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Home My WebLink About12/30/12 41 Breme rton, 'Jashing tm., tlee emb.,er 50 th, 1912 Regular meeting of the Jity Council called to order by t,~yor Mehner at?:30 o'clock ~.II. Present Co~mcilmen,Oarter,Urban,Buffington, ~ize,McGlothlen and ~oss also City Engineer and ~ttorney. iXinutes of previous session read and approved. Letter read from General Litho~aphing Company requesting pa~ent of bill for lithographing bonds. Clerk explained that the Company had changed hands sinc~ work was done and that he had written former proprieters that bill was <'57 higher than ~greement and asked them to send corrected bill and .had not received sa~e~ Clerk wa~ instructed to write .again. Letter ~a~ read from Uapt., Robertson regarding changing Itavy Yard Float to L[~micipal wharf. 0rde~'ed filed. ,{epo;~$ ~received from Bureau of Inspec${on and Supervision co~,ering audit for thirteen months ended Septe~.~ber 30th,191a. Referred to Finance Co~lmittee. Letter read from City A torue~ giving result of interview with l~Ir. H.B. Xennedy regarding landing his boats at },Iunicipal wharf. Ordered i'iled . l,iotion b. Carter and ;iise that the I¥~yor get into commtmication with other Jteamboat Complies relative to operating line of boats to Seattle. Carri4d.. Liotion by Carter and ;iise that Attorney be instructed to serve necessary papers providing for landing charges of .~0.00 per month for use of City prop- e,~y at foot of Second Street. Carried. City Attoruey introduced Judge Ztiles of Tacoma who addressed the Co~cil on behalf of the Brm~erton-Charloston Light and ~el Company. ~. Stiles stated that i~r. Seigneur and Mr. Brewer who represented the majority of the sto~:k of the Company ,.e~'e ready to submi$ the matter to arbitration and were williu~;' to abide by decision of arbitrators. i~ot~.~'~ by Ca,'tar and Foss ~hat Attorney be instructed to prepare draft of conditions and rules of arbitration. Carried. Street and Alley Committee repoz-ted the street crossings were needed at 5th & Pacif'ic, 5th & P~rk and at 4th & Park and on motion of Foss and Urban Com~ittee was authorized to ha'ze the work done. Purchasing Cor,~i~tee reported that Clerk's office required a t~ewriter. llotion by Car'~er an~ brb~ to instruct Con~uittee to get prices. Carried. Clerk reported that he had recei,'ed 3~bids for completing wiring on wharf. ..[o~iou by Carter and urban to open bids. Carried. Bids were received from the following: M. E. Giles, Sam R. Isreal ~d O.A. ~r~ler. Motion by Carter m~a Urban to award contract for outside work to 1,~. Giles and inside work ~o Mr. ~rner. Carried. Ll¢~yor repo~ted that City had beit served with s~uons to defend a suit brought by i~. J. Oliver to prevsnt the use ~f the paving brick now being laid. No ac}ion wau taken. ~0rney m~bm~t~ed ~_,tatement of Eminent Domain Co~nissioners for District ~./60 ~hich :fl~owed a balance due the co,~isstoners amo~tin~ to $190.00 ~or costs. ~o~oa by Urban a~d ~uffzngto$ that warrant be issued on L. I. D. for .~190.00 in pa~nen~ of' costs. ~ Trcaaure~~ rel~orted that under instructions of 9o~mcil he had c~,lled General Fm~d warrants and that the First National Bank had tendered warrant~ for ,~200.00 mo~e than k~ ha~d funds for and he requested that General 2und warrants be issued ko reamed old warrants ~:o that transaction might be clear on books of B,~nks and ]iotioz~ by ~:uffin~ton ~nQ ~rter ~o issue General f~tmd warrantu to cover o~her ~rec~'urer reported tk~t ~ w~rr~n~ for ~1~00 ha~ been issne~ ~o con~ractor ~fthns on wharf ,'~cconnt and ho di~ not have enon~h mone~ on han~ to pay e~me ~nd ~itizeus Bank 3esired a Genercl f'und w~rran~ in lien of wharf fun~ w~rrant. i.[otion 1~ Foss ,~nd ~arler ~]~at vS~ar~ ~ds warrant bo purchased by ~ener~l ~lUl'ld and warrant issued to ,:over. Carried. ].lotion by ~ar er ~d Foss to ~dvertise the sale of bo~ds ffor purck~se Lijht lng ~lant. Carried. Clerk reported that he had bid~ for concessions on wharf. i[,_tion by ]~uffh~ton and Urban to open bids. Carried. Bids were resell,cd as follows: i~[r. Seecamp O0 per ;mnth; ;~er month; ih.nfs ]]~'os. ,~90.60 ~r month ?or the first two years and ,~100 per .~mnth .~for th, :following' thre~: years. L[otio,~ by Urban and Foss to award ::oncesslon to !fanta: Ores., lease to comu- ence not later th~n Ycj~ua~'y 1~t,1915. Ca~'ried. fiction b.' Carter and ~"cOlothlen to authorize Purchasinj Com:aittee ~o procure two ~toves for wharf buildings. Carried. Jha~'f Co::m~ittee rep~r[ed ~hat painter had ag reed not to put on ~econd coat on outside o? buildiug m~til spring and co~nittee recommended that Com~ci! agree to this ~rrangement. ~.Iotion by Foss and Urban that report of wharf com,~ittee be aoproved. Carried. Finance Committee reported that bills had been received from some inspectors :~or work om Christmas ~ay and as no work was performed on that day amc could not be -:pproved. I~[otion by Buff[Jin{~ton and Dic,]lothlen tha~ warrants b, issued for all bills a~,~,rovod by the Oo~ittee. Carried. Motion by Urban and Wise to allow bill of i.[arshall Gibason for telephone Pent. C~%rrie d. .,?1~ 6.10. .~]l~ :7ollowin>~ bills were approved gild warr~llt~] drawn: Sam R. Isreal ii. Gib~.~on ~,1o; ~rank Llotzer .~[,15; John Thackston .iS; Jos. ttall ;~,1~.50; Prank Townsend ,jl.~.~]O; Silas Jmith ~l[]; ,D~.rd & Co. " ..... ~.OY,:Bremerton Iron ~orks L. L~ Lent .j~; Brcmerton News ,jgg; ]3remerto~ L~ber Co. ~ll. VO; R..Burgess T~'ic]~ ~ ~dur ay ~E,t; Yr. J. Thompson ,~19.90; Jacoc J cob~on (~15.7~;t{. if. Walk- colt ~,~l~.go;R.O.~u,alhe~m ~9.67; - The i.~yor ao,ointed~ Mr, ~. ii. George as C:~t~ EnTineer. to succeed S. ti. Berry :~}lo has been elected~o '~ ...... m~oj En~Ti~]eer and expl'~ined that A:toz-ney advised th,~t ~lew Engineer should take ch,urje ~a~l~..ar~ ls t,lQ1Z. ,~tioil by ~.,m,,lothlen and ,~ise to approve the apl,ointment o~ Mr. ~eorge as Jify ~n ~ineer. Cttrried. l.iotion b ~oss and Urban to adjourn. ~ .... ~al ~ lcd. ~. J.