City of Seattle Records

To His Honor the Mayor and Honorable Board Of Aldermen and House of Delgates of the City of Seattle GentlemenThe undersigned petitioners and tax payers, of the City of Seattle owning property adjacent to Harrison St and in said City, respectfully represent, that in response to a petition setting forth the needs of a sewer on said Harrison Street your Honorable body ordered a sewer constructed along said street from Oak to Temperance Streets, and connect with Temperance Street sewer. And, whereas it has been found to be impracticable to so construct said sewer on account of the lack of fall for drainage, and whereas if the line of said sewer were projected along said Harrison Street to Elliot Bay, sufficient fall could be had to properly drain said sewer, and whereas, there is urgent need of a sewer along said street, your petitioners pray that your Honorable body order a sewer constructed from the ally between Oak and Poplar Streets along Harrison Street to Elliot Bay and your petitioners will ever pray. Names John B Denny Chas M Finch Geo F Moyer Lebosh Wilton Nelson McCallum C C Reynolds J A McAurlan L B Towne A J Carr W F Denny Alice M Goldstein A T Cassel W F Epler John Lou Arthur F Thurman MD Geo M Runkle L A Stines D L Denny Louisa Denny E Inez Denny R Byrne Geo Skinner J R Donihue

To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: We the undersigned residents and tax payers, on and in the Vacinity of Harrison Street, respectfully represent that we are in a Section of the City that is rapidly growing, and in great need of sewerage: wherefore we respectfully petition your Honorable Body order a sewer laid on Harrison Street from Oak Street to the water signed John B Denny 7-8-28 North Seattle Wm B Denny 6 B 35 D L Denny Home Add Geo F Moyer 7 B 35 D L Denny Home Add D L Denny Lot 1 B 11- N Seattle Wm Dankel Lot 1 B 46 D L Denny 3rd Geo M Runkle Lot 11 B 41 Wm H Hughes9 Bl 24 J H Payne 11 & 12 Block 26 Lots 1 & 2 B 21 F P Hughes 10 Block 26 John Dow Lot 2 Block 16 D L Denny Add C C Reynolds Lot 12 Block 41 Louisa Denny Lots in Blocks 25, 32, 35 &42 etc J F Lord Lot 7 Bl 12 N Seattle Ad &etc O J Carr5 Lots, 2 Cor Light & Harrison 3 Lots on Bangor & Harrison A F Thomson M D Harrison & PoWm J D Ryan Lot 4 Block 15 Thos Goldstingly Lot 1 & 2 Block 26 Geo Kinnear 2 Lots W F Epler Lot 1 Blk 16

