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To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of West Seattle, King County, Washington. Gentlemen:-

Your petitioners, the undersigned and owners of the property appearing opposite our respective names, such property being and lying within the hereinafter proposed "Local Improvement District" and the same being subject to assessments in proportion to the benefits derived by the improvements therein, do hereby respectfully petition your honorable body to establish a "Local Improvement District", as provided by law, for the clearing, grubbing, grading and parking of the hereinafter named streets and between the points therof herein named, in the City of West Seattle, and that such improvements be made under the five year installment plan and that the sum or assessments charged against the lots and parcels of land abutting and fronting on the streets so improved with in said "Local Improvement District" be paid in five equal annual installments and and that five year "Local Improvement Bonds" be issued against said district, as provided by law, to defray the cost thereof. The improvement and permanent grade herein petitioned for and to be embraced in the "Local Improvement District" so established, your petit-ioners respectfully ask that the following streets be included therein and be improved in the manner hereinbefore stated, towit:

1 Spruce street from the East line of Prospect avenue Threehundred and seventy feet East. 2 Home street from Spruce street to Occident avenue. 3 Harrison street from Home street to Prospect avenue. 4 Prospect avenue from center line of Spruce street to center line of Prince street. 5 Whittlesey street from Prospect avenue to California avenue. 6 Occident avenue from East line of Home street to East line of Prospect Avenue.

Respectfully submitted,

To the Honorable Mayor nd City Council West Seattle Wash Greeting:- We, the undersigned, resident and property owners in the district to be affected, beg to call your attention to the unhandy condition of the cross streets accomodating the north end of Prospect Avenue. In order to get down Grand Ave. to the Ferry landing it is necessary for us to travel from the north end of Prospect Ave? south to Spruce St., starting directly north toward the desired point or south to Cedar St., thence West two blocks to California Ave. which is practically the same distance out of the way: We therefore, beg to submit a plan for remedying this inconvenience and petition you to open Elm Street thru and across lots 26 and 27 and a portion of lot 51 in block 57 of West Seattle Land and Imp. Co. 2nd plat, to an intersection with Grand Ave. Thus the average distance of travel for us to reah the Ferry landing will be lessened by about four blocks. Name A D Eshiherom Block 1 Walnut Terrace Add A D Eshiherom Block 59 Second Plat West Seattle T Berti Smith Block 59 Second Plat West Seattle F McRae Block 59 Second Plat West Seattle E G Caelsan Block 59 Second Plat West Seattle J C Kelly Block 59 Second Plat West Seattle Do Block 1 Walnut Terrace Add H D Benedict Block 58 Lots 9,10,11 C H Kelly Lots 4 to 11 Block 57 David Eitel Block 1 Walnut Terrace Add Fred Rexinger Block 57 Second Plat W S L & J Co C Kelly Jr Block 57 J E Sancks Block 57 Philip G Knell Block 57

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