City of Seattle Records

Seattle, September 19th, 1893.

To the Hon. Board of Public Works, of the City of Seattle, Wash.

Gentlemen:

Your petitioners, residents and property owners at Fremont and Edgewater, hereby petition your Honorable Body to order the ten arc lights that are to be erected in Fremont and Edgewater to be placed on the top of poles. The section to be lighted from these lamps has but few buildings and all of them are low; if the lights can be placed high a much larger territory would be illuminated, and many streets would receive the benefit from such lights that would not if they were suspended across the intersection of the streets.

B.H. Day H. E. Stumer James Spurr Harry Fuson J M Reid R. R. Hubbard H P Miller, M.D. H.F. Kellner William Ashworth George Grow Robert Abbott Thos Hubert J. Q. Denton S. S. Elder J. E. Decker Jacob Fuson W. W. Patterson Albert Grow F C Bramphin Isaac Burlingame I. Nevens J. J. Macdonald Daniel E. Middleton F. W. Fruhe W. W. Grass Edward L White C Rice Gyuig Neilson C A Gilbert J. B. Giacomini David Booth N F Lomquist A M Trigg C. P. Howe

To Council [E. N.] Heifner Acting Sec.

Seattle, Wash., September 19th, 1893

To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle.

Gentlemen: -

The undersigned, residents in the vicinity of Kilbourne Ave., Vermont, Harrison and Jay Streets, hereby petition your Honorable Body to change the location of the electric arc light ordered to be placed at the intersection of Kilbourne Ave. and Jay St. to the corner of Kilbourne Ave. and Vermont St., for the reason that no one lives on Jay St. while Vermont St. has residents on both sides of the street its full length. If said arc light was placed on the top of a pole it would be ten or twelve feet higher than if suspended across the intersection of the streets and would thus light a larger territory.

And your petitioners will ever humbly pray.

Harry Fuson M. H. Lovejoy William Ashworth Mart Cortright George Grow M. E. Kilbourne W. M. Patterson C. L. Andrews John Leach F. H. Kilbourne C A Gilbert A. M. Grigg H. W. Pratt O J Carr A. I Gammon O A Trefler J. P. Dean A F Tucker Wm F Lambow

J S Brace Yellow St HO Larson John M Downs George W Anderson P H Lasker C A Gilbert Hirum Burnett Geo W Gough E L Moulton Geo W Stanbaugh John Wakeford Chris Baker Frank Feurry Joseph Parker George Roberts J A Pittenger N H Clark J A Stewart John Leach C Finch A W Severance T Carlson H C Gruen S R Grun F W Hoskins C L Andrews S S Tucker Thos A Lord A G Worster A Buhtz James Bullivant A F Tucker C P Stone F H Kilbourne M Densmore A Hansen Harry N Fuson William Ashworth F C Vining A J Goddard Jas A McGhee Jacob Fuson N Newton O J Carr V Fordman J C Scott W D Cook E G Cook B F Day

Edwin Ross / Night Watch Fremont Mill E Whitehead / Tax Payer August Keil / Carpenter W D Folsom / Tax Payer A J Brown / Machinist Michasel Day / Mill Man J N Rozen John Harrison / Property Owner W P Richards / Property Owner John Powers / Property Owner H Harrneit / Water & Tax Payer J Farnsworth / Property OWner F C Vining / Mechanic E F Harpole / Properrty Owner H Smith / ? A Lyons S R Green / Tax Payer R Abbott / Dry Goods C A Gilbert / Painter M Morrison / Tax Payer & Voter J Christinson / Carpenter Adolph Cloes / Tax Payer M Leonkey / Voter D A McKenzie / foundry L Eyd / Laundry J Lindberg / Property Owner J B Palmer Jarnes Spurr / Contractor J H Holland / Real Estate

Tp the Hon Councilof City of Seattle We the Businessmen & Residents of Fremont Seaattle do respectfully petition your Honorable Body to furnish Fremont Hose Co #1 with 250 feet of hose as the same is absolutely necessary for the protection of the business portion of our city. Wm Murphy Foreman Hose Co #1 Fred W Carter Insurance agt. W C Rutter Insurnce agt. L H Sprague [A E Stewart]] A C Schoneman C Rowley C A Gilbert J W Murphy B F Hofstetder Fremont Drug Co S S Elder A Alexander K Berg N F Romquist M B Styles Express Routing Co J C Smart Goddard Bros & Co C A Goddard J T Denton Will Schlegel Frank Beaumont Dr Frank R Ballard Jacob Fusan H F Kellner A D Grow Geo Grow J A Becker Saturday Review R Abbott J E Decker Saml E Middleton Geo Van Arsdall H P Miller MD H Wurst Seattle Market Co W H Moguilken