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Bremer~on, ~ashing~on June 8th 1914.
Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by i:l~wor Cady at 8 o'clock
p. m. all Councilmen present except i_~r, Powers.
~,~inutes of previous session read and approved as read.
Co~nmunication received from F. 'JJ. Moore filing notice of ap~).e, al on behalf of
certain interest, ted parties from the assessment roll of L.I' D. /i462; referred to
City Attorney.
Letter re~d from The Civic Impro~emen$ Club calling attent!on tG the nece~sity
of establishing ~ comfort st~tion ~t some convenient loc~tion for t~ ~,ccomod~tton
of visitors; refers'ed to Health and Sani~ation Co~ittee.
Letter read from J, E. Hodges calling the City's ~ttention to the urgent need of
reducing the City's e~penses; referred ~o
Letter read from H. H. Ballou requesting exemption frond, og-tax; referred to the
C'~t: At ~orney.
Letter re~d from Sect'y of State calling attention to the l~ws of 1913 with
reference to Initiative mhd Referend~n mmasure~provid~.ng-For the propar~ti~n and
warding of typewr~tte~ li~ts o' the n~es and ~ddreeses of all le~jal voters ~,s sho~
by the registration books as ~t July 6th 1914. ~:Dtio~ bF ~ard and ~'~orth ~hat ~lerk
be unstructed to prepare ceftin'led copies of registration list~ as requested; carried.
Lefts? road From S~ate Bo;~rd of Health calling atSentton to ~ recent epide:~ic
of typhoid fever in one of the Cities of ~t~shington, ~rought about by the poluti~on
of its water supply and warning the w~rious communities of the State to ~u r~]
any possible contamin~tion; letter ordered filed.
Co:~ication received from ~. %V. D. Peters~ bringing '~ction again~t ',he City
for dam~ges on behalf of ~ir. A. ~I. Atchinson; referred to City Attorney.
Communication received from City ~gineer submitting final estimate of L. L.
Lent L. I. D. ~73 ~nd callings- attention to extra length of wyse which h~d been t~sed;
i..Iotion by :?~orth :~.nd ]'fard tha~ contractor be allowed ~$39.95 for extra on wyse; carried.
~.I.stion by '~ard ~ud Kos~ that final estimate of Engineer be ap0rovcd and that the
joh~ be ~ccepted as per reco~endation of Engineer; c~rried.
Street and ~lley Co~ittee reported reeo~nending that no fu~.ther sidewalks be
laid ~til ~iform width for block be determined. Motion by ~ard and Reeves that
sidewalk on Fo~rth ~tvenue between Washington ~d Park be made twelve feet wide; c~rr-
ied. Co;m~littee also c~lled attention to the condition of wooden sidewalk on Burwell
and Fourth Streots and reeo~ended that prompt action be taken. L[otion by ~,]ror~h and
~;a, rd to reSer the mat~er of sidewalks for ~rwell and ~ourth Streets to the City
Engineer with instructions to prepare preliminary estimate; carried.
Fire Light and W~ter C0~tittee reported that hydrants were being changed as per
orders of Council and reported that other hydrants needed repairs. ~ion by ~oss
~d Kos t to repack hydrant at Union ~d Pacific and repair valve of hydrant at
Burwell ~nd '~ashington; c~rried.
Health officer reported that the~i~ary condition of ~he City was good and that
no infectious disea~ses have been reported to his office since February first.
Complaint was ~de against several property o~ers on Pleasant Avenue maintaining
outside closets and also one property owner oh ~ifth ~Street for ~s~nitary condition
of his stable; referred to I{e~lth adn Sanitation Oo~ittee.
Wharf Co:~ittee reported that repairs were necescary [~t wh~rf and as]~ed for
authority; LIotion by Xost and '/;ard to authorize and instruct wha?f Co~u~ittee to make
necessary repairs where ~.dvisable at ~ny time without Further ins~ructions; carried.
Pin,ce Co~nittee ~sked ~ecial authority for approval of bill for stenographic
char~'es for services ~t at~o~ey's office, i,,Iotion by ]~ard and ~/Jorth that com::~i$~ee
be ~t~horized to 0. K. i~,{r. Frost's bill carried on roll call all members voting aye.
