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TRUSTEES

E. O. GRAVES, President,
THOS. W. PROSCH, Vice-President
SAMUEL RAMSEY, 2d Vice-President
E. F. WITTLER, Treasurer.

A. P. BURWELL, JAS. R. HAYDEN,
G. DAVIES, JOHN LEARY,
J. FURTH, ANGUS MACKINTOSH,
D. H. GILMAN, L. E. THOMPSON,
BAILEY GATZERT, D. B. WARD,
J. M. WIESTLING.

Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

J. W. DODGE, Secretary.

Seattle, Wash. 1893

To the Honorable City Council:

The Chamber of Commerce having carefully considered the
matter of further bonding the city for the purpose of extending
our sewerage, would respectfully represent to your honorable body
that in the progress and growth of our city the time has now ar-
rived when it surely seems wise that before further indebtedness
is incurred a cafully considered system of sewerage should be
planned so as to effect the best sanitary results for the city as a
whole, and equitable distribute the financial burden throughout
the various parts of the city that receive the benefit.

The chamber respectfully submits the following for your
consideration as a plan, which, if adopted and adhered to as the
settled policy of the city, would result in great good to the city
and promote its future upbuilding and prosperity, by assuring the
most judicious expenditure of money and on a just basis.

The chamber recommends that a temporary sewer commis-
sion be appointed, composed of two engineers (one of whom shall
be the city engineer) and an honest, clear headed business man,
making a commission of three, whose duty it shall be to carefully
scan the system of sewerage devised by Benezette Williams, revise
and extend said plan to date, list and describe by course and lo-
cation such sewers as must serve as "intercepting mains," which in
their judgment should be constructed within the next two years;
also to recommend the priority in which such "intercepting mains"