The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-04

stll bet yan would not have said
word II anything but grill room
were going into the basement re
marked Williams
What no you mean 90 come up
here and question my honesty =
/ shricked Mullen And the air be
+ came blue
The other members Of the com
mittee could not see the eoundneas
of Mullcn's position. unless hun
/ dreds % other drop stairwaya In the
city many Of which are built Into
/ the sidewalk. are also TO be abol-
! ished With soft speeches they
/ tried 20 soothe the Pike street glad
iator. bat Il was 81 no avail Final
/ " they succeeded In laying the mat
I ter over for a week 10 enable the
streets committee O. also consider
f a. and the atmosphere gradually
cleared.
Bui Mullen aid not LET things rest
here As soon aH the committee
showed itself dlainellncd 20 grant a
saloon lieenseat the corner 81 Third
and Pine street across from the
Methodist Protestant church. he
again became wild lie said he
thought the members Of the church
were little less than robbers be
cause they had demanded s. 600
from the eity rs reason Of the re-
grade Of Third avenue between
+ Pike and Pine STREETS
II this church Is the only pro
tcstant against this license. ! want
20 see IL granted be declared IT
a nov trying t. hold the city up
for sae00 and BY threatening the
members with allowing the saloon
T ca 80 in across the street perhaps
Ne can obtain a reasonable settle
+ ment from them As far aa ! know
T NO other property owners iu the
vicinity are opposing the granting
+ Of the license. and although I am
T personally opposed 10 Il. I would
like 20 see it Erautcd under the cir
+ cumstancea
Even scott BENJAMIN. chairman
nf the committee. whose business
+ establishment O. elosa "a the church
and also close - Pike street. op-
posed the granting ~ the license
tie said that he did not care per
souaiiy bat ava not believe the
other property owners wanted to
see a saloon on that corner
+ BENJAMIN announced 81 the form
er meeting uf the committee that
BE- believed that she application for
+ the license would ~ withdrawn.
I Evidently. however. MeEhigF has
changed his mind because be atiil
/ wants the privilege Owing 10 Null
T ien'a protest the committee decided
not % reject The application for an
other seek At least
Mullen made bis next fight in TIE
E council opposing the vacation ~ 4
street and alley On Queen Anne hlil
E for ~ A Raeer Tie said be on
I posed Il as a matter ~ policy He
vas not willing 20 make the Faras
I ton unless KaHsr save the fitY
$500 for the property.
4 understand thar Raser has on
several occasions himself admitted
that he waa willing a. give che eltf
I $3.50 or 81 EHa for the property
F Nov this council wants 20 give Il
TO him for nothing Evidently IA.
ser has settled With somebody
E consider e an outrage for this
+ council % give away streets that
may become 81 great value 10 or
- years from nov. No man knows
what 4 vii b worth BY that time
I I believe that nr Criehton made
one Of the greatest mistakes In his
career as q councilman in agreeing
20 the vacation % Howe street A.
that time the thorough fare did not
seem 20 BE- u any value 60 the city.
I but q has developed more recently
that "a is the only direct route for
/. getting down from Queen Anne Hill
to Smiths cove
II The other members % the coun=
I Ell thought the vacation vas iustl=
fled because the ground. situated
on a sharp hiuff. was % no value
except 60 Raser and the petition
vas granted
I J. y. Farrell has asked for the
vacation OF Harvard avenue north
and North Broadway Mullen says
be IL opposed 10 IL unless Farrell
agrees to bear the expense ~ open
/ iuE Lakeview avenue a. an expense
of g. 900 Fsrrelrs petition has
been before the council for nearly
/ two ycaru