The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15
BUSY COUNCIL SESSION.
LARGE NUMBER OF BILLS REACH
FINAL PASSAGE.
Most Interesting Among Them one
Regulating Conduct of Runners
and Drivers ON Wharves und
Railway PIatfOrms--t:iison's Joke.

The city council had on It's working
clothes last night. Not for long time
have so many bills reached final passage
within a single session. The ordinance 10
which most popular interest is attached
among those passed last night is as fol-
lows:
mo hack or omnibus driver. hotel run
ner, steamboat runner. eNpresSman or
solicitor shall be allowed upon any wharf
or railroad station or roadway leading
thereto. without permission IN writing
from the owner tberebf; provided that in
case the owner shall give a person Of
any class authority TO so upon sach wharf
or roadway. no other of the same class
shall be refused except for mistsemeanor-
NO hack driver, hotel runner, express
man or solicitor soliclang custom. either
FOR himself or another. shalt cali out to
passers-by in tone of voice louder than
ordinary conversation: nor shall any such
person stand purposely in front of or
among passengers, or take hold or the
baggage of passengers without the lat;ers
requesting him TO do 80 ,.nor shall he make
derocatory remarks OF rival houses nor
lnaultlng remarks to passengers declining
TO go with him.
NO person shall ride or drive any horse
or team upon any wharf or wharf road
way at a gis alter speed than walk"
The bill also forbids the same class o.
agents from standing on Columbia street
between Western and Railroad avenues.
oxref,t within sueh limits as the chief Of
noy-. may prescribe. aad from going upon
any gaugway while Il IL being used fy
Messengers The penalty Is fine OF not
lees than so nor more t1an SE or inpF-s-
onnent FOR not more than thirty days.
Among ether bills passed were the foi-
towing: Authorizing the board OF puolic
works 20 dispose OF surplus shade trees;
authorizing transfer % liquor license from
r II Wilson On Feagis & Mason: APPROX
ing assessment roll for Mob Ifill avenue:
granting free water 10 Mrs. Blair 20
Eighth avenue: Mrs. Frances \. Lang. soc
Alder street and Mrs. Ia DoUCetlr. NJ .lI
West I.en0ra stree: granting transfer of
liquor license from J. Swanson 70 Gqrnero
a. Co W H. I. Coke to Nc1!a1d n
James Miller q jacobson - J. F.. Dave:
authorizing refund Of siuu to II. y. X.
UaddenfeItt for money paid into city
tres ssirv for Pike street improvement, au-
tAorizsng the improvement OF Twelfth ave-
nue. fyeFn East Jefferson street 20 Y4sseT
way 81 First aveuue south from King 10
Dearborn Of Twenty -s@c0nd avenue from
Jackson - Charles. sewer on Twenty
third avenue soafn from Norman streeG ~
Yesler way ~ wer on Terrace stree, be-
tween Fourth and Sixth avenues sswsrs on
John. Thomas. Republican and Harrison
streets; authorizing George kinnear
and Others 10 improve Roy street
1etwfe1 Sc AID avenue ard Elr4sar
place Al their own expense authorizing
+, SIYnrsaa - change Biz place ~ basl-
nesa from ~ Te~,er way - - YsS'~r
way: granting liquor licenses - " a
Kaafet{ (, Go. Henry Zimmerman. Nelson
q Liasets. Frederick * Smith. Robh &
Emerson. J. 4 I}urk & Cp Edsen AZ
Sralca Er0es; RostIrK md ]. Neratgrs. as.
faorizinE ere alarm s-ox ~ tee corner %
'Tnea2as street and NesIiak@ avenue
TIE bills authorizing the S4attie Gas
ara Electric boTpany - utilize the va
cart =gsaoe un8fr Ja ss1n street. a1f other
corporate privilege asked for were held
sy Corporation Cottc4ei Brown - b.. I'm
tee nature Of franchises. ard we're Had
~ the table
TIE b.u providing fqr the ar,f.~siseFasut
1f damages sroVsg~g rut - tts yas~raa.,qf,
- tfrst avenue. between PIX. street ard
I'erfr ~-aY. vas referred % a ap,.eIai ca-r-
rsfttee. cons ~i.rE ~ fht fiua-lae commit.
Gee, th~ eosrr iasar 90 She sxtA v ara ara
L'r%zasent Creator
jti.e to111 of h41nor vas or tho
rla9-l! n veg - is near approach %
g sse.cf.cr4. and Olson. p ao has become
t4ae recognized aAnoFist % tae body. H.