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Bremerton,Washington, November 10th,1913.
Regular meeting of the City Council called to order by ~',Iayor ~,lehncr at 7.40 o'clock
P.I~i. all members being present except ~[r Calking. Minute',: of previous meeting read and approved.
Clerk reported ~h~t application had been filed wittl him for transfer of liquor li-
cense of P.E.Sulliw~n to ~,I.H..ChrisMansonand that bond for $2,000.00 had been filed
>y ,-¥~licant and approved by City Attorney and on motion by MeGlo~hlen and ~ard to
grant transfer a~ requested, carried.
Application of 0.E.Yom~g read re~mest~,~M license to operate pawn shop at ~05 Sash-
intron Ave. and on motion of ~ard a~d B~fington matter was referred to the License
and Franchise Co[maittee.for one week.
Engineer submitted report and final estimate for clearing and grubbing at cemetary
and reco~m:~ended that a wirefence be placed along the front and Seth.sides of the
Cemetaryand tha~ the old fence be moved so as to leave a 20 foot roadway on ;Tes~ and
South sides. Motion by 'Jard and ldcGlothlen to approve report and that a strip be
left open for a temporary outlet and that and that property owners abbutting may have
permission to use the s me until otherwise ordered, but that same shall not be con-
strued to be a public highway, carried.
Letter read from Dr J. I~iadaen Inspector in charge of the Bureau of .~Imal Industry.
Department of Agriculture, in reference to me~t inspection, ordered filed.
Ci~y Fmgineer submitted assessment ro~l of Districts No 66 and No 69. ~,Iotion by
Powers and Burlington ~o receive and publish ne5eemary notices for hearing, carried.
i~etition rec0ived from 14 property owners o~ ~ifth Street west of ¥[arren asking
that sewer be built thereon between Warren and High Streets. Referred to Ztreet and
Ally Co~maittee and Health and Sanit: tion Co~nittee.
Clerk read proposition of the Power and Railway Company, and ~ Peters stated that
some clerical ~rrors were shown and asked that ~:[r ~,iessigman an Enginneer of the Company
be heard from. },~r i~[es~ igman then read from a copy~0f his report to the Company.
~,~o~ion by Jard and Crawford to refer the matter to Committee of the whole said Co~mnit-
tee to meet Thursday~Evening at 7.30 o'clock P.M., carried.
City Attorney~e had notified the citizens who were blocking the alley betwe.~n
Front and Second and obstructions were being removed as rapidly as possible.
Z~rchasing Committee reported on the printing of ~he Building Code and suggested
that the work be postponed until the Pl~bing Ordinance was included, laid over one
Clerk requested that a cancelling s~amp be procured for his ofz'ice and on motion
of Crawford and ~,,icOlothlen the P~chasing Committee w~ instructed to get st~p.
Ztreet and Alley Co~mnittee recommended that Engineer be authorized ~o place gravel
on Jarren Ave.as sugjested in his report to Co~cil last week and that extra expense
be ckar~ed to ~b~ing property, and on motion of Powers and Crav~ord report oi' Comi
tee wes
12r Pryo~t a large property owner ~n Distrio$ ~71 complained ~kat grades h d
ch~mgc~d, in said Bistrict and that his property would be damaged if the work w~ com-
pleted according to present grades: Several prope~'ty owners in the District expressed
their views on the subject.
i,iotion by iow,~rs and drawford to refer ~o Comnittee of the whole and that each mem-
b~~ ~nake p:~'som~,], inspection, carried.
Cl~rk asked if Council wished to get copies of new traffic 0rdimmce and on me,ion
of Jard and Foss the ~aatter was left with the Purchasing Co~:~ittee with pow~r to act.
Clerk re~d proposel agreement betr~ean Po~'t Co~nission and the Council and same
fully discussed. I,[otion by Burlington and ~doGlothlen to lay ovr one week, resulted
in no decision on roll call ac fo~lows; Cra;ford, Burlington, and IrcOlothlen, Aye.
i'owers, Jard and Foss, No.
Me,ion by Jard and i>owers to accept lease an~ authorize prop~'~r officers to execute
same resulted in no docision on roll call al:; follows; grawford, Burlington and i,[c-
Qlotklen, I~o. &~owers, Jard and Foss, Yes.
i~[otion by ~owers and I,[cOlo%hlen to allow all bills which had Been ap0roved by the
Finance Oom:~'iittoo, carried. The followin~ bills were approvgd; Fees of k~rimary Elec-
tion offie :~, j;120., ~rank L[elzer, ~[e18.O0, Frank Townsend, ¢15.00, Leo Lambert, ,,)15.,
Ford Dros., ,,,;[~.00, N. }~Iersch, ¢1~0.o0, Ohas. R. Ogle, ,~)9~00, F.J.Oodc. r, ,~0.00,
Buffincrton's Ba::aar,~}l.20, J.O.~kd~ns, ,i~lC0.00, 'Sm. King, ~17.50, Sm. ,mderson, ,,)140.00,
tt.G.itughes, ~O.O0, Dan Dunlap), ,~5.00.
City ,~torncy advised tho Council to ~ake some definite ~t,.;i:.~on i:. ~',~f ;-~a,~ to the
iJu,~icipal SharE. i,iogion by a~owcrs and ,lard that Co,moil do now reconside].' its action
in refermlce to ~greement with i>ort Commission, result,:d ia no decision off roll call
aa follows: ~owers, Jard and L[c~lothlsn, Aye. Czar:ford, Burlington gild Fear,,
i,lr Brew~r of the Drcta,:~'ton l;lectric Company submitted a preposition to the
whereby said Compa.uy would malco a ~.eductiou of ;~5~; on amount charged for Street light-
inS and 5~ to oth~3r consma:,rs providing Council ~,ould agro~ to purchase street lights
from company for tt~ree years, fiction by }]uffillgt;Oll and ~[c'~lothlen to refer to do~m:~it-
tee o2 tho whole, carried.
~,~iotion by ~cGlothlen and Bu~ffington to adjourn, carried.