Petition to Extend City Limits of Seattle To the Honorable, the City Council, the Legislative Body of the said city of Seattle, hereby respectfully petition that the boundaries of the City of Seattle be altered and extended so as to include the new territory hereinafter described within the said City of Seattle after proceedings had as required by law, and that you submit to the electors of said city and to the electors residing in the said territory hereinafter described, the question whether said territory shall be annexed to said City of Seattle and become a part thereof. The said new territory proposed to be annexed to the City of Seattle is particularly described as follows to-wit: Beginning at the point in the center of Lake Washington, which is the Northeast corner of the present limits of the City of Seattle; thence Northerly along the center of Lake Washington to an intersection with the south line of Section Sixteen, in Township Twenty-five, Range Four West, W.M., produced eastwardly; thence West in the waters of Lake Washington and Union Bay along said east line produced to the intersection with the east line of said Section Sixteen, produced southerly; thence North in the waters of Union Bay along said east line produced to the shore of said Union Bay, and thence North along the east line of said Section Sixteen and of Section No Nine in said Township and Range to the quarter-section on the east line of said Section Nine; thence West along the center line of said Section Nine to the quarter-section corner in the west line thereof; thence North along the east line lines of Sections Eight and Five in said Township and Range to the north line of said Township Twenty-five North; thence West along said Township line to the quarter-section corner in the north line of Section One, in Township Twenty-five North, Range Three East, which latter point is the Northeast corner of the present corporate limits of the town (now city) of Ballard; thence South along the center line of said Section One, and Sections Twelve and Thirteen in said township Twenty-five North, Range Three East to the Southeast corner of Government Lot 2, in said Section thirteen, said last-named line being the Easterly boundry of said City of Ballard; thence West along the South boundary of said City of Ballard to the center of Salmon Bay; thence Northwesterly following the present corporate limits of the City of Ballard along the center line of Salmon Bay to deep water in Puget Sound of Admiralty Inlet; thence West to the main channel of Puget Sound or Admiralty Inlet; thence southerly along said main to a junction with the main channel from Elliott Bay; thence Easterly and Southeasterly along the main channel of Elliott Bay to the point in the center of Elliott Bay, which is the Northwest corner of the present limits of the City of Seattle; thence Northeastwardly along the present Northwestern boundry of the City of Seattle to the intersection between the shore of said Elliott Bay and the west line of Section Twenty-four, in Township Twenty-five North, Range Three East; thence North, following the present boundary of the City of Seattle along said west line of said Section twenty-four to the quarter section corner in the west line of said Section Twenty-four; thence East, following the present boundary of the City of Seattle along the center line of said Section Twenty-four, and of Sections Nineteen and Twenty in Township Twenty-five North, Range Four East to the east line of said Section twenty; thence South following the present boundary of the City of Seattle, along the east line of said Section Twenty to the Southeast corner thereof; thence East following the present boundry of the City Seattle along the North line of Sections Twenty-eight and Twenty-seven in Township Twenty-five North, Range Four East, to the shore of Lake Washington; and thence Easterly in the waters of Lake Washington following the present boundary of the City of Seattle to the present Northeast corner of the limits of the City of Seattle and place of beginning, including all waters embraced within the boundaries above described. 1 E Goding 2 C N Driscoll 3 J W Spriggs 4 S McDean 5 S Palmer 6 Hugh McGuire 7 R M Crawford 8 W F Epler 9 C K Robinson 10 J B Vickers 11 Wm Clearson 12 Chester Eaton 13 Joh Ritter 14 Sighus Stanley 15 M T Powers 16 C Joycox 17 John Kelly 18 J A S Hamilton Bros 19 G A Thorn 20 Geo W Huffman 21 C Pephee 22 Wm Whiteline 23 G Werner 24 Wm Moran 25 G Slodinumski 26 C A Hekscriver 27 E C Harding 28 Chas Phillips 29 W S Turtle 30 J S Towle 31 A H Taylor 32 E Bryder 33 Rudolph Farmer 34 W C Coven 35 H S Gumdell 36 37 F S DeWolfe 38 G A Reid 39 J M Wheeler 40 B E Ralph 41 D J McKinney 42 R B Hurd 43 Frank C Wagenbach 44 S T Shut 45 W T Chuck 46 S D Hathaway 47 W J Gilbert 48 H H Ames 49 Thos A Linsley 50 A W Kuntz

J. M. Ripley A. H. Anderson O. H. Randall. Charles I. Dean. Charles F. Kirchner J H Bragden Stephen J. Lully. Geo K Livingstone W H Morrison Fred Hughes J C Reisinger M W Sweeney L. A. Keyes A Barco Lee J. Pitner

A. W. Wilkinson F. G. VanRosen R. C. Graves H. C. Green H. L Lewis J A Kline Fred Blamberg Geo. F. Aust H H Griffiths Chas McAlister W Hanney D. C. Lane Jas M Epler I M Hall W F Epler

990146 Seattle April 2 1892

To the honorable body

The Board of Public Works

City of Seattle

The undersigned, property holders of Seattle respectfully petition to have Banner Street lighted with the incandescent Electric Light, from the intersection of Banner Street and Harrison Streets to the waterfront. John R. Kinnear W F Epler John Dow J. A. Park Stimson Willa N. W Charles Julius Durhrsen A Zaar John A Whalley Geo H Park M J McElroy