The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-19

az extension 81 Tszyyisw avenue wsss %
fh- wassrrsay u would seem - ms fEe
sane general rezsit cossiI ~ attained for
tlae Ianls p9atriag en7 bogh - fhe last
nassaf obBe-tEonz removed. II tte ten eassi
ard wsst slie lands STREETS we're Fraf-
TarrHd wifa reference 70 uplaud Efree'@
per the reason taaf TIE ~fose matter
promises 20 ise HnssFtles. for sgrss time 70
come ! 90 rot believe II would ~ WISE
fgr sho city Authorities 10 make any
sweeping vacations Of her existing fiae
laaAs streets nor 70 take any action 20
warts a general approval or c1sapTrosai
OF the tide lands plat. u seems 20 Tza~ tsse
safer proposition for The city is 70 sIaTt1
ufon her existing rights 20 streets gaiaea
under statute and charter provisions ana
20 deal with propositions Tor vaea f'oss IS
they are brought before the city coaheli.
taking such action upon each e the vel
fare Of the city seems 70 demand
Mr Pro-ch Malxe~f Reply.
ar. Proseh said re was astonished that
the city engineer should rot be conteniea
wgth the plat because Ar- BogEe. WHO
aided IN plating the flats. had consulted
with Mr. Thomson and been gevernsa 70
some extent By Mr.. Thcnson's IDEAS he
said that there was no question as 70
the authority Of the appraisers 70 lay OK
streets as they saw II. that their author
ity was above question. lie then sX-
plasaed Ia dstaiI how the general shape
81 the streets and blocks on the Oats Mas
settled ugon-
sfr. yoigt l. Indignant.
Delegate Voigt said that IL the la~ gave
absolute authority TO the appraisers 10
plat the water front streets as they sa"
mt tire city had not been treated righiiy,
and he dld not see what use TIE special
F~r.r tire -
matter could be either 10 the council or
10 the city He declared that II the leg
lslafure gave the appraisers the authority
claimed ~ Mr. Prosch. Seattle had not
been considered. and the wishes OF the
people could not DC followed. and conse-
quently the Law vas wrong.
'How las the city been injured? asked
Alderman elise.
The city mas not been treated TAR
''ln what PARTICULAR
'Our city engineer was not consulted
sufficiently sn the matter. and the city
MAS not properly represented"
Defends Bogue's Plat.
Appraiser Mckenzie said that the board
OF which he was a member had fallen
into a difficulty which an effort had been
made 10 avoid. lie said that when the
board was appointed II sent a communi-
cation to the council asking IL TO give as
plating. and IL the city has not been
treated properly the council is 10 blame.
when Mr. Bogue's report WAS read some
OF the couneilmen- were pleased with tt.
lie said that when he was at one time
member OF the council blnnders were
made which stiIl exist. especially does
Railroad avenue show this. The board
Of appraisers then employed Engineer
Bogue and sent him East to study the
latest pats so that In the plating OF
the tide lands we would have the benefit
Of his knowledge. and he thought that
the city now had a first-elass plat of the
tide lands and the lands touched by deep
water along the present water front
Corporation Counsel Scott asked If the
law OF 1895 provided that the plat shall he
adopted ny the city council. and Mr.. Me
kenzie said not In King county.
Thomson Approves the Work.
City Engineer Thomson said he was in
favor OF the general plan and scheme,
and that n was very well; that Engineer
Rogue was always courteous, and that
their talk was OF the plan la general and
not ia detail that there are some things
on the map now drawn up and published
that ne had not agreed upon. and that
ne aid not know had been adopted. Mr..
Thomson said that he would not be IN
| favor OF any blanket ordinance in the
| matter that he was not Ia favor OF doing
anything with haste: that nothing had
! yet been before that august body. the su-
/ preme court. and really no one knew jGst
| exactly what the clty's position in the
| matter really Is He said thar he thought
| that the appraisers had done excellent
work. but still there were a few changes
| which. II made according 70 his recon-
| mendations. would be more 10 seattle's
| benefit than the way the map is now
drawn up.
! Mr.. Mckenzie said he did not want the
| council 10 think that the appraisers were
| OF the Impression that they were infalli-
, BILE: on the contrary. II would he some
what remarkable II no mistakes were dis
| covered In a plat covering the scope this
! plat does. He said there were many
| things 20 be considered In the matter.
Decision Reached.
| A recess OF half an hour was taken.
! during which time the plat OF the tide
| lands as submitted was considered and
/ examined. AZ the end of that time Dele
| gate Chapman moved that the committee
| recommend that al the streets south Of
| Charles street be vacated. There were
| no dissenting voices. and the committee
| adjourned.