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May 2 1890 247 Puget Sound Clothing Co for permission to remain in tent

Seattle May 1st 1890 To the Honorable, the City Council of Seattle Gentlemen:- Your petitioner, the Puget Sound Clothing Company resepctfully ask they may be allowed further time in which to occupy their tent at the cor of 2nd and Yesler Ave. Your Petitioner further states that it has been absoulutely impossible for them to obtain temporary quarters, that they have on hand a large stock of clothing etc. of a value exceeding $40,000. Your Petitioners have secured a store on Third St but Washington and Yesler Ave, but the same will not be completed before the 1st or 15th of June. Now your Petitioners respectfully ask to be allowed to remain in said TENT until their store is completed. for if compelled to move will cause your Petitioners great hardship and serious loss. Respectfully submitted Puget Sound Clothing Co S Phillips manager