### A Boat Livery and Restaurant

Upon the discontinuation of the Alki-Manchester ferry, the dock and terminal facilities remained under the ownership of the Puget Sound Navigation Company. Relative to the Company’s operations the Alki facilities were now surplus property. The dock site and the residential properties directly to the west remained in the hands of the Navigation Company until May 31, 1944. In the interim, the dock was used as a boat livery and restaurant. Boat rental, storage and repair services were operated by Pressley Meagher. Meagher discontinued operation of his boat livery sometime between 1945 and 1948.

The West Seattle Herald reported, April 21, 1941, the opening of the Sea Foods First Mate Grill “Located on the old Manchester Ferry Dock, right at the end of the Alki Beach promenade”. The owners, Ernest and Elta (Dennis) Weiss, offered dining “over the water with a grand view of the Sound.” (See Appendix B). Like the boat livery, the precise date that restaurant operation was discontinued is unknown. By mid-1944 the dock owner failed to note the restaurant in land use regulatory filings and the Polk Seattle City Directory last noted the Weisses, Figure Ten - Alki Dock Aerial Photograph - August, 1942 Ten - Alki Dock Aerial 1942.59 at the dock location, in

Figure Ten - Alki Dock Aerial Photograph - August, 1942

Roy E. Canedy, Seattle real estate investor and developer, acquired the Lot I dock site and neighboring residential structures in May 1944. Canedy lived at 2950 Alki Avenue, directly across the street from the former ferry dock.

Upon acquisition of Lot I, Canedy made arrangements with the boat livery owner Meagher for a long-term lease and petitioned the City of Seattle to rezone the ferry dock site from residential to commercial use. In his July 7, 1944 petition for rezoning, Canedy stated that the dock “was in deplorable condition”. From: Washington State Department of Ecology Aerial Photos Tool at: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gisresources/shoreline\_photos/ yr1940/hi\_res/21-23.jpg accessed July 24, 2019. Original by War Department, U. S. Corp of Engineers, Northwest Sector 21-23, August, 1942. Photo released 1944. Washington State Department of Ecology Aerial Photos Tool at: The requested rezoning was for a ninety (90) https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gisresources/shoreline\_photos/ day period during which the dock was to be yr1940/hi\_res/21-23.jpg accessed July 24, 2019. Original by War Department, U. S. Corp of Engineers, Northwest rehabilitated. The City Building Department Sector 21-23, August, 1942. Photo released 1944. required this temporary rezoning as a condition of issuance of a required building permit. Representations were made that with the exception of six pilings that the balance of the dock’s pilings were in good shape and the entire structure could be rehabilitated. The City of Seattle granted the temporary 1944.60 rezoning August 23,

From: Washington State Department of Ecology Aerial Photos Tool at: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gisresources/shoreline\_photos/ yr1940/hi\_res/21-23.jpg accessed July 24, 2019. Original by War Department, U. S. Corp of Engineers, Northwest Sector 21-23, August, 1942. Photo released 1944.

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