The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-01
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Overdriving Fire Engine Horses-Pol
Patrol Stables Ordered.

Overdriving Fire Engine Horses-Polfce
Patrol Stables Ordered.
The house OF delegates held a short session
and rushed through small amount of business.
Half an hour was wasted in waiting for a
quorum, one member being lacking, but Chief
Rogers came TO the rescue and hunted up Mr..
Barton, whose haste to get home again broke
the quorum and forced an adjournment after a
session OF less than an hour. Mr. Morfori was
voted TO the chair.
The principal business transacted was the
passage, finally, of the ordinance providing for
the construction OF police patrol stables on the
city hall site under the supervision of the
superintendent of buildings, bridges and
wharyes.
Mr. Cowden, without waiting for the matter
TO come up in regular order, explained his
adverse report, as m mber of the fire and
water committee, on the requisition from the
fire department for new pair of horses by de-
nouncing the firemen for over-driving horses.
He stated that one valuable horse had been
killed and another seriously injured by being
driven at a break neck speed down the hill on
Madison street As a member of the committee
he would not vote for the purchase of any more
horses for the department under its present
management
Mr.. Bagley said that the practice was to drive
the horses from North Seattle all the way to a
fire, even as far as Jackson street, on the dead
run, when they would get 10 FIRE sooner IL
they started at trot. 1t seemed To be the idea
to get to The fire soon possible, whether
they killed the horses or not.
Petition for the evacuation of Clover street for
the purpose OF adding 1t TO Kinnear park. was
favorably recommended by the board of public
works and referred 10 the committee on public
buildings and grounds.
Board of aldermen joint resolution, provid-
ing for the grading and sidewalking of Fifth
between Lake and Duwamish streets, was read
third time and passed
Mr. Bagley called attention TO Mr.. Doran's
claim for damages, saying that he and Willis,
as q committee, were agreed that Doran should
be paid $3.50 in city warrants. Their report was
adopted, and was referred 10 the corporation
counsel for the preparation OF an ordinance.
The joint resolution providing for the i'm
provement OF Fourth street, between Lake snd
Michigan streets, was read q third time and
passed finally.
The ordinance providing for the grading, side
walking, etc, of Mary street, from Third street
in pontius Second addition 10 Hillside avenue
in Denny's East PARK addition, was passed
finally.
The ordinance appropriating s6os.ss from the
street fund, 81 ,27S7s ON the general fund, 500
from the water fund. sl,6lS6l from the Decatur
street fund and sl,472.so from the Claire street
fund was read third time and passed finally.
The ordinance providing for the grading ana
sidewaIking of Third street, from Lake street TO
the east side OF Wall street, was read three times
and passed finally.
Petition OF A. s. & H. W. Miller for the vaca-
ton OF alleys in blocks 3 and % in McGilvra's
second addition was referred to the street
committee.
Petition Of A. A. Denny and L W. Bonney