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To the Honorable Mayor of Common Council
fo the City of Seattle:
GENTLEMEN: Your Committee on Fire & water
to whom was referred a petition of H. Jones
asking the City to purchase of
him a certain portion of
his water system mainly
322 ft of 1 1/2 in pipe on Yesler Avenue
beg to report that this size of pipe would
be of little use to the City as a
part of its permanent water
system, and that the purchase
of this pipe from Mr. Jones would
tend to establish a bad precedent
in the city's relations with
owners of water plants in
the city. We therefore recommend
that this petition be rejected.
D.E. Durie chairman
F.A. Twichill Comm
Jan 24, 1890
T.E. Jones