City of Seattle Records

474 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE May 18 1888 conjunction with the City Attorney with instruction to confer with the parties seeding the franchise and report on ordinance at the next meeting of the Council. From the same Committee rejecting petition of W H Wheeler & others for a Street Railway franchise. Adopted. From the City Attorney on the Claim of Providence Hospital as follows: "In the matter of the Claim of Providence Hospital for the support of John Brandon asmitted to the Hospital at the request of the Mayor I beg to report that the claim is not enforcible at law and the City can if it so desires resist the payment of the same": On motion of Councilman Furth the matter is ordered referred to a Special Committee. From the City Attorney on the demand of Dexter Horton & Co for the payment of certain scrips as follows: In the matter of the Communication of Dexter Horton & Co I have the honor to report that I do not consider that the officers of the City have been guilty of such negligence as to render the City liable for the payment of the scrip referred to. I do consider however that none of the scrip issued by the City should ever by repudiated, and that the City should make arrangements [?rooking] to the payment of such scrip as the City cannot make out of the property owners. The property owners in nearly all the cases now pending will at an early date submit a proposition for settlement of such cases, I would like to have the matter of this settlement as well as the Communication referred to myself and the Finance Commttee for adjustment." Adopted and the whole matter referred to the City Attorney and Finance Committee.