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990791
A petition, signed by 7 citizens, requested that an arc light be placed on one of the corners at the junction of Front, Depot, Kentucky, and Grant Streets. The petition was granted.

September 6 1892

991347
John Denny requested that a sewer be built in Harrison Street from Oak Street to the bay. He had suffered one case of typhoid fever and worried that he might suffer from it again. The Committees on Sewers and Drainage recommended that the sewer be built as far as Poplar Street to connect to a sewer that had already been ordered.

October 9 1890

991395
A petition, signed by 23 property owners, was submitted requesting that a sewer be built in Harrison Street from Oak Street to Elliot Bay. The Committee on Sewers recommended the sewer be built.

January 14 1891

991779
A petition was submitted requesting that the City lower the water level of Lake Washington. The petitioners hoped that lowering the lake would improve the City's water supply by giving it access to fresh water from the Cedar River. The City resolved to lower the lake by means of a canal between Lake Washington and Lake Union. It planned on either purchasing a canal owned by the Washington Improvement Company or constructing its own canal.

June 4 1894

992501
Petition and accompanying reports regarding filing and return of check filed by Rainier Power and Railway Company in compliance with Ordinance 1993 with regard to a franchise.

October 14 1892

992515
Petition from Rainier Power and Railway Company to amend 1891 franchise agreement to change the route. The company proposed the route be changed from the intersection of Lancaster Street and Broadway Avenue in the Brooklyn Addition to the intersection of Broadway Avenue and Lancaster, across Broadway, Railroad and Columbus Avenues to the north boundary of Franklin Street.

992516
Petition from Rainier Power and Railway Company regarding its chanschises, stating it complied with the terms of the franchises and requests a renewal of its application.

992559
Petition from Rainier Power and Railway Company to construct an elevated covered track to be used for hauling refuse from the mills to the refuse burner. The elevated carrier was to be built across Rollins Street. Committee on Health and Police granted

January 6 1892

992565
Petition from Rainier Power and Railway Company for a railway franchise.

March 28 1890

992582
Petition from Rainier Power and Railway Company for electric power franchise "to erect and maintain a system of poles and wires in the streets and alleys of the city of Seattle for the purpose of transmitting and furnishing to consumers electric light, heat and power, and electrical currents...." The Committee on Streets recommended the petition be granted, reserving the right "to compel the wires to be placed underground when deemed necessary by the City Government."

March 28 1890

993125
Petition from the property owners on Temperance Street for an extension of the sewer.

993506
Communication from Western Mill requesting another warrant to replace the original one that was lost. There is a communication from J. Carson, the City Comptroller recommending to the City Council that a new warrant be issued. A Report of the Committee on Claims recommends favorably granting Western Mill's request.

July 6 1893

993891
Bids for providing street lighting in an area bounded by Jackson Street, South Sixth Street, Yesler Avenue, Seventh Street, Madison Street, Broadway and DeForrest Streets, around Lake Union to Elliott Bay to Jackson. Bids were from Rainier Power and Rail

May 19 1893

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