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Bremerton.~lashington June 26th 1916.
Regular meeting of tLe City Co~u~cil called to order by I,~yor A.F.Reeves at 8.1~.m.
all members being ,oresent except }Lr Bu£fington.
I~Iinutes of previous session read and approved as read.
Letter eead from ;~.,¥.I[ackey asking for transfer of Pool room license; and same being
ap,proved by the License and Revenue comm~ittee;transfer was granted.
Letter read from T.C.i~oberts,reeol~z~ending that feed be procured for te~. referred to
the i~urchasing co~ittee with power to act.
~,ir Frank Clay submitted copies of all correspondence in connection with the claim of
his father I,~ ~o.G. Clay,under the Industrial Insurance Laws, an.,d same were all read by
the Clerk.
~,~otion by Harrison and McGillivray to refer to City Attorney with instructions to ask
the ind.~ns. Com~ission for particulars as to reasons for rejection of claim, carried.
Engineer submitted osttmate 6 smd ? for L.I.D. ~§aand ?6 and on motion o~ ?~cGtllivra
and Harrison the estimate was allowed and Clerk instructed to draw warrants to cover.
tIotion by Harrison and ~,IcGlothlen that the Engineer be instructed to prepare and file
assessment rolls for L.I.D. ~,~75 and ~76 at next meeting of the Council; carried.
Clerk read resolution of intention to improve Broadway between 8th and l~th streets
and on motion of Harrison ~nd i[c~Jlot[~len Resolution was passed as read.
~otion by I.[cGillivray and Ferguson to instruct City Attorney to file suit on bond of
Charles Rantz, carried.
~erk read letter from Secretary of Pacific Coast Fire Chief's Asson' and on motion
of Harrison and McGillivray same was ordered filed.
Cemetery co~nittee reco,~,~ended that the request of the Civic Improvement Club for the
removal of an old tool house, and on motion of ~,~cGlothlen and Ward the caretaker was
instructed to have the house removed.
LIotion by Harrison and l~[cGlothlen to ,.~rder the suspension the Pool room licence now
held by Lace and ;~derson until July 24th 1916. carried.
I.iotion by Fergmson and }~cGillivray tO instruct the City ,~torney to collect costs in th
case of IIcGilvrae vs City of Bremerton re Dist ~62. carried.
Liotion by Ward and i,,icGlothlen to allow ali. bills whic had been approved by the Finance
co.~,~ittee, carried; the following bills were ~pprovedPrank ~[elzer i~B6. Frank Townsend
~i~S0. E. J. !~cCall $90.50 Chas Magill $91. ~.Iarion Garland t, 90 T.C.Roberts ~,~0.
:7. B.Thompson :~;101.55 D.J.H~ddon ~,90. Dr Smythe ~E0. Prank 'Jhite ~,~1o0.~5 l,[z~ ~hillips
:[~40. ~.,~rs Bremer %~0. H.H.~:;alkinton ~60. Chas Eckroat wl. Polson Impliment Co..93.40
Hanberg Elec trio "~ '" .
Co. ~?1.05 J. P. Johnson ~,i,,25 Star i.[essenger Co. ~2.~5 E.l[.SParrow
$lZ.02 P.T.~'md T.Co .;~17.75 Fred Hathaway $152. City Treasurer for Dist 57. ~86.74
Lowaan ~nd Hartford ~20.95 I~ational Surety Co ,,,!6.50 Bert 7,mderson ~i,~. ifard and Co. ~;:5.50
John Peabody ,ii;18. L.L.Lent i/75 ~>585.90 and L.L.Lent ~1065.60. Dist 76.
fiction by }.[c Gi ll ivray ahd Ferguson that the City Clerk notify all persons operating
under a license from the City,that in the event said license holder is convicted of
selling or giving away liquors or allowing gambling on the premises so licensed; that
said license will be i~m~ediately revoked, carried.
tlis Honor the ~,~ayor then appointed }.,h~ Fred ~,{.Grnwell as a member of the Park Board
to succeed Dr E.J.Taggart, (resigned) and on motion of Harrison and i. IcGilltvray the
con, ciE confirmed the a,:pointme~nt.
The question of devising wayo and raeans for the maintenance of a hospital in the
City was discussed after which it was deemed advisable to have a co~mittee confer with
the Board of County Commissioners, and on motion of Harrison and I,[cGlothlen a committee
eonsis.$ing of IIayor Reeves, Co~tucilman I,icGillivray and tLrs Her!ow was selected for that
pllrpo s O.
l{otion
by
Harrison
nd
i{ci~lothlen to adjourn ~u~til Friday evening J~u~e ZO at 8 p.m.
a~resent !~c~illivray, Jard,~Ic=lothlen and Harrison.
carried. ,~ , , ·
Tho Council co~vened~on June ($0th 1916 at 8.$50 p.m. and selected I.~r J.A.I~icGillivray
to act as Chair~an in tho absence of I~yor Reeves, who was out of the City.
Council proceed to consider ~ho report of the Street and alley cor~lmittee recommending
that the contract on Burweil and ~'ourth Street be ~coepted, during which the Engineer
submitted ~ request that the Job bo accepted subject to the contractor finishing a cer-
tain r~iling and repla~ing certain catch basin covers.
2,Iotlon by I,[cGlothlen and Jard that the Jobs in L.I.D
r~ and. ~6 be accepted subject
to the Engineers '~eoo~m~endations, carried.
City Engineer submitted his plans for the iraprovement of the foot of Front Street
and same were gone over very carefully by the oo::m~ittee, tho Engineer explaining
detail the way the work was to be done L~nd why; no action was taken by the council on
the plans at this time.
t{otion by 7ard and Harrison to adjourn, carried.
~ity Clerk.