City of Seattle Records

537 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Sept 12/84 sidewalk on Front - Temperance Streets. Laid on the table From J. F. McNaught for damages caused by the defective condition of 6th Street in the sum of $80.00 Referred to Judiciary Comtee Reports Rec'd From Chief of Police fixing Police districts and assigning Offices thereto. Referred to Police Comtee Communications From Chief of Police preferring charges against Officer T. I. Small, Referred to a Special Comtee Yesler, Clancy & Latime Committees Reports From Gas Light Comtee recommending the awarding of the following Contracts, to wit: Washington Iron Works for Lamp posts, J. Schram & co for repairs etc Referred to Judiciary Comtee From Street Comtee on the matter of Improving foot of Marion Street making the recommendations that a box drain be ordered placed therein connecting with Opera House Sewer & that Seattle Lumber & Comcial co be allowed to fill said street with sawdust. Adopted From Special Comtee recommending that the Chief of Police be instructed to remove all Chinese habitations from Clay Street. Adopted From Finance Comtee recommending that the petition of the Herald Pub Co. for reconsidering the matter of awarding the contract for City printing to the Post Intelligencer, be laid on the table. Report accepted And now the Surveyor submits the Specifications for the proposed planking of Commercial, Mill & Front Streets under ordinance No. 595, after due examination & modifications, the same are approved. Ordered that the petition of Fred Gasch et al for a Sewer in Union Street be taken from the table & referred to the Surveyor Ordered that the Council stand now adjourned Attest: E.S. Osborne Clerk Approved John Leary Mayor

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John Shepich, Thos Clancy, Ed H. Huntley Applications for Licenses Granted Ordered that licenses be issued as follows towit: Thomas & Morgan for Retail Intoxicating liquor for 3 months from Apr 11, 1885 Scholpp & Greeninger for Retail malt liquor for 3 months from Apr 27, 1885 Bersch & Hink for Retail Intoxicating liquor for 3 months from May 1, 1885 Gruff & Johnson for Retail Intoxicating liquor for 3 months from May 1, 1885 O.P. Dahlquist for Retail Intoxicating liquor for 3 months from Apr 23, 1885 McMaster & Caswell for Retail Intoxicating liquor for 3 months from Apr 17, 1885 Wm Groz for Retail Intoxicating liquor for 3 months from May 1, 1885 Andrew Lunn & Co for Retail Intoxicating liquor for 3 months from Apr 26, 1885 The vote on granting said licenses is as follows. In favor Rinehart, Snyder, Yesler, & Latimer. Against Northup Ordered that the application of John Farnham be & is hereby laid on the table Claims Paid Cemetary Fund John L. McLellan Fencing Washelli Cem. etc. No. 53 $53.28 Watson Spencer Fencing Washelli Cem. etc 54 11. S.C Harris Co. auditor Recording plat of same 55 22. Fire Fund The Gutta Percha Rubber Mfg Co Fire buckets No 547 $66.25 Dan McKern freight Fire buckets 548 1.44 Oregan Improvement Co Coal at Stetson & Post Fire 549 12.65 A. LaBrasche services at Stetson & Post Fire 550 5.50 Pat Hogan services at Stetson & Post Fire 551 5. Ian L Johnson services at Stetson & Post Fire 552 4. Lou Bowker services at Stetson & Post Fire 553 5. J.H. Stagg services at Stetson & Post Fire 554 6. Chas Goodwin services at Stetson & Post Fire 555 10. R. Swyney services at Stetson & Post Fire 556 6.50 J.M. Sutton services hauling hose carts & hose 557 1. R.H. Calligan services hauling buckets 558 3. Emory Williams repairing pump #1 559 3. Patsy Carrol Fwding strainer to No2's suction 560 5. Post Intelligencer Printing for board of Fire Delegates 561 2. Chronicle Pub co Printing for board of Fire Delegates 562 2. Bulletin Pub. Co Printing for board of Fire Delegates 563 2.

