City of Seattle Records

335 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 18 1887 Harbor Master read & referred to Committee on Harbor & Wharves.- Petition fo P G Burgamane for permission to build a small fish stand on West side of Front Street & Just within the fire limits read & Referred to Committee of Fire & Water with power to act. Petition of N Armstrong & Co for permission to build a fifteen foot extension to the Seattle Transfer Co's stables on Second Street read and granted. Petition of E P Buck & others for a street light corner of Second & Blanchard Streets read & referred to Committee on Street Lights, Petition of the Seattle Turn Verein for the repair of sidewalk on Jefferson Street, read & Referred to the Street Committee with power to act. Petition of L V Schnyder & Others for permission to build a two story wooden building 60x80 feet on South East corner of Washington and Second Street]]s read & Granted. Petition of Seattle Warehouse Co & Others for extension of Spring Street by an incline read & Referred to the Committee on Streets. The Mayor being called away calls Councilman Furth to the Chair.

446 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Apr 20 1888 From same Committee rejecting petition of G A Weed & others for change of fire limits. Report read and ordered filed. From same Committee granting petition of N Armstrong & Co for permission to put up a building on South Second Street near Main St provided the same is put up in strict compliance with the provisions of the Fite limits ordinance. Adopted. From Judiciary Committee granting petition for the correctionof Carl Miller's assessment. FromCity Attorney recommending that the petition of M V Stewart forthe return pf certain grade taxes heretofore paid be rejected. Adopted & Petition rejected. From City Attorney and Judiciary Committee: In the matter of the application of Julia A Fenton for damages for injuries sustained by alleged defective sidewalk as follows: We have carefully examined the matter and find that the City was guilty of no negligence in the matter, and that there is no legal liability on its part to make compensation. The petitioner claims to be a poor woman and to have suffered injury by which she was deprived of her means of support form some time. And for this reason and for the purpose of avoiding the expense and trouble of litigation, we would recommend that she be allowed the sum of $250.00 which would pay her for her loss of time and expense of medial attendance. Report adopted and Approved. License referred John Carl, Adolph Schander and McNutt and Clark Licenses ordered Issued Geo S Howe, Oliver Bernard, Geo C Munroe and Allen S Chase The vote upon issuing said licenses is as follows: Ayes Furth, Green, Lake, Moran, Neisz, Russell & Reitze. Noes none.