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Home My WebLink About12/16/12 Bremerton, Wa~hhigton, December 16th,1912 R~:gular meeting of ti~e C~ty Uouncil called to ~rder by ~ayor mehner at 7:30 c,'clock P.L~. al~ members present except ~r, WiSe. Hinul, es of previo~ session re~d and approved. L~tter read from~, W. Seymour, relating to sale of'Electric Lighting plant; referred to City Attorney. Lot(er read fro' ValeNtine and Fredericks asking, for'~Foof Room license. and s_~]~;.itth~g bond, Notion by ~ar~,er and Urban to grant request, subject to :,C,f, row~ti of bond kV U~'-~% Attorney. Carried, .~ Letter read tram Waskington Insurance Surveyo~; referred to Fi~e Light and ~,, er read~r~., J. ~. ~ddon and'others requ~sti~ that li~ht be installed~ :~t thc ~nters~ction of ~ll~ys in Block /~7; Oarried~ LetR::r r ad from R. R. Staub applyDng f'or the P0sltion of wharfinger, Filed. l~.:ltc:F r,:at[ tram ,.a~z,m~al Brick Hanufacturers'ASSOciation, refer'ring to [~ , r~_~aJ from property owners in Pav[~g Distr~ct representing over a,-~....g O~a~ the work be ~omp~ed ~thout furthee delay and :~s]d.~,~ that, ~he Standard Clay 0ompany'S'briok,be USed. Letter P~:a] fr:~ll t~o ~ogandus Testing ~aboratories, giving result of tests on 127 :,r~ ,~, ;,n.~.ch Na<~ been submi ,~tea to them[.by OltY E~Ineer' Berry, . Nr. cr~,j maa~ statement on the tests as] made;~nd stated:that two of the tests were ~lri~kt. ~-,d:,, two were not, and ho' had-orde~e[d the work to proceed wit~ inst- r,uct[ons.to hmpector Lent to cull out Silk'bricks not Satisfactory. ~otion by 8ar'tar and Urban that bricks of Standard Clay Company be used aS- ['ound ~-according to specificatMo~s and tests. Garried. ~ ~%~. ~,[eulot)~len reported t~mt widen?the assessment of Fifth Street ~md been made !,c had been assessed too much and the Coungil ~d ordered ,the rolls to be changed uu, ~hat the books of the Treasurer showed~ nO ctmnge and t~mt he had ~rLO~'~ tl.a~ l~e was .legally obligated to ' pay, City Engineer explained that ttio original rani was correct and the. mistake was in the .clerical ~;ork on the second No~lci~ ~y Oalkins a:~d ~uffi~igtOrt that 0lark b~ instructed ~,c dr~w warrant for o. mouxt Of ev~:Pcharge .aS shQwn, Carnied. ,z,c ~nSh?ql reported that when assessment Poll fop 'gradi ~ Hi~i~larid Avenue was rladc,, an ~ssessment w~s shown a~ainst the Bert Ordhard Lm~b~r andT~anspo~tati~p ~c. an~ later hhe assessment trod been switched over to the Bremerton-Oharieaton I~].zNt ar:d Fuc] Co. bec%use of 'the pure, se of 30 ft, on },~i]1 Street of property im:olved by the later ~ompany. The assessment, however, covered consl, derable ~l_ ,,~}.~ electric Company ~t,~P preperty than this 50 ft. and the additional property ", .. did not buy, and that the Electric Company desired to have the assessment seg- regated 30 tl~at such po,rtion as could be legally .... , _ c~r~ agai~st their preperty, .~.._~,~ be ~aid ~v them .... Berry also s ~te] how t~e la,,,, provided for said ,>ocss~,r,~. ,o ~ld name was foulld to l~c o~p of total assessment to be charged ~gainst the'U0'fo~t~ 5~m~,th~-:.~dn~nder,,.and on motion of Urban and ~,~c~lothlen, ~n~inecr and Treasurer were instructed to correct roi~ accordingly. Clerk rea~d a proposed Ordinance ~rantin? to Lo.;is Ashram Bowman a franchise t~ construct and maintain a ferry or farriers, .... prow.