City of Seattle Records

23 THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE is granted and it is ordered that a Warrant be drawn for the sum of $4.00 on the Road Fund in favor of said Murphy. The petition of Frances McDaniel is received praying for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax, thereupon the petition is referred to the Finance Committee A petition is received from C.R.Foster praying for the remitting of a Road Poll Tax; thereupon the petition is referred to the Finance Committee A petition is received from Mrs. Sarah J. Plummer & others praying for the erection of a gas lamp at the corner of Second and Main Streets, thereupon the prayer of the petition is granted and a gas lamp is hereby ordered erected as prayed for A petition is received from Mrs. Sarah J. Plummer & others praying for the removal of a nuisance at the foot of Jackson Street; thereupon the same is referred to the Street Committee. The regular monthly reports of the following City Officers are received and ordered filed, to wit: Harbor Master, Street Commissioner, City Treasurer, City Justice, and City Attorney The petition of James Pollock and others is received praying for the construction of a sidewalk along Main Street; Thereupon the prayer of the petition is granted and the same is referred to the Ordinance Committee with instruction to submit an Ordinance providing for such improvement The following bids for furnishing metal Gas Lampposts and received and read to wit: Washington Iron Works for 50 lamp posts at the rate of $13.50 per post Williamson & Kellogg " any number of posts " " " " $12.00 " " Thereupon the bid of Williamson & Kellogg is accepted. Ordered that all lampposts hereafter erected be constructed of metal Ordered that a Warrrant be drawn in Favor of Julius Linberg on the Gas Fund in the Sum of $4.20 for wrong taxation And now a Communication is secured from J.A.Mc Phee as Agent for Raymond & Wilshire agreeing to deliver on the Wharf at Seattle a certain description of Safe for

27 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Ordered that the Ordinance Committee be and they are hereby instructed to resubmit at next meeting an Ordinance to provide for the construction of a sidewalk in front of the property owned by Col. Squire in Belltown. Ordered that the County Treasurer be & he is hereby instructed to correct the double assessment existing upon the City tax roll against Mrs. Briscoe's name And now the Finance Committe make the report upon the petitions of C.R.Fosterand F.W. Westhoff and Frances McDaniels; thereupon it is ordered that the petitions of ]]C.R. Foster]] & F.W. Westhoff be rejected. And that a warrant be drawn in favor of said Frances McDaniels for Road Roll Tax remitted And now Geo Kinnear and WmR.Brawley present an ordinance to authorize them to construct and operate Street Railways; thereupon the same is referred to the Committee on Ordinance And now the Ordinance Committee submits Ordinance No 254 the same being "an Ordinance to provide for the Construc" tion of a sidewalk along the Northside of Main Street from the " East side of Seventh Street to the East side of the alley between " Fourth and Third street and from thence along the South side " of said Main Street to the alley between Second and Commer" cial Streets there connecting with a side walk recently constructed " by the proprietors of the Arlington Hotel": thereupon after due consideration said Ordinance is adopted upon the following vote: To wit: In favor of adoption Clancy, Collins, Densmore, Jennings, Keenan, Keezer & McDonald Against adoption none. And now the Street Committee make their report upon the petition of W.Burnett & others, thereupon it is ordered that the obstructions mentioned in said petition be removed that that the Dog Pound be sold to the highest bidder And now the Street Committe make their report upon the petition of Sarah J. Plummer & others; thereupon it is ordered That the Chief of Police be & he is hereby instructed to cause the removal of the nuisance complained of.