HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/12/15 Bremerton, iTashin~ton. April 12th 1915.
~egular ,aee*~ing of the ;ity Council called to order by l,[ayor J.C. Baer at 8.00
o'clock p.m. all members being present.
Minutes of previous sessio~ read and approved as read.
Letter read from Hoon & Towers requesbing license f~r box-ball alley and enclosing
check for $155 referred to License and Revenue Ce,~ittee with !)ewer to a~t.
2eport of 2olios Judge for month of i;arch wi~h which was enclosed check f,or $27.~
was r~oeived a~d was referred to ?inance Co~mnittee.
, Letter read Cro:~ ~rya~ & Jolvin, a~orneyS in ~Ya~er suit, enclosing oo~y of decree
I;~nber 87?81 of Zu~erior Court of King CounSy. }~, Bryan was presen~ m~d made sho~
~tate,~ent and a~o read a p~pposed notice of ap~eal from decree to ~he Supreme Court.
~lotion b,~ ~(eeve~- eau Jary to instzu~ct Bryan & 0olvln ~o appeal to the Hupreme
Court; substitute ~o~ion by /orth Shat Co,oil approve reoo~mnendatlon ~f ~ryan Z- Colvin
in th~ j~ter ~uit and tha~ hey are authorized ~o appeal ift~hey deem it wise so to do;
Original motion ~'~a~ withdrz~wn ~nd subs~itu'~e seconded by :ir, Reeves after which motion
was put a~ carried.
~,.,fr. 3ryan :~ugge~ed tl:~b the ,;ity Ag$orney mhd FlaSheS Committee ,~et ~o~fether and
pre[~re ,~n Ord~n~ce ~atisf~ctory t0 bond buyers and on motion of ;~'orth and ~c~tllivray
ma~er wa~ referred to Finance Comm~tbee and City Attorney.
Clerk read re:~ort ~f Jity Engineer on proposed tmpr~ve~:~ent o~ '~ashingt,~,n ~venue ~ th
which wa~ ,ro~osed a preliminary esti.~a~e. ~ot~on ~y ~fard and ~rd to re...o..~:~a~d
~n the e,zent o[' orde~i~g lmprove~ent of Washington Avenue b~ pavin~ from Sixth to Ninth
that two course concrete he ~A~e method used. No~ton b~ Rreves and 2ary to postpone for
tw~ weeks. 3omc discussio~ ~rose over these motions and bobh were ruled out of order by
the ~iayor.
.~otio~ b;~ i~eeve~ ~,nd Jard to postpone further mctio~ in the proposed i~prove':~ent
Washin'~ton ~venue fo.? ~wo ~eekm; ~ended by ~Vorth an~ ~c ~lothlen to re~d to
furt],er action for two weee's to ~[ve property owners a chance to file in Engineer's
Cffice their ?reference of :~terial to be used$ motion carried a~. a:~]ended.
S%roet ~tnd Alley Co~m:~i~ tee reported that several property ~wner~ on Eighth Street
willed to h~,ve theft thoroughfare regradod and on motion of Worth ~nd ./ard the matter
w~a~ rei~erred ~:auk fez' pro?er [~etition.
Purchasing 'o~:]i',tee reported that %ruder in~t'ruotions of the Douncil bids have
called for 400 feet of hose for the chemical eh{Tine ~d that two b:~ds have been rec~v
Motion by Jard ~nd Fo~'d to open bids; carried.
Bids were oi~ened and !'o~md to be from Bowers Rubber Company and i;obertson L R~ines.
~,iotion by ,;~rd a~ad i.[c;lothlen to ?urchase 300 fe~t of"Supero" brand chemical hose of
~{obertson & ~{aine~ at ~.40 per foo~; carried,
i,,ioti3 ~ by Jard & Ford that ~rchaslng Co~ai~tee procure ex~ander f~ ~:he~ical hose;
carried.
,ir. ;[c.;i~liw'~., re ,3, fred that ?ire Department w~s getting ?lon.~ nicely and that
~'esular ~ee~in.,~s were being held and th?.t esrtatn supplies were aeces~'ary. I:Iotion by
[,IcJlothlen a~d Cary the 2urchasi:~,r Comities be authorized tp p~'ocure the necessary
sn,~lies$ carried.
License ~ ,~[evenue ~o~:ttee reco~m~ended that app~ieation of J.C. Veal for pool room
license be ~tpproved and that th- ai)plioatto~ of Hoon & Towers for automatic ball alley
be also aide, roved and on motion of %Tard and Reed, es licenses were authorized.
