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COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
Aug 19 1887
and on motion granted.
Petition of B Bagley & others for the opening and
improvement of High Street, read and referred to St. Com.
Petition of Charles Hart for the correction of a certain
tax title read and referred to City Atty.
Communication form Capt F J Burns declining to serve
as one of the appraisers for Second Street improvement.
Read and ordered filed.
Petition of Lake Shore and Eastern R R for right of way
across Columbia Street read and referred to Com.
on Harbor & Wharves.
Petition of Teamsters & Drayman asking for amend-
ments of ordinance licensing & Regulating vehicles, read
& Referred to Committee on License and Revenue.
Petition of Huesah Kaufman, Rufus Willard & Edward L
Smith for permission to relay sidewalk on Seventh
Street. Read and on motion granted.
Committee & Other Reports Rec'd
Report of CIty Surveyor submitting estimate of the
cost of constructing sewer in Columbia Street from
Twelfth Street to Front Street (3500) read and submitted to
the Committee on Sewers & Drainage.
Verbal report from Judiciary Committee on petition of
R H Thomson for damages account Mill Street grade
stating that thus far the Committee had been unable to
agree with Mr Thomson & Recommending that procedure
as set in the city Charter pertaining to such cases be followed.
By request of the Atty for Mr Thomson the matter is
referred to the Committee.