City of Seattle Records

To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen: Your committee on Harbor Wharves to whom was referred the petition of the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Co. relative to Discharging ballast in the harbor. beg to report that they have examined the matter referred to in said petition, and hereby recommend that the prayer thereof be granted, and that the Council make in order fixing the amount to be collected, where ballast is dumped on private wharves with the consent of the owners, at nothing.

W A Harrington, Chairman Dated Seattle Nov.6th, 1885 J J Post T W Lake

To the Mayor & Councilmen of the City of Seattle Gentlemen We would Recommend the purchase of and Alarm Bell for Engine Co No 3 also the 2 ladders oone 16 ft and one 24 ft. Respectfully T W Lake J Furth committee

665 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE L B Andrews Received 312 votes Scattering Received 2 votes For Councilmen for the term of 1 year J J Post Received 365 votes Charles McDonald Received 370 votes scattering Received 38 votes Third Ward Total number of votes cast 616 For Mayor H L Yesler Received 308 votes John Leary Received 294 votes For Chief of Police John Woolery Received 273 votes H G Thornton Received 320 votes For City Attorney C H Hanford Received 571 votes scattering Received 12 votes For Assessor Wm H Hughes Received 596 votes For Councilman for the term of 2 years W E Jones Received 293 votes Geo W Hall Received 305 votes For Councilmen for the term of 1 year Jacob Furth Received 298 votes T W Lake Received 302 votes Scattering Received 2 votes Whereupon by reason of the law and the premises the Council Finds: That there were a total of 2051 votes cast at said election. Andthe Council further finds that the following named persons are duly elected to the offices following for the terms following, which terms commence on the 27th day of July 1885, to wit: Mayor H L Yesler for the term of one year Chief of Police James H Woolery for the term of one year Attorney C H Hanford for the term of one year Councilman from the 1st Ward John Keenen for the term of one year Councilman from the 2nd Ward R H Calligan for the term of one year Councilman from the 3rd Ward Geo W Hall for the term of one year Assessor Wm H Hughes for the term of one year

667 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE money to pay audited blls" adopted upon the following vote, to wit: In favor of adoption Frye, Harrington, Rinehart, Snyder, Latimer & Graham. Against the same none. And now Councilman W G Latimer tenders his resignation as a member of the Common Concil from the Third Ward; thereupon said resignation is accepted. And not the Council proceeds to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W G Latimer as a Councilman from the 3rd Ward. Whereupon an election is held and T W Lake receiving all the votes of the Councilmen present, is duly declared elected to the office of a member of the Common Council of the City of Seattle from the Third Ward to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation as aforesaid of W G Latimer. And now CouncilmanAlfred Snyder tenders his resignation as a member of the Common COuncil from the First Ward. Ordered laid on the table. Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned. Attest: E S Osborne , clerk Approved John Leary, mayor

Be it remembered that on this the 7th day of August 1885 the Common Council of the City of SEattle meets inits Council Chamber pursuant to law. The following Officers are present towit: His Honor the Mayor H L Yesler & Councilmen R H Calligan, W A Harrington, Geo W Hall, John Keenen & T W Lake. Thereupon the following proceedings are had: Ordered that the resignation of W V Rinehart as councilman for the First Ward be taken from the table & considered

667 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE money to pay audited blls" adopted upon the following vote, to wit: In favor of adoption Frye, Harrington, Rinehart, Snyder, Latimer & Graham. Against the same none. And now Councilman W G Latimer tenders his resignation as a member of the Common Concil from the Third Ward; thereupon said resignation is accepted. And not the Council proceeds to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W G Latimer as a Councilman from the 3rd Ward. Whereupon an election is held and T W Lake receiving all the votes of the Councilmen present, is duly declared elected to the office of a member of the Common Council of the City of Seattle from the Third Ward to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation as aforesaid of W G Latimer. And now CouncilmanAlfred Snyder tenders his resignation as a member of the Common COuncil from the First Ward. Ordered laid on the table. Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned. Attest: E S Osborne , clerk Approved John Leary, mayor

Be it remembered that on this the 7th day of August 1885 the Common Council of the City of SEattle meets inits Council Chamber pursuant to law. The following Officers are present towit: His Honor the Mayor H L Yesler & Councilmen R H Calligan, W A Harrington, Geo W Hall, John Keenen & T W Lake. Thereupon the following proceedings are had: Ordered that the resignation of W V Rinehart as councilman for the First Ward be taken from the table & considered