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To the Hon Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle, The undersigned petitioners who are Residents and Real Estate owners on Depot Street, would respectfully ask your honorable Body to cause Depot Street to be opened from Broadway to Madison Streets, that there is a great need for such improvement to enable people to build on said street, also to accomodate travel in that part of the city. Names J Furch W B Stewart Leo Kinnear L S J Hunt T P Leichtenbip M B Phelona John Deneker C F Deibert B W Murray A M Pinckney Names O Jacobs R M Crawford J B Pinckney James Weaverling B D Bigelow

Seattle W T May 2nd 1889 To the Honorable E W Ferris City Clerk of the City of Seattle Sir: In compliance with the requirments of section eleven (11) of ordinance number one thousand and seven (No 1007) it becomes my duty to notify you as follows: That Washington Engine Company No 2, of the Seattle Fire Department, held its regular annual meeting for the year 1889 in the City Council Chambers on Wednesday evening the First day of May 1889 and in pursuance with the general custom of said company the following offices were duly elected for the ensuing year. Foreman W H Clark First Asst' Foreman J E Clark Second Asst' Foreman H R Raymond President C E Basler Secretary & Treasurer W H Clark Respectfully submitted W H Clark Secretary Engine Company No 2 Seattle Fire Department

13 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 11 Be it remembered that on this eleventh day of November 1881, the Common Council of the Seattle, meets in its Chambers pusuant to law. The following officers are present to wit: His Honor the acting Mayor Jno Collins, Thos Clancy, Wm A Jennings John Keenan, Moses Keezer and Chas McDonald. A petition from R C Hartranft asking the Council to remit to him the amount of license ordered collected The Finance Committee returns Treasurers Report which was ordered filed. And now the Council proceeds to an election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J H McGra as fire Warden, when R H Calligan was elected to fill said vacancy. Ordered that a warrant be drawn in favor of Chas McDonald upon the Fire Fund in the sum of $10.00 for the purpose of purchasing coal. And now that Street Committee report upon the petition of S S Rowe and others praying for the opening of Pike Street from 9th to 11th Streets and along the 11th Street to Pine Street, thereupon said petition is ordered laid on the table indefinitely. A report of the Health Officer regarding measures for the prevention of the intruduction of small pox was ordered filed. Ordered that the City of Seattle quarantine against the Cities of New Tacoma and Old Tacoma. Ordered that the health Officer be and is hereby instructed to enforse the Ordinance against the introduction of small pox. And now come the several persons herein after named and make application for the licenses hereinafter specified for the periods and from the dates herein after set out; and at the same time said applicants submit their several bonds in accordance with the

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James Campbell Street labor No36 56.45 F W Wusthoff Hardware 37 9.30 Fire Fund T D Hinkley Ground Rent No 28 8.00 F W Wusthoff Mdse per bill of file 29 1.15 Waddell & Miles do 30 3.00 W A Perry Care of Engine 31 75.00 E R Clarke Hauling Engine 32 10.00 J McGinnis Hauling Coal 34 .50 Charles McDonald To Buy Coal for Engine 33 10.00 Gas Fund Waddell & Miles Hardware and Labor No11 3.25 Seattle G L Co Gas 10 234.65 Geo W Metlar Gas Burner 9 21.60 Geo W Boardman painting 12 7.50

And now the Ordinance Committee submits Ordinance No 270 the same being entitiled as follows to wit: "An Ordinance granting unto James McCoombs and his associated and to their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, the rights to lay water pipes in all atreets and alleys and parts of streets and alleys which lie North of Madison Street in the City of Seattle." After due consideration said Ordinance os adopted by the following vote to wit: In favoe of adoption Councilmen Clancy, Collins, Jennings, Keenan and McDonald. Against adoption, none. An Ordinance providing for the widening and extending of Madison Street is submitted to the Council and referred to the Ordinance committee And now the Ordinance Committee submit Ordinance No 271 the same being entitled as follows to wit: A Special Ordinance toprovide for the grading and improvement of a Portion of Second, Pike, Third and Mill Streets, in the City of Seattle County of King and Territory of Washington. After due