HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/28/19 April 28th 1919.
i~egular meeting of the City Council called to order b~ ~ayor aGiles.at 8.00 O'clock
P.m. all members being present.
Minutes of previous se~ sion read and approved; also report of Oo~mnittee of the whole
council in reference to the ;'Cater situaSion, showing Shat the matter had been referred
to the i~blic u~ili~ies committee with ~he 0ity A~$orney and Water"S~perintenden$.and
tha~ o,~ittee was instructed ~o bring in a full report to the Co,oil not later than
~,~y 12th 1919. f~,~otion by Pittaok and f~[cGillivray ~o a~prove report,carried.
Letters read from Carpenters Union and ~ehinists Union protesting against dumping
of ~rbage ~n m~ergreen Park. re~erred $o Health ~d Sanitation Co~ni~tee.
Letter read from ~leven ladies forming a civic co~ittee appointed by the I~yor
investigate ~nd report on Garbage disposal in Seattle; stating ~hat the s~itary fill
was no~ objectionable,when h~dled as done in Seattle, Referred to Health and Sanitatio~
committee.
Clerk reported that this was the da~e set for ~eceiving bids for Fourth Street pav-
ing ~nd tha~ four bids. had been received.
LDtion by Yi]li~ms and Bowdoin to open bids, carried, bids were accordingly opened
~nd fo~d to be as follows; from W. O. Bulet~e and Co. R. H. Travers,Cook and Eooeri,
and ~Jettler and Helard, and on motion of McGillivr~y ~d #illi~s all bids were referred
~o the ~gineer for Computation.
Letter read from 4zter Superintendant and acoo~tan$ and referred to the P.U.Co~.
~blic Utilities oo~ittee reported that The Claim of J.G.Lewis for a bundle of rugs
lost after beiug shipped from M~icipal wharf, had been investigated and record showed
that the rugs had been delivered $o She Steamer ~lorence K at this end,and ~hat claim
h~d been turned over $o themCompany.
2ire and Light co~nittee reporttd that ~he hydrants which were sugposed to be stored
in base :ent of City Hall could nos be fo~d; committee also reported that soda was ne d
ed for chemical engine ~fl. The matter of supplies was referred to the Purchasing corem.
~M Olsen Chairman of Street committee reported that he had made a careful e~aminat-
ion of the sewer installed in L.I.D.~f86 ~d had found it satisfactory.
Sanitations'Committee ~ep~rted ~tha~ abo~t three h~dred vacation~notices would be
ne~<~ed by the co:mnittee and on motion ~f '~owdo~n and Williams report of co.a:nittse was
ag'>roved aud co~ittee instructed to go ahead.
Under unfinishe4 business clerk regorted that contract had not been awarded for
the gradi~% of the ~lley in block l~. Engineer reported that owing to the way the
alley had been laid out abutting the new ~avy Yard Hotel it would be ne~os sary to make
so,ne c~anges i~ the grade oF tbs alley running East and ~est; he also reoorted
~. J. 5. Xeayon was low bidder fo- the work.
~,~otion by 4c~411ivray and tiuestis to aooegt the bid of ~ir. i{enyon ~,l award him
,the ¢ont~w, ct ~s thn lower~t bidders carried.
t, lerk regort,~d td~is as the d-re set for hearin~z 9retests, if any, on th~ im~rove-
m~nt of ~ur.,ll .~tr~et bet,veen 2acidic and ','~arren ~treets. Engineer re0orted ~h~t
'h~ had no~ been a~le to o:et' ~n ~ou~h ~','itL the i~la~y Yard authoritins owin,~ to the fact
:theft Jo?rain ~re~"ory ws~s ~'~t of ,,own and reque~tted that the hearin~ be continued.
~I There bein?~' no objection the hearth:, was continued until the ne~zt re~ul:.tr '~eetin~.
Z:t~iueer fi'ted & se:'sment roll of L. I. ~. ,~8~} and same w-s .,'eferre~t
Clerk z'e,}ort~:'~ t~:,~,t thi~ v¢~:s the d ~e set for hearlnr~ 9rote:~ts, if any, ,.~6ainst the
construction of stayer on Ralph ;Jtreet bnt:?een Eliza'eth and t~arren on,~ th~,t no orotests
had been fi~e~!. ~"
Olerk re'd Ordi.~:~nce ,¢-689. boin,~' a~] Ordi,'tLiMoe a,)orovi~]' ~td arlol)~i ~,]. ,laMs a~d
~,?eoi~i3&t)on SOl' the i,zl:rove.ient o~ _~alph ,]treet from the oente]- lino o%'Eli.:abeth
,,treo~ to tho center lin~ of ,iaz're,~ ,venue :~nd on :notion of ~c~illivra:;
3rdin~no(~ was 9¢~sL;~:d as read.
