City of Seattle Records

To the Honorable Mayor and Common Counsil of the City of Seattle.

Your petitioners respectfully represent that there are business men holding tent permits and occupying space on the extension of Second Street between Yesler Avenue and Washington Streets in the City of Seattle. That we have received notice to vacate said tents by the First of March next; that on account of the severe winter which we have had the rainy season setting in the business buildings now in course of erection being unfinished and therefore your petitioners cannot find places in which to occupy in their various business before the first of May next.

Therefore we feel that it is a matter of common justice to us for you to extend the time in which for us to vacate said tents until the First day of May next and if this request is complied with on your part we promise a cheerful compliance with an order to vacate at the time designated to-wit: May 1st, 1890. Your petitioner further state that the severity of the inter has been the cause of a bad business by many of us therefore we feel that under the circumstances surrounding us that we can reasonably hope for the releif prayed for herein. Names G M Godfry Geo W Ely M M Fredrick W D Highwarden Gus Brown M Madsen H Jones and Son Nathan & Streymthe C O Bargeron E W Booker J Berkman H Uhlfelder H Myers

651 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Nov 16th 1888 Petitionfo Nellis Willliams for permission to repair and alter house situated between South Third and South Fourth Streets and Mill & Washington Streets read and on motion rejected. Petition of Hall & Ritchie praying that South 11th St be accepted and that they receive the contract price therefor except so much as may be necessary to withhold as a guarenty until such times as the sidewalk moved out of line shall have been repaired by the petitioners, read and referred to the Street Com. Petition of Wa Chong for permission to build a Coal bin 8x8 amd also put an iron roof 14 feet square over a portion of the unoccupied space on South Third Street, the property of petitioner to be used a a wagon shed, read and referred to Com on Fire & Water. Petition of J F Armstrong for permission to transfer liquor license read and granted. Petition of James Sutton for permission to put a new door & enlarge window in the north side of the Tremont House, read and referred to the Fire and Water Committee with power to act. Petition of Jeanette C Nevins for a compensation for drainages cause by change of grade corner of Second and Wall Street read and referred to Street Com. Petition of O N Morse for permission to cut door in side of Arlington Hotel read and referred to Fire & Water Com. Petition of Geo W Ely for permission to make certain alterations and repairs on Northe side of Tremont House read and referred to Committee on Fire & Water.

664 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Nov 23 1888 Committee Reports Received From Committee on Fire and Water rejecting petition of Board of Trade for change of License Ordinance Read and ordered filed. From same Committee granting petition of Wa Chong for permission to build a coal bin and also a shed roof provided both be built on iron and erected under supervision of Fire Marshall. Adopted From same Committee granting petition of Allen & Ayers for permission to build approach to Livery Stable on South Third Street & also put in window. Adopted. From same cmmittee granting petition of Quong Chong for permission to put partitions in house. Adopted. From same committee granting that part of the petition of Geo W Ely heretofore referred to the Com. relating to change of window to door and putting up awning but rejecting the petition as to any window which shall project over the sidewalk. Adopted. From same Committee granting petition of James Sutton for change of door and window in Tremont House. Adopted. From Special Committee appointed to confer with County Commissioners in regard to care of paupers and indigent sick, reporting agreement entered into between the County & City. Adopted. From Councilman Durie reporting purchase of a span of hours for the Fire Department for $525.00 & recommending that a warrant for said sum be drawn in favor of Holcomb for said amont. Adopted.