The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18
DAY IN CITY HALL
OFFICE AND CORRIDOR.

Inc city ordinance record xa....s
reached t1e number 5.6y0 Tina, ia ~ "a.
't''p ordinances have been PASSED nv "a:
oIAen and placed on file since The ei,v
=, corporation. The particular nil
20 enjoy the distinction Of rounaI,w -.
TINS number happened TO be an .r,,.ar- ~.
one, pfo'ihing Tor the rep,anking OF Frs.
avenue south from King s.reat IN en-
necficut street :" ''@'s
ih's ordnance not only provides for a
ihoen-needed Improvement, but ia noe
MoEtay because IL marks the first creation
.4"pi oFefnent District through tide
'aho property. charging an Assessment
against the AUDITING property. This nroo-
esV includes such valuable nSnufacttir-
ING pants az kerry's mill Moran's
foundry and shipbuilding yards. S,etson
q Posfs mill. Myers eannerv and others
ms property Is assessed under the city
Jaws Tor the first time this year. Other
improvements made in the city tarou.. a
Tue lands. such as that on Grant street,
nave all been paid for out Of the gensr,i
fund in the city treasury.
The numbering OF this particular orll-
nance briags 10 mind the fact that the
hrst ordinance signed by Byron Phelps as
mayor, four years ago. was No. 33as This
means thas the city has enacted .ss7 ordI-
nances In four years, an average OF a.
for each year. or about ! Is for each day
III the year. Every one of these 1857
ordinances have been numbered and fled
by George X. coryell. who stlIl has
charge Of the documents and puts them
away In their proper resting place In The
vault.
The improvement provided in the orai-
nance for the replankiny OF First avenue
south, from King street TO Connecticut
street. was yesterday approved by the
board of public works. and the board cu-
thorlzed advertising for bids for the work.
The district will be known technically AS
local improvement district No. ia. The
piaDking viii be twenty-four feet wide.
and will be laid In the center OF the street.
The beard of public works also author
ized the Improvement OF James street. he
tween First and Second avenue. The
street, which is one OF the last left TO he
improved In the central business norton
OF the city Is to be paved with vitriied
brick similar 10 those used In paving Seq
ond avenue The city and abutting prop
erty owners will bear the expense OF paw
ing each side of tie street. while the street
car company viii pay for the paving be-
tween its tracks.
An application now before the board q
public works asking for the opening up or
the Seattle boulevard from Fifth avenue
south TO the alley In block 2o2. sea.le
tide lands. Indicates another substantial
Improvement In the city. The Application
is filed ny the Vulcan Iron Works. ana
contemplates the erection of hui.d n-'
which viii occupy four lots In that oso'k.
The opening up OF the stree VIII clear
away the shacks Of the old barrel factor'.
The ordinance introduced by the street
committee, allowing the use OF thir-y
inches OF the sidewalk adjacent 10 e1ch
store for mercantile display purposes >
vetoed bv Mayor Humes. was passed over
~ mavor's veto By the following vote:
yeas-castleman. Crawford. piller, GIL.
nm McArdlc, Muldoon, Navin Rude
Taylor-Io Nays-James. President Kline
hart-2. The veto Of Cricaions ahu-eA
neetoration ordinance was sustained