Jlerk read 3rdin~nc, ,,i650, b~ ~.,, ~,~ ordin;~noe provid, in,r for the i,¢;~rove'nsnt of
:(slph Jtreet from the center li~¢ of ;¢li~;~b~th freer to tt3n center li~ of ./:.~rren
.~ven~e, oreatin,~ a ~. I. D. therefore and ,~rovidin:~ for the pay,~ent of
- ~,a~( i'a?rovement
by the mode of "Payment by~'onl~,~' ~.n~ on :~tion of-',~illia~as ~tnd ;,~o3111ivray or,li~qnoe
Clerk re,porte~ this as tho d~tq for hevri'u,~ croton, ts, if any, on the im,~rovenent of
m~ashi~l~tOD. &venue by pavi,':~,, 8, nd read :.~ ?rotest -¢
- . zro~,, several !)rooerty oCvner~', which
as referred to the en~ineer to check up. ~,Iotion by 4cGillivraj,:'a~:zd '2owdoin to con-
inu~ hearing unti~ tomorrow evening; carried.
Clerk read Ordinance .i~626, being an ordinnnce tpproving the a¢~:sessment roll for
]. I. D. z85 and on motion of ~,~c ~illivray a~d -'~ttaok ordin,~cw was pa~:s~d as road.
Clerk read Ordinance /~627 heine; an ordi~nce approvin~ the as essment rolZ for
L. I. D. ~84 ~nd om :.;orion of'm?/illi~ms and Pittaok ordinance was 9assed as read.
The L~yor reported that Juvenile officer h:~d asked for a ringing of a curfew and
~otion o.f L~oGtllivray and .Bowdoin attorney was instructed to ,,reo.~ · . ,
~¢~r, .Villi~me, on behalf of sever.,:.l ~rope~2 o~ners from eas~ Bremer~on, reeues~e8
¢illiams a. nd Pi~aok Oit~ A~orney was direo~ed ~o prepare resolution of in~er~&o~,
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Ol~rk read Ordinaoe -iA6~.8, bein~ an Ordiace revising and amending ,Oeetlon 1,%, of
Ordinanc e- f58~-
LIotion by McGillivray and Hu~s~is ~o 9ass ordinance as road; was opposed by ~[r.~
~. fl. Bryan, 3n behalf of o~r~ain olisn~s, Ordinanos ~as passed on roll call as
follows: Mo lllivray, Yes; Huostis, Yes;~Haddon, Yos; Olsen, Yes Bowdoin, No'
2i~ack, Yes; ~,~llllamS, Yos;
[,~otion by ~illiams and ~cG~llivra~ ~o allow all bills which had b~sn agprovod by
Wotion by Williams and Olsen to adjourn until Tuesday Evening, April ~gth, at
~ o~,~olo~ ~,m, h carried ....
N~ ~g~n~an~ Bowdoin~o adver$ise for bids for construction of Ealph
Wotion b~il~i~ray ~nd ..iilli~, to refer the m~t~er of removal of shacks ~
from ~ixth a~d P~.~-~9_ Union Street to the Bnilding ~ommittee
A~3~il Egth 1919.
~djourned meetiug of the Cit~ ~.~ .~-i, nalted~to order by ~ayor ~S~les at
o'cleek p.m. all members bein~ preseut exoegt ~r. ?itt%ck.
Clerk read letter from Teleob~ue~ ~. Como~n.~ requesting permission to ~ut conduit
~umterground on certain streets an~l stated that ~ owing that owing to th,
improvements he had turne~ the letter over to the Street ~Jo~aittee for inve~ti~ation.
Street Co~ittee re?erred havin~ inves~i~ated an.'l considered ~t would be a -rea~
iu[~rovement and reoo~ended that request '~e ~ranted an~ on motion of ~_c~illivr~ and
Clsen report of Co ~mittee was ~ pproved.
Letter read from the City Cler]~ of ~harle~ton, c~lli~L7 attent~o~ to the fact that
a l~r~e amo~t of street ~avln~ ~?~s ?ropom?d amd re~:ue~$im~ ~hat ~v water :)~l)eO b~
!%eferred ~o i~ublic Utilities Co~ittee and Water Superintendent.
