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85 November 8/89 Petition of Longshoremans Union for permission to erect a building at foot of Main Street on West Side of Railroad Ave

[struck out] Street Committee Recommend that the petition be rejected T E Jones Chairman F A Twichell

Street Committee recommend that the petition be granted provided that the building be subject to removal at the order of the Council

F A Twichell Harry White

Stevedores, Longshoremen and Riggers Union of Puget Sound Branch No.2 P O Box Seattle, Wash Ter Nov 8 1889

To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle: Gentlemen: We the undersigned Stevedores, Longshoremen, and other citizens of Seattle doing business on the wharves and along the water front, would most respectfully petition your honorable body to grant permission to the "Stevedores, Longshoremen and Riggers Union of Seattle" to erect a structure or building about 25 x 30 feet at the foot of Main Street on the West side of Railroad Avenue, to be used as a reading room and headquarters for Stevedores and Longshoremen of said union. We would respectfully represent that the place desires is not occupied nor used for a street, being beyond the end of the street as new piled and by the erection of said structure there will be no interference with navigation or with the rights of wharf owners adjoining thereto. We would further represent that such a place would be of great benefit not only to the members of this Union but to all persons requiring the loading and inloading of freight along the wharves and especially to those doing business along the water front in furnishing a place where men can be easily found

Stevedores, Longshoremen and Riggers Union of Puget Sound Branch No.2 P O Box Seattle, Wash Ter

when wanted, by those who may desire this kind of work done and where orders can be left for such service. We would further represent that such a place woudl be for the benefit of men following and arduous occupation where they can spend time, not engages at work, in reading, as they prepare to keep this place well supplied with newspapers and such books as they can secure for moral and intellectual improvement of the members of this Unoin. In case your honorable body should grant this petition we pledge you that this place shall be kept for the purposes above set forth and good order will be preserved at all times.

Repectfully Submitted, Robt Merritt President, Union Henry Storey committee J Burke Committee W A Harrington J A Hatfield Schwabacher Bros Co Joseph D C Farwell Baker, Bacon & Co Risdon Dahu Co Fischer & Macdonald S W Parkhurst Geo H Foster

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