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Home My WebLink About02/10/13 ].~remerton,Washington ,February 10th ,1915 Regular meeting of the City Dounci]l called to order by ~,Iayor .~eh~er at 7:[~0 o'clock ~:.~.[. Present Co~cilmen, Crawford, Powers~ Bnffington, Ward, Calkins m~d Eo~s also City Engineer, Attorney and Treasurer. Liinutes of previous session read and approved. Letter read from 2. ~. L~oore Attorney for Jesse W. Spear offering to pay in full the ~s~;es~ment in District 47 as fixed by Court ~d protesting against supple- mentary assessment roll. Hotion by ?ovzer~-~ and ~uff~ngton to refer to Engineer and Attorney. Carried. ~r. J~.~mes .~. Bryan called attention of Co~cil to the fact that the Dremer estate were trying to lease all ~he harbor area in ffront of City ~nd urged that st~ps be t'a]~en by Council to ~ard the interests of the people. City Attorney Cart submitted correspondence had with Hon. ~. 7. Savidge. Cmanissioner of iublic Lands and also submitted resolutlon protesting a~ainst any lease being granted to ~,~rs. Sophia Dremer or ~ny other person or corporation to have or receive any lea~e of ~aid ]~'bor ~re~. i~Io~;ion by .,ard and Crawford to adopt resolution and instruct i,layor a~d ~ttorney to takc action necessary ~o procure remedial legislation. Carried. Lette~' read from 0. H. Allton askin~ for license to operate pool table at 41~ Chester Street. .,b¥ion by Ward and Calkins to grant license subject to necessary requirements. Ca~ tied. Clerk reported that saloon keepers had made applications for licenses but that he had held ~;l~em up ~mtil instructions were issued by Council as to proceedure. L~otion by -ard and Powers that proceedure ~served last year be followed year. C~rried. YM~arf Co~m~ittee reported that i,~yor and Chairman off Co~mmittee had confferred with ~[r. H. B. Ke~eddy but that no definite arrangements could be made tmtil Zablic Utilities Cm~nission had approved rates. ~h~. Foss al~o reported that list of Citizens who wished to have goods routed over i,hmicipal wharf had been posted on Colm~ Dock, Seattle ~d he urged all to use their influence with merchants to insist on their goods being delivered to o~ Z[otion by ~'oss and l~owers that Purchasing Com~,~ittee procure three lifo buoys .with necessary lines. .Carried. Dire, Light and ~ater Com:~ittee requested that Clerk write agai~ to Tolephohe Company about i~olice alarm boxes. Chairman o-f ~treet and Alley Co~ittee reported that LM. IS. J. Ford was willing to enter i~to an agreement to move Baseball fence on or before November lst,191S and ~ Corn ittee reco~mended that offer be approved tf ~', Ford would sign agree- l.~tion by D~ fEington and Foss to approve report off Committee. Carried. 0~ ll was demanded and resulted as follows: Cra~ord and Uar~,"N0"; Powors,Bufffington, Lk'. Duckort f;29 ~i:~th Street objected to payin~ any assessment for Salt .~ater IFa. i~. ~[r. D. D. Orindrod Z28 Sixth Street also objected and Engineer was instructed to i~vesFi 'ate. ,ngineer repo:?ted that ~'oindexter Gravel Com. was removing gravel f~m U 9th Otreet a~d that ~ame would be needed in DistTict. Referred to Street and _~lley Com- mit~;~:e. Engineer r,?co,~:ended of Bay View Str~et west from Dark Ave. to Chester refers'ed to Street and Alley Co~,~ittee. Ordinance authorizin~ the ~,Ia~or and 'Jlerk to issue necessary bonds in District ,~'60 introduced and on u~t~ou of Buff~ngton and Cra~ord was pass d as read. i.[otien by -ard m~d Oraw~ord :to~,pay all bills which hal been approved by Finance Comnitt~e. Ca~'ried. The Following bills were approved:F. J. Roche y S3~.50;Fireman's F~d Ins. ""~ ~ · ,.i',.Jes~u',~ ,~.E7.50. ;.F.Harrison ~:,;16.27;B.F.H:~rrison ~57.90;W.B. Jessu~ ~]~50.75; ~rm~n I~.ou .;rks. ~,~62.16;.E.tt. Urb~n ~l7.50;Canton Caffe ,;~l~;C.H.Jones .,,:l:~.70~.M. Powers 14.60J. E. Foss .ll.70.J.C. Adams ~1.75:E. '.Cau?hie ~lS:Re:.d ~'fol~vorth ~21:J. J~co~son ,~ .... 7o;~. ~. Haz]ett ~6.8o; m. K~ng .,~lf.oO;Leo Lambert ,,;15;Frank Townsend~, ~l,~;~rank ~.~lzer ~;~1~.50'~. ~w:.land '~Zo.90,~. ~,,. Arnola City Treasurer lO00.00 O. ~e.n ,,,8~,.. ~. ~en~Z,~. S. fle2zeZ ,~7.2 , i,Io~)on by Foss ~ OaZkins ~ha~ A~torney be instructed ~ha~ no f~anchi~e value be considered by arbitrators in prchase of Eleot~iB Ligh~ing pl~t ~11~ $~l~t provision bo made givla: City right to refuse to p~rcha~e on :~ayment of costs. Car,'led. Ordinance granting Gas Franchise to C. E. Shepard was read this being second ~'eadin~' and was laid over one week. ~ '~ .... , ~rrlod i'.[otion 1:3 Dufe~n~uon ~ ~owers ~o adjourn C ~ ' . E. J. IdcCall City Clerk.