City of Seattle Records

571 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Aug 17 1888 Petition of M J Frye for permission to stretch a canvas sign across Front Street from corner of Marion Street. Tables. Petition of Lucy G Bell for compensation for damages caused by widening Second Street read and referred to the Street Committee. Petition on Mrs Lewis & son for permission to repair and alter the St Charles Hotel read and referred to the Committee onf Fire & Water. Petition of Thos R Hughes and others to be allowed to make connecton with the Jackson and Main Street]] sewers read and granted. Petition of Thomas R Hughes & others for the grading of the alley running north and south through Block 6 of D S Maynard's plat, read and referred to Committee on Streets. Petition of McClanahan & O'Day for extension of time for grading Lane Street read and placed on file. Petition of R E & A E Knight for a permanent grade line to be established along the East line of Front Street between University and Seneca Streets for the purpose of erecting permanent buildings of said grade. Tabled. Communications from the City Surveyor recommending that suitable monuments be erected at intersection of Streets read and referred to Street Committee. Communicaton from the Chief of Police mkaing certain recommendations and suggestions, read and

599 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Sep 7 1888 to the Finance Committee. From Harbor Master read and ordered filed and the Harbor Master directed to cause the floating piles complained of to be removed. From City Treasurer read and referred to Finance Com. From Street Commissioner referred to Street Com and returned approved. Committee Reports Received From Com on Fire & Water rejecting petition of Mrs N Lewis & son for permission to alter and repair the St Charles Hotel for the reason that to add a story of 16 feet would be as clearly against the law as to erect a one story wooden building. Adopted. from Same Committee rejecting petition of Wah Chong & Co for permission to put up a corrugated iron bulding on South Third Street and also to make certain repairs and alterations to wooden buildings as it is clearly against the law. adopted. From Committee on Streets granting the petitionof Chas R Brown and others for modification of Tenth Street grade at Terrace, Alder, and Cedar Streets Adopted. Form Same Committee rejecting petiton of John Graf fro a change of grade of Fifth Street. Adopted. From Same Committee granting petition of E F Adams for the use of Court Street in South Seattle for a brick yard. Adopted. From the City Attorney on claim of Wm Murphy as follows ''I have examined the enclosed claim of Ex-Chief of Police Wm Murphy and recommend that the same be disallowed as in my opinion that City is not