Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Department of Streets and Sewers Daily Account Book

Series — Box: 1

Identifier: 2625-08

Scope and Contents note

Daily balance book showing appropriation for various accounts, balance available each day, amounts paid to vendors, and daily and monthly recapitulations. Includes summaries of labor, materials, and miscellaneous expenses for cleaning and repairing water troughs, drains, sand boxes, sewers, streets, sidewalks, and crossings. Also notes expenditures and labor hours by ward.

Dates

Creation: 1895-1897

Historical Note

The Department of Streets and Sewers was responsible for planning, construction, repair, and cleaning of the City's streets, sidewalks, and sewers. City Council appointed the first Street Commissioner in 1875. The position came under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works in 1890. The position of Superintendent of Streets, Sewers and Parks was established in 1896; authority over parks was removed in 1904. The Department was abolished in 1936 and became the Maintenance Division of the Engineering Department.