City of Seattle Records

356 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sept 7/83

L. Neuman Brass screws No. 210 $2. T. W. Bennett Shelving 211 2. Hall & Paulson Furniture Co Furniture Polish 212 1. The claim Hall & Paulson Furniture Co. for $10.00 is rejected

Madison St Improvement #406 Strong & Harkins Contract Work Nos 371 to 378 $5544.19 J. M. Snow Engineering 403 113.87

Pine Street Improvement #421 Strong & Harkins Contract Work Nos 379 + 380 $411.44

South 3rd St Improvement #399 Strong & Harkins Contract Work Grading Nos 381 + 382 $2273.56 G. N. Alexander do 383 443.88 J. M. Snow Engineering 399 26.

Columbia St Improvement #386 Cummings and Strong Contract Work No 384 $3894.21 J. M. Snow Engineering 396 85.25

Main St Improvement #385 S. G. Simpson Contract Work No 385 $5720.31 J. M. Snow Engineering 412 101.

9th St Improvement #395 Frahm & Simpson Contract Work No 386 $1141.42 J. M. Snow Engineering 408 88.

Jackson St Improvement #398 G. N. Alexander Contract Work No 387 $3780.14 J. M. Snow Engineering 410 151.61

Washington St Improvement #369 G. N. Alexander Contract Work - Grading No 388 $2089.38 S. G. Simpson Contract Work Sidewalks 389 310.94 J. M. Snow Engineering 394 39.

4th St Improvement #395 Murphy and Stewart Contract Work No 390 $1721.26 J. M. Snow Engineering 401 39.62

James St Improvement #387 J. M. Snow Engineering No 406 $13.

Battery St Improvement #441 J. M. Snow Engineering No 414 $98.

372 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Oct 5/83 Jackson St Improvement #398 J M Snow Engineering No 425 $68.63 G N Alexander Contract Work 426 to 433 3652.25 Battery St Improvement #441 J M Snow Engineering No 435 $3.50 Jackson St Improvement #442 J M Snow Engineering No 436 $113.25 G N Alexander Contract Work 437-438 791.51 South 4th St Improvement #439 J M Snow Engineering No 439 $3.50 Frahm & Simpson Contract Work 440 55.84 9th St Improvement #395 J M Snow Engineering No 441 $164.88 Frahm & Simpson Contract Work 484-480-482-450-449-448-447 42-443-444-445-446 5279.50 Pine St Improvement #421 J M Snow Engineering No 53 $28.75 Strong & Harkins Contract Work 454-455 569.95 Main St Improvement #385 J M Snow Engineering No 456 $49.01 S G Simpson Contract Work 457-464 4006.78 Washington St Improvement #369 J M Snow Engineering No 465 $57.01 G N Alexander Contract Work 466-469 1831.12 Fourth St Improvement #395 J M Snow Engineering No 470 $50.63 J N Bigelow, Walter Burritt & Wm Meydenbaur Contract Work 471 89.52 Madison St Improvement #406 J M Snow Engineering No 472 $167.13 Strong & Harkins Contract Work Nos 473to477 500to541 2367.74 Columbia St Improvement #386 J M Snow Engineering No 485 $156.01 Cummings & Strong Contract Work 486-499 1137.31 Miscellaneous Bids Rec'd And now the Council proceeds to open and consider the bids received for the construction of the Sidewalk on Spring Street under Ordinance

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Jan 4/84 T.W. Bennett Repairs New Engine House No 288 $7.50 O. F. Cosper & Co Brooms & Ammonia 289 1.10 4th St Grade J.M. Snow Engineering $10.75 J.N. Bigelow, W. Burritt and Wm Meydenbaur contract work 72. Washington St Grade J.M. Snow Engineering 42.32 S. G. Simpson Sidewalks 866.82 South 4th St Grade Frahm & Simpson Contract Work 194.06 J.M. Snow Engineering 12.42 Madison St Grade J.M. Snow Engineering 183.89 Strong & Harkins Contract Work 2498.18 9th St Grade Frahm & Simpson contract Work 5635.22 J.M. Snow engineering 46.84 Battery St Grade Wm Harkins Contract Work 1307.54 J.M. Snow engineering 184.65 Jackson St Grade #442 G.N. Alexander Contract Work 3970.57 J.M. Snow Engineering 103.99 Miscellaneous The plans and specifications for fire cisterns having been approved by the Committee on Fire and Water Supply. It is ordered that said plans and specifications be and they are hereby adopted by the Council. And now the Committee on Columbia Street Engine report that said Engine House is completed and has been accepted. Report adopted and Commitee discharged. Ordered that the rate of assessment in order to provide funds to pay for the Improvement of 9th Street under Ordinance No. 395 be and the same is hereby fixed at the rate of 253 mills on the dollar. And now the plat of "Comstocks Supplemental addition to the City of Seattle" is presented and after due examination said plat is approved. Ordered that the matter of considering the rights of Council

continued to be at the time the assessment sought to be enforced against the property holders made by said City and for a long time after said assessments were made. Second. Assessment not uniform. That the lack of uniformity consists in this That the said Washington Street to the Center of 12th Street consititues one assessment district: by reason of Ordinance No 369 passed by said Council on the 12th day of March 1883. That the assessment upon the property abbutting upon said street was fixed at different rates upon the valuation thereof for different portions of said street to wit: From Commercial Street to 9th St said assessment was made at 59 mills upon each dollar of valuation. And from 9th St to 12th St was 31 mills upon each dollar of valuation. And said city failed to create or make any new assessment district upon said Washington St and failed to subdivide into other assessment districts said one district.

143 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jan 25 187 Petitions etc Petition of F E Sander et al for the extension of Front Street. Referred to Street Committee Petition of D E Davison et al for the improvement of the Alley between Third & Fourth Streets running north from Pine Street through Block 52 of A A Dennys Addition Referred to Street Committee Petition of L S Booth for a street light on Jefferson Street at the intersection of Fifth Street. Granted with an amendment extending the lights on Jefferson Street from 5th Street to Seventh Street inclusive Petition of Wm D O'Toole et al for Street Lights inRailroad Alley backof Seneca and Spring Streets. Granted Remonstrance of B F Briggs et al against the improvement of Seventh Street. Referred to Street Committee Committee Reports received From Committee on Sewers and Drainage on petition of L B Andrews et al for the extension of Madison Street Sewer recommending that the same be granted. Adopted From Street Committee onpetition of HL Yesler et al for opening Cedar Street between 8th St & 9th St and the alley recommendign that the same by granted adopted. From Sewer Committee on petition of F E Sander et al for a sewer in the alley in Block 10 if Maynard's plat recommending that the same be not granted but that the surface water in said alley be drained by a box drain connecting with Washington Street Sewer. adopted From Finance Committee approving the monthly reports of City Jailor, Justice Geo A Hill and the City Treasurer.