City of Seattle Records

680 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Aug 23 1885 Name Fund T R Reed Road 1067 Services $27.50 J J Melim Road 1068 Services 10.00 J G Scurry Road 1069 Services 27.50 F H Whitworth Road 1070 Services 27.50 R H Thompson Road 1071 Services 8 65.56 Washington Iron Works Lamp Posts 52.80 Seattle Gas Light Co Gas 338.80 James H May Lamp Lighter 54.40 A L Brasch Removing rubbish 4.00 P E Smith Care of H & L Truck 30.00 see Rept Fire Com Spring Hill Water co Water 52.80 N E Ryther Clearing Park 7.50 Part of Contract Price Ordered that the claims of Dr H M Hall, A Labrache, E R Clark, be and the same are hereby rejected Bills Referred The following A Labrache 2 bills G Kellogg & Co 3 bills A M Kullock, M R Wiggin, J Schram & Co T H Hackett Miscellaneous The resignation of A B Merrill as custodian of the Powder House was received and accepted. Ordered that the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to to notify the Seattle Lumber & Com'l Company]] of the expiration of their lease of the wharf at the foot ofColumbia Street Ordered that the Clerk be instructed to call for bids for lighting the Public Streets for the care of Lamp posts & lighting the Street lamps, for City Printing for furnishing lumber and other supplies to the City as the present contracts expire. Election of Custodian of Powder Houses And now the Council proceeds to elect a custodian of the powde. Councilman R H Calligan nominates Robert Russell no other nominations being made, the nominations close and the clerk instructed to cast the ballott of the Council of said Robert Russell who is thereupon declared elected to the office of Custodian of the Powder House