The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-15

NOTICE or GENERAL ELECTION
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO
TME Qualified VOTERS 81
FORT Of SEATTLE THAT A
| GENERAL ELECTION WILL uE
HELD IN SAID FORT DISTRICT
ufsC EMHEH l. 1917, At WHICH
THERE WILL BE ELEcTEs one
ri 1 Il TT c'oNSM'ifssi6SERs b is
TRIcT TO SERVE ron 4 TERM
o. THREE YEARS TERN To
COMMENCE ON THE sEcoNn
MoSpAY ~, JANUARY. isis
MIT'rED TWO PROPOSITIONS
CONTAINED IN RESOLUTION
NO az or THE PORT CoMMig-
SION or THE FORT or SEAT
TILE, hpoPTFp oCToHEn q.
1917 SAID PROPOSITIONS ne
tSG BRIEFLY DESCRIBED As
PRoposITrow ONE
The question of whether or not the
Port Commission shall operate
vehicles seeking transportation
the ferries aud boats now being
operated on Lake Washington
under and by virtue Of Unit No.
Of the Comprehensive Scheme OF
Harbor improvements and the
ferries now being operated on
Elliott bay under and by virtue Of
Unit No. : Of the Compreheuatvs
Scheme % Harhor Improvement.
PROPOSITION TWO
The question 81 authorizing the
Port Commission - the Port ~
Seattle TO borrow the aum OF One
Hundred Seventy-five Thousand
ttfTs. 000) Dollars. and issue bonds
thereof for the purpose 81 con-
atructing an extension to the Bell
street wharf and Transit Shed.
located on lots 70 IL. inclusive.
block III Seattle Tide Lands lots
to Z, inclusive. block i72. Seattle
Tide Lands. and that vacated por-
ton OF Blanchard street vacated
by Ordinance No. 3f78G 81 the city
OF Seattle, "A municipal corpora
ton, and. upon the Harhor Arca
In front Of the foregoing described
property. said Improvement being
part Of Central Waterfront tm-
provement. known and designated
a. Unit No. 4 of the Comprehen-
slve Scheme Of Ifhrbor Improve
ment of the Port District. Satd
bonds shall he General Serial
such forms as said Port Commits
sion shall hereafter prescribe, OF
the denomination OF One Thou
sand $1,000 Dollars each, num-
bered conHecutively from ono TO
ono hundred seventy-five. bear
ing Interest at the rate OF per
cent per nnnurn. payable aemi-
annually. principal and interest
payable at the Fiscal Agency Of
the state OF Washington In tho
city Of New York, TO be dated as
iasued, and issued in such
amounts and at such times as the
Port Commission shall hereafter
prescribe. Said bonds TO mature
In from one TO forty-two years.
with average mhturities Of APP
proxinately 2gis years. all as
specifically set forth in Ee8olu-
tlon No. 3i7 of tho Port Commits
sion. Said bonds. principal and
interest to be payable out Of tho
fnent, and In case the net Income
shall not be sufficient for TINT
purpose. the remainder shall be
payable ont Of taxes levied upon
the property In said Port District
The details Of the methods Of ore-
nting and applying said net in
come and taxes. and of creating n
proper and sufficient FUND for the
payment OF the principal and In
terest of said bonds as they be-
come due to be Ms hereafter pre-
Hcribed by aald commission.
Section 2. That at the General
Election, to be held December !,
1917. the polls shall be open be-
tween the hours Of 1 o'clock p. M.
and s O'Clock D. m
THE PORT COMMISSION or THE
PORT or SEATTLE,
By ROBERT BRIDGEs,
It's President.
Attest;
G. q. RTMSBERG.
TIA Nlgrftury