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To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle We, the undersigned, owners of the rpoperty hereinafter described, respectfully petition your Honorable body to create and establish a license district to include the following described property, to wit: The property commencing on the northerly line of Madison Avenue, in John J McGilvra's third Addition to the city of Seattle, a point where the East line of Laurel Shade Avenue, extended, crosses said Northerly line of said Madison Avenue, thence North 73.6 feet, thence East 72.5 feet and thence Southwesterly 103.2 feet to the plce of beginning; and also the property bounded on the Westerly side by Laurel Street, on the Southerly side by Granada Avenue produced and extended to deep water in Lake Washington, and on the avenue separating Block 13 and Block 24 of John J McGilvra's Third Addition to the City of Seattle; the description including Block 12 and 13 and Blocks B and C, extending to deep water in Lake Washington, all in John J McGilvra's Third Addition to the City of Seattle. All of which is hereby respectfully submitted. Madison Street Cable Ry Co By Witman President J J McGilvra per O C McGilvra

Lessees Clark Bartlett L Kasn Geo W Chapman C Gornes A Linne A H Tuttle John Brown

144 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Oct 6/82 Orderd that His Honor the Mayor be added to said committee & that they have 1 week's further time in which to report a uniform. From Judiciary and Legislative approving report of "City Justices" adopted From Judiciary and Leislative apporving City Attorney's report Adopted From Streets and Street Improvements recommending that the contract for sidewalk on Pine & 9th Streets under Ordinance No 281 be awarded to A S Pinkham on his bid of $582.80 Adopted & City Attorney instructed to prepare the proper bond & Contract From Streets and Street Improvements on the matter of the bids for grading Washington Street. Recommended with instructions to report in One Week. From Streets and Street Improvements recommendings that the contract for sidewalk on Front Street Under Ordinance No 304 be awarded to Hoole and Simpson on their bid of $17.75 per M feet BM [thousand board feet] Adopted and City attorney instructed to prepare proper contract and bond. From Streets and Street Improvements recommending that a contract for sidewalks on Stewart, 10th, & Virginia Streets under Ordinance No 280 be awarded to A S Pinkham on his bid of $511.00 Adopted and that the City Attorney is hereby hereby instructed to prepare the proper Contract and Bond From Streets and Street Improvements recommending that the contract for 7th Street sidewalk under Ordinance No 303 be awarded to J J McGilvra on his bid of $450.00 Adopted & City Attorney instructd to prepare the proper Contract & Bond. From Streets and Street Improvements recommending that the grade line of south 2d Street be changed. Adopted and Judiciary and Legislative Committee instructed to submit the proper Ordinance From Streets and Street Improvements recommending that the contract for the King Street Sidewalk under Ordinance No 302 be awarded to D S Hill on his bid of $490.00 Adopted and City Attorney instructed to prepare the proper

313 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Oct 21 1887 Be it remembered that on this 21st day of October 1887 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to law. The following officers are present, to wit: Mayor Thos T Minor and Councilmen J.M.Frink, Joseph Green, T W. Lake, U.R.Niesz, R Russell & C.F.Reitze and W R Forrest Clerk Petitions & Communications Petition of Stetson & Post Mill Co & others praying that the Puget Sound Shore Line Road or Oregon Improvement Co, be not permitted to store oil in large quantities in the building formerly occupied John E Good on Commercial Street, read and referred to committee on Fire & Water with power to act Communication from G.W.Kimball asking that he be per- mitted to peddle pants buttons without a license, rejected. Communication from J J McGilvra in regard to keeping Madison Street open for travel read and motion of C F Reitze to keep said street open is lost. On motion of T.W.Lake, [?] contractor Mr Wm Tierney is allowed $100.00 for labor already done in keeping said Street open. Petition of G.Bureau and others for modification of Seventh St. grade, read and referred to the Street Committee. Petition of W L Ames and others for opening Sixth Street from Battery to Depot Street, and Vine Street from Fifth to Depot Street, read and referred to Street Committee. Communication from D E Durie et. al. recommending Saml A Hoyt. for the position of Harbor Master, read and referred to committee on Harbour and Wharves. Communication from E.C.McClannahan asking damages