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527 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Sept 5/84 From City Justice S B Vrooman Referred to Police Comtee From ex-City Justice T H Cann Accepted From chief of Police Rec'd & Filed From Treasurer Referred to Finance Comtee From Harbor Master Accepted From Street Commissioner Referred to Street Comtee Committee Reports From Sewer Comtee ganting the petition of Fred Gasch et al for a Sewer in Union Street Laid on the table From Comtee on gas lights recommending Gas Lamps corners of Seneca Street and 4th Street and Columbia & 4th Street adopted From Street Comtee on petitionof James H May recommending that the petition be denied. Report adopted From Street Comtee on John S Anderson's petition - petition withdrawn before the reading of the report. From Street Comtee on L E Booth's petition recommending the denial of said petition. Report accepted From Street Comtee on Petition of J M Selden et als for the right to build a sidewalk on North side of Pine Stret recommending the granting of the petition. Report adopted. From Street Comtee on the matter of planking Commercial, Mill & Front Streets recommending the planking of said streets. Plans & Specification heretofore submitted therefore are hereby rejected Comtees Report adopted & Atty instructed to submit an Ordinance therefor Applications for Licenses Referred John Brannen, S Kirschberg, Chas Louch, L Diller, E Champeaux, Gumbert & Dickman Licenses ordered Issued Ordered that licenses be issued as follows to wit: L V Schnyder for Retail Liquors for 3 months from Aug 26, 1884 A F Hill for Retail Liquors for 3 months from Sept 3 J N Magrath for Retail Liquors for 3 months from Sept 1 Geo Nadean for Retail Liquors for 3 months from Sept 7 Vitus Schmidt for Grocery for 6 months from Sept 1 John Brannen for Retail Liquors for 3 months from Sept 3

530 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sept 5/84 Gordon Hardware & Co Emery Cloth No 437 $1.00 B J Dougherty Coal 438 $6.90 Harrington & Smith Oil 439 $1.75 Schwabacher Bros & Co Oil etc 440 $7.95 Gordon Hardware & Co Sundries 441 $1.85 Sharpe Coffman & Co Fire Hydrants & Spanners 442 $757. James Street Grade #387 J M Snow Engineering 1131 $10.75 R H Thomson Engineering 1132 $90.40 Cummings & Strong Contract Work 1133 to 1135 $1559.30 Fifth Street Grade #573 J M Snow Engineering 1136 $32.10 R H Thomson Engineering 1137 $11.30 Wm Harkins Contract Work 1138 $698.51 Front Street Grade #395 Wm Harkins on Bondsman a/c Contract Work 1139 $1088. Front Temperance Streets Grade #565 J M Snow Engineering 1144 $52.65 R H Thomson Engineering 1145 $64.73 S G Simpson Contract Work 1146-1170 $3451.95 Bids And now the Council proceeds to open bids for the following purposes to wit: For elctric Fire Alarm Referred to Fire Comtee For lighting & attending gas lamps by E Manwaring, Chas Conden & James H May The Bid of James H May being the contract is awarded to him. For printing by Herald Publishing Co & Post Intelligencer Co. Referred to Councilman Northrup For sidewalk on Fron -Temperance Streets Ord # 581 by S G Simpson Wm F Preston, & E Champeaux & A H Shelton Bids referred to Street Comtee. For work on gas lamps etc by Seattle Gas Lt Co, Washington Iron Works, & J Schram & Co. Referred to Gas Comtee For supplies for Fire Dept by G Kellogg & Co Referred to Fire Comtee.