Em3inser reported that he had examined th~ bi.t~ subm~tte~ ?~r th~ ?o~rtk
~ ~.w~?~¥~e~t ~ud,fOuud the figures to be a~ follow~:. 2~iaceri ,: ~3ok
.~. 0. Bul~tSe ~48,g69,~4; L[ettler & Helard, ,~48,SE~0; R. H. Tr~vers
Zoae discussion arose as to which was the lowest and best bi~der ~'~d tL~ engineer
~mmm~ reca~mended that the city council either reject all bids or let tha ~ntract
to ~Iettler & .~elarl as he considere8 their bid the best.
Motion by Bowdoln and Olsen to award the contract to Heft!er & ]~lard ~?
~o~:e~t ~d best bidders; carried.
Z~ ineer re~orted that he had checked up the prote?ts a~wa~st tb~ i 9roveme~t
of 7ash~ rwt~n ,zvonue a:o,-] found that the mm amount of front foot.,~,~ ~ re;zeooa ~
b2 tl:.. ;~r~te'.. t w~s S,60~ feet and the total frontage being ~,~8~ fe~t, which mr~e the
~:t~.' .~t..._ts~ ]ess tT~an 60%. The City Attorney.was z~>~ed'~"~ wh~t peroent~e of protest
~ requfred to s~op th: work and replied that he knew nf no lau~ )roviOir]? for a per-
tentacle .nd t}~ t t~e ?.ouneil ;v~o out, posed to be the Judge in such matters. Motion
by .fillia,t;::; ._nd ~ues tis to ow~rr~l~ all prote?ts; carried, on roll ~all .~: follo~v~:
-:c '..i (livra?, Huos~t~s, O]sen ~znd ,,'illiams, YES; Haddonand Bowdoln,
2!~:?k :c.~ad Ord~ ~'~.a~nce ,,~651, bein,~: a Ordinance ad~ting, the maos,~ ~ol~n-,'~ ~'
s:?c:~fSc?ti ;-~ ~ ~;~i for t~-~e improvement of %';ashington ~;venue, by pavin~7 und on
motion of .;o'~il,lvr~. a~u:~ O].sen Ordinance ;Tas passed as read.
31~rk re!~d Ordinunce .~6~)2, be~n~ an Ordinance ,Orovidin~ for lhe imgro~emehtof
...~'~-t3~ .~venue, r?~.~ tb ~3rth ~ r~f~n 0'f ~urwell Stre~$ to the n~rthe mar~i~ of
i~u~:k jtr~et, by :av~'~, ,n0 creat~u~ L.I.D. ~9S, provid~n~ for the payment
by th.~ "[Jo.~le of ?~y~t by ~ords" :n~ om motion of ~[cGi].l~mvray ynd '.lilliams,
i~otion byO~sen and Bowdoin to advertise for bids for Ralph Strmet sewer.
. Comolaimt was mad~ by re~identk· 3I' Union S~reet ~ha~ cor~ain shacks had beon
moved from ~acific & Sixth Streets ~o lots adjoining thoir propmrty and that said .
shacks were not connected ?,~ithti~e city sew~rs and were a menace to the health ~,f the
neighborhood. Suilding Inspector and Clerk reported that no oermits had be~n issusd~
'or ~y ruch removal and on motion of McGillivray a~d ;lilliams~ ~he matter was refSrro~
to the City Attorney amd Health Officer with power to act; carried.
i¥Iotion by )JcGillivray and Huestis theft ~ilding Inspector be instructed to ri(~idl2
enforce the i~uildin~ Ordinance ,~nd to order all shacks removed, if necessary; carried.
~otion by i~cGillivra3 nd Bowdoin ~hat a committee consisting of the ~yor, the
City ~ttorney and the ~;ater S~perinte~den~ be instructed.to mee~ with a co~it~ee 3f
the.Charle~ ton 0i~y Co~cil for the ourpose of talkin~ over th~ -;~.$er situation;carri~
Street Cmmnit~ee reoorted that housing corporation wished to have a ~elophone pole
now situated ia front of their hotel, removed: it ?.?as Shown ~hat s~reet li~h$ was
at~ached to t, ~s cole a~zd the ~gent/ of the Housin~ Corooration had agreed'~to
li ht~ ~ ?r~n8 o;? ~. .~tel nd o~z motloa of Clsen and Do~doin r~nJ. es~ was a;~prov~d.
.~e, b~ t~:~t ~a.dlo had ~lO~ ~:een ~.~di~7~..] to ~;~
" ~o' ~ttor:~ey for his ap'~roval
~1~ on ~o~;i3i~i o[i -~C~l:._ll~z'~,j ~.~d .,i.~iiu.~ ~,~t-r ',?ss laid ov~r u~til ne~,.t rodilar
.~uolic L'tilitio, So:z'~i~tee r~.,ort,;~ that a ~reat iaaziy claim;: ere ]oo~i[~' ~ll?d for