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91 Petiton for reduction of street assessment -dated May 12, 1891

62 Second Petition of C E W Bowers for reduction of street assessment Reconsideration asked May 12th, 1891

Streets

rejected 8&9 Cringhaus Assemt 159.10 1 Bonners Assemt 132.20

To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen of the City of Seattle Washington State of Washington County of King C E W Bowers being duly sworn doth depose & say that he has read the report made by the Hon Committee to whom was refused his claim for reduction of Street Assessment on Olive Street in Seattle whereby it appears that said report & recommendation won & said upon erroneous information as follows to wit: "that from petitioners property is located 120 feet on Olive Street 60 feet in Seventh Street and 17&1/2 feet on 6th Street. Whereas in truth and in fact your petitioner has no property on 7th Street Whatever. That his property is Lot 1 in Block 6 Heirs of Sarah A Bell Addition to Seattle which property by a reference to the Map of the City. as to the Plat of said Addition will be seen to embrace 17&1/2 feet on 6th Street and 120 Feet on Olive

That is to say said permission extend just half the distance from 6th Street to 7th Street That the lot on the corner of 7th and Olive Streets is the property of Patric Conningham (whose given name is not known to your petitioner) and is at least 80 feet on 7th and 120 feet on Olive & the assessment thereon is $155 which is greatly disproportionate to your petitioner's under any circumstances believing that your Hon Committee if currently informed as to the facts will recommend a reduction of your petitioners assessments. he therefore repectfully asks a reconsideration thereof and that in Communication herewith that his former petition be read which fully explains his reason for asking a reduction which in breif is that said assessment was made on the basis of a full sized lot to wit: 60 feet on 6th Street by 120 on Olive St. whereas it is a fractional lot and is but (17&1/2 ) Seventeen feet 6 inches on 6th by 120 feet on Olive.

Whereby your petitioner is assessed out of all proportion to adjoining property owners on whom said Olive Street assessment was made. Respectfully C E W Bowers State of Washington King County C E W Bowers being duly sworn says that he had heard read foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof and that he belives it to be true C E W Bowers Sworn & Subscribed before this 12 day of May 1892 H Willis Carr notary public in and for the Stae of Washington, residing at Seattle