The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-03
FRONT STREET GRADE
70 Be Lowered Between Pike
and Blanchard.
sLEcT.oN OFFICERS APPOINTED.
r,ana % BE Condemned for the Division
strsst MISUNDERSTANDING Fire
Alarm Franchiss.

Il last nights meeting Of the city council Mr..
Hui. from the street committee, reported fol
he lowering Of the grade OF Front street The
direct e graded according TO the plan viii be
7Ii3 rs feet above datum 1t Pike street, ia feet
eboye & Pine, 10 feet above 81 Stewart. 1925 al
yfre1nts. 1855 ct Lenora, and 100 at Blanch.
erd Thfs viii leave the street unchanged
e Pie. cut IL sixteen feet at Pine, fifteen al
etewart. leave it unchanged 1t Virginia, cut
seventeen d Lenora, and four ct Blanchard.
The report was adopted and IL Was voted to pro-
ceed with the work.
THE CHARTER ELECTION.
Thcpe polling places and election officers were
appointed for the coming charter election:
l1rnt ward. First precinct. northwest corner OF
Commercial and Jackson streefs-InspectoY
william Bailey; Judges d. T. Davis. Thomas &.
Hughes; clerks. Martin Bohn. james Powers
first ward, Second precinct, sixty feet south
Of southeast corner Of Third street and fesler
ayenne-Inspector. NJ. w. willis; judges. D. K.
Bnxfer, james Pollock; clerks, Harry Manning.
r :. eommers-
Pint ward, Third precinct South school. cor
uor Of Seventh and Main sffeets-Inspector,
Charles Weber; judges. David West, w. w.
Barker: clerks, Adam orth, Edward En.wistle.
First ward, Fourth precinct. northwest corner
81 I.evcnth and Jackson streets-Inspector J..
-
U'Brien; clerks, T. ]. Reardon, William Hall.
second ward, First precinct. northeast corner
Of Taylor and Jackson streets-Inspector, q. w.
Fuller: judges. W. r. Brawiey. A. L. Hall;
clerks c. B. Grant. Rees P. Daniels.
second ward, Second precinct, southeast cor
ner Of Greene and Jackson streets-Inspector,
~ e Burgess; judges, E. Anderson. z. o. Bow
Gen: CLERKS. y. II. Moore. Percy w. Rochester.
Third ward. first precinct, northwest corner
Of Eak. street and Yesler avenue-Inspeetor, G..
W. LaHton: judges, Joseph MalaB. L. d. w.
shelton: clerks c. 6wenson, A. n. Daily.
Third ward, Second precinct, leo feet west of
the powcr-house. on the south side of Madison
strect-Inspector, J. e. Clark; judges, r. r.
Brown, Z. +. Blaine, clerks. l. ]. Walker. James
W. Moore.
Fourth ward, First precinct, southeast corner
Of Columbia and West streets-Inspector, s. FL
1iotf: judges, +. G. Young l. NJ. Jones: clerks, A.
s. Miller, A. Blakiston.
Fourth ward, Second precinct, at city hall
Inspector, W. z. Maddocks: judges, Fred Gssch,
J. d. ysn Brockiin; clerks, F. A Wing. n. B.
Colt
Fourth ward. Third precinct. Coppin's water
works, on the corner of Ninth and Columbia
efrcets-Inspector. G.. w. Murphy; judges,
Charles Coppin, A. McRea; clerks, T. W.
Prcsch, E. W. g. Tinele.
Fifth ward, First precinct, southwest corner OF
Front and Union streets-Inspector O. ". Morse:
judges. n. Frey, II. T. stoel: clerks. AL Ryan,
a. Maftit.
fifth ward, Second precinct, school-house
near the corner of Pine and Third Streets In
epcctor. Robert Glennon; judges, II. Phillips. J.
n. Bigelow; clerks II. P. Jacobs, Lyman Peter
son. +,
Fifth ward. Third precinct, B. B. Freei's hall
Ninth street. near 0liye-Inspector. Dr.. G
Sparkling; judges. z. H. Crawford, ]. NJ Lyon
clerks. 3. F. Briggs, s. Miller
fk o~4 osr~4
Of Second and Battery streess-Inspector. @. II.
