990356_Page_01

Trustees
John Leary, President
E O Graves, vice Pres
Thos W Prosch, 2nd vicePres
E F Wittler, Treasurer
Percy Rochester
A P Mitten
B F Shaubut
Hermann Chapin
W E Bailey
A Holman
G Davies
G H Heilbron
U R Niesz
Jacob Furth
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
(Incorporated.)
Seattle, Washington Jan 29th 1891
Hon Mayor and Council
of the City of Seattle
Gentlemen:
The Commission intrusted
by you with the examination of the
City Charter and the suggestion of the
Amendments thereto, fully appreciated
the magnitude and importance of the
task, as well as the honor individually
paid to its members in their selection
to revise the work of the fifteen freeholders
who have been truthfully declared the
most able and distinguished body of
citizens ever assembled in Seattle. Un-
sought as was this honor, and though
shrinking somewhat from the trust, the
members of the Commission undertook the
work in good faith. Several meet-
ings were held, officers elected, committees
appointed and the work appropriately as-
signed. It was the opinion of all
that there should be no haste, that there
was time enough to do all that was
desired, and that two or three months would