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Seattle Street Commissioner
A City Charter Amendment in 1875 created the position of Street Commissioner to be elected annually by the Common Council. The new City Charter of 1890 stipulated that the Street Commissioner be appointed by the Board of Public Works and a subsequent Amendment in 1894 required that the position be filled by a member of the Board.
| 1877 |
William Blackman |
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| 1878-1879 |
M.J. Costello |
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| 1880-1882 |
R.H. Calligan |
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| 1883 |
Henry Sheahan |
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| 1884 |
G.L. Manning |
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| 1885-1888 |
Lawrence Cummings |
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| 1889-1891 |
George N. Alexander |
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| 1892 |
Lawrence Cummings |
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| 1893 |
Timothy Ryan |
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| 1894-1896 |
George N. Alexander |
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The new Freeholders City Charter of 1896 created the position of Superintendent of Streets, Sewers, and Parks. The Superintendent was appointed by the Mayor for a three-year term. In 1904, with creation of the Board of Parks Commissioners, the Parks function was removed from the Superintendent. The Department of Streets and Sewers was abolished in 1936 and became the Maintenance Division of the Engineering Department.
| 1897-1902 |
F.N. Little |
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| 1903-1906 |
A.L. Walters |
Appointed to serve Little's unexpired term and was subsequently appointed for a full three-year term. |
| 1907-10/1907 |
Charles R. Case |
Michael T. Maloney was appointed, but not confirmed. Case was appointed, but resigned in October. |
| 10/1907-12/1909 |
Michael T. Maloney |
Maloney was appointed to finish out Case's term. |
| 1910-1912 |
A.L. Walters |
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| 1913-1921 |
Charles R. Case |
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| 1/1922-8/1922 |
O.A. Piper |
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| 8/1922-12/1922 |
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Mayor Brown appointed George W. Scott, Carl S. Gassman, Francis R. Kelly, and Charles Bolsby, to serve Piper's unexpired term, but the Council refused to confirm any of them. Lt. Col. G.N. Rice was finally elected, but the Mayor refused to accept his bond. Rice resigned eight days after his confirmation by the Council. During part of this period, assistant superintendent Byron Thomas served as acting superintendent. |
| 12/1922-6/1928 |
W.D. Barkhuff |
Barkhuff was appointed to served the balance of Piper's term and was subsequently appointed to two additional three-year terms. He resigned to become City Engineer. |
| 6/1928-7/1931 |
Daniel A. Boyle |
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| 7/1931-6/1932 |
Harry W. Dail |
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| 6/1932-6/1934 |
Herman W. Ross |
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| 6/1934-3/1936 |
Dudley B. Eddy |
Department was abolished. |
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