Clerk re~orted that ~arties operating Hetty-go-round were o?erating without a licens~
an~~ 3a motion 3" [icGillivray and %Torth ~Mrs~l wa~ instructed to collect for ti::~ a~d
op~',~a~ont' or stop ~he show and arrest the proprietor.
Clerk reported tha~ this was the date set ~3r hearing M'otes~:s against proposed
rradin~ ~'f,~lloy in Block 14 and that ~o writte~ pro~ests had been recei~'ed but that
i.~r. Abraha~'~s and .ir. lD. trrison were present and aesir~ to s~eak f~r tkomselves; these
gentlemen then called ~tttention to the fact that ~hey had spent con~i~;erable m.oney In
grading that fart of the alley abutting on their property a~d did not consider it Just
thai',, they :-:hould be assessed for gradi~]g ~he part abuttin:; on the pro[~erty of others.
,.~3tion by ~orth and ~icOlothlen to refer the proposition back ~o Street and Alley
itt~e for fu~'ther consideration ; carried.
~'~harf Co~mittee reo~orted tint some ~f the drift piles of the wharf had got loose
and new piles had to be driven. Hotion by %Yard and ford to a?prove the action of
i~tee; carried.
iIr. Harrison, Chairman of the Port Co~.~ission addressed th~ Council on the matter
of [~ili,~i~ and on the motion of Ward and ~IcOil].i~,ray the Port Co~u,~ission was authorized
to insp~ct piling and report its findings to the
~,[3t'on by f,[c ;lothlen and 'J;orth to pay all bills which had been a~proved by the Fin-
ante Co::%::~ittoo; Carried. The followin,~r bills were ~pproved: City Feel & Supply Co.
,~7.50; Bremerto~ Hdwe 0o. ~13,95; Bremerton Ice & Fuel ,~',o. ~21,50; L.L. Lent $1.15;
star f[es:-e,~er~ ;3ervi~e, ~5;50; R.A.~, ].[cNeal,~o~ ~ $5.55;. Bre:~erton Transferm co., $1~, t.[erritt,
Pal,,~er ,~f6.65; Indu~trial Ins. co~m~. ~,,2.~0. Brem. Cha~. Light and ~uel Co. ~186.14;
~rank ~ielzer (s54; , rank '~wn~ end $48, ~eon Lamber~ ~45; ,~eo. Clay ~)4o; J~cob ~',ed.~'e
Silas S~'aith .~:.;6; Port Blakely iIill ]o, $6.10; S.B. Lent ~26/50; Klteap Telephone ~o.
.~)ET~.10; ~earchli,~ht Co. ~40.50; Bremer$on Ne~ ~24.50: Frank ~[. Coder ~]20; Ford &
,~1.50 Bre~. Ligh$ & ~uel (~o. v6, .,arrieon ~isher Co..~1; '
~,~otion by 'f~r~h and ~;'ard tha~ Finance Com:.~it~ee investigate the Welfare bil~ wish
She Jelfare league and if found in order ass~nne all bills a~d take over all
of [;he ~ity now in possecsion of the Welfare Board; carried.
;Jotion by .Torth and Ford ~o r~fer ~he bil,s of ~he Bremerton
to the Finance Committee; carried.
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Gi~Y Treasurer reported that an~e~-ror had been made on the assess~:~ent roll of
Di{triot ~28 tnaassessing the proi~erty now o~-ned by ~. R,Y.S. ~ok; She error was
clerical only and d~d not affec~ the district funds. Pinance Co:m;ittee re~orted
having investigated this matter and found fha facts to be as stated by ~he Treas~rer.
Notion by ~oeves ~d ~urd ~hat City Treasurer be instructed ~o correct the records
~f Distric.~E8 as sa~e applies to ~r. Puck's property; carried.
City C~erk roporte~ that he had issued liquor license to GO~tstein Bros., Bre~.
Liquor Company, Hoff~an & ~ortenbacher, Christenson Liquor Company, and ~dy Ruff~er
at the expiration of old licenses and desired the Council to ratify said action.
I,~o~ion by Jard ~nd '-~ ~
~[c~i~llway that liquor licenses iss~ed by the Clerk be ap~)roYed
as at ex([~iration of old licenses; carried.
l~Iotion by 'Jard and Reeves tha~ ~rchasin~ Co~mnit~ee be auth.~rized ~o 9rocur~ awn~
for the ,office of the City Engineer; carried.
~obion by l~eeves mud C~ry to aJourn; c~rried.
E, J. ~Cali
. City.01Lerk.