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COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jan 16/85 Post Intelligencer Pub Co Printing No 998 $ 19.60 H A Bigelow Police 999 11.97 James Warren Special Police 1000 9. Cedar River Coal Co Coal 1001 4. M A Kelly Medicines for prisoners 1002 1.50 RoadFund G L Burns Hauling Lumber No 784 $33. Wald & Campbell Wheel Barrow 785 3.50 Schwabacher Bros & Co Saws 786 2. G Kellogg & Co Medicines for team 787 2.20 Gas Fund Seattle Gas Lt Co Gas No 102 $347.70 J H May Attend Lights 103 51.85 G Kellogg & Co Paint 104 75 Fire Fund Preston Nott & Co Pipes etc. No 508 $70.25 G Kellogg & Co Coal 509 70.17 G Kellogg & Co Sundries 510 6.94 Cemetary Fund Father E Demanez Bodies removed from old Cemetary to wit: Lot of Mrs L C Harman No 30 $31.50 Lot of Geo Onlett 31 $31.50 Lot of Est of John McDonald 32 $16.50 Lot of Mrs Brannen 33 $16.50 Lot of John Collins 34 $31.50 Water Fund Spring Hill Water Co Water. No 13 $139.50 J W Hunter Hauling Lumber & Manure for Fire Plugs 14 6. Schwabacher Bros & Co Nails 15 .50 Ordinances 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, Latimer, Northrup, Rinehart Snyder, Sox & Yesler. Against adoption none.

679 COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE Aug 23 1885 Application of Thos Ross for a license was granted upon the following vote In favor of granting such license Calligan, Furth, Harrington, Hall, Keenen, Lake, McDonald, Young Against none Applications Referred Julius W Smith, Vitus Schmid, A F Hill, Schwabacher Bros & Co Gumbert & McKinon, Chas F McConnell, Geo M Perkins, Andrew Storah, Morgan & Lawence, John Levy, Jacob Boegli, Ernst Romey On Motion of J Furth the petition and bond of Richard Pritcherd heretofore laid over was taken from the table an on motion the application of the said Richard Pritchard for a licanse to sell Liquor at the Lake View House [East end of Jackson St]] was refused by the following vote Against issuing the same Calligan, Furth, Hall Lake and McDonald In favor of issuance Harrington,Keenen, Young Bills allowed the following claims haveing been duly audited by the Council and ordered paid by warrants drawn on the funds in the following amounts viz: E S Osborne City 41.66 E S Osborne City 37.90 G L Manning City 31.50 D L McCowan City 18.65 O D Butterfield City 00.00 G W Hapgood City 5.00 Wm Morris City 2.50 A H Manning City 2.50 O D Butterfield City 5.00 J C Helmes City 2.50 J W Hunter City 2.50 G W Hapgood City 2.50 J R Davis City 2.50 J L McClellan City 2.50 162.21

725 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dec 13 1885 Referred to Street Committee with power to act. Petition of August Melhorne praying that his Road Poll Tax of $4.00 for the year 1885 be refunded to him he being an active member of the Fire Department. On motion the petition is granted and the Clerk directed to draw a warrant on the City Fund in favor of the said Aug Melhorne for the sum of four(4) dollars. Petition of Lawrence & Calt et al asking that an Ordinance be passed making it a misdemeanor for any person to deposit coal and wood ashes in any wooden vessel on or within not less that fifteen feet of any wood work attached to any building with in the City Limits. Granted and the City Attorney directed to draw up and submit such an ordinance Reports the Report of the Park Commissioners was received and read showing that the work contracted to be done in imporving Seattle Park has be completed toand inspected by the Commissioner and found to have been done in a satisfactory manner save and excepting the item of seeding which could not be done during the present season; and recommending that J W Hunter assigner of tehContractor W H Hanscom be paid the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty five (265) dollars be paid on account reserving the sum of ten(10) dollars to be paid when the seeding was done as provided in the contract that Whitworth & Thompson be paid the sumof $9 for surveying that J B Metcalfe be paid the sum of $2.50 expended for carriage hire and that the Post Intelligencer be paid the sum of $3.00 for advertising. Report adopted and ordered filed and the Clerk directed to issue warrants in the Cemetary fund in favor of J W Hunter for the sum of $265; in favor of Whitworth & Thompson for $9.00; in favor of J B Metcalf for $2.50 and in favor of thePost Intelligencer Pub Co for $3.00