684 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Sep 4 1885 Name Fund No Amt Services Thos Rock Road 1072 40.50 Labor on Streets Daniel Moore Road 1073 38.25 Labor on Streets Stephen Berry Road 1074 38.25 Labor on Streets Phillip CorchranRoad 1075 38.25 Labor on Streets R L Woolery Road 1076 31.50 Labor on Streets James Campbell Road 1077 40.50 Labor on Streets [subtotal] $229.25 James Bogart Road 1078 25.20 Boarding Prisoners G Kellogg & Co Road 1079 1.60 Horse Medicine Etc [total] $250.05 W A Perry Fire 640 75.00 Salary Engr No1 Jas Dunham Fire 641 80.00 Salary Engr No2 etc M R Wiggin Fire 642 3.00 Washing Hose A LaBrasch Fire 643 3.00 Washing Hose G Kellogg & Co Fire 644 7.75 Supplies No 2 G Kellogg & Co Fire 645 6.00 Supplies No 1 A M Kallock Fire 646 3.00 Washing Hose A LaBrasch Fire 647 3.00 Washing Hose [total] 183.35 J Schram & Co Gas Light 127 38.90 Bids Opened And now the Comittee proceeds to open the bids for the following purposes: For City Printing for ensuing year bids of Chronicle, Post Intelligencer and Call. Referred to Finance Committee For Supplying Stationary bids of W H Pumphrey & Co G Davis and Lowman & Hanford Pub Co referred to Finance Committee For Supplying Lumber for City purposes bids of Stetson & Post Mill Co, E F Blaine, Western Mill Co, Seattle Lumber & Com'l Co referred to Finance Committee. Bids of Washington Iron Works Allmond & Phillips for Furnishing Iron Lamp Posts referred to Gas Light Committee Bids of J Schram & Co, Jus Spencer & Seattle Gas Light Co for furnishing Lamp Posts Lamps gas fittings and labor referred to Committee on Gas Lights Bid of Seattle Gas Light Co for furnishing Gas referred to Gas Light Committee

689 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Sep 18 1885 Cowles and Foster Intox 3 months from Aug 12\85 Thomas H Smith Retail Intox 3 months from Sept 10\85 The vote of granting said licenses is as follows, viz: In favor of granting same. R H CAlligan, J Furth, G W Hall, W A HArrington, Jno Keenen, T W Lake, Chas McDonald and G W Young Claims Allowed The following claims having been audited by the Council are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the funds in the following amounts viz: Post Intelligencer 1269 City 11.20 Publishing notices L Van Doren 1270 City 2.20 Constable fees D L McClellan 1271 City 2.50 Salary Special Policeman Sunset Telephone Co 1272 City 5.90 Telephone Month [?] J H McGraw 1273 City 65.70 Sheriff's fees G A Hill 1274 City 26.15 Justice fees Lowman & Hanford 1275 City 11.00 Printing etc Geo G Lyon 1276 City 2.30 Justice fees Wm F McNatt 1080 City 2.00 Pasturing City Horse Harrington & Smith 1081 City 23.01 Supplies Stetson & Post 1082 City 47.22 Lumber J A McBeath 1083 City 2.60 Horse Shoeing Jones & Hubble 1084 City 16.90 Feed R H Calligan 1085 City 3.00 Hauling Lumber T H Staskett 1086 City 6.81 Hay J Schram & Co 128 City 12.25 Supplies & Labor Seattle Gas Light 129 City 353.70 Gas James H May 130 City 59.52 Lighting Lamps etc W J Pellman & Co 648 Fire 42.60 Bids etc for No 2 Washington Iron Works649 Fire 4.25 Grate Bars for Engine Seattle Iron Works 650 Fire 4.20 Repairing Hydrant Wm Clark 651 Fire 3.00 Washing Hose Schwabacher Bros & Co 652 Fire 1.44 Rope for No 1 Spring Hill Water Co 27 Fire 166.00 Water Mo of Aug McKeon & Young 28 Fire 4.85 repairing pipe in Jail W E Ryther 124 Fire 124.00 Contract Grubbing Park

725 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dec 13 1885 Referred to Street Committee with power to act. Petition of August Melhorne praying that his Road Poll Tax of $4.00 for the year 1885 be refunded to him he being an active member of the Fire Department. On motion the petition is granted and the Clerk directed to draw a warrant on the City Fund in favor of the said Aug Melhorne for the sum of four(4) dollars. Petition of Lawrence & Calt et al asking that an Ordinance be passed making it a misdemeanor for any person to deposit coal and wood ashes in any wooden vessel on or within not less that fifteen feet of any wood work attached to any building with in the City Limits. Granted and the City Attorney directed to draw up and submit such an ordinance Reports the Report of the Park Commissioners was received and read showing that the work contracted to be done in imporving Seattle Park has be completed toand inspected by the Commissioner and found to have been done in a satisfactory manner save and excepting the item of seeding which could not be done during the present season; and recommending that J W Hunter assigner of tehContractor W H Hanscom be paid the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty five (265) dollars be paid on account reserving the sum of ten(10) dollars to be paid when the seeding was done as provided in the contract that Whitworth & Thompson be paid the sumof $9 for surveying that J B Metcalfe be paid the sum of $2.50 expended for carriage hire and that the Post Intelligencer be paid the sum of $3.00 for advertising. Report adopted and ordered filed and the Clerk directed to issue warrants in the Cemetary fund in favor of J W Hunter for the sum of $265; in favor of Whitworth & Thompson for $9.00; in favor of J B Metcalf for $2.50 and in favor of thePost Intelligencer Pub Co for $3.00