HNl: judges, Fred w. wald, Joseph Morrison;
clerfs. T. p. Bark, Judson Espy.
Sixth ward, Second precinct, northwest cor
nerof fifth and Battery streets-Inspector, T.
f. Jones: judges. G. L. Manning, g. p Short;
clerks, James McElroy. G. Z. de Stefguer.
Seventh ward, First precinct, northwest cor
ner OF Depot and Howard streets-Inspecior
w. II. Bow: judges, David McDaniels. T. w.
Miles; clerks, c. D. knight, Douglas Young
Seventh ward, Second precinct, northwest
corner OF Madison and Jones streets-Inspector
B. N. Buck1and; judges. Martin Stewart. r.
Davis: clerks, z. T. Hat, II. D. Wheeler
Eighth ward. First precinct northeast corner
Of Thomas and Warren streets-Inspector, W.
H. Hughes; judges, J. 3. Denny, B. A. Ander-
son; clerks. M. c. Gormley, G. A. eprague
Eighth ward. second precinct Denny park.
northeast corner Of Depot and Dexter streets
Inspector, Charles J. Clark; judges, r. NJ Nc.
Infyre. X. A. Wilson; clerks. John O. Bozarth,
D. W. Phipps.
Eighth ward. third precinct, car house on
Temperance street. between Mercer and Roy
Inspector. +. W. d. Holbrook; judges, Jesse
Cochran, David Graham; clerks, Charles A. Kim
near. Thomas Cochran.
RETAINING SOUTH THIRD.
II was voted to re-plank at present width OF
planking South Third street, between jackson
aud Weller.
EXTENDING DIVISION STREET.
Councilman Hull from the street committee
reported that these pieces OF land must
be condemned for extending Division
street: First A triangle next to East
and Madison streets, lsSx6e feet, not
plated, In Edes and Knights addition; second.
tract ninety feet In width from Division street
in Reufon addition to Division street in Reng-
stora's addition. across the east half of the
northwest quarter OF section SIS. township Is.
being eighty acres owned by William Renton.
$50 feet long; third, tract eoxS6o feet from
Renrstfrn = addition toYoung's addition,a tract
owned by 3. Buckius. The report was adopted.
PAVING MADISON STREET
John Downing put in the only bid for grading
and paving Madison street from Front to West:
earth. $3.50: sidewalks. sS75; total, s1.2a5. The
contract was awarded 70 him TO be completed in
forty days
The ordinance for the Auxiliary Fire Alarm
Company. as reported by the committee of the
whole from its afternoon session, was read The
ordinance declared that the city could
repeal the franchise at any time
paying due regard TO vested rights
The law WAX changed 20 that the franchise
could be repeated without regard 10 vested
rights The attorney of the company. Mr.. Van
Bokkelen, OF San Francisco, then said his com.
pany could not accept the franchise on tina,
condition, and the matter was referred 10 the
judiciary committee and the city attorney for
revision.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The city clerk was authorized to procure from
Greene 4 Prunty. OF Baltimore, plans for their
revolving nozxies for fre-hoats.
A letter from Benezstse Williams urging the
inspection at the foundry of the pipes for the
water mains, in the ground that pines with
nRws may so through II they are not fnspecte,
TIL after they are coated was referred TO the fra
and water committee.
The city clerk was authorised 90 order thirty
inch gate for the lower end OF the main TO be
laid mp Yesler avenue TO Fourteenth street.
PETITIONS.
The street committee reported favorably two
petitions. one OF +. c. Hanford and others for
the improvement of the alley between Pike and
Pine, Front and Second streets, and
the other OF the Seattle Lumber and
Commercial Company, 70 allow the
improvements done by them on West street 10
be an ofiset against the assessments levied on
said street. Both reports were accepted
petition was presented and referred from r.