I~{otion by W~rd ~nd Xost to ?~y all bills which had been approv~?d by the f~.nance
Co~tmittee; carried. The following bills were approved II. G. Frost $9; Trick & ~,~urray
~12, P. ~t. uoder, ~20; ~erax' Chemical Co., ~8; Chas ..... ,ale ~,pS1; Prank l~[elzer
~rank To~vn~end ,~50: Leo Lambert .~50: Jacob ,~ed~e ,~50: Geor~:e Clay ~0: ~ord ',rothers
~6, Brem-~har-Light ensd Fuel Co., ~18o, ~. G. Hornbogen ~27.,0; L. L. Lent
J. C. lladdon $.90; Chas. Randall .~5: Garrison Pischtr Co. $16.35; J. J. Kost $18585;
T. O, Burlington ~.85; E. ~. L.[cCa!l $8.05~ ~. 0. E. ~/192 $17.50; Brem. Searchlight
~17.50; Ch~s. Van Str~len .~6; Jthn Booth ,,~6; Chas. Shuster $6; O. J. S~ead~n $6;~
,~zss La~.ender ,~6: ~,. G. ~iorr~s ~,6: R. P. zit~ck ~6: I,[zs Gran~er ~o: J. O. Bo~;le ~6:
~mil Dau,~e ,eg; John Car,er $6, Jm. ~-[ensohel ,,~6, J. L. Eagan ~6;~lara I~t=on
Blanche Cady ~,~8; ~t. B. L~bby ~6~ Ellen Po~ers ~6; ~,,~. J. H01t .~6; ~. ~,~. Brown ~6;
~hos. Goudy ~6; %~. O. tregnall ~,~6; ~. R. Caughie .~)15; ~[. J. Hoit $6, H.:s. S. ~rown
~o0; Lo man. & i{~nf~rd ~6.85; LIiss ~hillips ~t0; G~rrison Fischer Co. $18.40; E. R.
Cau~hie $~.22; and L. Larson
L~yor Cady reported that he had requc~sted ~rshall Bl~ck to m~]~e report on m~t~er~
relating to h~.s department ane he had refused to comply with request and in view of
~hese facts the ~Iayor recommended that the I,Iarstmll be removed from office. Ch~.~ir-
~.n of the Police Co~ittee made explanation on behalfof the I1arshall and the mat~er
was dropped.
Clerk read reportof Police Judge showing ~he business trans~tcted by his office
during the month of l~ay. Referred to the ~in~noe OommitSee.
Clerk read report of City Attorney covering cerSain matters connected with his
office and making recom,tendations.
I~Iotion by ¥~ard ~nd Worth that warrant be drssE for amour necessary tO cover
on City tIall property ~s shown by attorneys report; carried.
~otion by Worth ~nd FOss that if court allows anything like ~Z?00 as d~n~(~es in
the Ha~ris caseth~t ~the City Attorney be instructed to appeal thecase to the Supreme
0cuffs carried.
;~otion by Ward and~o~th that ~ayor ~ke necessary arrangements to secure
Van Epps as a Witness in the case of the City vs. Kenyon; carried.
Attorney reported on the ap~lic~t~on of It. H. Ballou ~nd reoom~end~n~ that the
s~mo bc d~nied. }~otion by ~ard and ~or~h that Pond~aster be instructed to l~ber~t
Ball0u's dog and Clerk be directed to issue license. This motion wa~ declared out
order and the neces~ary license fee was paid to the pondmaster by ~es rs War~ and
?torth.
Clerk s~mitted returns of Special Election held~,~y ~ ggth 1914 ~der 0rd. ~498
showin~ that S9~ fo~es h~ been cast for the proposition and ~6 against ~nd the
same not h~ving received 60% of the total votes cast the proposition to iesue }~onds
had been lost.
L!otion by Kost and ~%Cgilliw'ay that the returns ~e banva~:ed and approved and
Clerk instructed tonotify t~e Electric Company.
},Iotioh by l~ard ~nd ~icGil!ivray that p~ch~sing comn~itteep~ec~e b&~e~o~or the
fire Dep~-~mtment; ~mrried.
}~o~ion by Uorth m~d Kost to aJo~n; carried.
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