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To the Honorable the City Council for the City of Seattle We the undersigned members of the Hook and Ladder Co NoOne - for the City of Seattle having read ordinance known as ordinance No 536 Establishing a fire Department for the said City of Seattle would represent to your honorable Body that we are heartily in accord with this letter and spirit of said ordinance and that we recognise the necessity of such an ordinance and hereby respectfully request your honorable body to take No Action whatever that will modify or abridge the powers of any officer that may be elected under and by the provisions of said ordinance No 536. J Schram F A Pontius C W Coulter F A Treen Nicholas T Snyder Eareett Webb J C Hebland N C Hanlcom J S Pindu A Page

To the Honorable Mayor & Common Council of the City of Seattle The undersigned members of the Board of Delagates of the Fire Department of the City of Seattle, would resepctfully represent to your honorable body, that, the remomval of Engine No 2 from its present quarters to Belltown,, as heretofore ordered by your honorable body, is against the public interests of the City, and will in case of a fire in the business portion of the City work an irreparable injury We would therefore respectfully pray your honorable body to rescind your said order and allow the engine to remain where it is. And your petitioners will ever pray U M Rasin President Secretary Delegate No 2 L P Terry Delegate No 2 W M Jones Delegate No 3 J F McDonald Delegate No 2 J Schram Delegate No H&L Robt Abrams Delegate No 1 Jack Levy Delegate No H&L

At a regular meeting of H & L Comty held on Monday March 2 1885 the Following resolution was presented by Mr L Booth and passed unanimously by the Company. That we request the action of the City Council in removing Engine No 2 to North Seattle as disasterous to the best interests of the Fire Department and dangerous to the safety of this City That we request our delegates to present these resolution to the Board of [?] and urge the passage of such resolutions as in the inspment of the Guard an requsite and necessary and present this to the City Council [?] them to rescind their action in regard to No 2 Engine J C Harris J Schram Jack Levy Delegates [copy]

746 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Feb 5 1886 Burget & Booth 1201 23.80 Harness repairs etc street work Stetson & Post 1202 67.48 Lumber etc street work Harrington & Smith 1203 45.14 Supplies street work J A McBerth & Co 1204 23.35 Horse Shoeing etc street work Schwabacher Bros & Co 1205 22.87 Oats for City Stable Simpson & Jordan 1206 00.00 Union St Sewer Contract Simpson & Jordan 1207 00.00 Union St Sewer Contract Simpson & Jordan 1208 00.00 Union St Sewer Contract Simpson & Jordan 1209 00.00 Union St Sewer Contract Simpson & Jordan 1210 00.00 Union St Sewer Contract Simpson & Jordan 1211 1541.25 Union St Sewer Contract W F Glick 143 33.84 Attending Street Lamps Seattle Gas & Light Co 144 367.56 Gas month of Jany W A Perry 730 75.00 Salary Engine No 1 James Dunham 731 75.00 Salary Engine No 2 J Schram 732 336.00 Bell for Engine No 1 Robt Russell 733 1.00 Hauling fire [?] to No1 Wald & Campbell 734 2.05 Nails etc for Belfry No 1 Gordon Hardware 735 4.35 Rope & Aisle gravel No 1 Moran Bros 736 1.25 Repairing Engine No 2 E Ulin 737 24.50 Putting up Bell in No 1 Henry Redding 738 3.00 Washing hose Thos Boardman 739 3.00 Washing hose Miles Wiggins 740 3.00 Washing hose Schwabacher Bros & Co 741 .15 Salt for thawing hydrants A Labrasche 742 4.00 Work on bell Young & McKeon 743 3.35 Repairing Roof on Eng House No 1 Lowman & Hanford 744 9.00 Printing for Fire Delegates Wm Hubbert 745 12.00 Labor hanging bell No 1 L Lindsley 746 1.50 Hauling Miscellaneous The Council now proceeds to open the bids for furnishing the City certain fire plugs when the following bids were presented Bid of Washington Iron Works offering to furnish eleven fire plugs for $41.00 each. Bid of Allmond & Phillips offering to furnish ten or more fire plugs for $40.00 each Whereupon it is ordered that the contract be amended to Allmond & Phillips Councilman Furth gives notice that at the first regular meeting of the council in March he will move to

6 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 7 1886 Fund Thomas Rock #1289 Road 57.35 Labor on Streets P Cochran #1290 Road 58.50 Labor on Streets D Moon #1291 Road 58.50 Labor on Streets E C McClellan #1292 Road 58.50 Labor on Streets J L McClellan #1293 Road 55.10 Labor on Streets M Murphy #1294 Road 41.05 Labor on Streets J Trerice #1295 Road 48.35 Labor on Streets J Burke #1296 Road 9.00 Labor on Streets S G Simpson #1297 Road 154.90 Union St sewer J Hummell #815 Fire 3.00 Washing hose Gordon Hardware Co #816 Fire 4.70 Hardware for tank at Lake Union R H Calligan #817 Fire 3.00 Hauling fire plugs J Dunham #818 Fire 75.00 Engine #2 W A Perry #819 Fire 75.00 Engine #1 F Beattie #820 Fire 3.00 Washing hose J Schram #821 Fire 1.50 repairs Engine house #1 H McDonald #822 Fire 6.00 Washing hose J Roper #823 Fire 3.00 Washing hose Chas McDonald #824 Fire 20.00 supplies Ben Puntt #825 Fire 5.00 Labor Lake Union Cistern T W Lake #826 Fire 3.50 Labor Lake Union Cistern Moran Bros #827 Fire 16.93 supplies Ben Puntt #828 Fire 25.00 Labor Lake Union Cistern Western Mill Co #829 Fire 30.52 Lumber Lake Union Cistern G Kellogg #830 Fire 7.75 supplies G H Preston #831 Fire 25.00 Salary Secy Fire Dept Harrington & Smith #832 Fire 3.60 Lifting jack hose #1 W F Glick #149 Gas 33.84 Lighting St lamps Seattle Gas Light Co #150 Gas 351.36 Gas for April H L Yesler #38 Water 6.00 Water at City Stable Spring Hill Water Co #39 Water 175.50 Water for Apr J W Hunter #75 Cemetary 10.00 bal a/c improving City Park