Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-22

- coUxCn pnsCEEDanoA
ssArrrx, Nov. Il, 1s5l.
IN nj pursuant - adjourn
.t--rIis Honor ske Mayor, John
~ - Couusilmen Frye, Hnfrin9.
or3hup, Snyder, S0x, feoIsr, Lat
- 0Isucy and kinebax5.
PETITIONS Rxcxzvxp.
- 4 A. MePhse 81 a., for . ga
corner Fourth and Je6erson
s6u. Refesred.
!. - ISvi ". FEES, for permission 10
49, q. IN elauQhtof house at present
zI'zz<<-~ Referred 70 Health Oncer,
49,. ~ rnetions to examine the oondi
.- n 81 slaughter houses and hog
xB1roxsrEAncEs.
- Nm. Hammond and VIM. q.
xs.s5S. aoainst the approval Of al
-5ed Sat Of North seattle, pre-.
1870 s. b. T. Denny. Order laid on
rnponrs AND CONGRATULATIONS.
- ne City Surveyor, recommend
s. fSe closinR Of Jackson street, b.
- 0ommeroiai and second, for
S rutil spring. Recommendation
.zsS1ai. exoeptinQ the cB0ainR Of the
.sz1Sf fos hauling coal, etc.
~ Chief the Fire Department, on
49, tue dreplugs, showing the lsca-
- ri fhe same. Referred.
~ Mayor submitted . message,
49, iii Be- found elsewhere.
S<Sm members Of the police foroe,
,..1sroudinQ the removal Of the boot
s;ssf s1and OF David the Sinner
f1ld q The table.
ooxnrIrrxEs' REPonrs.
mon Gas Committee, recommending
: - lamp corner Of Union and
SIsklh streets. Adopted.
~ Street Committee recommended
a. % action be taken touchi1R the
sr1dine Of seventh street.
e1ooiaI committee on gas matters
:kniiled ths following report;
1stk Honorable Mayor ond Common
cssss<a AZ the CITY Of Ssaftts-GENTLK-
]. -: Your special committee appoint
q y confer with the Seattle Gasiight
1enpaay have performed tho duty ~
Srned, and wouid respectfully report
~ ID waiting upon Mr.. Horton We
- indy received, and Ia answer 70
Iscui1ies We vers informed BY him that |
~ "a company have no mains on
iaetson street 10 the direction Of the
Hn16rS Academy. and do not expoot 70
er1end IN that direction this winter.
Ihs "ilIumiuAtoro In front Of the
0eddsntal block 10 acknowledged to be
einiIurb for want Of governor or reg
Inloe attachment, whieh he says will BE- |
eecu1iod, when. IL it does mos do all
80 has been claimed for IL, no charge |
IN b made therefor. In the mean
ire u nsed not be lighted, and there
vi BE- no charge for gas. u Is expect
a hat the illuminatoro at $40 per
nonth for gas Ia to take and Oil the
ulaoo Of three ordinary street lamps at |
IS oa1h. thus making Q saving 10 the |
~ q Is per month.
& Was stated by Mr.. Horton, incident.
III. hat the company have boou test
~ ~ matter for their own informa-
"a. and they find that, by actual |
noosuTement, she city Ii getting their
81 pfisate individuals.
1hs ambiguity apparent In section 3.
ordnance No. "a, page lis Revised Or
dInanees, was mentioned 10 Mr.. Horton
With request 10 explain what he an
6esztands to be the meaning Of the
words schedule time" ~ therein used. |
"a says Il IL q term employed by gas.
liRht companies generally 70 designate
he exact hours In which IL Ii agreed |
among almanac makers and gas makers
that there II not sufficient natural
light" That Il Is usual elsewhere to
enforce rigid observance Of this sched
ale, whether the actually existing state
d the weather agrees with the schedule
q not. In short, the schedule presup-
poeos that when the almanac says Let
there be moonlight" there &c light.
Without detailing the limits prescribed
by the schedule. he stated that bis CON-
pony were willing TO permit Q deviation
from the established general ruse, and
hat at any fine when there IL mot sufh. |
deut natural light regardless Of the |
schedule, the city shall be ID liberty,
under the proposed contract, to light |
NE streets provided, always. that when |
% lighted of or outside of schedule |
time Il shall be incumbent upon the
eity 70 extinguish the lights a. soon as
ihs necessity therefor ceases. In other
words, that wheH lighted of schedule
time, during cloudy weather, the lamp
lighter shalt not 90 10 bed, ~ he does
ca schedule time, but shall watch the
Woather and extinguish the lights at the
earliest practicable moment when the
clouds 20 by. w. ". RlSKHARr.
Il. #. Sox,
w. A. HARRrNorox.
Rspsrt accepted aud ordered fled.
The Oommittee on Sewers made q re-
port a. follows. which was adopted:
10 the Hon. Mayor and Ce,amos
cosneii Of the city Of Seattle,
GENTLEMEN Your Committee on
sewers and Drainage, to whom Was re-
fegrsd the petition Of O. X. Jeuner OF
a., asking for the extension Of the
sewef from Frye's Opera House. at the
loot Of Marion street. have had the
matter under consideration, and while
- eoncnr in the opinion that the prayer
q the petitioners should be granted, 30
Tar - relates 10 the nuisance complain.
q Ct, We are not fully agreed as TO the
best method of applying the remedy.
Ihe services OF the City Surveyor will
hrquired In order TO ascertain sufh
eieus data from which to determine how
neet 70 proceed In the premises. We
1eFefose recommend that the City Sur-
Myor be instructed 10 prepare plans
nd Specifications for sewer sof suth
elena capacity, 20 IL inch. % be placed
. the center Of said Marion street. and
exlending to deep water. That when
MD plans and specifications are ap
f1esed BY this Council, the Street Com
Missioner be directed 10 proceed under
elzse'ioa OF the City Surveyor TO per-
iesm ths work, and all the space be-
WEN Front street and the slab pile, 10
IL vest Of IL.
w. v. RINEHAnr,
w. q. LArrMKR,
II. L. YEsLxR.
The Street Committee made its re-
perk which vas adopted.
fsou the License Com mittee. recon-
nlndine the rsfunding of $50 20 NJ. No
Adopted.
From Street Committee, recommend
,se Tue payment of the claim Of James
u0Rart. Adov<tsa