City of Seattle Records

389 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. Feb 17 1888 Petition of E. L. Ferry for permission to remove a small building used as a warehouse freeing the alley on Lot 3 Block 1 Maynards Plat across the alley on lot 6 of the same Block read & granted. Statement and appreciation of Julia A Fenton for damages for injured alleged to have been caused by a fall occasioned by depletive sidewalk. Referred to the City Atty. & Judiciary Committee. Communication from Street Commissioner Cummings calling the attention of the Council to the condition of Jackson Street bridge and the planking in the alley west of Front Street and making certain recommendations, read and referred to the Street Committee. Petition of Mrs R. B Thorndyke for remission of certain taxes read & referred to the Judiciary Committee with power to act. Petition of Thomas Burke for a sewer in Second Street between Marion and Madison Streets read & referred to the Committee on Sewer and Drainage. Petition of Seattle Coal and Transportation Co. for correction of assessment read and referred to Judiciary Committee with power to act. Petition of W. T. Holden & others for grading and building sidewalks on both sides of Fifth (5th) Street from Depot Street to Union Streets read and referred to Street Committee and afterwards returned by the said Committee with a report recommending that the petition be granted. Report adopted and the City Surveyor directed to submit plans and specifications for each improvement.