City of Seattle Records

725 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE Dec 13 1885 Referred to Street Committee with power to act. Petition of August Melhorne praying that his Road Poll Tax of $4.00 for the year 1885 be refunded to him he being an active member of the Fire Department. On motion the petition is granted and the Clerk directed to draw a warrant on the City Fund in favor of the said Aug Melhorne for the sum of four(4) dollars. Petition of Lawrence & Calt et al asking that an Ordinance be passed making it a misdemeanor for any person to deposit coal and wood ashes in any wooden vessel on or within not less that fifteen feet of any wood work attached to any building with in the City Limits. Granted and the City Attorney directed to draw up and submit such an ordinance Reports the Report of the Park Commissioners was received and read showing that the work contracted to be done in imporving Seattle Park has be completed toand inspected by the Commissioner and found to have been done in a satisfactory manner save and excepting the item of seeding which could not be done during the present season; and recommending that J W Hunter assigner of tehContractor W H Hanscom be paid the sum of Two Hundred and Sixty five (265) dollars be paid on account reserving the sum of ten(10) dollars to be paid when the seeding was done as provided in the contract that Whitworth & Thompson be paid the sumof $9 for surveying that J B Metcalfe be paid the sum of $2.50 expended for carriage hire and that the Post Intelligencer be paid the sum of $3.00 for advertising. Report adopted and ordered filed and the Clerk directed to issue warrants in the Cemetary fund in favor of J W Hunter for the sum of $265; in favor of Whitworth & Thompson for $9.00; in favor of J B Metcalf for $2.50 and in favor of thePost Intelligencer Pub Co for $3.00