City of Seattle Records

173 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 13/82 In favor of adoption Cosper, Gasch, McDonald & Rasin. Against adoption none. New Business Ordered that the Street Committee be & they are hereby instructed to forbid the removal of earth from under sidewalks, so that sidewalks & earth thereunder shall be higher than gutters. Ordered that the Council stand adjourned until November 17, 1882 at 7&1/2 o'clock PM Attest: E S Osborne clerk Approved H G Struve, mayor

Nov 17/82 Be it remembered that on thisthe 17th dayof November 1882 the Common Council of the city of Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to adjournment. The following Officers are present to wit: His honor the Mayor H G Struve and Councilmen John Collins, Fred Gasch, Charles McDonald and U M Rasin. Thereupon the following proceedings are had: From Ching Jungfor the right to erect a Wash House on Lot 8 Block 6 of Maynard's plat. Referred to the Committee on Public buildings, Property and Grounds. From Moses Keezer for the right to construct a sidewalk on the West side of Fifth Street from Mill to Terrace Street Granted From F M Guye et al protesting against the construction of a sidewalk on Washington Street under Ordinance No 326 Referred to the Committee on Streets and Street Improvemants From Wm Campbell et al for increasing the salary of the Steward of the Engine House. Reports of Officers Recd' City Attorney asking a 40 days leave of absence from. Granted on the condition that the City Attorney em-

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A S Miller Thos Lyle J W Maryott Mrs L Lifesky Dexter Horton intrested in 440 ft on 3rd Walter Harmon Hamun Schmitz John Webster M L Cavanaugh F M Guye E W P Guye Miss Shannon Simon Davis Mr Mrs Meydenbaur O C Shorey Rodney Knight Ellen Brannen L M Graves Wm Meydenbaur Mrs Longfellow per B R Brierly A A Denny Wm Campbell Roswell Scott J H Sanderson Chas E Plimpton J F Byrne R C Graves Amos Brown agent for J C Ellis D B Jackson Chas Prosch

Remonstrance To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle We the undersigned property holders on third Street ask your honorable body not to extend the fire limits as proposed by a very few of the larger property holders in the burned District if our people who have been burned out Cannot have the priveledged of building wooden buildings on 3rd St they will most certainly have to leave the City as they are not able to build brick and can not do business in tents in the coming winter. are all two years Hence will do to extend the fire limits over most is give poor people a shove and your petitioners will ever pray A S Miller Thos Lyle J W Maryott Mrs L Lifesky Dexter Horton interested in 440 ft on 3rd Walter Harmon Hamun Schmitz John Webster M L Cavanaugh F M Guye E W P Guye Miss Shannon Simon Davis Mr Mrs Meydenbaur O C Shorey Rodney Knight

We the undersigned property owners owning property abutting upon Washington Street hereby make the following proposition to the City of Seattle by way of compromise. That we will pray to said city the amount of original tax or assessment and the costs thus far accruing by reason of writs now pending against us in the Superior Couts for said tax: the Cityof Seattle to throw off all interest and penalty which had accrued by reason of non payment of said tax: F M Guye Estate of Philena C Comstock for lots 1,2,4,&5 of Block 5, W R Brawleys Addition, the same being all properly assessable to her. By C K Jenner, Exec. Wm R Brawley By his Attys Jacobs & Jenner George Kinnear by Jacobs & Jenner