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Home My WebLink About04/26/15 Bremerton Washington, Agril 26th i915. Re~Al&r m~i~g of the ~ity Co.oil called ~o order by.l.~ayor Baer at 8 o'cl~k p.m. ~ll members being present except I.~r. Reeve~ who wins out of town. ~nutes of ~evious session read and approved as read. Letter re~d from ~. Folle~ mp~l~lng for the ~osi~lon of dog-catchers ordered filed Letter received from Pa~l ~olland requesting psrmisss'ion to lay w~,~ter pipe across Ivy treen Cemetery$ meferred to cemetery ee~ittse with ~ower to mot on motion of ~rd and ~'~orth. Letter received from the Park Board enclosing draf~ of Ordiz~ance referring obnoxious weeds and requesting its passage; re~srred to ~ranohise and Ordinance ittee. ~s. ~JIcDon~ld ~f Charleston appemred bef~e the Golmcil and req~ested tha~ her son Tho~as ~,.~Donald ~e placed on She interdie~ lis~; No$isn by ~ard and Cary thm~ all liquor dealers be notified that the s~le of Intoxicating liquors has been forbidden Thomas l~IcDonald$ carried. Letter read from ~r. Stanley T. Hyde 1~22 ~ashington Avenue In rel'erenoe to ~teps ~t the fo~t of Ninth Street ~nd ag~'eeing on behalf of the adjacent proyerty owners Sulkily ~ll material for the construetiQn of such steps ~ the city would sup~ly the labor; La~d over to ~ufinished businesS. Letter read fro.~ City Attorney in reference to ~he claim of ~ir. Nevens for ~em- nity was read and ~n motion of ~ard and ~or~ was referred to the City Attorney an~ the L~[ayor wi~h ,power to act. Letter read. from Attorney referring to the claim of ~,[rs. West for tnde~ity; bt ,~orth ~nd i,,~c,Jlothlen to refer back to attorney with instructions to confer with opine s ing attorney. ~[ttorn~)[m~ also reported on other ~tters ~endlng in his dapart;nent; report was ordered f~.led. Clerk read petition for a~d against pmv~ng Washington Avenue between ~ixth ~d Nint ~treets; i~otion by Pord that Co.oil declare in~ention to '~ave ~lashin~,~on- Avenue ace- ordin~ to ~etitlon; Not ~eoonded. ~o~ion by Ward and Cary to ~ostpone indefinitely; carried. ~ copy of ~ ~etition to which was at~aohed ~he m~ of h~erous ~rope~ty owners was read by the .Jlerk who explained ~hat Mr. Pruden ~o had filed the ,?eti~ion cl~imed to have the original of same ~o which was a$~aehed ~he si~tures of the persons na~:~ed in tlc co~y which had been filed, The petition read as follows: To the Lonor~ble ~ayor ~nd ~ ~- , .it,~ Co~cil ~nd ~he City Attorney of thr ~ity of ~re~ner ton; ~,'~e, the u~dersi~ned ~.~z~ayers of the City ~f Bremerton. do hereby petition i~rote~t against any furthSr litigs~tion, or any further proceedings toward buying or purchasin~ the ',later Plan~ now operating in the City of U~re:~erton, and we further claim that the whole ~roceedidMs in regard to the purchase of s~ld water ?Lant was ~just ~o the tax?a~zers ~,~d :on~rary to ~w; and we, as tax ~a~ers, prot~st yo~:r Honorable ~ody, the ~Xayor and City Attorney p~ging to J.'d. ~ryan. Esq., t~,e of Four 9hous~nd ~$4,000) Dollars, or any part thereof; and we further ~rotest against ho]din~ any elections for the ~urpose of issui~g Donds for the purc~ase Said wa~er plant, or elctrio ~h~ant ~til the City lc free of int~umbrances and out of debt. ~,Iotion by ',~orth t~ce occultation on file; Carried. L~tter r~ad from City Engineer reporting th~ he had staked and made a revised pl~t of Ivy Green Cemetery reco:~endin~ that s~'~ be approved and officially signed and Olerk instructed to have same ~'ncorded at once. Olerk called attention to the f,~ct ~hat ~,~4~,,,~ ~!leys in some of the blocks of the ori$inal pl~t had been w~cated in the case ,.~f the fraternal Order of Eagles and the .~.A.H. and others and the ,.~-o[~osed ~lat screwed these ~lleys as being open. tit;? Engineer ex~l~ined ~hat new pl~t did not disturb an~ of the con:'.itions of the old p~rt of the ge~:~etery and ohlj/ ~,o th~ new ~.rts. ~I-tlo~ b~-~?~r ~d Fo~'d th~ plat be ~p?rove~l, s~(~ned r~}co ~-'d od; c~rried. i,~otion by ,',~a~ and ~.imGlllivra~ that r ~emeter~ Com~ittee bo given full po~ver to act in connection with the clai~ of i,[r. 'J. ~t. 'do,~d; c~rried. Purchasiu~? ~o:.~:'~it~:ee r,~port~}d that chemical hose expander a~ other equip,~nt nee- ec~ary fcc th. Fice De~art~ent h,~ been purohaced .n~d it was ~esi'ced that a sup~l~' of feed be ~'ocu~ed for the City tea~a and on motion of ,lard ~nd Ca~'y Co~.