City of Seattle Records

34 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE And now the Finance Com tee return the petition of C P Dose report favorably thereon. Where upon it is ordered taht a warrant be drawn in favor of said petitioner on the Road Fund on the sum of $4.00 for road poll tax remitted And now the Ordinance make their report upon the Ordinance granting the right to lay a street railway in our City to Geo. Kinnear & others recomment certain amendments to said ordinance It si therefore ordered that the said Ordinance be re-referred to said Com tee with instructions to conferwith the City Attorney and with said Geo Kinnear & others & to submit such and Ordinance as can be agreed upon between all of said parties And now the City Attorney submits Ordinance No254 the same being entitled "An Ordinance to Provide for the construction of a side walk along the North side of Main Street from the East side of Seventh Street to the East side of the alley between Fourth and Third Streets Thence Crossing said Main Street to the South side thereof and from thence along the said South side of said Main Street to the alley between Second and Commercial Streets there connecting with a side walk recently constructed by the proprietors of the Arlington Hotel thereupon after due examination & consideratioin 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 it appearing to the Council that thereis a vacancy existing in the Office of City Sexton caused by the death of Thos S Russell the Council proceeds to fill such vacancy. Whereupon O C Shorey receiving the unanimous vote of the whole Council is duly declared elected to such office for the term provided by law Ordered that the Street Committee be & they are hereby insturcted to remove from time to time as they see fit all shade trees & other obstructions now existing & causing inconvenience to travel in teh streets. Ordered that Thos Clancy, Moses Keezer & M Dens