City of Seattle Records

720 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEC 4 1885 Licenses Referred H S Meyer, Jno Brannan and Ernie Davidson, Licenses Ordered Issued John Levy retail Intox 3 months from Nov 12 Cowles & Foster retail Intox 3 months from Dec 6 Morgan & Lawrence retail Intox 3 months from Nov 23 E D Norton retail Intox 3 months from Nov 13 C Richtenwald retail Intox 3 months from Nov 14 Eugene O'Connor retail Intox 3 months from Nov 15 John T Lester retail Intox 3 months from Nov 17 E H Huntley retail Intox 3 months from Nov 11 Julius W Smith retail Intox 3 months from Nov 8 M McDonald retail Intox 3 months from Dec 8 Ben Murphy retail Intox 3 months from Dec 12 Gumbert & Dickman retail Intox 3 months from Dec 1 Harmes & Peters retail Intox 3 months from Nov 20 F S Curtis retail Intox 3 months from Dec 5 H Aurenheimer retail Intox 3 months from Nov 18 Fred Homen retail Malt 3 months from Nov 15 Jacob Boegli retail Intox 3 months from Nov 27 Ernst Romey retail Intox 3 months from Nov 22 Thos Radcliffe retail Intox 3 months from Nov 18 James Alicoate retail Intox 3 months from Nov 20 The vote on said licenses as follows, to wit: In favor of same Calligan Furth, Hall, Harrington, Keenen, Lake McDonald, Post and Young Against none. Claims allowed The following claims having been audtied by the Council and ordered paid by warrants drawn on the several funds as follows, viz: W H Hughes City $100.00 Salary City Assessor C H Hanford City $100.00 Salary City Atty W R Forrest City $125.00 Salary City Clerk Laurence Cummings City $87.50 Salary Street Comm. James Bogart City $60.00 Salary City Jailor James Bogart City $62.20 Board of Prisoners Schwabacher Bros & Co City $125.00 Horse for Street Work J H Woolery City $100.00 Salary Chief of Police

726 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Dec 13 1885 Committee Reports From Committee of Fire & Water to whom was referred that question of a water supply for North Seattle reporting that the Spring Hill Water Company would extend their pipes to Belltown provided the city would authorize the placing of seven (7) plugs on their line between Pike Street and Bell's Hotel and three (3) plugs between Columbia Street and Pike Street, and recommending that the City Attorney enter into a contract with the said water co. for supplying North Seattle with Water. adopted From Same Committee returning the report of the Chief of teh Fire Deptartment and recommending that the Laundry on Mill St conducted by Hop Sing be declared a nuisance and abated. Adopted and the Chief of Police directed to abate the nuisance. Application for Licenses Referred Andreas Lunn, John Collins, S V Schnyder, Oliver Bernard, Oscar A Kraus, Frank Wilton, E C Slorah, James P Tighe Mark Gottstein, Patrick Flynn, M S Booth Thomas and Morgan, Joe Francisco, E J Powers & Co, Chas B Sperry Licenses Orderd Issued Emil Davidson Retail Intox 3 months from Dec 13, 1885 H S Meyer Retail Intox 3 months from Dec 7, 1885 John Brannan Retail Malt 3 months from Dec 3, 1885 The Vote upon issuing said licenses being as follows to wit: In favor of same, Calligan, Furth, Hall, Keenen, Lake, McDonald, Post and Young against none On motion the matter of Lincoln Street Bridge is continued until the next regular meeting with request that the Street Commissioner then present a majority report. On motion the matter of properly marking the site of the hulk of the Steamer Mississippi is referred to the Com on Harbor & Wharves,

