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622 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Oct 5 1888 Petition of Adam Orth for street lights along Grant Street Bridge Read & granted said light to be 16cp on wooden posts at street intersections. Petition of F Marco for opening alley in Blk 69 Terry's 1st Add. Read & Referred to Street Com. Communication from Henry Landsbury presenting bills for extra work on Mill Street. Read and referred to Street Com. Petition of G M Haller and others for widening Willow Street from Depot to Mercer Street Read and referred to Street Com. Communication from Dexter Horton offering to relinquish the 12ft on Second St South of the Boston Block if city will grade and sidewalk same. Proposition accepted. Committee Reports From Com on Fire & Water granting petition of W H Cowie so far as to moving the building but that no roo for occupancy be constructed underthe same. Adopted. From Same rejecting petition of S Sorenson for peromission to build a corrugated iron building on the South half of Lot 6 Maynard's plat but recommending that he be given permission to raise his buildings on said to grade. Adopted. From Same Com. asking further time to report on the Mayor Message in regard to Water Supply. Granted. From Com on Sewers granting petition of W W Burritt et al for a sewer in Virginia Street from Bay to Third St adopted. From Same Com rejecting the petition of A A Denny for a sewer in the alley in Block 24 A A Denny's Addn as the

687 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dec 28 1888 of Poplar Street from Depot Street to Prospect Avenue on Ellsworth Street Read & referred to Street Committee Petition of Gumbert & Johnson for rebate of license Read & granted. Petition of A P Anderson to put partitions on building on Columbia Street. Read & referred to Fire & Water Committee with power to act. Petition of Morgan J Carkeek for the vacating of a portion of Choate Street Read & Referred to Street Committee Petition of Geo F Smith Bros and Butler for permission to erect brick walls under building on Washington Street known as Oregon Market Read & referred to Fire & Water Com. Petition of W V Rinehart for a sewer in Blk 'K' Bell's 5th Read & Owners of abutting property allowed to constructsewer at their own expense. Committee Reports From Judiciary Committee granting petition of Jno Sexton for rebate of tax paid on personal property if said personal property is outside City. Adopted. From Street Committee granting petition of G M Haller for the widening of Willow Street Adopted. From Same Committee in regard to matter of widening Commercial Street and extending Front Street through aley in Blk 8 Maynard's Plat report that they see no way of making such improvements withour great expense to the City and recommend that the property owners deed to the City a stretch ten feet wide on each side of Commercial Street and the property benefitted pay an ap