City of Seattle Records

MR President:

Your Committee on Fire to whom was referred Petition of M. H. Young and others for a fire alarm box Beg leave to concern with H. Of D.

Fire Alarm Box Frederick & 14th St.

Chairman. G. B. Stacks Committee L. A. [?]

MR. PRESIDENT:

Your Committe on Fire & Water to whom was referred the Petition of M. H. Young et al (with recommendation of Chief of Fire department.) For a Fire Alarm Box. at or near the corner of Frederick and Fifteenth Street.

Report favorably and recommend that a fire alarm Box be placed at the Corner of Frederick and (top) Fourteenth Streets. The same not to cost to exceed the [sum?] of Three Hundred Fifty Five Dollars.

H.E. Shields CHAIRMAN. B.B. Carlisle Committee.

Jesse F. Cochran, Chairman F. W. D. Holbrook, Secretary W. V. Rinehart G. H. Heilbron

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 1891

To the Hon. The City Council, of Seattle, Wash. Gentlemen, The accompanying petitions of M. H. Young and some 30 others for the repair of So. 14th St. is herewith returned to your Hon. Body with the statement that the facts as therein stated are believed to be correct and that it is the duty of the City to make the repairs requested and this Board recommends that the same be ordered.

By Order of the Board F. W. D. Holbrook Secy

GEORGE DONWORTH CORPORATION COUNSEL JAMES B. HOWE ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSEL CITY OF SEATTLE LAW DEPARTMENT

Seattle Washinton, April 15th, 1893.

Hon. Board of Alderman, Seattle. Gentleman, I have received from you a petition of L. B. Andrews, and others, for a change of the plan of the improvement of Anna Street, and also the protest of M. H. Young to the same with a request for an opinion as to the power of the City Council on the premises. In answer I will say that the petition in this case called for an improvement with parking strips between the sidewalk and roadway. The accompanying petition asking for a change of the of one block so as to put the parking strip between the sidewalk and the property line. This would be a material change in the plan and I think might jeopardize the assessments unless consented to unanimously by the owners of all the property in the assessment district. The accompanying petition purports to be signed on behalf of the owners of all the property in the district but several of the lots are owned by the es[?] whom no one has a right to sign a waiver. I do not think therefore that it would be safe or right towards the purchaser of the bonds to change the plan in the respect asked for. The parties do not seem to ask for a change of the grade. I see no objection to a change of the grade on any street being improved provided such change is slight and does not increase the cost of work. The original petition which if the foundation of the City's right to grade and assess does not name the grade elevations to which the street is to be graded therefore there is no requirement on the part of the City to adhere strictly to any particular elevation provided its

GEO J. STONEMAN City Clerk F. D. OGDEN Deputy Clerk

Office of City Clerk

Seattle, Wash. April 12th, 1893.

George Donworth, Esq., Corporation Counsel, City of Seattle, Washington. Dear Sir:I have been instructed by the Committee on Streets and Alleys of the Board of Aldermen, to refer to you the petition of L. B. Andrews and others, for change of grade onAnna Street, together with protest of M. H. Young against the same, for your opinion. RESPECTFULLY, George J. Stoneman