City of Seattle Records

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Minutes of Meeting held Jan. 2, 1900

The town council of the town of Columbia met in regular session - Present Mayor Hastings - Councilmen Hellenthal. Hepler, and Peirson - Absent Campbell

Minutes of previous meeting read and approved The water committee reported employment of a surveyor and the surveying of the water site of the town. Report accepted

Street committee reported the survey by [M?] Burbank of Ferdinand Street and submited a report and profile of the same. Upon motion said report and profile were laid on the table until next regular meeting and Clerk instructed to post note to property owners to be present at said meeting.

Water committee reported regarding the fountain - on motion the matter went over to next regular meeting.

Report of attorney read, accepted and filed. Certain rebates on water rent referred to in Marshall's report which was read and filed, were referred to the water committee.

Annual reports of treasurer and clerk were referred to finance committees to be reported on at next regular meeting.

Upon motion, the matter of improving the water site was dropped until Spring

On motion warrants were order drawn on the current expense fund for officers salaries for last quarter as follows: No 115 favor Joe Hellenthal - Marshal for December 6.50 " 118 " RD Nichols Attorney 30.00 " 119 " JL Dudley Clerk 15.00

It was moved and carried that warrants be drawn on the current expense fund in payment of the following audited bills, and the following warrants were drawn No 116 favor RD Nichols - litigation Ex 20" 119 " Geoa Burbank surveying " 38.50 " 120 " P McNally labor water works 33.75 " 121 " Thad Osgood " " " 32.25 " 122 " ABasker " " " 21.00 " 123 " M Basker " " " 9.00 " 124 " CR Hepler Election Exp 2.45 " 125 " CT [Cacuer] " " 2.95 " 129 " Thos Osgood " " 2.95 " 128 " DB Burbank " " 2.95

On motion council adjourned to meet Jan 9 to seat new council and elect town officers for the coming year.

TL Dudley Clerk

Report

Printing for

[?] rule H.S.

FEB 21 1890 75 6

S Peterson for correction of asst.

[?] [?] [sheep?] -- No Horses or cows assessed 1889. -- Committee recommended that petition be rejected

[U.R. Wiess] J N Wallingford Geo W Hall

992278

To the hon. City Council of the City of Seattle.

Your petitioners respectfully represent that he is the owner of Lot (2) Block (4) [Joe?] Kinnears add which has been assessed to him which year 1889 amounts to $6.00 and he further represents that he has been assessed with personal property year 1889 by 2 (horses and cows) on which the taxes amt. to $3.60 total including the lot amounts to $9.60 Now he respectfully requests you to deduct the said $3.60 of from the tax list as he did not at the time or ever owned any personal property in the City of Seattle that the said personal property has been assest to him through mistake.

Steffen Pederson

No horses or cows assessed 2 Mtg. 300.00

M L Isaacs Maitre [?] Hanson O Knox J H [?] [? ?] Morse C W [?] L.L. Austin German Reformed Church, by G. Graedel S. C. Harris E Chapins N S Peterson [?] Connely F. Anthony D N Parker E. Horton

Aug 2/89 2

from "Relief Com." for priviledge for [?] old Police Hdqrts for store Room

PB + Y

Power to act

11/1-89 86 Communication from J.H. Parsons regarding shortages of [?] [?] Isaac Parker

J.H. Parsons P.O. Box No. 1.

Seattle, Washington, Nov 1st 1889

[?] Finance Committiee

To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle

Gentlemen Your petitioners and Business men and merchants Doing business in the City of Seattle

And would most Respectfully represent and petition that the business is greatly interfered with by Peddlers Peddling candies and fruits in the streets of the City of Seattle and from house to house, greatly to the annoyance of Citizens and to the Damage of Persons paying Regular License to sell fruits & candies. Wherefore your petitioners pray that said peddling is stopped by your honourable Body.

Respectfully submitted

Names

Geo Mantalto ? ? ? John Ravera Murdoch Sewart W. B. Hill & Steckel J.W. of Fair News Stand ? of Calf ? J.L. Abramowitz E. Gorden C.S. ?

Names Frank F. Malcolm E. G. Fleming T. B. Loughman A. Veano ? L. M. Root Geo F Ward ? J. S. Litle G. Batta Gibson & Co Ehle & Co

To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the city of Seattle.

Gentlemen:-- Your petitioners respectfully represent to your Honorable Pody that on or about the 7th day of October 1890, the Common Council of the said city of Seattle, passed an Ordinance NO. 1513 and entitled, "An Ordinance to provide for the laying off, extending and establishing of Lake Avenue as a public highway in the city of Seattle, from the north end of Lake Avenue on the north marginal line of Bloomfield street north westerly to a point directly south of the south end of Yellow street and for the condemnation of real estate for such laying off, extending and establishing of said street, and for the levy and collection of assessments upon all property benefitted by the same sufficient to make compensation therefor, or damage thereby," that thereafter the Board of Aldermen and House of Delegates of the said city of Seattle, appointed G. C. Green an appraiser on behalf of the property owners benefitted by said extension of said Lake Avenue and T. E. Jones, an appraiser of this property owners damaged by said extension of said Lake Avenue and A. E. Edwards, an appraiser on behalf of the city for the damage caused by said extension of said Lake Avenue. That said T. E. Jones duly qualified as said apprasier on the 27th day of December 1890, and said C. G. Green on the 16th day of January 1891, and the said A. E. Edwards on the 20th day of January 1891. That said appraisers have never to the knowledge of your petitioners viewed said proposed extension of Lake Avenue, nor p