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To the
Hon Mayor & Common Council of the
City of Seattle
Gentlemen
Attached find a certificate &
affidavit of Saml Woodall
Architect. Also bids on a frame
Dwelling House to be constructed
on Second between Pike and Pine
Streets in the City of Seattle
Previous to the action of your
honorable body regarding exten-
sion of Fire Limits, I had made
arrangements for the Construc-
tion of said Building , some time
after perfecting my arrangement
I noticed in the Council proceed-
ings published in the Post In-
telligencer of July 23rd, a report
(which you will find attached also)
which was read & adopted-
making the line of Fire Limit
in the north 120 feet north of
Pike St - within a few days
after This in conversation with
one of your body, he said
hethought it had been done
for to prevent the construc-
tion of large frames on Pike St.