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A petition, signed by 12 busisnessmen, requested a street light at the corner of Front Street and Columbia Street. The reasons they requested the light were the bad street condition, the building material scattered about, the poor condition of the sidewalk, and the bad characters drawn to the saloons in the area. See full description in Digital Collections

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23 Feb 28 1890 Hyamo Pauson & Co et al for an arc light Front Street & Columbia Street Allowed J N Wallingford A R Liedz

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Seattle February 25th 1890 To the Honorable City Council of Seattle We the businessmen doing business near the corner of Front Street and Columbia Streets, beg your honorable body to erect an electric light (arc) at the above names corner, for the following reasons 1st on account of the bad condition of street in that vacinity. 2nd on account of the great amount of building material, which is more or less scattered on the street 3rd the bad condition of sidewalk which caused a serious accident last week 4th on account of the many saloons in that neighborhood which attracts an undesirable amount of bad characters, which requires light, hoping the above reasons are sufficient, we again ask you to grant our prayer

Stearns Parson & Co cor[ner] Front Street & Columbia Street C.P. [Dedeinte/] & Co. 808 Front Street R.A. Chisholm 814 Front Street

A.J. Murray 814 Front Street J.K. Baske 804 Front Street Lewis and Agassig 810 Front Street Lombard [M. Widcairns?] 108 Columbia Street PA Moore 108 Columbia Street Journal Publishing Co - [Chass Pauben Ruswyn?] Times Publishing Co 113 Columbia Street Gordan Bus 113 Columbia Street Home Fire Ins. Co. Front Street & Columbia Streets

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