The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-04
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Licenses Asked For But Further Inquiry
Ordered.

Licenses Asked For But Further Inquiry
Ordered.
The house of delegates met last night.
The street committee reported in favor OF
planking Front street. The committee
also reported in favor Of the petition of
Thomas McCorry and others requiring side
walks to be built when the regular sidewalk
is occupied by building material.
Delegate Hanford, chairman OF the COM
mittee on salaries. reported amendments
to the salary ordinance, known as board
of aldermen bill No. 5. The changes rec
commended are as follows: Two deputy
city clerks. each 81 500, instead OF $500:
chief of police, $1,000, instead of 81. 500;
captains, 1900 each; lieusenants, 81, 40;
superintendent of buildings. bridges and
wharves, $500; building inspector, 81, 800;
street commissioner. $1,000. instead of
$2.700; city engineer, $500. instead of
$1,000; deputy city treasurer, 81 800, in
stead Of 81 800; assistant deputy treasurer,
$1,000; port warden, $1,000. instead Of
$500; license officer, $500. instead of
$1,000.
Favorable reports on street lights on
Seneca street and Depot and Albert streets
were made.
Delegate Hansen read Q communication
relative TO the grading of George street,
and the city clerk was directed to ascer-
tain If an ordinance had been passed by
the old council ordering the grade.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
There was a little tilt over the granting of
liquor licenses. L. B. Snyder, in his ap-
plication, did not state any location for his
saloon. The chair stated that he had been
informed by the mayor that the applicant
lived near the head of the bay, outside the
saloon limits. and that the place had been
the scenes of constant violation of the law.
Mr.. Snyder's application was rejected.
Mr.. Shlpley was opposed to the rushing
through of the twenty-one applications
passed by the committee. Picking up one
of them, he showed that the blanks had not
been properly filed up. Mr.. Hanford
thought the committee had examined the
matter carefully, and that the house should
accept the report. Mr.. Muldoon said he
was in favor OF carefully examining every
application, and unless they complied with
all the require ments of the law, rejecting
them. Mr.. Cowan, as chairman of the
license committee, asked that all the an
plications for liquor licenses be recommitted
20 them for further investigation. The an
piications were recommitted
The applications referred back were
those of Thomas Jacobson. Mcdonald
RIOS, Haley. Glenn & Co., Grub & OILS e n
Devet Salvey. Horsten 4 Wehrfritx
e. Davidson, Clancy & Burns. Mary
Thompson. r. Z. Person. Lath & Drumm.
Otto Bauer. Mari Bentley, ]. Conrad :
Prukham & Coyie. Fortlouis & McLevv. /.
Chopard. Pearson q Brand, Brown q Os.
born. K Daerrion q Co. and E. E. RYAN.
Delegate Lansing, of the joint committee
70 meet Engineer Williams and consider
his proposition on the water question. re-
ported that they would meet ct 2 O'Clock
on Wednesday.
MI DAVIS called attention to the adyis-
AGILITY OF providing signs for the streets
Mr. Muidoon said the suggestion was
good one. especially e the contract had IL.