The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-10
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the @s,h uIt.. addressed 10 me as chair
man o. the judiciary committee. mouse
OF delegates. and in expla ma ton Of the ae-
tion % the committee and house upon Sodr
application OF vacation Of certain streets.
beg leave TO state that the action taken,
viz, the temporary laying on the table
Of your application, in no respect preJu-
dices or passes upon the merits OF your
application.
our action was in pursuance OF Inc
policy outlined in the report or the spe-
cial committee on tide lands. presented
and adopted by the house TWO weeks ago
and published in full in the Post-lntelli-
gencer. | have no doubbt that You nave
made a study OF the general tide land
question as presented in that report. and
trust that such an examination ny you
has led 20 an approval Of our conclusions.
You will note that two recommendations
were embodied as the conclusions or that
report, which were substantially as fol-
lows:
Il That the corporation counsel he re-
quested TO ascertain whether there IS any
process by which the state authorities
can make a readjus tment OF certain or
iectionable features of the plat filed
by the commissioners.
so If such readiastment by the state
is HAlly barred, then that the city take
such action in the premises as seems
either streets plated by the city or state
so as 70 leave the best possible results.
The board of aldermen has not as yet
taken action upoIsthIs report. When such
action is taken, il the policy therein out
lined is ratified and made the poly OF the
city IL will be but short time before the
legal status of the tide lands plat and
the possibility OF readjustment by the
state will be definitely ascertained. Ger
tainly an amicable cooperation between
city and state authorities such as shall
result in plat free from the Objectionable
features of the present plat, is preferable
10 a piecemeal readjp~nent by the use
OF the city's powers of vacation. While
reserving and relying on these powers as
a final alternative, we consider 1t wiser
TO make strong effort with the state au-
thorities before resorting 10 our municipal
powers.
THE committee expects and relies upon
the thoughtful. earnest and active sup
port of good citizens generally in oppos-
ing the general vacation at this time OF
all our municipal tide land streets in ia
Vor of the existing tide land plat. We be-
lieve the reasons given in our report
against such action are unanswerable. GER
tainly they are unanswered. although
made public by the press more than two
weeks ago. Since that publication the ex-
tide land commissioners 1iave made no
defense OF their work While a few pri-
vate interests might benefit from a COM
plete approval of the present plat and a
blanket vacation of conflicting city streets.
we believe the public injury. present and
future. would be inestimably great.
with this explanation you Will readily
understand. and. / trust appreciate our
motive in temporarily laying your appl-
cation upon the table.
Trusting that there will be such a gem
eral support given TO the city council by
yourselves and other interested business
men and owners of water front and tide
land property, as shall secure a speedy
and satisfactory adjustment of this I'M
fortunate complication