City of Seattle Records

347 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Sept 1/83 July 6, 1883" to such approval, which objections read as follows, towit: Office of the Mayor of the City of Seattle August 31, 1883 To the Common Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen: I herewith refrain without my approvalOrdianance to amend Ordinance No. 417 entitled "to amend Section 15 of Ordinance No. 383 establishing certain grades of the City of Seattle. The object of this Ordinance is to change the elevations of certain portions of the grade on Cherry Street. At the time of the passage of this Ordinance the City had let a contract" to grade Cherry Street according to plans and specifications on file." There is noporvision in the contract authorizing the change of said plans and specifications by the City without the [?] of the Contractors and their duties. Such a provision ought to [?] been made. At it is, the contractors have failed to give such [?] and furthermore propose to abandon their contract in view of the course contemplated by this Ordinance. The change furnishes then a [?] protect for such a course. Hence, while no other objection exist against the Ordinance. I deem it for the interest of the City to withhold such approval, so as to preserve the remedy against the Contractors and their sureties in case of a breach of the contract and to dispense said the necessity of accepting their magnanimous offer to [?] their claim for damages against the City in consideration of said [?] from the obligations of their contract. H.G. Struve Mayor" Thereupon the Council proceeds to consider said Ordinance. Ordered that such a consideration be laid over for Friday September 7 next. From His Honor the Mayor returning an Ordinance entitled "To provide for the payment to Mrs. Charles O. Boerner $50." without his approval and with his objection in writing to such approval, which objections read as follows, towit: Office of the Mayor of the City of Seattle August 29 1883 Common Council of the City of Seattle