City of Seattle Records

To the Mayor and City Council of the City of Seattle Greeting: Whereas there is now being printed 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 W C Prosch Fred Prosch John C Blair 513 Main St Leonard G Kiekard Archie Knipe Glenn E Mears Stanley B Kellogg M L Rugg J A Jones Mrs W C Prosch Lillian Ceady Sylvia Ceady Edna Rugg O C Kittredge S McMiller Mrs J A Crichton May Killen Corrine B Leland Verah Mears W D Clark Robt N Emfre

Seattle Wash, Dec 20, 1893 To the Mayor and Council of the City of Seattle Gentlemen:- We the undersigned residents of the City of Seattle, respectfully but earnestly remonstrate against the adoption by your honorable body, of any plan for constructing the proposed sewer on Front and Commercial Streets, that will require the cessation of operationof the Front Street Cable Company's cars on said streets. In our opinion, such stoppage would be an injustice to the owners of said car line, to its patrons (many of whomhave no other convenient means of reaching the business part of the City), and to those engaged in business on Front and Commercial streets. The Allen & Calvert Ptg Co Olcovich Bros [W J Neiling]] P B Morton E W Lee F L Ramsdall W A Hess H Pelz Wm Block Jensen & Hubert W L Jester F B Cleveland & Co L J Nedman Aries Bros Koch & Oakley Ptg Co M Koch W C Oakley Chas W Frankland Heiner & Nayes J B McWelland P V Cornils E C Allen A C Riddell J Michel J Harris J A Jones R E Nebar]] J A Marrill N B Crlt