City of Seattle Records

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

27 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Ordered that the Ordinance Committee be and they are hereby instructed to resubmit at next meeting an Ordinance to provide for the construction of a sidewalk in front of the property owned by Col. Squire in Belltown. Ordered that the County Treasurer be & he is hereby instructed to correct the double assessment existing upon the City tax roll against Mrs. Briscoe's name And now the Finance Committe make the report upon the petitions of C.R.Fosterand F.W. Westhoff and Frances McDaniels; thereupon it is ordered that the petitions of ]]C.R. Foster]] & F.W. Westhoff be rejected. And that a warrant be drawn in favor of said Frances McDaniels for Road Roll Tax remitted And now Geo Kinnear and WmR.Brawley present an ordinance to authorize them to construct and operate Street Railways; thereupon the same is referred to the Committee on Ordinance And now the Ordinance Committee submits Ordinance No 254 the same being "an Ordinance to provide for the Construc" tion of a sidewalk along the Northside of Main Street from the " East side of Seventh Street to the East side of the alley between " Fourth and Third street and from thence along the South side " of said Main Street to the alley between Second and Commer" cial Streets there connecting with a side walk recently constructed " by the proprietors of the Arlington Hotel": thereupon after due consideration said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote: To wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins, Densmore, Jennings, Keenan, Keezer & McDonald Against adoption none. And now the Street Committee make their report upon the petition of W.Burnett & others, thereupon it is ordered that the obstructions mentioned in said petition be removed that that the Dog Pound be sold to the highest bidder And now the Street Committe make their report upon the petition of Sarah J. Plummer & others; thereupon it is ordered That the Chief of Police be & he is hereby instructed to cause the removal of the nuisance complained of.