992043

13 Petition for fire hydrants in North Seattle

F & W Com

The Committee on Fire & water are of the opinion that the plan of cistern proposed herein is not a proper or advisable method to adopt, and would recommend that the written petition be rejected

Williams F A Twichell chairman D A McKenzie Alonzo Hull

George Relland E A Hartley Philip Gable August England Fred Kelly Isidor Gottfried J N Bettinger John Brown C Smith Levi Holland G T Dyer S L Henderson L M Stagg

To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle The under signed property holders and residents of North Seattle apprehensive of the risk and immenent danger. our property is subject to from fire. Would respectfully call the attention to the vast amount o of money that had been invested in buildings in that portion of our City laying between Depot and Harrison, Oak and Willow Sts which has no protection and liable to share the scenes of the 6th of at any moment. We therefore pray that your Hon Body will give the matter the consideration demands And would respectfully suggest that in the absence of hydrants that two or more cisterns be immediatly built for the protection of our property in case of fire It has also been suggested to your petitioners that if a

large cistern was constructed on Oak St immediatly north of Harrison (the soil being of a Springy nature) the cistern would be self sustaining and afford the inhabitants in that vacinity the necessry relief for all time. John Nestor C F Eggert Robert Lord W F Calhoun L A Wihnat R K Bennett J H Walker C G Geiss W G Barnett W G Dickinson Mr H C Breth for behalf of the [Lashing the higs foundry?] George J Price A W Ranquist P Brown Amos Lungt C H Lilly R I Thiruleta W Bolim Mr S E Barr Mrs S E Barr H C Adams Geo C Thompson E Lockwood

B Myers M D C W Howe W L Narrington Walter Thompson Chas J Webb H C Thompson P Drasow C Hadsit A E Giny & Co William A Flindall Geroge Tinto H Avey George VanAssdedl Olie McCabe W A Steves S A Meice Davod Baker F H Benson Guy Smith H Malone J A Malone W R Malone L H Malone Robt H Smith D R Judkins G A Smith L A Kinney A E Blackburn Lincoln Hall J W Hall A Johnson