The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-15
cErY NOTICE,


ronhE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE
eity OF seattie-esentIemen: her. ,;,h LIE
23s en,i.lsd approval house delegates aiiI No.
Seattle o iiAit hqoor within the city Of
=, ny Objections to this or.,in aree ara sn,s.a,-
TbIs - ~ =, "Isaom ard policy.
o, ns = me 6rst time that / have pr.~r,,.4 20
the sns wsdon Of tue combined judgment Of
A. Il, - ng matter Of policy Acme. and
az 40 u now with the creates, reIucfnncs go shu
eli maj 80 r By member Of the coun-
vssugasfon and better oppor,u1iiie. f,r 10. IN
e1neasn ana exact status and conditions existins
scu Min the greatest caution and wssor os 20
the r1bs ,s, s~ OF the matter and the end that
~ and malice toward have eyosd ,,s,sc
sna ~, 70 tnofoagh canvass u the suited mater
re- framed therefore to tissonrnys tbs
ea a Ard lay the facts which sctsate me ~.
coune; s 1anciL with the reminder tina. il The
wIong Is being done by this denartmsn, ~ 8. n.s
s.m nn1 your power TO prevent IL by fecarins Inc
Thi. o, "y law Notwithstanding my disspprova
&C., VI VI ainanee among other things astemnrs tn
sAEnd the limits within which the sale ar ,lnnor.
In fore @ IN ihe city The ordin snce now
vile ., .he sale TO strip seveniy-five feet
SIue eiong the south side Of Pike street Thi. o.
mencsn e proposes 70 extend these limits by com
psL AT point sevenfy-five f75) feet sonth Of
rike ana seventy-five f751 feet cas-, NJ Third
with hi van,ng Thence southeriy line parallel
er,y ,h au street., and seventynv l75) feet east
Fly .nefeirom TO point sixty ts0l feet south of
with Iniaa thence westerly on line parallel
y, itu MON etreet and sixty 1907 feet soltbeyIv
.nefefrom 10 Third street; thence nortberiy ny
fr1n street. 70 Union street; thence westerly on
Second street etc N~~S S"~sA'ei's on
VIII be seen that the limits as proposed to be
extended s,n include property south OF Union
street street excepting a tract seventy. Ave 175S feet
my on Union street ard sixty f60) feet facing
On Inrd street. This Is evidently for the purnnss
=. per mi,ting the sale Of intoxicating liailors in
Ma, MA. ~ known As the PiuInmer house These
INES also cut into said Plummer bousa because
n nana building extends hundred aud tyenfy
80, zee, on Union street and one hundred and
a.~senty tizol feee on Third street. believe that
oI we liquor limits upon Third street. Ii is one of
places for sriy,nes "a Our city The lack Of such
uie Is soreiy felt In our city.
ms street IS fronted both sides with some OF
~ n"hs.soniest and most costly residences the
homes or many Of our heaviest taxpayers II is
ls,sei what may be callei The church
Aions THIS thoroughfare must necessarily travel
ne nnik OF the congregations Attending each sun
3nth church, the First Presbyterian church, the
FIRST Methodist church and the Catholic church
o4s adult women and 2s7 chiidren passed his
Corner between the hours of 1880 and O'Clock
=. since this ordinance has been In my hands more
Lnan three thousand Of our citizens have either
Ieso utlons, protested earnestly against this
extension. while only four persons have asked for
US approval three Of these being Interested and
parties. ~ ~ 'A'"
The traffic In Intoxicating liquor IL recognized to
De OF such nature that, unlike other commercial
business, permit or license must be obj aimed
I,"h TSn authofity before IL be carried
snoud nor, therefore, when avodabie, be permit
yea 10 encroach upon the area of residences or
even or ether commercial business. We all recog-
ME Ia necessary and unavoidable existence in a
CITY eifcumstanced as seattle is of many evils
anu vices IL Is the part of wisdom and good gov
eminent TO keep them confined Ia the smallest pos
s'Sie limits consistent with the public welfare.
a. SuSh mas been and Is the policy l understand
IT, Oh your present adm nstratOn.
~ has been urged upon me that this PLACE was
IN existence before the churches and many OF the
residences, whose owners remonst rate were
ouht but THIS argu nent should not prevail pre-
vent the building OF costly residences il such
should encroach upon the liquor limits.
Iheis within a few feet of the Armory the great
puonc resort OF all our people for amusement. 1t
Is OUT one block from the university and on the d.
iect route OF travel OF most Of the students that
INSTITUTION, both male and female; and for this
reason Is likewise opposed by the faculty
, The peculiar siDuosity Of this ordinance in this
iochiity partakes nj one and tn. same time alike
OF the nature Of ge-rymandering, Class legislation
and special legislation.
1t Is claimed that this building Is to be used as a
motel None Is yet opened in II, and even IL IL
were doubt the equi able rignt of the council to
utterly ignore the earnest voice and protest of 80
many OF our people in order TO grant u special
privilege to one. am informed by the grantor OF
these premises that the grantee, the present
owner, gave his word OF honor that he would never
ask or allow that liquors be sold the property SO
long "a the Residents objected.
The other provisions of this ordinance are whole
some.
My dsapproval Is solely because 1 believe this
extension unwise and unjust to a large part Of
j. T. RONALD. Mayor
Seattle. Wash. Sept IL, 1892
Published September Is 1892.