~.z~.,ff rates, charges and torina 1 ~m~into~.an~e,arkt on motion of Calkins a~d ~C~!othl~n was roferrcd to mran~hise ~leu' ~,,i-' ~:~,a Code v,a:, i?aln kJ'.:h up and section providtn~ fox' }a~ent of fees bc approved ~_~ incorporated i~: 0r,~ina~me, was discussed at length and a substitu~ ?etlon 1, y Buffhlcho~ and ~arter to ';a[r [,ke matter over one week and instuct tho Co~:miLt, c.: Lo ~'t the ~,c:t',,*'~,: 0rdl i~:ce relatingto Durham pl~;~Ling. Serried.' Pui id.in~ Inspacter ~ , ~o )-I.O~, ~ubmil, tid c~ ]Jill for i~mpectio~i of plmnbing on whl~ 5mnShReBor Nc~illivrae had not f, ai~ the fees as provided by - ~ ~ 0r(inance, Ur. Pass ::~de motion tibet 'bill be allowed but same was not seconded. ~r~>saPol had roporte; to him tibet assessment rolls s]zowod a ~ood dcai of pr~,perLl, assessed for imp~o~vements where the owne~ was unkno,,~t, and ~uZjcset~d that the matter be refDrffed to' the FN anco ~ommitte~. ~Stion by I[eelothien and Bufi'iz~zton to reefer the m~t, ter Lo thc Finance Con~itt~ with power Lo a,?,. Uaz,r, Attorney racemmcnded that thc real, tar of suplelaental assessment roll for gradin~ etc, Broadway.. , 7th, 8thStrcots be t~lkcd_ , over with the '~zt~,~ants' 'e in the cass and tl~eir ~.ttention called to the fact that new ar~,angement will cost mope titan old ~t if such an az'Pangement can be maJ~ t~tab t]'.e City do not insist on suppler~cntal assessment. }fetich by Urban and Bufrington to adopt reco:~endations of Attorney. Carried. Attorney made report On letter f~om owners of Electric Ligh'. plant arm stated that ttmy se~cd to take the ~tter of purchase as a joke, and ttmt the Company had not answered the resolution of The ~ouncil in a way to be m~derstood. l!otion by Calkins and Foss to refer the ~tt~r to the City Attorney with inst- ructions to communicate With Elecrtic Company and insist cn definite statement. Cln?: rcl~or, tcd ]'laving writtc~ to }~.. Ebert, tho ~r., ,= of ?aseball Club about ~ovz~ fence off Elizabeth Street and ~.~'. Ebert had replied t~t he had nothing to do v~lth the ~tter. I~Iayor instructed Clerk to write to I~{r. Thews of th~ First ~Tational Ba~ and Fence,would be moved. Clerk read fo~% of lease for wt~rf concessions, !',~otion by I¥~cGlothlen and ~ .... ouf~lngton ~o reconsider.action of Co~:cil at last meeting in reference to w~rf concession. ~r. ~,,,ic~lothle~ explained that hc l~d learned t~t the~highe~t bidder for the concessions was not a proper persen in moralm or citizenship. l~r. Sadler replied that a cortain paper ~d published an untruthful state- ment~concerning, his actions relativo to showing proper respect-for the Stars and otrzpes. ~r. ~adler denied the published statement,and said he was as good morally as a~man.prement and then acknowledged that he had a wife in ,Philad$1phia and ~'wife in Bremerton and when asked by the City Attorney .if he was divorced from'his first wife and ~rried to the second, he replied t~t he was not divorced and could not ~rry again under the laws of the State of Washington. The ~Sayor declared motion to reconsider, lost on roll call as follows: Buffington, ~cGlothlen a~d Foss, Yes; UPOn and Calking, No. ~arter not voting. motion by Buf~'ington and ~c~lothi~: to lay the ~tter of lease over one week. ~arrled on roll call all members voting" " :Aye except Mr, Urban. Ordinance read creating the office of ~arfinger and fixing ~alary. Laid o~ep cite w~ek, ~otio~ by.Urban and Ca!kins t~t Slreet and Alley Co~ittee be authorized tOsionletofCOntraCtFront Street~f°r plankin~Car~ied.roadway and installing temP0~rY walk on exten- , C. H. Brandlein asked for permit to build his cottage oh Fourth Street. ~5otion by ~c*lothlen and Calkins to grant request . ~arried. ~otlon by Urban and Carter to oav all a~:~,~ ~ollo~ing=bilIs were approyed:~ Silas Smith $$6; F~ank Townsend $15; Wm~~- ~xin~ ~17,o01 Frank ~elzer $15.~0; Jo~Thackstrom $2.50: Hcrm~ ~rese ~15' Tnomspon, q~x*; ~r~me~ton Charleston L~.& F-ol Co. ~202 ~a..;~ ~. ,~o~worvn.,~,~x; n, ~, ~av~s q~:~.62; C. Casad ~27; Pt. Blak~ly ]~ill Co~.10. Street~and Alley Committee wcca authorized to hire team tohaul graveI. ],~otion by Urban and BufZington to make all City prisoners work on streets. Carried. Motion by Buffi~'~gton and Ur'6an to adjouz,n. ~ ~a~d. City Olerk.