City of Seattle Records

May 23rd 1890 To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the City ofSeattle:We the undersigned would respectfully submit the following facts, to wit.That a portioin of Cammercial Street from King to Lane Street, and of Weller Street from Commercial to South Second Street is unplanked and in a dangerous condition causing much annoyance and serious loss to the undersigned now doing business in this locality. Therefore we request that your honorable body take immediate action to have these streets planked. And your petitioners will ever pray.

W C Doyle M Alexander Wm Lindermann John H Weythe H E Schmidt Isaak Lenin