~ittee was author ized to ~u~chase wh,~toter feed was necessary. 51orion by Lio.~lothlen ~.nd 'i~orth that pu~mchasing Co~:~mitt.,e be i~structe~l to l~roc~r~ packing for water hydrants. ?O~.rf CO~m~ittee reported that one of the flo~ts had Got ~drift owing to ~he ~iles havin~ been eaten away by the reredos. C~'eosoted piles had been ~urohaced to replace them ~d that pile driver would ~.rrive Tuesd~y. ~in~nce Co~maittee asked for information about the bill of Bryo. n & Colvin for $100, ;~r. Bryan who va~ present was asked to explain,~nd he did so. ~otion by dard ~d ;?IcGlothlen that Committee be instructed to ~ppro'~e t~:e bill; carried. }~otion by dard a,~d I,,~oGillivray ~hat the bill of ~he Bremerton Transfer Oom~ny work performed in District ~?~ be referred to the Street and Alley 0ommit~ee; Pinanoe Co~ittee reported on the claim of the Br~mertou !~ber Company agains~ City ~nd the clai~ of the 0ity against the L~ber 0o~,~any show~ug that ther~wae a balance i~ favor of the Company ,~nd on motion o~' NcGlo~hlen ~d 'Jorth Cool,tee wac authorized to check up the ~eeount anal ~o approve the bills. turned in by i~r. Coder and audited by the finance oo~it~ee be allowed; L~otion by i~ard and Wcm %h %0 allow all bills which ha~t been s, pprov ~d by tl~e Finance 0ommittee. The following bills were ap~roved: 2~ank l~lelzer $56; 2rsn~ To~n~e~ ~$0; Zeon Lamber~ $~0; GeOrge Clay $~0; Jacob ~edge $80; E.J. ~cOall $91; Ohms. L. ~agtll $90.~0; Th0s. ~tevsnson ~lE~,~0~ Dr. J.F.~I~s .~)g0; T.C. ROberts $90; R.R. Black $100; H. Renn ~90; ~'~.D. Haddon ~90; J.E. Joder ~lO0;~rank ~, ~ite ~905 Puset Sound Tent and ~uck ComPly 8.78; Ei~eap Tele~hone Company Olg.~O; Berg B{others ~RO.ZO; Pacific Creosoting Company $118.80; P.~. Lent $13,50, E.R. 0au~hie :~46. ~red S. ~iath~Way $11g.~l;Bryan & 0olVin $100; The Oreeen~ g~re ~Z.Z~;°Bre~r~n Cafe ~9; Bre~nerton t{dwe Co. $~Z.~8; Bremerton L~uber C0m~:any ~lOJ.8~: Brem-Ohar. Ii~ht & Fuel $ Z.~9; Kitsap Tribe ~70 I~O.~R,I,~.; ~red R. L~i~ $23~ D.L. ~ady ~j:23,40; ~'o~s Electrtd Co. $69.84; J, StUdebaker ,j,20.20; Chgs. i{antz $2.~0; I~r~ius i,f~sic iiouse $76.79; H.H. ',~'alkington ~[~60; Miss ~tbbie Phil~i:s $40; ~.,~rs. S, ;-~re~aer $~0; Br~morton Lm~ber C0 ~8.6~, E.R. Oaughie ~39; Joe Harris ~7; P.~. Len~ ; ~9 F.S. tiathaWay $40.89, ~Jotion by'~'iard and :[o.;lothlen that Biquor dealers be allowed one month .frame on first note covering on liquor license; carried. Complaint was made that an old well near the corner of ;~tmte and Second S~reets was in da~gerous contrition. ~,iotion by Ward and ,7crib to refer to tlemlthand Sanibmtion Com,.~ittee with pot~er to act; carried. ]lotion by ~.ard and Cary that the l~ropositfon o" i[~. Stanley T. hyde be accepted; c ~arried. l~. John ~, ~ice of John E. Price z~nd ,Jompany was ~sent by request of City Attorney and Finance Oo~tittee and exple~ined to the '~o~cil in detail how the bonds for ~he purchase .:f b~e Water i'].ant could be handled and agreed ~o purch,~se up to ~22~,000.00 Special F~d t.'~ber Bonds upon the sa~{~e ~erms and conditions as ocr con- tract d~ted I~y 27th 1912, the s,~id bonds .$$ be a lien only on,he reVenues ~o be deriver f'rom ~henpl~. I~r. Price also agreed to ~ay ~ll ghe legal expense incidental ~o the issuance of s~id bo~ds ',;ith the ~derstanding that if the bonds were not deliv within a reasonable ~i,~e that the city would pay this ex'pe:~se which had been a. dvised would he abou~ $2~0. i.!otion by ~ard and l,fc~lothlen that 9he !)~position oi' Mr. Price be accepte~ g~;d that the l~[gyor and Clerk be authorized $o sign the same ~s soon gs l,lr. 2rice pu~s up hit obligation of ;~1000.O0 in form s~tisfaetory to the 0ity Attorney as ~ Peri'eib; c~rri od. l:{r,~Sitko a property owner on [the:;ter ~Jtree~ compl~,~ined about the leng~ of later~ sewer-~ his property$ referred to otree~ ~nd ~lley Co~ittee. No~ion by Worth and ,.'a~.'d that City E~gineer he instructed to bring in de~Jinite information relative to grading of J~rozdway between Eigh',h and Tenth Ztroets; carrier Eotion by ~ffard ~d l.fcGlo~;hlen to appoint O. ;reen dog-catcherS c~rried. The Eayor accordingly a!)L~ointed l.lr. L;reen to ~he ~osition. i,io~ion by i.~oGillivray and Ward ~o AJourn; Carried. E. J. L~Oall City 01erk.