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Bremerton, Washington, November 25tb,1912.
' ~m "at,
Regular meeting of the C'i.t,~ Cour~cil called to order by Id~tyor ;,en.~e~ 7:50
o'clock- P,i.i. Present at ~:o]1 call: Carter, Bufflngton, ~,[cGlothlen 'a.~d Calkins.
AIL other members ar~'iving later.
~,_~nu,ea of previous sessi~x read and approved.
LeLter r~,-ceived fr:m D.D.Grindrod applying for position as wharfinger, rderc~
filed.
Letter read f-zo.,m Reed '.7o!worth apl-,lying for position a,; wharfinger. Ordered
~ettar ~'ead fro~,~ A.G.~cnbenn~ok ~ con regarding Insurance on municipal wharf.
~treet,a~d Alley Co~:~ittee reported that Burwell.Street between Park ~nd Pacific
Avenues needed:gravel. ,T~e malter was reflected to Street and Alley Committee
wLtb power to act.
Same ,Ce~ittee were ~nstrueted to have crossing changed on Elizabeth Street at
Ralph Street.
, ,Street and Al!ey. Committee reported that new flushing machipe would cest ~1200.
~dotion ~y Carter and Urban tl~at Purchasing ¢o~ittee be instructed te get prices
o,, ot~'~e~ st~,les of flushing mach;nes. Carried.
7[?. David ~smsen re~.luested permission to b~n.eld lumber on Fifth Street.
ldotion ~y VcOlothle~ and Wize to grant request. Mr,'Lar~en to ass~e all
res~onsi]]ility fror, any damage arising from such,'fir~. ~
_ ~ Ordz:~ance ;f 437 wa:~ read being an 0rdi~nce granting franchise to C.Harney Jon~
for lhe furnishln~ a¢~d maintenance of Garbage Can~ on the ,City Streets and prov-
idi~g ~on~i~.ions, },;o~ion by Urban and C~rter' t6 refer 0~dinance to Franchise
Cle~~'' reported th'~t contract between the City ~d Tho Bremer'on ~mber Co.
t~: t~'~ ;~att~'r of ~ill ~'tr~t condemnation had bee~ signed and warrants issued
,.tCaI'-~s~, Local Improw~ent District ~64 as directed by Council, but that ~fr. Ken-
nedy ~:a~ declined io accept ~1,~ warran~ as he understood he was to receive the
~"'r~ '~t ]~t was
~a~.~le,_ i~ C~b!t willin~ to accept warra~t on the General Fund. ?,~otlon
~y Ca].kina an': Foss not Lo issue General Fu~ld waprant and ¢,o instruct ClePk to
again ¢, ,utter Local improvement District war~ant., Carried on ~'oll nail as fol-
lou-s: Ce~rtar, qufCLugto~, Wize, Calklns, Foss "A~fe"; Urban, IicGl~thlen,"[~To".
Thc City Attorney, reported that he had been served with an i~terventlon on
half of the Garrison-Fisher Company in t~ w~ter suit. The i~ttervenors cla~mt]~g
t:~zt hhey had purchased a~l the right, title and interest of the Dremerton Water
a:zcl Pozer Cot:}pany and that tho o1~ Company were no longer interested in the suit,
Thi. f; Dew Compar'y, the Attorney reported,~ is incorporated in tho S~ate of Nevad~
It wa,~ suggested Lhat th'is might cause the case to be transferred to the Federal
cot~rt beoau'~e it ]~ecomes a suit between citizens of different States.
The Attorney suggested that this was pro~bly the purpose of the Water Comp~ny
Th~ ~i~y k~torney reported hav~ng examined contract and bond of Dahlstrom and
Rodal, oFf, tractors for Pacific Avenue sewer and same Was ap~oved by him~
City ~nser r~port~d that no provision had been made in contract for~the kind
of pipe to be used and he wished the Council to decide. I~otion by?ess and Buff-
i~gton ~Lat vitrified clay pipe be approved ~der the contract. Carried on roll
call all members voting "Aye". Motlnn by Urban and Carter to app~ove contract
and bond of Dahlstrom and Rodat. Carried on roll call ali members voting "Aye".
Clt~' Engineer r~ported that several property owners on 7th Street between
a~d '.¥arl',~ were present and were deai~ous of having said street completed accorJ-
inS to oriji"~lo-~'~'ad~, t.~stead of grad~ as,ordered by~ Council Z~'~,~te~ber, 16th,1912
and as sewers were now bei~g installed ons'~'[~t street, provision co~!d be ~de to
take care of ~torm water by t~se of inlets. ~lotlonby Foss and Calkins to laave
tho matter to E:~zin~cer and Street and Alley Committee and if satisfactory to pro~
crt o-/:ners to re-establish o14 q~ade. Carried.
City En,~ineer sub$itted assessment roll for salt water' mains and explained mode
of assessment. ~,Iotio~ by Cartc~-' and U]~l~an tka, assessment roll bo filed and Clerk
be instructed to advertise for hearimg of protests. Carried.
H~~. L. Lent protested against the action of the Council i~ permitti~g ~rham
system of plumbing to ]~,~ i~stallcd in new Bremer Building.
l~ot~cn by Urban ~n.~ ~ t~. to atp, eve ~e. fe_low]n: In.dectors and Judges for
the municipal election to be held~m~c~-mme-~ i~, 3rd,19t2. Carried.
First Precinct: T.W.Gorn~an,In:~pector; J.A.Graham and F.R.Lewis,
Second Precinct: W..C.~nl~p,In~pectc~'; ~frs.V.C,.L~a~m and ]~grs. Oeorgina Smlth,Judgea
Third PEecinct:Geo.R.Dewgy,Inspector; Chas. ~?Iosh~r and C,R.Thomas, Judges.
Fourth ~ecinct: Mrs.Candace Hoover,Inspector;'~ita ~IacKay and ~!.g. Holt,Judges.
~otion ,y Carter and 5~cG1 ',theln that Engineer instruct Emil Jo]w~son to moor
boom sticks at municipal wharf. 0arried.
Cf. ly Attorney reported that ~rs. Kase~ would dedicate property necessary to
widen ~%rren Street with the understanding tint she will bo rotoIved From
on any other land which will be necessary to condemn for stree~ purposes.
to complete agreement. Carried.
~otion by I~cGlothlen and Urban to order warrants ~rawn in l~aym~nt of all
al~proved b~ll§. C~rrled. The followinf bills were a~roved: S.H.Berry~lS0;
H.Glbason$100$~0; H. Renn $90; F.~,~.Arnold $~0,O0;~.W. Br~an ~7~E.J.~,~cCall
[~9.~0;Dr.~.~.Homes $~O;Wm. Klng ~lT.80;Frank ~elzer ~lS.00~rank Town,send,
~!5; Her~n ~rese $ 1~.50; Sila~ [~mlth ~12;Trick & ~urray ~]9.05:R.O.~ual~im
~2,~.50, P.F.Len~ ~Zl, J.J~ucob~o~.~Zl; E.F.Davis ,1.,5; Reed Wol'.orth .~26.70;
Thos. Drtscoll Q1O.50; C. Casad ~27; Dan Dunlao ~ B 50: 5I. Preato~
B~yan ,~.7c, H.}{..,[alk~n,~on ~8; E. Lofthus ?~,~1500; Emil Johnson
l,~cCall ~,1; . , '
~ot~ou b)~ Buff~ngton and ~,~ize to adjourn. Carriod.