727 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dc 13 1885 Bills Allowed The following claims against the city having been duly audited by the Council are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the several funds viz: Neuman & Argens 1415 City 1.25 1 key for jail Geo G Lyon 1416 City 7.25 Justice Fees Benj Allen 1417 City 2.20 Witness Fees G A Hill 1418 City 41.80 Justice Fees L E Shaw 1419 City 5.00 Special Police Officer T J Winscott 1420 City 12.75 Labor onCity Stable Waddell & Miles 1421 City 3.83 Stove Pipe Aug Melhorn 1422 City 4.00 Returned Poll Tax Wm Clark 714 Fire 3.00 Washing Hose Leper & Labrasche 715 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose Leper & Labrasche 716 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose Kenny & Beattie 717 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose G Kellogg 718 Fire 75.00 Salary Chief FD Young & McKeon 719 Fire 5.70 Supplies for Engs holo2 J W Hunter 68 Cemetary 265.00 Contract Clearing Park J B Metcalfe 69 Cemetary 265.00 Carriage Hire of Comm Whitworth & Thomson 70 Cemetary 265.00 Surveying Park Post Intelligencer 71 Cemetary 265.00 Printing Ad Edmund Carr 72 Cemetary 265.00 Lot in Seattle Cemetary Claim of A Labrasche for $4.00 for extinguishing fire rejected Miscellaneous A motion of Councilman Hall It is Resolved: That it is the sense of this Council that a road should be constructed from some point in South Seattle to the head of Elliot Bay And on motion the City surveyor in conjunction with the Street Committee is instructed to examine and report uon the most precticable route for a road to the head of the Bay. Ordinances An ordinance is submitted by the Clerk entitled "A special ordinance appropriating money to pay audited bills which after due consideration is passed by the following vote: In favor of same, Calligan, Furth, Hall, Keenen, Lake, McDonald, Post & Young against none Ordered that the Council do now afjourn Attest: {[W R Forrest]], clerk H L Yesler, mayor

6 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 7 1886 Fund Thomas Rock #1289 Road 57.35 Labor on Streets P Cochran #1290 Road 58.50 Labor on Streets D Moon #1291 Road 58.50 Labor on Streets E C McClellan #1292 Road 58.50 Labor on Streets J L McClellan #1293 Road 55.10 Labor on Streets M Murphy #1294 Road 41.05 Labor on Streets J Trerice #1295 Road 48.35 Labor on Streets J Burke #1296 Road 9.00 Labor on Streets S G Simpson #1297 Road 154.90 Union St sewer J Hummell #815 Fire 3.00 Washing hose Gordon Hardware Co #816 Fire 4.70 Hardware for tank at Lake Union R H Calligan #817 Fire 3.00 Hauling fire plugs J Dunham #818 Fire 75.00 Engine #2 W A Perry #819 Fire 75.00 Engine #1 F Beattie #820 Fire 3.00 Washing hose J Schram #821 Fire 1.50 repairs Engine house #1 H McDonald #822 Fire 6.00 Washing hose J Roper #823 Fire 3.00 Washing hose Chas McDonald #824 Fire 20.00 supplies Ben Puntt #825 Fire 5.00 Labor Lake Union Cistern T W Lake #826 Fire 3.50 Labor Lake Union Cistern Moran Bros #827 Fire 16.93 supplies Ben Puntt #828 Fire 25.00 Labor Lake Union Cistern Western Mill Co #829 Fire 30.52 Lumber Lake Union Cistern G Kellogg #830 Fire 7.75 supplies G H Preston #831 Fire 25.00 Salary Secy Fire Dept Harrington & Smith #832 Fire 3.60 Lifting jack hose #1 W F Glick #149 Gas 33.84 Lighting St lamps Seattle Gas Light Co #150 Gas 351.36 Gas for April H L Yesler #38 Water 6.00 Water at City Stable Spring Hill Water Co #39 Water 175.50 Water for Apr J W Hunter #75 Cemetary 10.00 bal a/c improving City Park