City of Seattle Records

To His Honor the Mayor and Honorable Board Of Aldermen and House of Delgates of the City of Seattle GentlemenThe undersigned petitioners and tax payers, of the City of Seattle owning property adjacent to Harrison St and in said City, respectfully represent, that in response to a petition setting forth the needs of a sewer on said Harrison Street your Honorable body ordered a sewer constructed along said street from Oak to Temperance Streets, and connect with Temperance Street sewer. And, whereas it has been found to be impracticable to so construct said sewer on account of the lack of fall for drainage, and whereas if the line of said sewer were projected along said Harrison Street to Elliot Bay, sufficient fall could be had to properly drain said sewer, and whereas, there is urgent need of a sewer along said street, your petitioners pray that your Honorable body order a sewer constructed from the ally between Oak and Poplar Streets along Harrison Street to Elliot Bay and your petitioners will ever pray. Names John B Denny Chas M Finch Geo F Moyer Lebosh Wilton Nelson McCallum C C Reynolds J A McAurlan L B Towne A J Carr W F Denny Alice M Goldstein A T Cassel W F Epler John Lou Arthur F Thurman MD Geo M Runkle L A Stines D L Denny Louisa Denny E Inez Denny R Byrne Geo Skinner J R Donihue

213 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Jun 17 1887 necessity for opening said half Street until such time as said street is laid out properly and there are more than two signers to the petition. Adopted. From same Committee granting petition of A J Carr and others for grading West Street from Virginia Street to Cedar St Adopted and the surveyor instructed to establish the grade of said street. From same Committee recommending that petitions of Thomas Burke, J F Eshelman & others for grading Madison St laid on the table. On motion the petitions are re-referred to the Committee until next meeting. From same Committee rejecting petition of Wm Potter & others to open Roy and other Streets as the Committee does not deem it necessary to open said streets for the present. Adopted. From the Committee on Public Buildings & Grounds on the matter of a site for a Pest House recommending that a Pest House be built on the property owned by the city on which the Powder House stands, and that plans and specification be prepared for such building adopted. From Same Com. in regard to the Park reporting that they had instructed the Street Commissioner to put the fence around the park in good repair. Adopted From Councilman C F Reitze calling attention of the Council to sidewalks on North side of Washington Street between Commercial Street and the alley between Commercial Street and South Second Street - also on the west side of Commercial Street in front of the Grand Central Hotel asked that the same be condemned and new sidewalks ordered built.