The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-06
WORK ON STREETS.
Progress Of Work In the
Hands Of Contractors.
REpoaT or TIE CRY ENGINEER


CITY Engineer scuyTy has jrsf made
Yerrort to she city council IN which be gives
snenorandrm Of the progress OF street
work now IN the haFsds Of contractors
The iefter and memorandum are ~ follows:
To ne Hon. Mayor ard Eorumoa Council OF
fAe CITY of SEATTLE Genxssss<ss ! hand yen
herewith q tabElsted szatsrseut showing tts
prcxrcos and ccudstson of the work on TIE
streets now under contract giysng the eassz oss
which coutraefx for same were ereeufsd. the
dates fos eompieflsa and the per esssfsze Of
work On soeh strpes dome 20 date
Your sftenskoa 4 particularly directed TO
Dexter street snsi Lake View ssenae- On the
soFmeS street no wofk has been attempted inr
shout three uoofi1s, and no vnfk has bess
done on The latter. though the contrscf Vas tst
January L In the esxc Of Dexfer street sSrse
excuse may - reasonable on account Of the ss-
sere weather Of the past winter. ] w0asd ne
specially rec0rumeud shat sor7e measures raaT
be taken 70 cnmpes she contractors 70 81 least
saake ~ honest effort % eosHplets their con
tracts wlfain the fiEne Unite. in their agree
ments with the city. The time allowed them
In most cases seems % ms 70 be ample. fours
truly. JoHs q seggEy. City surveyor.
The statement IL as follows
Bradley street Feek Bros. contractors.
contract let November IA, lsse, expired
April |. 1880. finished.
Chestnut street-ssnart. contractor; con-
tract let January Q, ix0. expired April 3,
Isg1; finished.
Dexter street kerns & Co., contractors;
contract let July 5. 1850, expired Sovern Der
I, $50. amount done, 80 per cent, six
teams 81 work; nothing done for three
months
Fourteenth street Kerns & Co.. contrsc-
tors; contract let January /, $50. expires
July 8, 100. % per cent done. nineteen
teams at work.
Lake View avenue kerns 4 Co., con-
tractors: contract let January IL, fsso. ex-
plres July Is, 1850: nothing done yet
Main street-Harper. contractor: con-
tract expires June Q. $50; II per cent
done. no work goins on.
Marion strees-jones a Eisired, con-
tractors: contract let December II, ESQ, ex-
pred April 1. 100; 20 per cent done, no
work going on.
Market street Murphy & MeMiiien. con-
tractors. contract let December D. 1850, ex-
pires April Is. 1850, 70 per cent. finished,
ak teams ut work.
Ninth street--Joncs Il Eldred, contract
ors: contract let December q, iss9. expires
July 0. 1850: % per cent. done. eight teams
o. work.
Orion ssreet-Quigley. contractor; con-
tract let December o. 1880. expired April 6.
isf0; 10 per cent done, six teams and one
crew Of carpenters ut work.
sixth street Jones Il Eldred, contract
ors; contract let November 10, 1880. IS per
cent. done. fifteen teams at work.
Washington strect-Harper Il Bowling,
contractors: contract let February Z, 1s9D.
expires July I. iso; 5 per cent. done, seven
teams at work.
Weller street Fcek, contractor: contract
let February T. $500. expires September !,
1890. 10 per cent done. twenty teams at
work
University street--San Francisco Bridge
Company, contract let March 7, ir0. ex-
pires May /. isn: 10 per cent. done. one
crew OF carpenters at work.
Yesler avenue Martin. contractor. con.
tract let October II. 1889. expired March Is,
1870: 80 per cent done. live teams and ono
crew Of carpenters at work.