City of Seattle Records

52 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jul 27 1886 Hillary Bentler Raised on Improvements L Diller Raised on Improvements Franenthal Bros Raised on Improvements Hinds Heirs Raised on Improvements Dexter Horton Raised on Improvements Gordon Hardware Co Raised on Personal Property Sam'l Kenny Raised on Personal Property Kline & Rosenburg Raised on Personal Property Robert Knipe Raised on Improvements D B Jackson Raised on Improvements W M Ladd Raised on Improvements E F Lange Raised on Improvements H Jones & Son Raised on Personal Property P J Lair & Co Raised on Personal Property Spring Hill Water Co Raised on Personal Property Toklas & Singerman Raised on Personal Property Ordered that Council adjourn until tomorrow at 7:30 PM H L Yesler, mayor Attet W R Forrest, clerk Jul 28 1886 Be it remembered that on this 28th day of July 1886 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, W A Harrington, G W Hall, and T W Lake The following business is transacted to wit: Council proceeds to examine and equalize the Assessment Roll for the year 1886 On motion the Clerk is ordered to notify the following named persons to appear and show cause as the same appears on the assessment Roll for 1886. Should not be raised to wit: Isadore Harris Raised on Personal Property with law.

52 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Jul 27 1886 Hillary Bentler Raised on Improvements L Diller Raised on Improvements Franenthal Bros Raised on Improvements Hinds Heirs Raised on Improvements Dexter Horton Raised on Improvements Gordon Hardware Co Raised on Personal Property Sam'l Kenny Raised on Personal Property Kline & Rosenburg Raised on Personal Property Robert Knipe Raised on Improvements D B Jackson Raised on Improvements W M Ladd Raised on Improvements E F Lange Raised on Improvements H Jones & Son Raised on Personal Property P J Lair & Co Raised on Personal Property Spring Hill Water Co Raised on Personal Property Toklas & Singerman Raised on Personal Property Ordered that Council adjourn until tomorrow at 7:30 PM H L Yesler, mayor Attet W R Forrest, clerk Jul 28 1886 Be it remembered that on this 28th day of July 1886 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, W A Harrington, G W Hall, and T W Lake The following business is transacted to wit: Council proceeds to examine and equalize the Assessment Roll for the year 1886 On motion the Clerk is ordered to notify the following named persons to appear and show cause as the same appears on the assessment Roll for 1886. Should not be raised to wit: Isadore Harris Raised on Personal Property

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

259 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Aug 10 1887 Ordered that Ching Ching Hock be reduced on personal property from $21,520 to $3520 the same being of Street Improvements script which is non-assessable: Also reduced on Improvements of Lot 8 Block 67 Central from $500 to $100 Ordered that the West 1/2 of Lots 1 & 2 all of Lot 5 & South 50 feet of Lot 6 Block 66 Central Central Addition be assessed to Ching Ching Hock; Lots 7 & 8 B 30 Maynard's to be stricken from Iasbella Tellons assessment & the W 1/2 of lots 1 & 2 from Mary S Steeles assessment. Ordered that Lot 1 Block 15 Boren's be assessed to D B Jackson and stricken for P H Lewis's assessment and that Lot 5 Block 15 Central be assessed to Margaret Baker & Bill Kimball and strike the same for P H Lewis's Ordered that Lot 9 Block 19 A A Denny's and frac. Block 7 Denny & Bell be assessed to P H Lewis and that Lot 9 be stricken from Annie L Ebby's asst & frac. Block 7 from A A Bell's Assest. Ordered that the East 1/4 of Lots 1& 2 Block 30 Maynard's be assessed to Mary Steele and 1/4 of same lots to J W Van Brocklein instead of all to Mary D Steele reduce imp from $1300 to $300. Ordered that lot Block 40 Boren's be assessed to J W Van Brockleinand strike same from Elizabeth Hays assessment. Ordered that Blocks 27 & 28 and Frac Block 29 also lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 in Block 1 Yesler & McGilvra's addition be assessed to Emily McGilvra and stricken

594 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sep 1 1888 Ordered that Alex Allen's assessment of $2000 on Str "Violet" be reduced to $800.00 Ordered that the assessment of lots 10 & 11 Blk 43 A A Denny's 6th Addn be marked in unknown list "double assessment" Also the F W Wald be reduced to L3 B 5 Maynard's Addn $500. tocorrespond with county roll. Also the Mary B Kittenger be reudced on S 20 ft of L 4 B 8 Maynard's Addn from 7333 to $6667 Also Blk 2 Terry's 5th from 4955 to $4500. Also that G M Haller be reduced to L 5-6 & 7 B i Adelia's Addn to$70 each. Alsothat Mr Bates assessment of improvements of L4 B 43 A A Denny's 6th addn be reduced from 1000 to $800. The special committee to whom was referred various assessments report as follows To wit: T T Minor improvements be reduced to $6000 H M Haller improvements be reduced to $6000 J MColeman improvements be raised to $7500 D B Jackson improvements Lots 3 B 12 Boren & Denny's Addn be reduced from $8000 to $800 Baker & Moore personal property be reduced to $1000 Everett Smith $777 Mortgages be stricken from Roll H L Yesler reduced on improvements Block 33 Boren's addn to $18,000 That the lot on which the Yesler- Leary Building stands be reduced to $22,000 That BayView addn be stricken from the rollalso we recommend that the assessment of the various Banks be fixed as follows: First National Bank $90,000 Puget Sound National Bank $44,000