City of Seattle Records

To the Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: Whereas there is now being pronted and circulated in this city an certain paper known and designated as the Sunday Breeze Mercury, and also a certain other paper known and designated as the Sunday sun: and Whereas, these papers do smirch the character of our citizens and corrupt the moral of our youth; and Whereas certain of our sister cities, deeming such publications unfit to be read by their citizens, have prohibited their circulation within the corporate limits of such cities; Therefore, we, the undrsigned, most respectfully petition your Honorable Sir and Body to take such action as will effectulally stop the publication and distribution of said papers in our own fair city. NAMES J K D Even E L Blaine C R Cabanski Eben S Wone M M Canahe B R Bruih Ezra S Pops A J F Edwards E W Snyder Robb Niven E G Johnson J C Urich Geroge Snyder C K Downie Chas A Briggs M Nichols W L Gitman A L Hibbard A S Pahen B W Smith J B Cavenaugh H W Milk David Kellogg Clarence W Adams P Jeff Mauus Fred Snell H A Krause Joseph Hewitt DC Brunnes M W Graham R Rhodes Tom Henderson J C Levold C M Cars A A Kraft Saleen Walker H J Gunnein H J Voss susivry H P Keuwedd Chas Carr J H Forrest Bell W H Punphrey Howard Norton George H Watson Rector J F McNaught R H Lunn E B Rods J S Arthur

W H Punphrey Hourert Norton Geroge H Watson Rector J S McNaught

M A Chay Paul Coke O S Sawuy

To the Hon. Mayor & Common Council of the City of Seattle - Gentlemen. The undersignedresidents of the eastern portion of the city, respectfully request your honorable body to order the southerly half of Jackson Street from Sixteenth Street to Lake View Street to be planked frorm the car track to the sidewalk on the south side of the street. Three Fourths of all the travel from the City to Lake Washington goes over Jackson Street, a portion of which is newly graded and filled some four feet deep, and this part particularly will be impassable as soon as wet weather sets in. Wherefore we pray that said work be ordered done and your petitioners will ever pray. R Morford C A Cram B M Padley H McDermid Harry Muhl A M Cale Geo H Bartell Anderson Jas Henry Jones A H Mafferd W E Burgess A G Keene J M Branson Thos Anderson Alex C Anderson M J Cook H Keller C S Rabison E A Frasier Levi Wintermuth C H Morford A W Pratt Chas N Evans Emil Anderson J C Levold E W Engel J S Cox