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Bremerton, Washington. August 13,1917.
Regular meeting of the City COuncil called to °~der by M~yer Giles .at 8,.00 ,o'cloc~
~.m.~ all members of the Council being ~reseHt exceot 'M~ Reeves.
Minutes of previoug session re~d ~ff appr6ved as read.
Letter read from Capt. OoonSz 'Oo~d-~$ o~ Nav~ Yar~,~o~ifying cO~il tha$ i~
roposed to employ ~n additional n~iber ~of men at Sh~ yard, and requesting ~the Oitizens
of Bremerton ~to arrangeofor their housing; this was Iai~ over ~o ~inished business
~nd then ~r~nge~ent ~o m~de to meet wt~h ~he Oo~erolal' 01~ on we~es~ay evening aS
8-S0 ~' clock'" ' ' ' - · ·
~e~er read from ~.0.D~lap, 'claiming re~a~ on water ren~l, .re~errea ~o
Letter read from C. H. Gr~ stating that ~the police had beaten him in a b~tal
~a~er.
~o~ion by Pit,ack ~d Bowdoin that a oo~ittee~be appointed~to investigate the o~rgm
the ~r suggested that the ~tter: eho~$, be.;referrea~ to the. oo~it~ee of-t~ whole,an~
there being no objection, the ~tter was~referred;~to the committee of the whole.
. [~F~?~ ~_~e~ ooT~e r~r~ed ,n.~o~Oee o.~ntreet~ work,
.- ~OAX-O'U~[AX~S. o~i'~ee' r~rted~ t~a~.i~e~tS.~ been completed a~ the whar~
.~$H~ co~'~5 ~e'~e~ ~a~ ~I~gt~S.~O~.~g~Oh~hone be p~ehase~ ~or t~ wharf
~a ~a~ ~ certain wa~er ~er ~e SappeR, ~d on motton ef Bow~pln ~d PiStaok it was
so omderea.
Ligh$ co~lStee reco~ended ~ a light be installed at ~Lenmi9 ~ Union.~d reoo=
menda~ion was approved on motion 0f
Judge ~er appeared befe~ the. o~oil'ak, bhis, time ~d requested that She penal
ordin~ees of ~he ~it2 be co,oilier, n~ action taken;
g Ole~ read ~r~inn~ee ~$S being. ~ ordinn~o5 speoify~n6 and adopting ~ sysSem or plaa
or ;~xng oercaxn addi'~iene. ~d be~te~en~$ to ~e wa~er s~s~em, re~ing
· a~er ~d warrens, ~ 0alling a's?elal .election f~r She ra~ifiea~ioa or rejection of
said plan. said eleo~ien $o be. hel~ September l~h 191~. '
~ion by D~er ~d 2er~non'.~o pass or~i~ee~ an rea~, carried.on roll oa!l,~anim~,
A~en~ion ~n called ~o She laos tha~ She '05~ty U&~in'eloners had closed ~he wa~e~
~ ~o all s~ook ~ on ~ion of~er~son ~d i~oGillivr~ a ~o~e 'of ~h~ks was gi~n
Jo~issioners.
Olerk reported ~ha~ he had applications for ~ool room licenses from Julius ~ortenbaohe
~d Ear~y Roma~, ~d on ~on of ~owd0in ~ ~m~er 01erk was ins$~o~ed ~o 1~,~
usua~ l~cense,~w~en appFOved.bOnas had b~en filed. ~
~mer~ wan also ins$~oSed to noti~ all Poll ~d BillAard rooms ~ha~ bonds mus~ be
file wi~h clerk of 0i~y or places will no~ he allowed $0 operate.
01erk reported ~ha~ ~his was the daSe se~ for opening bids on Chlorine pluS, Sha~
~hree bids had been received. ~ion by ~er~son and ~er to open bids,carried.
Bi~s vere as follows: ~a~er ~orks supply Oomp~2 $600. Oalifo~ia ~ewel ~ilter
~a S~erilazation Equ~pmen~ 0o. ,~A0. all bids were re~erred ~o the ~ity ~ealSh offioe~l
for conference with Naval officers.
~blie U~ili~ies co~i~ee reported tha~ Wharf business was inereasing~and ~ha$ i$ was
~ecessary $0 provide more help, qnd it being sho~ that i~ was necessary Co ~en~ presorts
)rdin~e, ~he ~t~er was referred to ~he ~ranohise a~d ordin~oe committee.
~ ~cGillivray suggested ~ha~ ~he ~/ater ~up~. be authorized to employ Swo additional
non to repair road leading Co the plan~, ~d on motion of ~wdoin and ~er~son ~he neces-
sary auShori~y was ~iven*
The ~,~yor reported ~ha ~ Ole E~son had called at his office and offered to sell
~he ~i~y ~y loss required for reservoir, ~ wan willing to leave the naming of ~he prio,
~o the co,oil.
Jify ~gineer reco~ended Sha~ thr pro~nition of the Independen~ ~sSalt company
~h~ging ~he pipe line near ~he s~one q~rr2 be accepSed, and on mo$i0n of MoGlllivra2
tnd ~er~son the reoo~nenda~ion was accep~ed,. ~d ~he ~yor ~d clerk authorized to si~
;he oon~rao~.
