City of Seattle Records

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ORDINANCE NO. 124. FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY CLERK. Approved Sept. 14, 1870. (This ordinance has been repealed.)

ORDINANCE NO. 125. TO PROVIDE FOR BUILDING A SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF FRONT STREET FROM JAMES TO PIKE STREET. Approved Sept. 23, 1875. (This is a local ordinance which has become obsolete.)

ORDINANCE NO. 126. PROVIDING FOR A GRADE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COLUMBIA STREET AND PARTIAL GRADE OF ALLEY BETWEEN FRONT AND SECOND STREETS AND FROM COLUMBIA TO MARION STREETS. Aprroved Sept. 23, 1870. (This ordinance has become obsolete.)

ORDINANCE NO. 128. RELATING TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES AND OTHER PERSONS MAKING ARRESTS. Approved Nov. 23, 1876. The City of Seattle does ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. -- That all police officers of the City of Seattle, shall have power, within said city, to make

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On Alder Street: At Sixth Street 173 feet. At Seventh Street 250 feet.

On Terrace Street: At Fifth Street 121 feet. At Sixth Street 190 feet. At Seventh Street 280 feet.

On Jefferson Street: At Third Street 61 feet. At Fourth Street 86 1/2 feet. At Fifth Street 127 feet. At Sixth Street 174 1/4 feet. At Seventh Street 261 feet.

On James Street: At the point midway between Front and Second Streets 1[6?] feet. At Second Street 25 feet. At Third Street 87 1/2 feet. At Fourth Street 112 feet. At Fifth Street 140 feet. At Sixth Street 165 1/2 feet. At Seventh Street 217 feet.

On Cherry Street: At Front Street 20 feet. At Second Street 41 feet. At Third Street 70 [1/2?] feet. At Fourth Street 122 [1/2?] feet. At Fifth Street 172 [1/2?] feet. At Sixth Street 180 feet. At Seventh Street 205 feet.

On Columbia Street: At Front Street 20 feet. At Second Street 52 1/2 feet. At Third Street 86 feet. At Fourth Street 121 [1/2?] feet. At Fifth Street 175 1/2 feet. At Sixth Street 216 1/2 feet. At Seventh Street 211 1/2 feet.

On Marion Street: At Front Street 23 feet. At Second Street 65 feet. At Third Street 105 1/2 feet. At Fourth Street 132 1/2 feet. At Fifth Street 183 feet. At Sixth Street 231 feet. At Seventh Street 210 feet.

On Madison Street: At Front Street 25 feet. At Second Street 68 1/2 feet. At Third Street 119 1/2 feet. At Fourth Street 158 feet. At Fifth Street 183 feet. At Sixth Street 229?] feet. At Seventh Street [240?] feet.

On Spring Street: At Front Street 31 feet. At Second Street 80 feet. At Third Street 130 feet. At Fourth Street 163½ feet. At Fifth Street 192½ feet. At Sixth Street 225 feet. At Seventh Street 225½ feet.

On Seneca Street: At West Street 10 feet. At Front Street 48 feet. At Second Street 80 feet. At Third Street 125½ feet. At Fourth Street 170 feet. At Fifth Street 192 feet. At Sixth Street 213 feet. At Seventh Street 203 feet.

On University Street: At West Street 10 feet. At Front Street 60½ feet. At Second Street 85½ feet. At Third Street 120½ feet. At a point one hundred and fifty-three feet east of the middle of Third Street 132 feet. As a point one hundred and fifty-three feet west of the middle of Sixth Street 175 feet. At Sixth Street 175 feet. At Seventh Street 170½ feet.

On Union Street: At West Street 15 feet. At Front Street 80½ feet. At Second Street 91½ feet. At Third Street 115 feet. At Fourth Street 125½ feet. At Fifth Street 110 feet. At Sixth Street 135 feet. At Seventh Street 150½ feet.

On Pike Street: At West Street 15 feet. At Front Street 107 feet. At Second Street 111 feet. At Third Street 115½ feet. At Fourth Street 115½ feet. At Fifth Street 119 feet. At Sixth Street 119 feet. At Seventh Street 136 feet.

On PineStreet: At West Street 65 feet. At Front Street 138 feet. At a point midway between Front and Second Streets 160 feet. At Second Street 153 feet. At Third Street 132 feet. At Fourth Street 115feet. At Fifth Street 95 feet. At Sixth Street 95 feet. At Seventh Street 106 feet.

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ly violating the forgoing provisions shall be deemed guilty of misdeameanor and on conviction before the Justice of the Peace of the City, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding twenty -five days or both, at the discretion of the court, for each and every offence. Any conductor or other employee on the railroad herein provided for, any passenger thereon, or other person on or about the cars belonging thereto, who shall by offensive, indecent, opprobrious or abusive language, insult, abuse or maltreat any passenger on the said cars, shall on conviction thereof before the Justice of the Peace of the City, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonmenr not exceeding twentydays, or both, at the discretion of the court, for each and every such offence.

Sec. 7 - the construction of the railways herein provided for shall be commenced within sixteen months from the 1st day of October, 1879, and the same shall be completed as follows: The railway on Commercial Street and along Mill Street from the intersection of Commercial to the intersection of Front Street and along Front Street as the same shall be graded, shall be completed within twenty-three months from said 1st Day of October 1879, or so soon thereafter as said streets or parts of streets shall be graded. The railways upon at least 133

one street herein named, shall be completed each year thereafter, until the railways upon all the streets named herein shall be completed: Provided[italics], that on or before the first day of July, A.D. 1880, the said Irving Ballard or his assigns shall give notice to the Common Council naming the streets upon which it is intended to construct railways as herein provided during the year next ensuing the date of such notice, and the railway on such street or streets so designated shall be completed within the said ensuing years, so far as the same shall be graded, and on the first day of July of each succeeding year thereafter a like notice shall be given to the Common Council designating the street or sreets upon which the railway is to be constructed the next ensuing year as before, until the entire system of railways provided for herein shall be completed: Provided further[italics], that said railway when laid down and completed upon any street or streets herein named and as herein provided, shall be extended upon such street or streets whenever the graded portion of such street or streets shall be extended; such extension of railway upon any street to correspond and to progress with the the street improvements on said street.

Sec. 8 - the said Irving Ballard, his associated or assigned, shall forfeit their right or privlege accruing by virtue hereof as follows: On failing to commence the said railway within the time herein provid

Seattle, Wash. MCh 14th, 1890

To His Honor the Mayor and the Common Council of the city of Seattle.

Gentlemen,

We the undersigned property owners and business men doing business on front street bet. seneca and university do respectfully pettition your honorable body to remove all the rubbish on said street and to cut off the front of the Knight Building all ready condemed by you as soon as possible.

L. Dilles J. Lucy David Gilmore JH [?] T.C. Ph[?]y