The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-12
HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
Corporation Counsel to Look After Raj
way Vacation OF South SECOND Street

Corporation Counsel to Look After Rail
way Vacation OF South Second Street.
The house of delegates met last night accord
ing TO adjournment. Deputy Clerk Drown took
the place formerly occupied by ex-Deputy
Townsley.
important petitions were presented in the usual
form, and referred TO their respective commit
tees.
Mr.. Willis presented petition from propertv
owners on South Second street for relief. asking
for the opening of the street now occupied nv
the Columbia x Puget Sound railroad An opin-
ion from the corporation counsel to the effect
that many of the questions at issue have benn
settled by the supreme court decision, and that
ne would proceed whenever called upon to have
the matter decided
senator frlnk presented his views upon the
matter, and stated that from his knowledge a
street was opened at the disputed ground for
twentS.one years, ana that unless councils gave
relief both property that he represented and
that OF Others would be greatly damaged.
Mr.. Willis suggested that il was the sense of
this board, and finally concurrent resolution
was adopted expressing that il was the sense of
the house that the corporation counsel at as early
date as possible begin the suit for the vacation
OF the street.
communication was read from the board of
public works stating that, owing 10 instructions
regarding the purchase OF boiler from tina
queen CITY boiler works for sl,575, that COM
mlttee be appointed in conjunction with Major
Rinehart to investigate the matter.
Mr.. shipley moved that Mr.. Lansing be m
pointed 10 act with Major Rinehsrt on the com
mittee of investigation, aud the motion WAS
carried.
petition sent In from board of aldermen.
signed by Ida II. Iockart and 100 others. for the
grading OF certain streets in Ponuus' addition
was referred te the street grading committee. A
question arose a. to whether three ffths of tho
property was represented. Muldoon said that
ne knew that that qualification existed and that
ne would Ike 70 see the matter go through i'm
mediately. The matter, however. was referred
TO the joint street committee
Inc liquor licenses granted By the board o.
aldermen were voted on by the house of dele
gates and granted by vote of IL toll
The following licenses granted by the board
OF aldermen were also considered and 70.
ferred: Harms 4 Diokman, The A. Eot.liny
Company, Meister & kirshner and NJ. tx. Gott.
stein.
In regard 20 the petition of the Seattle
Spriukling Company motion was carried IN 8,
the matter be referred to the corporation couu.
sci TO prepare an ordinance granting rebate Of
cne-hAh on license of said company,
The matter Of the application of W. Fl. How
ard for q license for the Juani,a house on Pike
street. on motion OF Bagley was indefinitely
postponed.
Application of II, Larsen for the license for :
saloon at ia Main street was rejected as IN,
owner OF the property demonstrated against the
same.
The judiciary committee reported in favor Of
the payment OF the court fee bill of NJ NJ
Holmes. Carried.
Auidoon recommended that the attention n
the board OF public works be called TO the grow
Ing OF thistles in the streets In this connection
Bsgley said that he thought that property n
ss in the city should be requested to take
proper care OF fruit trees, as pests were abroad
and might in = few years destroy ali the fruii
trees in the city. The matter was referred to the