~gineer submitted plus for new reservoir and same was referred $o Utilities
'~ Clerk read Ordin~ee ~8~$ being ~ or~in~oe submitting to the q~lifi~d eleo$orn of
;he oi~2 of Bremer~on ~he pro~si~ion of a~exing Na~eSte and calling a special election
)n September 185 1917. n~ing Eleo$ion officers ~d prescribing ~he form of
~ion by B~er ~ ~;er~son $0 pass ordinate as read carried on roll call,all memb
,rs vo~ing ~e".
The ~yor appoinSed D~ ~.~.~=o~ow~ as building inspec$or, and on mo$ion of ~_oJilliv~
md ~addon the appointmen$ was bonfo~ed.
o~reet ~d Alle~ oo~i$tee submitted plus for s~ree~ crossings, and on mo$ion of
bGilllvray ~d PiStaok. 9~e were apprdve~.
~ion by ~ker ~ Pi~taok $0 allow all bills which had been a~proved b2 ~he ~i~noe
,omml~$ee, carried. ~he fOllOwing bills were approved ~.C,Daer $$.~6. ~.~.Oampbell
~.40, -i.H.Eean. ~.28.~ ~rem. Hdwe.~, $1.80 ~0~ ~enson. $2,ff0 ~no ~e~erson
~,~V~?oder ~20: O._,,~, ~sher ~S~. ~r~ 2o~aen~ *~2.50 Hart ~'ooa ~2.52. ,~t
=~.ov.~- ~remer~on ~r~szer ,8.V~. ~em ~ehine ..ks'. ',1,~8' J.~-Ee on~ 1 85 er De~t.
0.55 ~.~'.~d 7. Co 20.0~' H~be~ ~-~-~ ~- ~ ~= ~___ ~,- ~_ ~ ·
14.55. ~a~er Dep~ ~rr~s as follows ~. A~ 0ree~w~X~ $50.~ ~hos ~o~ra~h $1~0.
· ~.~llen $~4.75 D.Z.~a~F ~1~1.25 ~ow~t ~rS~ ~105. D.A.~eliliok ~1.~ E.Bmsoher
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~rOoeedings Of Oit~ Oouncil 8-13-17 (page
Bremerton i,[otor Oar Co $19.95 ~'AOs McGrath ~-1. Or,~-e Company A595.31 Rrem '~r~--
$9. Brgm. Sht.i,Itl.morks $S.95 '.~.~,~ $54.25 F:~.~lte--~l.7~
$Z10.68 ~.W.Rooney $1;~S-~e~ ~el 0o.~' SS~. ~s. Xenyon $51.50. P.T.~d T
Drisco!l $~0. ~o~ ~engler $90. L,S.Orfelt $~0. G.~l~r $25.' E.B.wntght $1~l.eO
~ohn Dick $87 ~ S~ G~.~,, ~28.~0' , '
Motion :bY MoGiliiV~y ~ ~t~aok ~o allow 'Superintendent' expense 0f Tires, 9asoline
~ oil f~r his prince ~ohine ~ing period ~f cons~c~ion, oarrie~,
Motion by McGillivray ~ ~wdoin to a~o~ ~til 7.30 o~olook we~es~a2 evening
Au~s~ $15th 1917 carrie.
Ue~esda~ A~st 15~h 1917.
~ 0o~oil calle~ to or~er by the ~yor at 7.30 p/m all members being present except
~r Reeve.
Dr S~the report~ that he ha~ investigate~ the .chlorine apparatus submitted
a.~ ha~ consulte~ with other health officers an~ now reoo~ende~ that the Califo~ia
~ewell ~ompan~'s ap~rat~ be aocepte~. ~ on motion of Bow~oin an~ Fer~on the bid
~he 0alAfo~la J~ell O~m~y was accepte~ ~ ~-yor an~ 0Ierk authorize~ to si~ the
~ontraot.
ClerE rea~ Or~in~oe ~7 being ~ Ordinance relating to the appointing
· n~ his assistants f~ing their salaries ~ repealing or, in.ce
Motion bF' MeGillivra[ an~ ~w~oin that in view of the fact ~t an emergency exie~
~ha~ ordinance be passed as rea~, carrie~.
01erk re~d or, in.ce ~586 referring to the a~nexation of ~tte,oalling for a
~leotion ~ ~Ing election offielals, aha on motion of ~w~oin an~ ~Oillivray
~r~inanoe was passe~ as rea~.
01erk rea~ a pitition requesting that a special eieotion be hel~ fo~ t~e p~pose_of
1soiling if i~ would, be' for the best interest of the 0ity that the
~overnmen~~ be a~0pteA.
~tion b2 Mo~illivray an~ ~w~oin ~hat the petition be accepted ~ referre~ to the
~lerk to check n~es, ~ Atto~ey inst~c~e~ to prepare necessary or~in~ae, oarrie~.
A representative of the 0oo~ ~ ~aiters Union oomplaine~
~laees ~ on Pacific Avenue were insanitary, and the ~ter was referre~ to the
teal~h Officer with inst~otions to procee~ against ~he ~rties causing or maintaining
the nuisance.
Motion by ~er~son ~ ~ker to a~Jo~, carried.