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589 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jan 16/85 Clancy, Frye, Latimer & Yesler. Against the same Northrup, Rinehart Snyder & Sox Ordered that the Contractor on 5th Street Grade be & is hereby granted an extension of time to complete the same until Feb 20, 1885 Ordered that the Judiciary Comtee be & id hereby instructed to examine the Contractor's Bond for the Improvement of James Street and make recommendations to the Council touching the completion of the Improvement. Ordered that the Cemetary Ordinance be & is hereby referred to the Comittee of Public Buildings, Property and Grounds with instructions to fill blanks therein Ordered that the Comtee on Public Buildings, Property, & Grounds be & is hereby instructed to repair & arrange the Building in rear of Bell's Hotel on Battery Street for the storing of Fire Engine #2 Ordered that a street lamp post with lamp be sold to the Brunswick House. Ordered that the Street Commissioner be & is hereby instructed to put the name of W G Latimer on his Roll of Street Laborers & Allow him for such time and such rate of wages as he may determine right. Ordered that a gas lamp be placed corner Front and James Streets. Ordered that Gas Comtee put in a gas lamp cor 6th & Jackson Streets. Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned Attest E S Osborne clerk Approved John Leary mayor

726 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Dec 13 1885 Committee Reports From Committee of Fire & Water to whom was referred that question of a water supply for North Seattle reporting that the Spring Hill Water Company would extend their pipes to Belltown provided the city would authorize the placing of seven (7) plugs on their line between Pike Street and Bell's Hotel and three (3) plugs between Columbia Street and Pike Street, and recommending that the City Attorney enter into a contract with the said water co. for supplying North Seattle with Water. adopted From Same Committee returning the report of the Chief of teh Fire Deptartment and recommending that the Laundry on Mill St conducted by Hop Sing be declared a nuisance and abated. Adopted and the Chief of Police directed to abate the nuisance. Application for Licenses Referred Andreas Lunn, John Collins, S V Schnyder, Oliver Bernard, Oscar A Kraus, Frank Wilton, E C Slorah, James P Tighe Mark Gottstein, Patrick Flynn, M S Booth Thomas and Morgan, Joe Francisco, E J Powers & Co, Chas B Sperry Licenses Orderd Issued Emil Davidson Retail Intox 3 months from Dec 13, 1885 H S Meyer Retail Intox 3 months from Dec 7, 1885 John Brannan Retail Malt 3 months from Dec 3, 1885 The Vote upon issuing said licenses being as follows to wit: In favor of same, Calligan, Furth, Hall, Keenen, Lake, McDonald, Post and Young against none On motion the matter of Lincoln Street Bridge is continued until the next regular meeting with request that the Street Commissioner then present a majority report. On motion the matter of properly marking the site of the hulk of the Steamer Mississippi is referred to the Com on Harbor & Wharves,