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A S Miller Thos Lyle J W Maryott Mrs L Lifesky Dexter Horton intrested in 440 ft on 3rd Walter Harmon Hamun Schmitz John Webster M L Cavanaugh F M Guye E W P Guye Miss Shannon Simon Davis Mr Mrs Meydenbaur O C Shorey Rodney Knight Ellen Brannen L M Graves Wm Meydenbaur Mrs Longfellow per B R Brierly A A Denny Wm Campbell Roswell Scott J H Sanderson Chas E Plimpton J F Byrne R C Graves Amos Brown agent for J C Ellis D B Jackson Chas Prosch

Remonstrance To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Seattle We the undersigned property holders on third Street ask your honorable body not to extend the fire limits as proposed by a very few of the larger property holders in the burned District if our people who have been burned out Cannot have the priveledged of building wooden buildings on 3rd St they will most certainly have to leave the City as they are not able to build brick and can not do business in tents in the coming winter. are all two years Hence will do to extend the fire limits over most is give poor people a shove and your petitioners will ever pray A S Miller Thos Lyle J W Maryott Mrs L Lifesky Dexter Horton interested in 440 ft on 3rd Walter Harmon Hamun Schmitz John Webster M L Cavanaugh F M Guye E W P Guye Miss Shannon Simon Davis Mr Mrs Meydenbaur O C Shorey Rodney Knight