The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-28
/ ROUTINE SESSION.
The Council Delays Action on
ALI Franchises.
Talk Aksas TIE CeYrugsssd iron Bald
isg Cessrvvessy-tsaai Quantity
Of K~gsisr Bssisess.


the MAYORS annual message. which had
k>~u DELAYED about ssx weeks by soEae Of
the city ogsoers failing 10 hand IN their
annual reports. The message was accepted
bv he coanesl, and the clerk was instructe1.
- have 5o COPIES o. II printed, together
with the rerorfs OF city otsceFs.
r Philip. the newiy elected council
Inan 10. the Tn:gd ward. vas in the seat Of
his predecessor. r. j. Barns. he kept the
seat eli through the session. and was an at
ssntiye observer rather than ar active par
iicipans IN the proceedings.
VERY little was done aside from the rega.
las routine business Of petitions and COM
mistse reports. The most important seton
taken xas thai posrronsng the eonsldera-
ton OF a.i street railway franchises until q
full attendance Of the council can De had
Following 10 full report OF the proceedings
Of the meeting:
RAILROAD AvExCE FRAScEIsE.
City Attorney AIoerfson reported that be
had several ordinances that had been re-
referred 20 the judiciary committee. none
OF which had been changed os modified. Ell
eeps tie one granting franchise 20 the Sc
attic. Lake shore Il Eastern Company in o
railroad avenue. This ordinance had been
considered by the judiciary committee and
had been examined by the railroad COM
pany. which hsd prepared several pfovi-
sions which il thought should be moor
pnratsd in IL.
The ordinance was then read. together
with the amendments offered by the COM
psny.
Chairman Siesr thought that the prop
erty owners along the route should he
given q chance ~ see the ordinance, and
that the council should have an opf'or-
tuniiy TO consider II. II vas an easy mat
ter 10 grant franchise. but hard matter
To take one away should i. prove unpopu-
lar or Improbable to the city.
Han thought the same a. Niesz, and he
therefore moved that the ordinance he
made speciai order for meeting to be
held Monday night.
Judge Burke, attorney for the company
said the council was iaboring under mis-
apprehension. The company did not ask
q new franchise. bat was making trade
by which IL was loser al least So 90 The
company simply asked Justice al the hands
81 the council. If the council would
not grant the petition of the company and
would not keep faith with ii. IL would have
To go on It's old r,gh, of-way. The cont
pany had done everything in its power To
conform To the new arrangement, but II
wonld he out OF the question for Il to go OH
the outside OF ra road avenue.
Hall said the city was morally bound To-
give the company the franchise the only
thing TO consider was the description OF the
right-of way.
The melton making the matter n special
order for next Monday night was carried.
srRrsr FRANCHISES DELAYED.
Hall moved that the consideration of all
the ordinances granting franchises for
street railways be postponed until there
was full board present He thought tina,
the responsibility III granting franchises Ia
the public streets was too great To be
handled lightly.
Maurice MeMicken appeared in behalf of
the North Seattle cable Railroad Company
10 urge the granting OF the franchise TO his
company. as IL was important that work of
construction should be commenced before
winter was too far advanced.
The motion 10 lay the franchise ordi.
nances over was carried. This delays all
franchises under consideration for at least
four weeks. as Councilman wallingford
viii he absent about that long.
oSK-sroRY KooxsElIs.
Building Inspector Abbott asked for in
struetions in reference TO granting permits
for the erection OF one-story brick store
under frame houses.
Hail thought IL was rather a late day for
the building inspector Ia ask for ins.ruc-
tons after be had granted permits for a
number of rookeries along Second street.
III the ordinance was not plain enough for
the building inspector to understand IL, he
would favor having il made easier to read
Inspector Abbott said he understood the
ordinance well enough bat he had heard
complaints about these one-story buildings
and therefore wanted instructions.
Mayor Moran~-po all those nne-Story
brick buildings conform TO the ordinance /?
Mr., Abbott-Ses, sir.
Hall-Then the ordinance should be
rescinded q, once. as some OF those build
ings on Second street are the scrawniest
things ever saw.
After considerable discussion of the
building ordinance, the subject was
dismissed without the building inspector
receiving any special instructions.
cesEpG.rIp IRes BUILDINGS.
Tslehell .oi the ire AMI water committee.
brought ap the matter oi the n X. Baxter
corrugated iron building in the ire limits.
The building is 10 he entirely Of iron con
struetion. and the question in dispute was
II 10 was in violation ot ihe building orsii.
nance Mesa was 81 the orsnion that a
Gas pipe corrugated iron building. would
not ee stEong enough 10 stand wiihou,
wooden braces. When The ordinance was
framed IL Was the intention "a shut ou,
such building
Hall thought the building wonl,l have
more wood than lron about is conS,rue-
ton. IL wss a hsd pcecendcnt 10 allow
saeh building Ia hc constructed anyway.
The matter Was referred 90 the city al
torney with instructions to rpport AT she
next meeting
Arrtlc.TgoSs vog II2vos LtgENsFs
The following applications for retail iie
ucV licenses wcrs referred e. the license
ara revenue committee T.. J. Lewis
NOLAN e DGaae. Ssnnervsn 4 Tracy
Peter tsruhhs.
eesstfrEs EKroKrk sVarrrp
Cemmiites On SEWERS and drainage
Granting the psissioa O. Ella " Peterson
., a. for a sewsr 50 Neslrr avenue. ps-
feettns PETITION fog a sever through
DEPOT Cedar snd Fourth Sn1 proposing !
Substitute therefor
Stre~t eognmltsee Granting 4 r~ttsiou
foF q sidewalk OF Thirteenth street from
Jackson 20 the South scheoiholss -
fegTed Ordering Sidewalk replaced ga
frcns street. between SENECA and In.re~
ssiy streets wherever Agi.eshle tranisn.
the ietsis0n ~ the san Francisco Gy9ag,
Cosarsny TO- the bridging and plAnkinl
- seAsoa. dowa - The rsslroa8 track
Granting ghe F4;l.ian q " b Alien - a
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