City of Seattle Records

188 Columbia Wash Sept 6th 1898 The Town Council of the Town of Colubia met be no quroum being present adjourned to meet again Saturday Sept 10th 1898 at 8 PM Sept 10 1898 Council met in adjourned session and was called to order at 8 o'clock PM with the Mayor inthe chair. J G Lawrence Clerk pro tem. Reading of the minutes of last regular meeting deferred. Street committee presented a communication from Mr F D Black with reference to opening Letitia St Mr Black making the following proposition toward the improvement of said Letitia St "I propose to furnish in labor two thirds of the cost of improvement, providing you will provide for the other one third. total cost not exceed $150.00" Moved seconded and carried that Mr Black's proposition be accepted and the Street Committee be authorized to expend $50.00 to carry out its part of the above proposition. On motion Council adjourned to meet again Saturday Sept 17th and the Clerk was instructed to notify Mr F A Osgood that the matter of the Rainier Beach Ry franchise would be considered at that time and that hispresence ewas desired by the Franchise Committee. C F Reeves mayor J G Lawrence clerk pro tem Sept 17th 1898 Council met again with Mayor Reeves in the chair. Present C R Hepler Fred Osgood Chas Cameron J G Lawrence W S McCurley absent Clerk and J A Campbell Minutes of last adjourned meeting read

Hon. Mayor and Council of the City of Seattle.

Gentlemen

Preliminary to a request we have to make we bring your attention to the fact that the surplus water of the South part of Snohomish Co. and of nearly all the great county of King is gathered together at one point, the head of the Duwanish Valley.

White River by the color of its water testifies its origin among the glaciers of Mt. Ranier.

From Stampede Pass comes Green River and uniting with the White Black and Cedar rivers piles up a great flood that the Duwamish is unable to carry and destruction of property and desolation of the rich alluvial valley is the result.

A territory of 1500 Sq. miles, (larger by 250 S1. miles than R. F.) gathers the annual rainfall of about four feet and pours it upon us farmers mainly in the first four or five months of each year.

Last years exceptionally high water

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

Your petitioners respectfully represent that they are citizens and tax-payers of the City of Seattle and are interested in its welfare; that the rich bottom lands of the country surrounding the said city are now and at several times during the last ten years have been inundated and overflowed by waters from the Duwamish, Black, Cedar and Sammamish rivers and Lake Washington and that on account of such overflow the owners of said bottom lands are prevented from raising vegetables and garden truck thereon and the citizens of Seattle are obliged to send to California for these articles, and for this reason large sums of money are sent out of our city which otherwise would be spent here; that the water supply of the City of Seattle is obtained from Lake Washington, and at the present time the water is impure for the reason largely that the slough water from Lake Sammamish and river must, in going through Lake Washington to the outlet at Black river, flow past the "take in" pipe of the city water works; that if the low land between Lakes Union and Washington called the "Portage" and the outlet of Lake Union were deepened and widened so as to allow the passage of a large amount of water from Lake Washington to Puget Sound by this channel, the inundation and overflow of the hereinfore mentioned bottom lands would not happen and the vegetable market of Seattle could and would be supplied by home production; that the pure waters of the Cedar river would flow into Lake Washington and pass by the "take in" pipe of the city water works and the water supply of the said city of Seattle would then be rendered pure because of this and because the slough water of Lake Sammamish would flow out of Lake Washington by way of the "portage" and Lake Union and not come near the said "take in" pipe; that the accomplishment of these two objects, viz: a pure water supply and a home production of vegetables and table supplies would be of incalculable advantage to your petitioners and to all the citizens of Seattle.

Wherefore, your petitioners pray that such steps may be taken by ordinance or otherwise as shall assist the property owners of said lands and the County of King in widening and deepening said outlet by way of Lake Union, and your petitioners will ever pray.

F. R. Nauteyl R. H. Denny J. L. Schultz A. F. Tourvill Lee DeVries G. Elliot Pratt Frank E. Andrews H. B. Bagley L. N. Parfanter T. H. Dempsey T. A Noble H. L. Siger

