City of Seattle Records

Park Commissioners of the City of Seattle. Dec 8th 1890 Be it remembered that on this the 8th day of December AD 1890 the Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Seattle holds its final regular meeting pursuant to Law in this room in the New City Hall: At roll call the following mambers are present to wit: chairman Danl. Jones, W E Bailey, A Barker, D E Burgess and Chas. N Evans: Wm B Drorn Depty Clk The follwing proceedings are had: The meeting was called to order by the Chairman who then proceeded to state to the Board his views on the duties evolving upon each and every member of the Board: He said: Gentlemen: Public Parks are [?] for Great Cities places for recreation and for rest. No City is fully equipped without some grounds for public resort: Every Village and Hamlet should have some [?] spot which [?] a right to enjoy. If we have faith in the future greatness of Our City we must use all our efforts to secure while we may, such laws as will be adequate to the wants of a large City. We m ust not fail to secure Lands because it seems too costly nor because they are out of proportion t our present needs. We must look forward to twenty or thirty years when the Queen City of Puget Sound will have a population fo 500,000 or more and think what peoples' wants will be. They will then have