City of Seattle Records

Seattle Wash, Dec 20, 1893 To the Mayor and Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen:- We the undersigned residents of the City of Seattle, respectfully but earnestly remonstrate against the adoption by your honorable body, of any plan for constructing the proposed sewer on Front and Commercial Streets, that will require the cessation of operationof the Front Street Cable Company's cars on said streets. In our opinion, such stoppage would be an injustice to the owners of said car line, to its patrons (many of whomhave no other convenient means of reaching the business part of the City), and to those engaged in business on Front and Commercial streets. Seattle Hardware Co. J M Lang & Co Louch Augustine & Co Dimock & Cheasty J W Colman Tho MacDougan & Southwick & Co Merchants National bank Gordon & Cardmore Co W H Pumphrey & Co C E Holmes Star Estate Frank H Winslow, Agt

Seattle Wash, Dec 20, 1893 To the Mayor and Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen:- We the undersigned residents of the City of Seattle, respectfully but earnestly remonstrate against the adoption by your honorable body, of any plan for constructing the proposed sewer on Front and Commercial Streets, that will require the cessation of operationof the Front Street Cable Company's cars on said streets. In our opinion, such stoppage would be an injustice to the owners of said car line, to its patrons (many of whomhave no other convenient means of reaching the business part of the City), and to those engaged in business on Front and Commercial streets. J W Clise A M Gilman C Hemple C G Cranston E L Austin W C Austin Marion A C Joch C H Rollins Jr R E McCoy F W Carter

Seattle Wash, Dec 20, 1893 To the Mayor and Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen:- We the undersigned residents of the City of Seattle, respectfully but earnestly remonstrate against the adoption by your honorable body, of any plan for constructing the proposed sewer on Front and Commercial Streets, that will require the cessation of operationof the Front Street Cable Company's cars on said streets. In our opinion, such stoppage would be an injustice to the owners of said car line, to its patrons (many of whomhave no other convenient means of reaching the business part of the City), and to those engaged in business on Front and Commercial streets. The Allen & Calvert Ptg Co Olcovich Bros [W J Neiling]] P B Morton E W Lee F L Ramsdall W A Hess H Pelz Wm Block Jensen & Hubert W L Jester F B Cleveland & Co L J Nedman Aries Bros Koch & Oakley Ptg Co M Koch W C Oakley Chas W Frankland Heiner & Nayes J B McWelland P V Cornils E C Allen A C Riddell J Michel J Harris J A Jones R E Nebar]] J A Marrill N B Crlt

In the matter of the assessment of property abbutting upon Washington Street in the city of Seattle for the grade of said Street. To the Hon Council of the City of Seattle Grounds of defense of property owners on said sreet. FirstThat the Common Council of the City of Seattle disregarding the petition of a majority of the propoerty holders on said Washington Street for a complete grade of said Street from said Commercial Street to 12th St opened a roadway only through a large portion of said Washington St That said road way did not benefit in ayway the property adjoining said street when said roadway was made. But that said roadway from said property and to said property from said roadway: And that said property holders were thus deprived to as large extent of the use of said street. That a large portion of said street was left in an unfinished condition and unfit for use, and impassible and so

continued to be at the time the assessment sought to be enforced against the property holders made by said City and for a long time after said assessments were made. Second. Assessment not uniform. That the lack of uniformity consists in this That the said Washington Street to the Center of 12th Street consititues one assessment district: by reason of Ordinance No 369 passed by said Council on the 12th day of March 1883. That the assessment upon the property abbutting upon said street was fixed at different rates upon the valuation thereof for different portions of said street to wit: From Commercial Street to 9th St said assessment was made at 59 mills upon each dollar of valuation. And from 9th St to 12th St was 31 mills upon each dollar of valuation. And said city failed to create or make any new assessment district upon said Washington St and failed to subdivide into other assessment districts said one district.