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990529

Seattle, Wash., August 25, 1890

To the Honorable, the Mayor and Common Council of the City
of Seattle:

The petition of the undersigned, property owners
along Depot street west from Front street and vicinity, res-
pectfully represents:

That by resolution duly passed May
9, 1890, your Honorable body ordered Depot street west from
Front street to Elliot Bay to be regrded so as to give access
to the wharves at the foot of Depot street, and that the City
Engineer has prepared a profile showing a grade of 33 feet
above datum at the intersection of Depot and Banner streets
That by ordinance passed August 15, 1890, no. 1447, your Honorable
Body fixed the grade of Depot street at the intersection of
Banner street at 40 feet above datum.
That said grade of 40 feet at said intersection of Depot and
Banner streets is such as to make it impossible to reach the
wharves at the foot of Depot street; that from Depot street at
a grade of 33 feet above datum an incline can be built to reach
the wharves and can be used by loaded teams, but that access to
said Wharves with loaded teams will be cut off if Depot
street is allowed to remain at an elevation of 40 feet.
Your petitioners further represent that no one will be injur-
ed if said Depot street be regarded at an elevation of 33 feet
at the intersection with Banner street, but that said street
will then make considerable property accessible which is
otherwise inaccessible.
Your petitioners therefore pray that your Honorable body will
ordain that said Depot street regarded at an elevation of