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A. C. McClure & Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
To His Excelency the Mayor; and the City Council
of the City of Seattle in the County of King in the State
of Washington; - Gentlemen;-
We the Subscribers Inhabitants and Resident Citizens
of the City County and State aforesaid;-
Do most respectfully represent to your Hon Body -
that we and each of us now are and for sometime past
have been the owners and the holders of Real Property -
within the Limits of your City;
That we and each of us are now at this time owners and holders
of Real Property upon Mill Street or Yesler Avenue between
12th and 16th Streets in the City of Seattle;
That the Valuation of our Said Real Property was the Taxes
Levied thereon by Virtue of Such Valuation for Street grade
purposes; Are not by any means in [proportion?] to the Valu-
ation or the taxes Levied on other Real Property for such
purposes in our emediate [sic] vicinity;
We farther respresent also - and we think that your Hon Body
by a proper and a usefull examination into this matter
will find that our Real Property Although far less in Am-
ount - and Quantity - and also very inferior in Quality and
Value - Is by virtue of Said Valuation and Assessment for
Such purposes taxed more than 4 times over as high as
Larger Quantitites And Supirior [sic] Quality of Real Property are
Valued and Assessed in our emediate [sic] Vicinity;
Wherefore we the undersigned your Petitioners do most
Respectfully but Earnestly Ask and Pray that your Hon
Body do emmediately [sic] proceed byordinance or in Some other
proper And Appropriate Manner to examine into the con-
ditions of this matter and to At Once [correct?] Such Errors
As may be found there to exist-And to Equalize Such
Valuation And Assesments as may be found to be exce[s?]sive