City of Seattle Records

March 1891

Pet. for grading & planking alley between 2nd & 3rd and Columbia & Marion Sts.

Jesse F. Cochrane, Chairman W. V. Rinehart G. M. Heilbron F. W. D. Holbrook, Secretary Office of the Board ofPublic Works Seaattle Washington March 5 1891 To the Hon The City Council of Seattle Wash Gentlement The accompanying Petition of Mr A. M. Brookes and 23 others for the grading and planking of the Alley between 2nd & 3rd and Columbia and Marion Streets is transmitted to your Honorable Body with a Reorum Eu Satori that the work be done at the expense of the owners of the abutting property. Respectfully The Board of Public Works F W D Holbrook secy

Petition 252 to grade and plank alley bet 2nd & 3rd & Marion & Columbia A. M. Brookes et al

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20 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE A petition is secured from R. McCombs & others praying for the establishment and execution of a Gas Light at the South East of Seneca and 2nd streets; Whereupon the prayer of the petition is granted and a Gas Lamp is ordered erected as in said petition requested Ordered that the Quarantine measures now in force against New Tacoma be and they are hereby continued until further actions. Ordered that the Committee on Quarantine Measures be and they are hereby instructed & authorized to raise the Quarantine against New Tacoma whenever such action may be considered safe Ordered that the petition of Thomas Brotherhood for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax be granted; and that a Warrant Be issued in favor of said petitioner on the Road Fund in the sum of $4.00 Ordered the the petition of Edgar Bryan for the remitting of certain taxes be & is hereby laid on the table Ordered that the report of the Treasurer be received and order filed Ordered that the claim of F. H. Whitworth for surveys for 3rd Street sidewalk be referred to Councilmen Keenan, McDonald & Clancy Ordered that the Street Committee be and They are hereby Granted one weeks further time in which to report upon the matters of constructing certain sidewalks in South Seattle and a sidewalk in front of W. C. Squire's Block in Bell Town Ordered that the Marshall and Street Commissioners be and the are hereby instructed to open the Alley in Block 9 in Maynard's plat Ordered that the matter of wrongful assessment ofMrs. Briscoe be & the same hereby is referred to the Finance Committee Ordered that the Claim of Wm.H. Bow be and the same is hereby referred to the Finances now the City Attorney executed his report upon the [?] of citizen the pay Road Poll Tax [?] opinion is in the

22 JOURNAL OF TEH PROCEEDINGS OF THE Ordered that the Clerk be & he is hereby instructed to communicate with the owners of property interested that that Common purpose ordering the Construction of a certain sidewalk to connect with the 6th sidewalk Ordered that the Fifth Street be improved under the supervision of the Street Committee in accordance with a plan to be approved by the Surveryor Ordered that that Council stand now adjourned Attest: E S Osborne, Clerk Approved L.P. Smith, Mayor Be it remembered that on this the 6th day of January 1882 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chambers pursuant to law The following Officers are present to wit: Councilmen Thos Clancy, John Collins, M Demsmore, Wm A Jennings, John Keenan Moses Keezer and Charles McDonald Thereupon the following proceedings are had By reason of the absence of His Honor the Mayor L P Smith by sickness and his consequent inability to perform the dutues of his office of, Councilman Wm A Jennings is by the Council elected to the office of Acting Mayor during such temporary inability A petition is received from W Burnit & others praying for the removal of certain obstructions at the foot of 3rd Street Thereupon the same is referred to the Street Committee A petition is received from F W Wusthoff praying for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax, thereupon same is referred to the Finance Committee A petition is received from Benj Murphy praying for the remitting of a road poll tax; thereupon the prayer of the petition