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196118
[Portrait: 1889-1890 Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Seattle]

1889

990414
Ten council committees, referred to as the "Mayor's Committees," are listed with the Council members on each committee.

990414_transcript
Transcript of: Ten council committees, referred to as the "Mayor's Committees," are listed with the Council members on each committee.

990475
B. B. Dearborn requested that his property tax assessment be corrected on the 1889 tax roll. His application was approved.

August 21 1889

990532
A petition, signed by 30 citizens, was submitted requesting the installation of street lights along Depot Street between Howard and Broadway Streets. The petition was allowed.

990795
A petition, signed by 12 busisnessmen, requested a street light at the corner of Front Street and Columbia Street. The reasons they requested the light were the bad street condition, the building material scattered about, the poor condition of the sidewal

February 25 1890

990812
A petition, signed by approximately 30 property owners and contractors, requested that cable cars be stopped from running on Front Street South of Union Street until construction of buildings could be completed. The petition is marked denied.

August 9 1889

990812_transcript
Transcript of: A petition, signed by approximately 30 property owners and contractors, requested that cable cars be stopped from running on Front Street South of Union Street until construction of buildings could be completed. The petition is marked denied.

August 9 1889

990940
A special committee suggested that the plans for a fire boat be purchased at once and the construction be contracted as soon as possible.

August 17 1889

991026
B. B. Freed requested that the assessment for his property be reduced to conform with the properties around him. Committee recommended rejection.

March 28 1890

991378
A petition, signed by 11 residents and land owners, was submitted requesting that street lights be placed along High Street from Temperance Street to Dexter Street. The Committee on Street Lights reported favorably to the petition.

991414
H. W. Higgins requested that the Board of Commissioners of King County correct the 1889 Tax Roll to not include mortgages that he no longer owned.

August 21 1889

991416
Mrs. R. E. Hathaway requested that the tax assessment on her property in Block 80 Terrys 2nd Addition be reduced. The request was denied.

August 15 1889

991418
William A Hughes asked that the City cancel the tax assessment for property in Block 2 William N Bells 7th Addition. Since the lots were under water they were exempt from taxation. Petition was granted.

June 21 1889

991560
The Committee on Harbors and Wharves and the Committee on Judiciary recommended that the City purchase the Jackson Street slip. The slip was constructed for the landing of building materials after much of the harbor was destroyed by the Great Fire.

December 27 1889

991625
J. K. Kahalay requested that the tax assessment for his property in Block 64 Terry's Second Addition be reduced. The City had assessed it as having $1000 in improvements that it didn't have. The Committee on Judiciary recommended that his petition be granted.

November 26 1889

991626
Samuel Kenny requested a partial refund of his assessment for the grading of Fifth Street. He claimed that his property had been damaged during the grading. A committee recommended that the petition be denied.

August 28 1889

991769
M. Kehoe requested that the City reduce the grade tax assessed on his property for the grading of Lake Street. He complained that he had to pay a higher tax than his neighbors.

May 2 1890

991826
The Lake Washington Cable Railroad Company requested a street railway franchise. Committee recommended franchise be granted.

March 28 1890

991847
A petition was submitted calling the City's attention to an overflowing drain at the corner of High Street and Lombard Street. The petitioners recommended that the drain be continued along High Street to Lake Union. The Committee on Sewers recommended tha

October 7 1889

992025
L. Neumann requested that the City reduce the tax assessment for his property in Block 2 Borens Plat of the City of Seattle. The Judiciary Committee recommended the petition be rejected.

January 9 1890

992041
A petition, signed by 8 residents, was submitted requesting that a sewer be installed to serve Ninth Street between Yesler and James Streets. The Committee on Sewers recommended that the petition be granted.

October 18 1889

992050
William H. Reeves requested that a sewer be installed in Ninth Street near Dearborn Street. Health Officer Horace S. Grant M. D. endorsed the petition and the Committee on Sewers & Drainage recommended that it be granted.

September 4 1889

992063
The Committee on Street Lights recommended that street lights be established in Occidental Square, at the Corner of Third and Main Streets, and on Commercial Street at Washington and Main Streets.

October 18 1889

992483
Petition from nine individuals who were members of City government at the time of the Great Fire in 1889 to abandon a right-of-way planned on Railroad Avenue and West Street called "Rams-Horn." There are three copies of the petition with a total of nine s

April 25 1894

992492
Four-page report of the Committee on Judiciary regarding prosecuting citizens delinquent in the Street Improvement tax. The Committee recommended "that as additional counsel there be an able and energetic attorney employed to vigorously prosecute delinqu

December 30 1889

992622
Petition from Standard Oil Company to build a switch from the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company, where it receives oils, to its warehouse on Ninth Street. The petitioners stated that "that part of Ninth Street over which the switch is proposed to be run is not used for travel, and has ever been opened and is occupied by dwellings and out-houses which have been there for a long period of time..." A map of the proposed action is included. The warehouse was located on lots 5 and 6 of block 5 in Plummer's Addition. The Committee on Judiciary reported favorably.

December 6 1889

992877
Petition from W. Parry Smith for a correction of assessment for 1889 from $800 to $200. Council committee recommended petition be granted.

March 28 1890

992900
Bill submitted as part of cause number 7040 in which a "perpetual injunction was granted against the City of Seattle in favor of the Seattle Gas Light Company, enjoining the City of Seattle from placing loose earth in South Sixth Street in front of lots 5

January 24 1890

992910
Report of Committee on Judiciary regarding petition of Seattle Gas Light Company (see Item 992909) recommending the Company's requested be heeded and that they be absolved from payment.

993009
Report of Committees on Finance, and Fire & Water on purchase of Water Works and Plant from the Spring Hill Water Company, including a detailed cost estimate.

December 27 1889

993011
Report of Committee of Whole regarding the Spring Hill Water Company. The Committee stated "they have made progress, and ask leave to sit further."

August 29 1889

993390
The Committee on Judiciary recommended adopting an ordinance that granting an electric railway franchise to Cyrus Walker, John Collins, E. C. Kilbourne and L. H. Griffith.

993407
A Petition from Fred W. West to correct the assessment of his property. A Report of the Committee on Judiciary recommending that the City Treasurer correct the assessment. The property was located on lot 4 in block 1 of Yesler's Second Addition.

November 20 1889

993408
A Petition from H. S. Woodward to the Mayor and the Common Council asking that they reduce the amount of his property assessment. The Committee recommends that the petition be granted.

993418
Communication from Harry White to the Committee of the whole regarding his opposition to Benezette Williams' plan for Seattle's water supply. His message is in the form of a newspaper clipping. White argued that the City needed a sewer system as well as

March 17 1890

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Moran, Robert, 1857-1943

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