a majority of the property owners, and your committee is that a petition will be presented to the Council for the grading of said Sixth Street from Depot Street to Spring Street. Adopted From the same Committee rejecting petition of A A Bell & others for opening Bell Street from Seventh Street to Depot Street as there does not appear to be any urgent necessity for opening said street at the time. Adopted. From the same Committee to whom was referred theOrdinance asked for by the Seattle Street RailwayCompany, amending the franchise heretofore granted said Company as follows: "We do not think it advisible to grant said Seattle Street Railway Company and other or further priviledges than have already been granted it by the City and therefore recommend that the petition benot granted and that said ordinance be not passed. Adopted. From the same Committee rejecting petition of the West Street-Lake Union and Park Transit Company for a street Railway Franchise. Councilman Reitze of the Committee presents a minority report recommending the granting of the franchise under certain conditions and restriction. On motion the whole matter is re-referred to the Street Committee in

495 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 1 1888 Wm L Lindsley 1304 Fire 5.00 Hauling Cart Pete Emerson 1305 Fire 2.50 Hauling Cart J H Sullivan 1306 Fire 2.50 Hauling Cart Ed Bills 1307 Fire 2.50 Hauling Cart G Kellogg 1308 Fire 75.00 Salary Chief Fire Dept G Kellogg 1308 Fire 75.00 Hack Hire C H Albertson 1309 Fire 75.00 Steward Engine House No 4 H Meydenbauer 1296 Fire 3.00 Sprinkling Streets Dec Day J J Sullivan 1298 Fire 3.00 Sprinkling Streets Dec Day C J Maidment 1310 Fire 3.00 Sprinkling Streets Dec Day R W Maidment 1311 Fire 3.00 Sprinkling Streets Dec Day [total]382.11 Gas Seattle Gas Light Co 197 Gas 26.22 Lighting Buildings Seattle Electric Lt Co 198 Gas 663.25 Lighting Streets Water Spring Hill Water Co 64 Water 330.50 Water Month of May Seventh Street Imp Fund Ordinance No 829 Albro Gardner 1584 18.37 Surveyors fees Mill Street Imp Fund Ordinance No 847 Wm Tierney 1585 1992.38 Estimate for May Albro Gardner 1586 63.87 Surveyors fee Birch Street Imp Fund Ordinance No 904 Albro Gardner 1587 24.25 Surveyors fees Fifth Street Imp Fund Ordinance No 905 W N White 1588 2055.18 Estimate for May Albro Gardner 1589 58.63 Surveyors fees Vine Street Imp Fund Ordinance No 909 P & J M Quigley 1590 1167.35 Estimate for May Albro Gardner 1591 62.88 Surveyors fees Bell Street Imp Fund Ordinance No 917 Henderson & Locke 1592 1102.50 Estimate for May Albro Gardner 1593 1.75 Surveyors fees Lane Street Imp Fund Ordinance No 926 McClanahan & O'Day 1594 907.50 Estimate for May Albro Gardner 1595 41.00 Surveyors fees

508 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jun 19 1888 as follows viz:

Ordered that the clerk be and his hereby directed to give ten (10) days notice as required by law that a general election for all city officers will be held on Monday July 9th 1888. The officers to be elected shall be as follows: One mayor; one city attorney; one chief of police; and from the First was one Councilman for the term of two years; from the Second Ward one Councilman for the term of two years; one Councilman from the Third Ward for the term of Two years; from the Fourth Ward one Councilman for the term of Two years. The places appointed for having such election and the officers appointed to conduct the the same are as follows, to wit: First Ward: Polls to be held at Engine House No.2. South Third Street: Inspector A. C. Turner, Judges J. C. Helm & Geo W. Young, Clerks David McKinley & W. T. Dearborn. Second Ward: Polls to be held at Engine House No. 1 on Columbia Street. Inspector O. C. Shorey, Judges M. R. Maddocks & H. Butler. Clerks L. S. Booth & Josiah Collins, Jr. Third Ward. Polls to be held at Brown Pavilion Second Street. Inspector Frank Hanford, Judges L. B. Andrews & Otto Smith. Clerks R. B. Albertson & C. W. Ferris