727 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dc 13 1885 Bills Allowed The following claims against the city having been duly audited by the Council are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the several funds viz: Neuman & Argens 1415 City 1.25 1 key for jail Geo G Lyon 1416 City 7.25 Justice Fees Benj Allen 1417 City 2.20 Witness Fees G A Hill 1418 City 41.80 Justice Fees L E Shaw 1419 City 5.00 Special Police Officer T J Winscott 1420 City 12.75 Labor onCity Stable Waddell & Miles 1421 City 3.83 Stove Pipe Aug Melhorn 1422 City 4.00 Returned Poll Tax Wm Clark 714 Fire 3.00 Washing Hose Leper & Labrasche 715 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose Leper & Labrasche 716 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose Kenny & Beattie 717 Fire 6.00 Washing Hose G Kellogg 718 Fire 75.00 Salary Chief FD Young & McKeon 719 Fire 5.70 Supplies for Engs holo2 J W Hunter 68 Cemetary 265.00 Contract Clearing Park J B Metcalfe 69 Cemetary 265.00 Carriage Hire of Comm Whitworth & Thomson 70 Cemetary 265.00 Surveying Park Post Intelligencer 71 Cemetary 265.00 Printing Ad Edmund Carr 72 Cemetary 265.00 Lot in Seattle Cemetary Claim of A Labrasche for $4.00 for extinguishing fire rejected Miscellaneous A motion of Councilman Hall It is Resolved: That it is the sense of this Council that a road should be constructed from some point in South Seattle to the head of Elliot Bay And on motion the City surveyor in conjunction with the Street Committee is instructed to examine and report uon the most precticable route for a road to the head of the Bay. Ordinances An ordinance is submitted by the Clerk entitled "A special ordinance appropriating money to pay audited bills which after due consideration is passed by the following vote: In favor of same, Calligan, Furth, Hall, Keenen, Lake, McDonald, Post & Young against none Ordered that the Council do now afjourn Attest: {[W R Forrest]], clerk H L Yesler, mayor

728 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Dec 24 1885 Be it remembered that on this 24th day of Dec 1885 the Common Council of the City of Seattle meets in its Council Chamber pursuant to call. The following officers are present to wit:his honor the Mayor H L Yesler & Councilmen, R. H.Calligan, J. Furth, G. W. Hall, W. A. Harrington, John Keenen, T. W. Lake, Chas McDonald, J. J. Post, and G. W. Young. When the following proceedings were had viz: On motion of Councilman Keenen: Ordered that the penalty and interst on the City taxes for the present year be revisited until the 28th day of February 1886.

On Motion of Councilman Furth: Ordered that the Chief of the Fire Department be and he is hereby instructed to place a fire plug at the corner of 3rd St. and Jefferson Street. Claims Allowed The following claims having been duly audited by the Council are ordered paid by warrants drawn on the City Fund as follows:

734 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE [total]$383.75 Michael Murphy 39.35 Labor on Streets Patrick DeLaney 57.60 Labor on Streets John Christopher 54.00 Labor on Streets John Keenan 56.45 Labor on Streets R L Woolery 56.25 Labor on Streets Phillip Corchran 55.35 Labor on Streets Thomas Rock 51.75 Labor on Streets Daniel Moore 59.60 Labor on Streets James Campbell 57.60 Labor on Streets [total]$871.50 Stetson & Post Mill Co. 1217.81 Lumber for Streets J A McBeath & Co 9.95 Blacksmithing etc Harrington & Smith 173.70 Supplies for St Comn'r Chas McDonald 4.75 Repairing tools J H Carlisle 1.00 Hauling load lumber G Kellogg & Co 1.25 Horse Medicine Simpson & Jordan 477.40 Ofc Union St Sewer A Chilberg 11.00 Horse feed A W McFarlane 1.00 Hauling Lumber Seattle Gas Light Co 402.92 Gas etc Dec W F Glick 32.43 Care St Lamps Stetson & Post Mill Co 3.12 Lumber for No 1 Belfry D McDaniel 1.50 Hauling Hose Cart G Kellogg 54.37 Coal for Engines 1 & 2 James Dunham 75.00 Salary Engineer No 2 W A Perry 75.00 Salary Engineer No 1 C H Kittinger 1.00 Acknowledgements Mrs A W Pontius 25.00 Lot Seattle Cemetary Ordinances An ordinance is submitted by the City Attorney entitled "An Ordinance to amend Section 7 and to repeal sections 15 & 18 of Ordinance No 637 and to repeal Ordinance no 650 which after being duly considered by the Council and passed by the following vote: In favor of the said ordinance, Calligan, Furth, Hall, Lake, McDonald Post and Young Against Councilmen Harrington & Keenen having been previously excused