City of Seattle Records

TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

Your petitioners respectfully represent that they are tax-payers and residents along in the vicinity of Howell Street in the City of Seattle. That the said street is traveled a great deal being the principal street to the cemetery and Lake Union, but this same has been for the past few months past very muddy and almost impassable and is now very badly cut up. WHERETOFORE, your petitioners respectfully petition your Honorable Body to plank the said Howell Street on both sides of the street car track or if this is impractible at least on one side from Eighth Street to Depot Street and your petitioners will ever pray.

Trusten P. Dyer Dyer & Freed [mf'g?] Co P. E. Fisher L. M. Bennett C. C. [Flough] H.P. J. Hensen C. Geersten Orville Espy G. Bnymann V.A. Schuritz S. Co. Espy F. H. O. Shucy W. H. Harris B. B. Faust The Rainier Power & Railway Co. by D. Thos Dussey Manager E. F. Atwood L. W. Bonney G. H. Copland Geo. M. Stewart H.F. Compton H. O. Dutton L. S. Rowe F. G. Cady [Tbvs] Steuel W. Igries Ny S. W. Gillette J. M. Ryan George [Juisur] H. Ritter