The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
Many Local Improvement Ordi-
nances Wait Councils Action.
APPROPRIATE OVER 500. 900.
December II the City's Legislative
BODY Is Expected to Determine
Fate of Madison Street-Matter
Has Been Pending for Several
Months-Many streets to BE Sew
cred and Graded During 1901.

With the beginning of the new year
municipal improvements aggregating IN
cost over 500 900 will be undertaken by the
city, II the recommendations OF the board
OF public works and the estimates of the
city engineer are carried out by the leg
isiative branch OF the government.
One week from next Monday night. at
the regular meeting of the city council. a
big batch OF public Improvement ordi-
nances. OF which some have been before
the council in times gone by, and others
are entirely new. are to be acted on.
Among the projects billed for final con-
sideration is the Improvement OF Madison
street, from First to Twenty-third ave-
nue. by planking, macadam and brick
paving. according to the assessed valua-
ton OF the local Improvement district
traversed.
Judging by the work I'm the city engi-
neer's Office there is to be no cessation
in activity In Seattle in the line of pub
lie improvements. During the absence of
City Engineer Thomson and Councilman
James. estimates have been pilng up In
the office OF the engineer. Many contracts
and estimates have been held mp waiting
the action OF the full board and council.
December II the council will have a
chance TO finally determine the fate OF
Madison street. Ordinances providing for
the much needed Improvement of that
thcroughfare have been drawn up and
wait but the decision OF the council. They
provide for the appropriation of about
$50. $50, which is TO be assessed against
the local property owners. and Is to be
raised by the sale of Improvement dis
trict bonds. AS has been already told in
the Post-Intelligencer. the property own
ers on Madison street have in the past
been unable to agree among themselves
as to the kind of pavement they wish
adopted. The council Is expected to take
the matter in hand week from Monday
night and settle the question.
Following is a list of the other local i'm
provements which will be acted on at the
same meeting. and for which estimates
are now being made by the city engi-
neer:
Grading and sidewaiking of Garfield and
Valley streets, between Queen Anne ave-
nue. and Fifth avenue north.
Residewalking Fourteenth avenue south.
between Massachusetts avenue and Lam
der.
Constructing Of cement walks on Cher
ry street between Ninth avenue and
broadway. and on Minor avenue. between
Madison and broadway.
Grading of East Thomas street, from
Tenth avenue to Boy1ston.
Grading and planking OF Elliott avenue.
between Broad street and Railroad ave.
nue..
GradlnE OF eighteenth avenue between
Fast Howell and Mercer streets
Planking of battery street. between
Fifth and Western avenues.
Improvement OF Terry avenue north.
between Denny way and Republican
street by the construction Of a sewer.
Construction of pile bridge on Cnnnec-
ticut street between First avenue south
and Railroad avenue.
Improvement by grading of East Thom-
as street, between Fifteenth and Tween
tieth avenues.
Grading Of Fourth avenue west, be-
tween Highland drive and McCsraw street
Construction OF cement wa ks on # lurth
avenue north, between Denny way and
Harrison street
Grading OF Ward street. from Second
avenue north to Queen Anne avenue.
Improvement of Garfield street by grad
ing from Queen Anne avenue TO Seventh
avenue west.
Improvement OF Twentieth ayenue bv
grading. from East Madison to East
Thomas.
Grading OF Twenty-second avenue. be-
tween East Marion and East Cherry
streets.
Construction Of cement walks on East
Pine, from Bellevue avenue Go Harvard
avenue.
Construction of new walks on Pine
street, from Ninth to Melrose avenue,
GradipC Of ouecn Anne avenue from,
Denny way to John street
Construction Of cement walks on Sly
tcenth Stv nfe nth ana T. ghteenth ave-
nues, from fesler way to the Grain asidi-
ton