The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-20
Seattle to Complete Street Con-
nectien With Ballard.
YESLER WAY SLIDE TROUBLE.
Council Decides 80 Postpone Work
on the Hill untf1 After the Rainy
Season - Petition That Wcstlake
Avenue he Wfdened 10 100 or
xxO Feet AYonu the West shore of
Lake Union ballard Visitors.

II prompt resolution ID followed By as
prompt action SEATTLE and BailaFA VIII
sooE be connected BY good roadway
After visit from delegation OK BAsiar3
city councilman and officers. tne Seattle
city council .ast Night pledged Itself 10 that
c0ura. Of acton
T-na FIST hoar % me session. or more
properly the aour before the council met,
was taken u with an Informal discussion
Of the Yesler way slide n week ago G. T.
H. Dose. who owns two lots on TIE nofth-
east corner of Film avenue and fesisr
way presented "a petition 10 the council
aaking that all papers relating 70 restrain
ing the slide Do taken from the table ana
considered. Accordingly "a session ot the
COMMITTEES OK the whole was held last Night
CT O'Clock. After explanatory statements
illustrated with charts. b. CITY Engineer
Thomson. and q statement IRON Sapt.
Haas. OF the Seattle city rasiway, Il was a.
cided 10 postpone all acton unH1 aitFE ths
rainy season.
The regular order OF business was sus-
pended 10 hear q committee from Ballard
Tna committee consisted OF Mayor q u.
Etartup, CounciImen pay3i MeNay, George
McDads and -. AcAllister. city Attorney
T. V Davis and ex-kepresentatlYe Inofn-
as Winsor.
Mayor Startup stated that tao years ago
there mad been al agreement between ine
authorities Of the Two cities 10 build Il sub
stAntial plank road. each municipality win
in It's own limits. TO a connecting poiHt
Acting upon this agreement, Ballard had
gone ahead and built sixteen-foot road
way along 9hilsnole avenue ard a STREET.
Seattle had failed 20 Keep her part OF thS
agreement He thought il now incumbent
on this city 10 take up the matter.
Thomas Ninsor. who was HlefnDer OF
the last Legislature from this county, ex-
planned the provisions OF a BIZ wnIch ne
had introduced and secured the passage OF,
authorizing Ballard ana Seattle to avail
themselves OF the Accumulated county
funds for road districts Nos I, - ana 81.
He made a strong plea for active pFoseeu~
ton OF the work by Seattle. setting fnrth
the moral obligation involved by the for
mar agreement, and also The business ad-
yantages which would result from SUCH a
highway.
James thought that the reason Ballard
had gone ahead With her section of the
road wac because she had received her
share of the county funds, while SeatlS
had not. liz this poiai he vas CORRECTED -
Mayor siartup. who SAD Ballard had not
YET received cent of the money.
City Attorney Davis spoke IN line ~ifA
his fellow delegates, giving "A clear eXHiaua-
ton OF how the h!ll in question made The
funds available TO the two citlea. cts
Comptroller Parry said that he and Nj.
Davis and Corporation Counsel Humphrey
had laid The matter before me boaFd OF
county commiss .0ners last octobrr. Thai
body prom'seG 10 take II ~, and had re-
ferred IL TO the prosecuting attorney; who
was favorable. The county treasurer Of
nee is now at work segFeSating the various
tax collections since 1891, task Of no
small proportions. H.h, Crichton and Craw-
ford took part IN the discussion, the latter
telling OF n gravel bed near his residence.
from which material for thc roal could be
obtained.
On motion Of McArdie II was declared the
sense OF the council that the city pledge
Itself 10 proceed promptly IN the matter.
and motion OF JAmeS. amended Ia
Crichton. the whole matter was referred
to the streets committee, board If public
works and chairman uf the finance SOM
mIttee TO get an estimate Of tire cost of the
work OF roadway from the end Of XII
bourne avenue to connect with street
In ballard. 10 devise ways and means OF
building the road. ana to prepare tnd sub
mi, an ordlnahc ennodYing their recon-
msndatIons.
Mayor Startuo. who was seated beside
President Rinehart thanked the council
for It's prompt action. and the Ballard
delegation Withdrew wei satisfied with
the result OF The visit.
Routine nusine.s.
Petitions wega received and referred a
follows:
nippolyte Dutard. for damages 20 prop
erty from First avenue rrSrade. claims
Offer OF =. \. Mckenzie 10 COMPROMISE
grade tax adjudication committee
Sadie /. Haynes. for cancellation OF water
tax; fire and water committee
Rcmsberg ana 3 f nsr a .Ri, ,h r.
Westlake avenue he wideued tn l0o or 10
feei along the west sh0re al lake t-n.an
md that the narrow strip 81 land te. wecn
The present bridge ana Lake aYsnuc Re
condemned by the CITY. Referred - com
n,tiee on streets AID city engineer.
Petition or property Owners t1C repair or
thafcsiown Grant and CoitaN STREETS
committee on Str2ets.
$ l.. Bowman. fcr remission q street
grade tax. adtud cation committee
Residents az Second ward fer are .sht
al jackson street ana Twenty -nfth ave
nue.. committee og lights
Reports NJ standing committees were
3trDtsu "a fottoW1,