Correspondence, ordinances, agreements, and franchise statements relating to franchise granted by the City for street railways, railroad right--of-ways, and utilities. Includes some franchises of the City of Ballard. Arranged by file number. Index volume included with records lists franchise recipient, ordinance number when included, and file number.

Statements by franchise holders including name, character of franchise, length, date originally granted, original holder of franchise, date of franchise transfer (if applicable), officers of company or corporation, ordinance numbers granting franchise, and other information concerning the franchise. The bulk of reports relate to railroad and street railway franchises, but also include telephone and telegraph services, utilities, and fire alarm systems.

Correspondence, reports, and studies, financial papers, minutes, speeches, notes and memoranda, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Clinton's term as mayor. Includes departmental files and correspondence with agencies and individuals outside City government. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

An Ordinance providing for the laying off and establishing of an Avenue in the City of Georgetown, to be known as McLean Avenue; the same to be thirty feet wide, and to run through tracts numbered forty-four and forty-five of the Bond Estate and a portion of the Jennie Gordon and S. McLean Tracts, in Section 21 Township 24, North Range 4 East, W. M.

An Ordinance granting to the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, lay down, construct, maintain and operate a railway, consisting of one or more tracks, in, along, upon and over Shilshole Avenue, and the street and avenues crossing said avenue, in the Town of Ballard.

An Ordinance granting to the Seattle and Montana Railway Company its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, lay down, construct, maintain and operate a railway, consisting of one or more tracks, in, along, upon and over Shilshole Avenue, and the streets and avenues crossing said avenue in the Town of Ballard.

An Ordinance granting to the Seattle & San Francisco Railway & Navigation Co., its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, maintain and operate railway tracks in, upon, over and along certain portions of Railroad Avenue and connecting streets in the Town of West Seattle, Washington.

An Ordinance amending an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance granting to the Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Company, its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, maintain and operate railway tracks in, upon, over and along certain portions of Railroad Avenue and connecting streets in the Town of West Seattle, Washington", being Ordinance No. 53 passed January 20, 1903.

An Ordinance granting to the Seattle & San Francisco Railway & Navigation Co., its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, construct, maintain and operate railway tracks in, upon, over and along certain portions of Railroad Avenue and connecting streets in the Town of West Seattle, Washington.

An Ordinance granting to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, construct, maintain and operate by steam power, railway tracks in, upon, over and along certain portions of Railroad Avenue in the Town of West Seattle, Washington.

An Ordinance providing for the laying off and establishing of an avenue in the City of Georgetown, to be an extension of Nora Avenue.

An Ordinance granting to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, construct, maintain and operate railway tracks in, upon, over and along certain portions of Railroad Avenue and connecting streets in the Town of West Seattle, Washington.

An Ordinance granting to the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, lay down, construct, maintain and operate a railway consisting of one or more tracks in, along, upon and over Shilshole Avenue, and the streets and avenues crossing said avenue, in the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance granting to the Seattle & Montana Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right, privilege, authority and franchise to locate, lay down, construct, finish and maintain a railway, consisting of one or more tracks, in along over and upon Shilshole Avenue, and the avenues, streets and alleys that cross or interest the same, in the City of Ballard in the State of Washington.

An Ordinance authorizing and empowering the Seattle & Montana Railway Company to assign and transfer to the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Company the rights, privileges and franchise granted to said company by Ordinance No. 46 of the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance to limit to speed of railway trains, cars and locomotive engines to not more than ten miles per hour within the City of Georgetown, and fixing a penalty for violation thereof.

An Ordinance declaring the running of railway trains, cars and locomotives engines at a rate of speed greater than ten miles per hour within the City of Georgetown a nuisance, as menacing the public safety and dangerous to life and property.

An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor and City of Ballard to enter into contract on behalf of said city, with the Settle and Montana Railway Company for the laying off a four inch water main under the right of way and tracks of the said Railway Company, in the City of Ballard.

An Ordinance authorizing the City Attorney to bring actions to prevent and enjoin encroachments by any persons or corporations upon Rainier Avenue, in the City of Georgetown.

An Ordinance authorizing the City Attorney to dismiss a certain action in the Superior Court for King County for the extension of McLean Avenue, under Ordinance No. 27 of said City.

An Ordinance of the City of Georgetown extending the Time to the Oregon and Washington Railroad Company within which to construct the approach to Howard Street Bridge, as provided and required in Section 5 of Ordinance No. 409, approved November 11, 1908.

An Ordinance of the City of Georgetown accepting from Oregon and Washington Railroad Company, a corporation, a conveyance in compliance with Ordinance No. 408.

An Ordinance of the City of Georgetown accepting from Oregon and Washington Railroad Company, a corporation, a conveyance in compliance with Ordinance No. 408.

An Ordinance granting to the Seattle and Montana Railway Company, its successors and assigns, the right and authority to locate, lay down, construct, maintain and operate a railway, consisting of one or more tracks, in, along, upon and over Shilshole Avenue, and the streets and avenues crossing said avenue, in the Town of Ballard.

An Ordinance of the City of Ballard granting to the Seattle and Montana Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, the right, privilege and authority to lay down, construct, maintain and operate sundry railway tracks along and across sundry streets, avenues and other public places within the City of Ballard, and granting to said company, its successors and assigns, a right of way for such tracks along and across all such streets, avenues and other public places of said city.

An Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 124, entitled "An Ordinance grading to the Seattle & Montana Railroad Company its successors and assigns, the right privilege authority and franchise to locate lay down construct, finish and maintain a railway consisting of one or more tracks in along over and upon Shilshole Avenue and the avenues streets and alleys that cross or intersect the same in the City of Ballard in the State of Washington.

Financial records of the Skagit Railway

Seattle City Light agency history, including files from longtime superintendent J.D. Ross.

Transit books, level books, and peg books of levels compiled by city engineers during surveys of the Skagit River Railway. Also includes survey books of east side transmission lines of the Skagit River Power Project. Books contain surveyors notes and drawings. F.F. Nicholas was project engineer. Volume Five of the Level Books includes cover title "Precise Levels Diablo to Rip Raps."