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Office of M F Backus, Receiver
Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company
200 Pike Street
P O Box No 56 Telephone 103
A Dunn, Auditor
Referred by order of
The Board of Public Works to
The City Council
George F Meacham secy
Seattle Washington Dec 7, 1894
Received
Dec 8 1894
Board of Public Works
Seattle - Wash
Board of Public Works,
City
Gentlemen :-
We beg leave to acknowledge of your favor of the
4th inst., and in reply, would say, that there is nothing in our fran-
chise, nor anything in the way of justice that would require us to
maintain a pavement throught Albert and Howell Streets.
We think we are not required to pave our tracks or any streets
unless the street is paved by the city, on the portion not covered
by our track.
We realize, however, that it is an absolute necessity for the
traffic in that end of the town to have a paved roadway over those
streets. We therefore make you the following proposition :-
You furnish us necessary plank delivered on the street, and we
furnish all labor and other material, and keep the paving within our
tracks on good repair. Or, we will do the work, furnishing all labor
and material, provided the city will pay half the expense of same.
We thing that this proposition should meet with your approval
as it seems to us to be eminently fair. Attached herewith, for your
convenience, plaese find your favor referred to.
Encl.
Yours Truly
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