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To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the City of Seattle,
Washington:

Your petitioners respectfully represent that they are cit-
izens and tax-payers of the City of Seattle and are interested
in its welfare; that the rich bottom lands of the country surround-
ing the said city are now and at several times during the last
ten years have been inundated and overflowed by waters from
the Duwamish, Black, Cedar and Sammamish rivers and Lake Washing-
ton
and that on account of such overflow the owners of said bot-
tom lands are prevented from raising vegetables and garden truck
thereon and the citizens of Seattle are obliged to send to Cal-
ifornia
for these articles, and for this reason large sums of
money are sent out of our city which otherwise would be spent
here; that the water supply of the City of Seattle is obtained
from Lake Washington, and at the present time the water is im-
pure for the reason largely that the slough water from Lake
Sammamish
and river must, in going through Lake Washington to
the outlet at Black river, flow past the "take in" pipe of the
city water works; that if the low land between Lakes Union and
Washington called the "Portage" and the outlet of Lake Union were
deepened and widened so as to allow the passage of a large amount
of water from Lake Washington to Puget Sound by this channel,
the inundation and overflow of the hereinfore mentioned bot-
tom lands would not happen and the vegetable market of Seattle
could and would be supplied by home production; that the pure
waters of the Cedar river would flow into Lake Washington and pass
by the "take in" pipe of the city water works and the water sup-
ply of the said city of Seattle would then be rendered pure be-
cause of this and because the slough water of Lake Sammamish
would flow out of Lake Washington by way of the "portage" and
Lake Union and not come near the said "take in" pipe; that the
accomplishment of these two objects, viz: a pure water supply
and a home production of vegetables and table supplies would be of
incalculable advantage to your petitioners and to all the citi-
zens of Seattle.

Wherefore, your petitioners pray that such steps may be
taken by ordinance or otherwise as shall assist the property
owners of said lands and the County of King in widening and
deepening said outlet by way of Lake Union, and your petitioners
will ever pray.

A. L. Palmer
T. C. Brawley
D. Kaufman
Charles Waters
J Langston
John Cunningham

R. Hoeyke
O. C. Shony
L. W. Bomey
M. R. Maddocks
James Welch

Griffith Davis
G. L. Brins
T. H. Carne

W. W. White
Leo Heel
J. Manogry
P. Schmidt
David Graham
C. F. Stevens
J. D. Larriman

E. R. Clark
John Kelly
G. Cunningham
John Lingley
E. P. Ebs

Stephen Berry
W. J. Wallis
Geo. Clancy
Chas. P.

J. J. Post
George Rolland
H. A. Frederick
Charles E. Patterson
W. W. Thompson
Fred A. Fay
W. W. White
Frank T. Frye
Cha. H. Frye

Wm A. Cunningham

Fred Wiles
Stephens

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