The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04
Engineer Estimates Expenditures
for Improvements.
NINE DISTRICTS FOR $40. 900.
Council VIII Finally Pass ON Impor-
tant Extensions mt Tomorrow
MeefinE-Assessmcn Rolls for
Improvements Done-Bonrd of
street Work ana Many Petitions.

Estimates OF cost Of various street I'M
provements which have hung fire In the
city council for the past several months
were filed with the board OF public WORKS
by City Engineer Thomson yesterday.
They cover some OF the most important
improvements that are contemplated for
this year, and will be sent to the council
with the boards approval at It's regular
session tomorrow night. The estimates
show a total OF SCI. $50 and are for the
following work:
James street. from the east side OF Sec
ond avenue 20 the east side OF Sixth ave-
nue-Planklng. cutters and curbs, $500
Spring street. from the east side OF First
avenue to the west side of Third avenue
pianking, cutters and curbs, $500.
Jefferson street, from Yesler way to the
east side Of Fourth avenue Planking.
cutters and curbs, 1850.
Mercer street east. from Broadway
north to Belmont avenue understanding,
sidewaiking and parking 1850.
Eastlake avenue Howard place. How
ard avenue north and Lynn street east,
from Mercer street TO the south line of
the Denny Thurman addition-Grading
and parking, $3.50
Ninth avenue south from Yesler way
20 Jackson street Replanking. cutters
and curbs, $500.
Yesler way, from Fifth TO Fifteenth
avenues Replanking cutters and curbs,
$1,000
westIake, Lake and Ewing avenues,
from Clyde to Aurora street-Rcplanking
1900
Jackson street. from Fifth TO Sixteenth
avenues ficplanklng cutters and eurbs.
1850
The city council has declared its inten-
ton of making those improvements. and
several weeks ago set February 2 as the
night when the property -owners would be
heard. The ordinances will probably be
brought up for final passage at that time.
The board approved two assessment
rolls one OF them IL for s2s5o.ls. for lay
ing a sewer In Jackson street. from Occi-
dental to Fifth avenues, and tho other
for 81 b3a.s5. for grading the alley ex-
tending between James and Jefferson
streets, between Second and Third ave-
nues
Jack Somers was cited to appear before
the board next Saturday to show cause
why his permit to conduct "A fruit stand
at the foot OF Madison street should not
be revoked, He was given lease for
such an establishment but the harbor-
master complains that his place is In the
way.
A petition from r. A. Morris and others
for permission TO use the parking strip
for sloping the banks on the east side of
Terrace street, between broadway and
intondent OF streets
The Seattle e. Montana railway petit
toned for the right TO run tracks from
the main line TO mill at the foot of Mer-
Ger street crossing the Seattle a Inter-
national; but the application was denied
on the ground that such petition should
come from the owner OF the mill, as the
railways franchise already covered such
matters.
The secretary was instructed TO adver-
tise for bids for grading. sidowalking and
pianking Nineteenth avenue. from Cherry
70 Columbia streets. and forward them to
the city council, The estimated cost of
this work Is 5000
Timothy Ryan was given the contract
for flling In the intersection of Union
street east and Twenty-ninth avenue. to
replace the bridge now there, The work
viii cost $50
The application OF J. O, Taft for np-
pointment 20 the position of building In
speetor was referred 70 the superintend-
ent OF bridges. buildings and wharyes.