City of Seattle Records

Seattle, November 30th.1890.

To the Board of Aldermen of the City of Seattle

Gentlemen:-

We the undersigned citizens and taxpayers would most respectfully call your attention to the present high License paid by the Auctioneers of this city, viz: $400.00 per year, which is more than is exacted in any city on the Pacific Coast. The present license is beyond the reach of anyone doing a fair legitimate business. We would propose that the License be reduced to $200.00 per year, payable yearly by all Auctioneers who are citizens of the city. We would also call your attention to the necessity of making a distinction between the Auctioneer who is a citizen and the transient man. We consider it would be a benefit to the business men of the City of Seattle if no license be issued to any man who has not such recommendation as to personal character as will command him to the confidence of the business community.

:-NAMES:Chas G Mash G Aronson O S Webb Joseph Green John B Agne J Schiam C A Hughes T M Daullon John Haley D H Vail Tristen P Dyer L Turner L Kohn J B MacDougall A B Stewart C C Homes

491 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 1 1888 John Caldwell 3034 City 8.80 Witness fees Jones Court John Caldwell 3034 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court Andrew Keinrick 3035 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court J Gallagher 3036 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court C F Treat 3037 City 2.20 Witness fees Jones Court B Mulraine 3038 City 6.60 Witness fees Jones Court D P Jones 3039 City 6.60 Witness fees Jones Court W P Boyd 3040 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court G G Richards 3041 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Chas Norager 3042 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court H P Walton 3043 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Joseph Yelland 3044 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court U M Rasin 3045 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Emily Rose 3046 City 2.20 Witness fees Soderberg Court Press Publishing Co 3047 City 61.64 Publishing Tax Lists Lowman & Hanford 3048 City 57.00 Blanks etc U R Niesz 3049 City 57.50 Owners Streets Booth & Briscoe 3050 City 8.20 Names of owners unpaid ass'ts Jas St Providence Hospital 3051 City 188.25 Care of Jno Brandon Gordon Hardware Co 3052 City 1.75 Tacks andRopefor Surveyor H Argens 3053 City 14.50 Lock Keys & repairs Bridges & Coughlin 3054 City 4.60 Repairing Closet Jail Mechanics Store 3055 City 17.50 Store for Harbor Masters Office Moore & Fletcher 3056 City 10.00 Burying Horses A B Stewart 3057 City 1.00 Prescripton for indigent man Seattle Transfer Co 3058 City 1.00 Hauling man to jail Oregon Impt Co 3059 City 43.90 Coal F Anthony 3060 City 55.50 Justices Docket & Registration Books Moran Bros 3061 City 735.00 Anchors for Mooring buoys Walter Swain 3062 City 705.60 Chains for Mooring buoys Chas McDonald 3063 City 110.67 Rep'g chains etc for Mooring buoys [Ed Miller]] 3064 City 241.44 Floats for Mooring buoys R Russell 3065 City 20.00 Hauling Anchors for Mooring Buoys Steamer Bee 3066 City 30.00 Towing for Harbor Master Seattle Lumber & C Co 3067 City 3.60 Lumber for Harbor Master M A Kelly 3068 City 7.50 Medicine for Prisoners

669 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dec 7 1888 herein charged for, informed him that they would pay no more than the contract price and I don't think the City is liable for the claim and it is therefore respectfully rejected". Report Adopted & Claim rejected. From Committee on Street Lights granting petition of G S Shoudy & others for a street light Corner of 13th & Howell Sts adopted. From Street Committee granting petition of Hall & Ritchie for the acceptance of South Eleventh Street etc. Adopted. From Same Committee recommending that the petition of W P Bird and others for the grading Wilford Street be tabled. Adopted. From the Judiciary Committee on the petition of R H Hanford for the appointment of Joseph McNaught as an appraiser on behalf of the owners of property condemned on South Eleventh Street. vice H H Lewis absent from the City, submitting a verbal report to the effect that as the formerly appointed board of appraisers had failed to report within thirty days from the date of their appointment as required by law, and also that Mr Joseph McNaught had left the city to be absent several months a new board of appraisers should be appointed for said district: Whereupon on motion duly made and seconded, Mr A B Stewart is appointed an appraiser on behalf of the owners of property condemned by ordinance No 942 and Mr Leander Miller an appraiser on behalf of the owners of property benefiting by said ordinance No 942, Whereupon his Honor the Mayor appoints Mr Fred E Sander an appraiser in said matters on behalf of the City. Application. Applications for Liquor License Referred Frank Clancy, John Egan and Jones Bros