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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/11/12 Bremerton,Washington,November llth,1912. Regular meeting of City Council called to order by t~ayor L~ehner a 7.$0 o'clock P.M. P;-escnt, all councilmen, Cily Attorney,~ity Engineer and Treasurer. Ylnutes of previous session read and approved. Letter read from Bethel Grange ~404 asking that their representative }Jr ~.Piere son be given permission to sell Farm Products in $remerton without the payment of any license fcc; ~Iotion by Calkins and Carter to granZ permission to the gra~e i~epresentative as requested; car~ied on roll call all members voti~ Aye. Letter road from ~4r J.T.Lindseth asking permission to sell fresh fish at new ~funicipal wharf; o~dcrcd f~_led. . Letter ~'ead from :~h~ King requesting that straw be purchased for city stable, ~efevred to Purchasing committee. Eetter read from ~r Paul S.Buhl stating that he had not received official reply to his~reqnest, fcr payment of his clai~ against the. City for prize awarded for the wharf plans; ~,!otio~ by Ur~n and Carter to pay ~,~r Buhl the full amount of his claim; carried on roll call as follows Carter,Urban,Wise and ~cGlothlen,Aye. Calk~ ins and Foss,No. ~.~r Burlington not vote. ns. Letter' read from Mrs Al. ida Knutson complaining of accumulation of storm water ~r front of her property on ~rwell Avenue; Referred to ~Zreet and Alley com]r, ittee. Lette~. read frem Standard Clay Company denying t~t of their paving brick bad ever been rejected by any City, and enclosing copies of endorsements from 5{essrs R.II.Thompson formerly City Engineer of Seattle, ~ Or, em Wood Commissioner of Public works Tacoma and W.C.Raleigh City Engineer,Taverns. Laid over untll"~et~orts of 0f f~.eers". Fire,light and Water committee re}~orted that the matter.of fire alarm system ~a~ be~n investigated.and co~mitte~ had invited ~,i~ Wood of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Company to ap?ear before the ~ Council and explain the system necessary for iP.~s City's needs; I~r Woods then addressed the Council.and gave a very satisfac- to~.y explanation of the latest approved systec.and stated that a te~, box system cez~ld be purchased f~r about ~3000. an~ could be paid for in three annual ~ payments ~nd would pay for itself ~o.reduetions on fire insurance premix]ms;, Hotion by Carter and Ur]'~n to refer the matter to Fire light and.water co~ittm with instn~ctio~s t~ confer with Washington Insura~ce surveyor as to location for boxes ~ carried. A repr~se~tative of a safe Company asked pe~isslon to address the Counctl and i~ermls~:io~, being granted he offered to sell a safe similar to the one now In the off, ce ~ of the City Treasurer for the sum of $~8. Referre~ to Purchasing committee for investigation. Wharf co~mittee reported progress being made on wharf buildings and recomme~ded that sale of wharf conoess]ons be advertised; City attorney advised that prol~er specifications be prepared showing what concessions were for sale and the amount of space to be allowed; and t,~e matter was referred to the w~rf committee and City Attor~-~ey to prepare Proposal blank a~d specifications as suggested. Letter read from }~':r Haney Jones asking for the privilege of installing a system ef garbage cans in down town dlstriot; cans of a new type to be supplied and keDt ,clean free of cost to the City for ti~e privilege of advertising thereon; ~.~otio~ by Urba~ a~:d ~c~lothlen to lay the matter over one week; carried. ~',ngineoz. rei~orted that he had interviewed property owners co Warren Aven~e, ~nd that one lady had asked for furtl~er ti-me,to consider the proposition. Engin~'~r reported that in Dursuance of inst~cttons glveu him at previous ses- sion of Court, oil he had visited Portland Oregon for the purpose of having abbrasion test made or~ paving brick,that test had been made by City Engineer's office on ten bricksaud aft~r belu i~' rattler for one hour the per centage of abbrasion was E4.8 s~d that since returning from Portland he had made absorption test on same bricks for t,we~ty-fox~r hours, with the following results weight of bricks before tests 8~1.5 after test 850. gain In weight 18.~ or 0S.~8.