City of Seattle Records

467 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE May 2nd/84 E R Clark hauling hose cart No 373 $1. W P Boyd & Co canton Flannel No 374 .80 J L Kahaley hauling lumber to #1 No 375 .75 E R Clark repairing sod No 376 .50 Fourth Street Grade Fund #395 J M Snow Engineering 995 $73.88 J N Bigelow et al Final Payment $2357.37 City Fund Newman & Argens Repairing Doorlock No 683 $.50 Gordon Hardware Co. screws No 684 $.25 The Claim of P E Smith in the sum of $20.00 is laid over The claim of C&PSRR Co. in the sum of $35.25 referred to Finance Comtee. Miscellaneous. Councilman Rasin submits the following motion to wit: Whereas there has appeared in the public press of this City a Statement purporting to have been made at a public meeting of Seattle Fire Company No 1, by F W Wusthoff a number of this Council to the effect first that the Ordinances organizing the Fire Department of this City was passed in an improper manner. That the Ordinance was bulldozed through the Council by a certain man. That after the Ordinance was passed it was reworded in the Mayor's Office and published as remodeled and not as passed. That the passage of the ordinance was intended as corruption. that Mr Wusthoff knows of several corruptions which have recently come to light. That the ordinance is a corrupt scheme to carry a certain man back into Council And whereas these statements contain very grave charges against the chief Executive Officer of this City and aginst the council as a body. Now that a Specail Committee consisting of Mr Clancy, Mr McDonald and Mr Northrup with Mr Northrup as Chairman be appointed to ascertain whther such statements were so made by Mr Wusthoff, and if they were so made To demand the proofs of the charges against the Mayor, a Statement

To the Hon. City Council and Chief Fire Department for the Cityof Seattle:We the undersigned citizens of Seattle, hereby remonstrate against the removal of Engine No 2 to North Seattle, on the ground that the public interests would be much better subserved by keeping No 2 in its present quarter and providing other means for fire protetion to North Seattle.

Julius W Smith Geo Englund L T Brock Wm H Finch W D Scott Jr The A P Nealding & Co S E Aldus L Kline & Co W F Allen & Co Toklus & Jingerman S Davis John Sullivan Levy Bros John Kenney W H Pumphrey Fraumthal Bros L Wahl R Levy J Schram & Co A W Piper L Diller O W Morse James Nugent E A Thorndike Mathew A Kelly Isador Harris Chas Naher L G Smith Julius A Tiff S Kaufman M C Turner P J Lair & Co A Annunds V Chilbury W P Boyd & Co

L Osteen & Co Kline & Rosenberg W P Boyd & Co Hyam Rauson & Co Amos Brown

53 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jul 28 1886 H Herschberg Raised on Personal Property Seattle Hardware Co Raised on Personal Property Wald & Campbell Raised on Personal Property W P Boyd & Co Raised on Personal Property The following mnamed persons appeared in answer to citation of the Board whereupon the following changes were ordered made. Z C Miles raised on Personal Property from $4000 to $8000 Gordon Hardware Co raised on Personal Property from $12,500 to $15,000 Hinds Heirs by E A Turner agt raised on Improvements of Lot 8 Block 2 Maynards Plat from $5000 to $7000 L Diller Assessment allowed to stand as appears on the roll Robt Kninpe Assessment allowed to stand as appears on the roll Spring Hill Water Co Assessment allowed to stand as appears on the roll Ordered that H L Yesler's assessment to changes as follows Part of H L Yesler Donation claim in 4 & 5 T 24 & 25 R 4 E 77 acres valued at $15,400 reduced to 47.98 acres valued at $9600 Also in H L Yesler Donation Claim in Sec 5 T 24 N R 4 E 4.60 acres be raised to 5.76 acres valuation raised from $2760 to $3460 B Gatzert appears on behalf of Schwabacher Bros & Co and files a written request that the valuation of the stock of merchandise given in by said firm, to wit: $60,000, remain at that sum. On motion of Councilman [Furth]] the communication is laid on the table for the present. Ordered that Council adjourn until tomorrow at 7:30 PM H L Yesler, mayor Attet W R Forrest, clerk Jul 28 1886

54 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jul 29 1886 Be it remembered that on this 29th day of July 1886 the the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to adjournment The following officers are present to wit: Mayor H L Yesler, and Councilmen R H Calligan, J Furth, Geo W Hall, W A Harrington, T W Lake & Geo W Young When the following proceedings were had, to wit: The council proceeds with the examnation and equalization fothe Assessment Roll for the year of 1886, whereupon the following changes are ordered made, viz: W P Boyd & Co raised on personal property from $6000 to $8000 Seattle Hardware Co raised on personal property from $7000 to $9000 Klein & Rosenburg raised on personal property from $4500 to $6000 Adam Orth raised on personal property from $2000 to $3000 P J Lair & Co raised on personal property from $2000 to $2500 H Jones & Son raised on personal property from $800 to $1250 H Herschberg & Co raised on personal property from $4030 to $6030 Wald & Campbell raised on personal property from $6000 to $8000 Sam'l Kenney raised on personal property from $2040 to $3540 Sam'l Kenney raised on Improvements Lot 8 B 8 B&A from $5000 to $7500 Hillory Butler raised on Improvements Lot 6&7 B 4 Borens from $1600 to $2000 Fruenthal Bros raised on Improvements S 1/2 Lot 1 B 8 Maynards from $4000 to $5000 E F Lange raised on Improvements Lot 5 B 45 Terrys from $700 to $1000 Otto Ranke raised on Improvements Lot 10 B 19 A A Dennys from $500 to $1000 W M Ladd raised on Improvements 30x100 E of P O Building from $5000 to $7500 D Horton raised on Improvements Lot 3 & 4 A A Dennys from $1500 to $2000 G Poncin raised on Improvements C Poncin Block from $9000 to $10000 Lizzie M Pumphrey raised on Improvements Lot 5 B 30 Hrs S A Bell from $800 to $1200 Safe Deposit Co raised on Improvements Safe Deposit Bldg from $10000 to $15000 H L Yesler raised on Improvements Gisler Leary Blk from $20000 to $15000 Toklas & Kingerman raised on personal property from $4030 to $6030 W V Rinehart assessed on Improvements Lot 8 B 8 B&A from $25000 to $30000 Omitted by assessor D B Jackson assessed on Improvements Lot 8 B 31 Borens from $1400 to $7500