R. S. Thorne G. B. Peavey J. R. Bean N. H. Latimer Wm McAchorn

C. A. Walsh W. W. Radcliffe Geo B Adair Leo F. Michael C. H. Teaff

F. H. Hardwiez Abner G. Gilmore Wm. Chistoken F. W. Smith J. R. Taylor

W. F. Wadleigh Frank E. Kovacks H Cowden

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

Your petitioners respectfully represent that they are citizens and tax-payers of the City of Seattle and are interested in its welfare; that the rich bottom lands of the country surrounding the said city are now and at several times during the last ten years have been inundated and overflowed by waters from the Duwamish, Black, Cedar and Sammamish rivers and Lake Washington and that on account of such overflow the owners of said bottom lands are prevented from raising vegetables and garden truck thereon and the citizens of Seattle are obliged to send to California for these articles, and for this reason large sums of money are sent out of our city which otherwise would be spent here; that the water supply of the City of Seattle is obtained from Lake Washington, and at the present time the water is impure for the reason largely that the slough water from Lake Sammamish and river must, in going through Lake Washington to the outlet at Black river, flow past the "take in" pipe of the city water works; that if the low land between Lakes Union and Washington called the "Portage" and the outlet of Lake Union were deepened and widened so as to allow the passage of a large amount of water from Lake Washington to Puget Sound by this channel, the inundation and overflow of the hereinfore mentioned bottom lands would not happen and the vegetable market of Seattle could and would be supplied by home production; that the pure waters of the Cedar river would flow into Lake Washington and pass by the "take in" pipe of the city water works and the water supply of the said city of Seattle would then be rendered pure because of this and because the slough water of Lake Sammamish would flow out of Lake Washington by way of the "portage" and Lake Union and not come near the said "take in" pipe; that the accomplishment of these two objects, viz: a pure water supply and a home production of vegetables and table supplies would be of incalculable advantage to your petitioners and to all the citizens of Seattle.

Wherefore, your petitioners pray that such steps may be taken by ordinance or otherwise as shall assist the property owners of said lands and the County of King in widening and deepening said outlet by way of Lake Union, and your petitioners will ever pray.

Geo F. Ward E. B. Fowler J. S. Harlan John Perez D. K. Howard J. Powers W. A. Botling W. E. Egbent, M. D. Thos. Papworth J. D. Phillips E. Adamson Dr J P Kaned W. R. Wilber T. E. Alvord H. Harvey C. H. Gray Wm W Sotyel C E Hedrich Peter Wiklap Ernst Speck R. H. Young L. Kellogg T. E. Jones Terence O'Brien A. A. Wright S. R. Haddock J. W. Breen

Henry F. McClellan Hiram J. Jacobs T. H. Hinckley J. J. Burns W. O. Hardin G. L. Little W. J. Blaise I H. Prosin E. C. Moore E. L. Holingsworth W A Alexander J. J. Wambright F. B. Corhen Jno B. Yasho Lane Beirson

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

Your petitioners respectfully represent that they are citizens and tax-payers of the City of Seattle and are interested in its welfare; that the rich bottom lands of the country surrounding the said city are now and at several times during the last ten years have been inundated and overflowed by waters from the Duwamish, Black, Cedar and Sammamish rivers and Lake Washington and that on account of such overflow the owners of said bottom lands are prevented from raising vegetables and garden truck thereon and the citizens of Seattle are obliged to send to California for these articles, and for this reason large sums of money are sent out of our city which otherwise would be spent here; that the water supply of the City of Seattle is obtained from Lake Washington, and at the present time the water is impure for the reason largely that the slough water from Lake Sammamish and river must, in going through Lake Washington to the outlet at Black river, flow past the "take in" pipe of the city water works; that if the low land between Lakes Union and Washington called the "Portage" and the outlet of Lake Union were deepened and widened so as to allow the passage of a large amount of water from Lake Washington to Puget Sound by this channel, the inundation and overflow of the hereinfore mentioned bottom lands would not happen and the vegetable market of Seattle could and would be supplied by home production; that the pure waters of the Cedar river would flow into Lake Washington and pass by the "take in" pipe of the city water works and the water supply of the said city of Seattle would then be rendered pure because of this and because the slough water of Lake Sammamish would flow out of Lake Washington by way of the "portage" and Lake Union and not come near the said "take in" pipe; that the accomplishment of these two objects, viz: a pure water supply and a home production of vegetables and table supplies would be of incalculable advantage to your petitioners and to all the citizens of Seattle.

Wherefore, your petitioners pray that such steps may be taken by ordinance or otherwise as shall assist the property owners of said lands and the County of King in widening and deepening said outlet by way of Lake Union, and your petitioners will ever pray.

A. L. Palmer T. C. Brawley D. Kaufman Charles Waters J Langston John Cunningham

R. Hoeyke O. C. Shony L. W. Bomey M. R. Maddocks James Welch

Griffith Davis G. L. Brins T. H. Carne

W. W. White Leo Heel J. Manogry P. Schmidt David Graham C. F. Stevens J. D. Larriman

E. R. Clark John Kelly G. Cunningham John Lingley E. P. Ebs

Stephen Berry W. J. Wallis Geo. Clancy Chas. P.

J. J. Post George Rolland H. A. Frederick Charles E. Patterson W. W. Thompson Fred A. Fay W. W. White Frank T. Frye Cha. H. Frye

Wm A. Cunningham

Fred Wiles Stephens