~ Englne,:,r advised that in view of these tests that Pacific Avenue should be paved with a different kind of brick and whet asked if the brick used on Washington Avenue were up to speciflca- ticns he replied that they were not,a~'~d that bricks were wet when tests were made. },~r ~horts a Seattle attorney representing },,~r R.J.01iver addressed the Council and imsisted that brick must be up to specifications and that his cllentamked no ~,riCk Company he was not more, aud although his firm retmesentect the De~y-Renton 2 - representing them or any o~e else except I~ir Oliver or~ this occasion. }/Ir Newhal who bad made former tests on the brick explained how tests had been made. ~r l~alette a properly owner' o~'~ Washington Avenue spoke in favor of the contractor and said be was paying for as much of the brick as }~;r Oliver and was satisfied with the ~mlck on his street. The [~ayor read from the specifications of the City of Centralia,wl]ich showed that bricks in question were up to the specifications of that City. i~r Foss defended the Engineer's report and moved for its adoption hut motion was not seconded. ~.fotto~ by Buffingtontcand Ur~n to lay the matter over for one week and to instruct Engineer to make another test on absorption; carried on roll yell all members voting Aye. Clerk read report of Superintende~t of Cemetery, of Police Judge and Treasurer and same were referred to Finance committee. Street ComlisslOner repo~ted that he needed the use of a team and authority ~,~inutes of L~ovember llth,1912 (page 2) was grahted to incur the expe~se, Street co~umissioner was also instrncted to [~}stal new cross walk at west. en~] of new sidewalk along navy yard' fence on' Burwell 'street. City Clerk was instructed to notify Electric Company to instal light at Eighth and High street° l~otion By Carter and Calkins that one thousand (1000) ~pples of Election notice and Ordinances ~434 and ~/'435 be purchased and. given to Clerk for free distribution; carried. Clerk submitted six bids for sewer on Pacific between Sixth street and ~fill street. ~otion by ~,'~cGlot~ll,?:n and Buffington to open bids; carried. Bids wet then opened from the following contractors L.Y.Stayton~ Tacoma ~2~46.48 Dalstrom and ROdal Seattle ~2272.60 J.Eo~c Glllivrae $2862.90 Francesa and Collenccio, Seattle, ~2456.80 L.L.Lent '~2349.36 and R.Agassiz ~2~75.00~ (as ftgnred out by City Engineer) .Uotion by Carter and }fcGlotblen to refer all bids to Oity Engineer to figure up and report at next meeting of council; carried. },~otion by Burlington and Urban that contractors on all sewer work be allowed to run side sewer connections to property line whe~ requested to do so by owner and ~hat added Cost be included in assessment roll against property benefitted; carried. ~,~otion by Urban and ~IcGl,ot[~ien to allow all bills as read carried on roll call all members w~ting Aye. The following bills were allowed;. P.S.Buhl ~100o J.S.Kenyo~ Dist.[~58 ,~1000. Dist./~61 ~2500, Reed Walwort4a ~15. 75. Bremerton L~nnber Co ~2S. Dan Dunlap ~5. C.Casad ~22. P.F.Lent ~19.25. Bremerton Hdwe. Co. ,.$1.90 Frank ~elzer ~$i6.40 Herman Freese ~15 Frank Townsend ,~15. oilao ~m~th ~12. ~.Tu~r ~,3. 0.L. iVood ,;;,o. CoR.Gale ~13.75 Robertson- Raines ~1.75 Flieder Bros. ~33.50 Bre, merton ~ews , S.H.Perry $31.50 Trick and ~'o. rray ~45.25 ,T.Y.Rippey ~1.50 Jacob Jacobsen ~19.2.,5 ~ First War~ Election Board ~30.~5 Second Ward Election · Board ~27. Third Ward Election Board ~36. Fourth Ward Election Bo~rd ~18. Bremerton Electric Co ~190.60 Wm King ~7.50 L.L.Lent ~27.68 Bremerton Water Company ~19.65 Bremerton Electric Co ~8. k~otion by Urban and Carter that Clerk be instructed to tender the thanks of the City Council to the City Engineer of Port]and for courtesies extended ~r Urban and Engineer,Berry during their recent visit to that City; Carried. ~.~otion By Foss and Buffington That in view of the fact that our City Attorne has been elected to the o£fice of Congress~an-at-large, the lfayor be instructed to extend to Er Bryan the good wishes of this Council for his continued prosper ity; carried. The ~,~ayor in performing this duty expressed the pleasure it gave him to be in po~ition to congratulate ~,~r Bryan and to extend the well wishes of the Courts, cil and of the citizens of Bremerton generally; Mr Bryan replying expressed his thanks for the confidence and good wishes of the Council and promised to do all in his power all the time for Bremerton. !?,o~:ion by Foss and Carter to call all outstanding General Fund warrants; Ca?r~ed. The Bill of the General Lithe. Ce.of Seattle was refsrz'ed to the City Arty. Motion by Buffington and McGlothlen te adjourn; carried.