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COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
Jun 1 1888
From Same Committee "that they find the City greatly in
need of additional City Hall & Engine House facilities and
recommend that the Finance committee be instructed to ne-
gotiate for two locations, one on Eighth Street near
Pike for Engine House and one on Ninth Street near
Mill for City Hall and Engine House. Adopted
From special Committee consisting of the Mayor recommend-
ing that the Claim of Providence Hospital for the care of
John Brandon be allowed and the clerk directed to notify
the Managers of said Hospitla that no further bills will
be allowed on account of said Brandon Adopted.
Acting Mayor
At this point His Honor the Mayor being called away Council-
man Furth is called to the chair to serve as Acting Mayor
Bids opened
bids for the improvement of Third Street from Depot
Street to Virginia Street under ordinance No 938 were opened
and read as follows:
John Ritchey
Earthwork per cubic yard .37&1/2cents
Sidewalks per MBM[thousand board feet] $17.00
Clearing and grubbing per acre $ 95.00
no bids put in for box drains of cribbing
W N White
Earthwork per cubic yard .40cents
Cribbing per MBM[thousand board feet] $17.50
Sidewalks per MBM[thousand board feet] $17.50
Box Drains per MBM[thousand board feet] $17.50
Clearing and grubbing per acre $100.00