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TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, GREETING:
We, the undersigned Street Railway Companies, owning and operating street railways in the city of Seattle, respectfully represent that
WHEREAS it has been found upon actual experiment in this city that it is impracticable to light the streets as contemplated in the ordinances under which we operate our street railways, by lighting from the trolley wire, and whereas the cost of an independent system for such purpose would add a great additional expense burden in the matter of operating and maintaining our respective street railways, which at the present time we are unable to bear, and whereas in order to conform to the terms of our respective ordinances it will be necessary for us to make a great outlay of money for paving our road beds, and whereas it will be necessary for us to make further extensions of our respective lines in order to keep pace with the growth of the city, we feel that we are justified in asking your Honorable Body to repeal the provisions of our respective ordinances relating to the lighting of streets.
We, therefore, respectfully petition your Honorable Body that you repeal the sections of our respective ordinances which require us to light the streets, and your petitioners will ever pray.
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Union Trunk Line By E Miller Prest Grant Street Electric Railway Company W Sander Prest West St and North End Elec RyCom By W R Ballard Prest Rainier Avenue Electric Ry Co. J K Edwiston Prest The Rainier Power & Railway C. by D L Denny Prest Seattle Con Stry Group by L H Griffith Prest
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Mr President: Your Committee on Street lights to whom was referred petition for street lights on Lake and Williamson and other streets do concur with the other house J M Wolfe, Chariman J Eugene Jordan, committee
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Petition 110 J W WEastern ? for Street-Lights on Certain Streets