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465
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
May 11 1888
deposited with the City Clerk as a forfeit in case
petitioner failed to construct a cable road in accord-
ance with the terms of Ordinance No 890 granting a
Street Railway to franchise to said company, read & referred to the City Atty.
Petition of Geo Kinnear for establishing the grade of
High Street between Temperance Street and Banner Street
read and granted.
Committee Reports Received
From Committee on sewers and drainage recommending that
an Iron Stone sewer be constructed in James Street from
Second Street to Twelfth Street the same to be of ten
(10) inch pipe from Second Street to Eighth Street and of
Eight (8) inch pipe the balance of the way. Adopted and
the purchasing Agent directed to order the necessary pipe.
From Committee on Fire & Water granting petition of
W H Bow for permission to make certain alterations
and repairs to wooden building on the West side of
Commercial Street near Main Street. Adopted.
From Street committee granting petition of J A Stewart &
others for opening Second Street to a width of ninety (90) feet
from Battery Street southward to the center of Blanchard
Street and grading and building sidewalks on both
sides of said street. The committee also recommend &
that the surveyor be instructed to submit plans and speci-
fications for said work and connect this district with
the assessment district on said street extending from
Depot Street to Battery Street heretofore ordered widened
and graded, Adopted.
Applications for Licenses referred
John J Gearey, James Weir and Chas H Fox

465
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
May 11 1888
deposited with the City Clerk as a forfeit in case
petitioner failed to construct a cable road in accord-
ance with the terms of Ordinance No 890 granting a
Street Railway to franchise to said company, read & referred to the City Atty.
Petition of Geo Kinnear for establishing the grade of
High Street between Temperance Street and Banner Street
read and granted.
Committee Reports Received
From Committee on sewers and drainage recommending that
an Iron Stone sewer be constructed in James Street from
Second Street to Twelfth Street the same to be of ten
(10) inch pipe from Second Street to Eighth Street and of
Eight (8) inch pipe the balance of the way. Adopted and
the purchasing Agent directed to order the necessary pipe.
From Committee on Fire & Water granting petition of
W H Bow for permission to make certain alterations
and repairs to wooden building on the West side of
Commercial Street near Main Street. Adopted.
From Street committee granting petition of J A Stewart &
others for opening Second Street to a width of ninety (90) feet
from Battery Street southward to the center of Blanchard
Street and grading and building sidewalks on both
sides of said street. The committee also recommend &
that the surveyor be instructed to submit plans and speci-
fications for said work and connect this district with
the assessment district on said street extending from
Depot Street to Battery Street heretofore ordered widened
and graded, Adopted.
Applications for Licenses referred
John J Gearey, James Weir and Chas H Fox