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TO THE HONORABLE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE DITY OF SEATTLE, STATE OF WASHINGTON

Your Petitioners, being residents and property holders of the city of Seattle and White River Valley, earnestly and respectfully petition your Hon.Body to have constructed a wooden pile bridge as a branch or extension of the Grant Street Bridge, which shall be erected as nearly as practicable along the following proposed route. Commencing at a point where Hanford Street intersects Grant Street on West side of the Grant Street Bridge so as to connect the branch with said Bridge, and thence Westerly on and along Hanford Street the full width thereof to the West side of Colfax Street and thence changing its course South on and along Colfax Street the full width thereof to a suitable termination at or near Court Street in South Seattle on the Southerly shore of Elliot Bay. Your Petitioners further petition your Hon.Body to plank Colfax Street from the termination of said Bridge on Colfax Street to the South boundary line of the City limits. Your petitioners further represent that a vast amount of travel and traffic passes over Grant Street Bridge and that near the South and thereof. Railway trains are constantly crossing the same at a point where the view is partially obstructed. That teams passing through the railway crossing being run over by passing trains of frightened thereby and

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569 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE AUG 17 1888 Petition of D N Hyde & others for a sidewalk on the south side of Bluff Street from Light Street to Glover Street Read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of L Miller and others for extension of the Street Light Limits, read and referred to Com on St. Lights. Petition of Mill Street property owners to grade Mill St from South Fourth Street west to South Second Street so as to conform to the established grade, read and granted. the work to be done under the direction of the Street Commissioner. Petition of Frank Gumbert and Fred A Johnson for changing liquor license from Gumbert & Clinch to Gumbert & Johnson; read and granted provided a new bond is filed. Petition of Board of School Trustees of District No 1 praying the Council not to grant liquor licenses within two blocks of any school buildings, Granted. Petition of R Perkovits for permission to make certain alterations to buildings on Front Street occupied by him as a store. Read and referred to com on Fire & Water Petition of E F Adams for permission to build a brick yard on Court Street and take clay from said street. Read and referred to Street Committee. Petition of Peterson & Fahen for removal of obstructions from South 8th Street placed there by the Contractor on Mill Street, read and referred to the Chief of Police with instructions to notify the contractor to remove the obstructions complained of. Petition of C Beckman andothers for abatement of a

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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

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