540 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sept 19/84 Hansen & Kersey for Retail liquor for 3 months from Sept 7 E Davidson for Retail liquor for 3 months from Sept 13 Chas Louch for Wholesale for 3 months from Sept 8 Ordered that the applicationof E Champeaux for a Retail liquor license be & is hereby rejected. Ordered that the license for Retail liquors heretofore granted to Carl Osunaa be & is hereby revoked for the reason that said Osunaa is dispensing of liquors to the Indians. Claims Paid Fire Fund James Murphy Hauling Hook & Ladder Truck $5. P Emerson Fire team to Engine #2 in Fire Alarm $5. Anthonoy Holmes Work on Fire Engine etc $13.75 Washtn Iron Work Work on hose reel $5. Consideration of Ordinances The attorney submits an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to levy a special tax for the payment of Water rent" thereupon after due consideration said ordinance is adopted upon the following vote, to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Frye, Harrington, Northrup, Snyder, Yesler, Latimer & Rinehart Against adoption none. The attorney submits an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the constructionof a sidewalk in Battery Street" thereupon after due consideration said ordinance is adopted upon the following vote, to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Frye, Harrington, Northrup, Snyder, Yesler, Latimer & Rinehart Against adoption none. An Ordinance is submitted entitled "A special ordinance appropriating money to pay audited bills" Adopted upon the following vote, to wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Frye, Harrington, Northrup, Snyder, Yesler, Latimer & Rinehart Against adoption none. Miscellaneous Ordered that the Contract for the furnishing of all supplies required by the Fire Department, be & is hereby awarding to G Kellogg & Co. excepting however Coal & Hauling Ordered that the rate of levy in order to provide funds to pay the Improvement of Fourth Street under Ordinance No 395 be & is hereby fixed at 38 mills on the Dollar

542 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sept 22/84 to clean the mudoff Commercial Street and to gravel the same where necessary Ordered that the Street Commissioner be & is hereby instructed to plank Mill Street from the Schwabacher alley to the East side of Front Street Ordered that the Street Commissioner be & is hereby instructed to gravel where necessary to ready as passable in Front Street from Mill Street to Blanchard Street excepting one block between Bell & Blanchard Street which said block is to be planked for a width of 18 feet. All the foregoing to be done under the supervision & control of the Street Comtee. And now Councilman Clancy takes his seat Ordered that the application of E Champeaux for a retail liquor license be & is hereby granted Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned Attest: E S Osborne clerk Approved John Leary mayor On Monday September 29, 1884 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to the call of His Honor the Mayor Present: His Honor the Mayor John Leary & Councilmen Geo F Frye, B L Northrup, Alfred Snyder, H L Yesler & W G Latimer Claims Paid City Fund Ed Clark Team for Street Work $380. An Ordinance is submitted entitled "A special ordinance appropriating money to pay audited bills" Adopted upon the following vote to wit: Frye, Northrup, Snyder, Yesler & Latimer against adoption none. Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned Attest E S Osborne clerk Approved John Leary mayor

601 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Feb 20/85 From Atty on the matter of Harkin's petition Orderd that the Mayor be & is hereby requested to with hold his signature to said warrants until Wednesday Feb 25, 1885. Licenses referred Applications for Liquor Licenses Referred Emil Davidson, F Claus, Otto Fuhrmann & Co, ]]John Brannen]], John Levy, S Kerschberg, Benj Murphy & Co, Chas Louch, A F Hill, O P Dahlquist, Gumbert & Dickman, Vitus Schmid, E Champeaux, Andreas Mauer, Morgan & Laurence, Robt Hahn, A F Able Perkins & Ladd, S A Scullin, Cowles & Foster, H E Brailland, Henry Mauer, Blanchard & Co Issued Licenses Ordered Issued Orderd that licenses be issued as follows to wit: Patrick Flynn for Retail liquors for 3 months from Feb 12, 1885 Julius W Smith for Retail liquors for 3 months from Feb 8, 1885 The vote in granting said licenses is as follows: In favor Clancy, Frye, Harrington, Latimer, Rinehart, Snyder & Yesler. Against the same Northrup Claims Claims Paid Thefollowing claims having been duly audited by the Council are ordered apid by Warrants drawn on the funds & in the amounts following to wit: City Fund Chas Naher Clock No 1031 $20. Cedar River Coal Co Coal 1032 4. C H Hanford To pay witnesses in City-v-Meyers & Powers 1033 8.80 James Hennessy Taxes refunded .22 Road Fund T E Jones Hauling Lumber No 852 $2.10 Sylvanius Buckins Taxes Refunded 853 6.25 Fire Fund Sylvanius Buckins Taxes refunded No 526 $3.75 Cemetary Fund Seattle Cemetary Association Lots for Bodies Transferred No 42 74.50 Father E Demanez Lots for Bodies Transferred 43 31. Father E Demanez Lots for Bodies Transferred 44 6.50 Gardiner Kellogg Lots for Bodies Transferred 45 25. O C Shorey Lots for Bodies Transferred 46 25. Sylvanius Buckins Taxes refunded 47 1.25