City of Seattle Records

To the Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: Whereas there is now being printed and circulated in this city an certain paper known and designated as the Sunday Breeze Mercury, and also a certain other paper known and designated as the Sunday Sun: and Whereas, these papers do smirch the character of our citizens and corrupt the moral of our youth; and Whereas certain of our sister cities, deeming such publications unfit to be read by their citizens, have prohibited their circulation within the corporate limits of such cities; Therefore, we, the undrsigned, most respectfully petition your Honorable Sir and Body to take such action as will effectulally stop the publication and distribution of said papers in our own fair city. NAMES Dan Brith Mollie Brownfield Willie Rogers Lucy Risbell Lucy Conklin Florence Rogers Miss Celestis Brown Mrs W L Brown G B Rochester Laura Green R Lancelyn Green Wilfred Green Bird Coiner Effa H Adams Bessie Bump John Miller Ada Risbell Rachel Futts Jennie Coff Helen Stratton Maude Risbell Maude Butter Mary Adams S H Morford Bessie Tolchard Samuel Richardson Fred Richardson J McKay M McKay A F Haynes Lilly Rogers J H Goddard Mrs Anna Goddard C C Morford P J Adams E L Butter R Morford Trogn the Epworth League of Grace M E Church

Mr President: Your Committee on Licenses to whom was referred Petition of James F Bangs to run an express wagon on the license taken out by Mr Kinney beg leave to report favorable and that the applicant be allowed to run a wagon on said license until the expiration of the same.

Geo W Furry Chairman Chas Conden } R Morford } Committee

211 Petition To Plank Jackson St R Morford et al St Com 91

To the Hon. Mayor & Common Council of the City of Seattle - Gentlemen. The undersignedresidents of the eastern portion of the city, respectfully request your honorable body to order the southerly half of Jackson Street from Sixteenth Street to Lake View Street to be planked frorm the car track to the sidewalk on the south side of the street. Three Fourths of all the travel from the City to Lake Washington goes over Jackson Street, a portion of which is newly graded and filled some four feet deep, and this part particularly will be impassable as soon as wet weather sets in. Wherefore we pray that said work be ordered done and your petitioners will ever pray. R Morford C A Cram B M Padley H McDermid Harry Muhl A M Cale Geo H Bartell Anderson Jas Henry Jones A H Mafferd W E Burgess A G Keene J M Branson Thos Anderson Alex C Anderson M J Cook H Keller C S Rabison E A Frasier Levi Wintermuth C H Morford A W Pratt Chas N Evans Emil Anderson J C Levold E W Engel J S Cox

Mr Presidnet Your Committee on Licenses to whom was referred Petitions of Ed McNulty #2711 Front St Murdock and D M Brogan #111 south side of Yesler Av N Kennedy #619 Southside of King St Macquilken and Morton (Fremont) corner of Lake Av and Dravis St

favorable G W Furry chairman Chas Cowden R Morford Committee