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Bremerton, Washington. February 9, 1920.
Regular meeting of City Council called to order by Acting Mayor ~Gillivray,
5Iayor Giles ,,nd Councilmen Huestis and 01sen being absent.
Minutes of previous session read and approved as read.
The ~[ayor ap/~ointed Oouncilmenk Bowdoin and Pittack to act on Fina~ice Committee
~-o rem.
Letter read from J. H. Grass making application for position as driver of
fire tz'uck; ordered filed.
~[r. E. J. ~cCall submitted a deed $o 14 feet of land ~hrough Lots 3 and 4, Tract
7, Warren Smith's Acre Tracts, which he desired the city to accept for use as an
alley and'on motion of Williams and Pittack deed w~s accepted with tha~ks.
i~otion by Pitta~ and Bowdoin to lay the hearing on proposed im~rovement of
land Avenue over for ~wo weeks; carried.
tierney reported that he needed more time on the, matter of C. }~I. Rivars comnun-
i~n. Attorney also reported on the matter of the Assessment roll of L.I.D.
FS1, which ~ad been laid over from last meeting, that if the roll was made accord-
~.,~g to benefits received nobody could set them aside.
~I,otion by ,~il~iams and Haddon that ~rotest against assessme~t roll of L.I.D.
~81 be overruled; carried.
Clerk read 0rdinanc~ ~675~ being an ordinance approving the assessment roll of
L.I.D. ~81 ~d on motion of Williams and Pittack ordinance was passed on roll call
~ll members present voting "Aye".
Clerk~re~d Ordinance ~676, being an ordinance amending Ordinance ~4~7, and on
motio~ ~ Williams a~d Pi~tack ordinance was passed as read.
, Clerk: read Estimate ~l L.I.D. 96, showin~ amount due contractor at th~s date
~840. ~,~otion by Williams and 2ittack to approve estimate and instruct Clerk to
draw wa~'rant for same; carried.
Clekr read estimate of contractor on L.I.D. 97, showing amount due at this date
~700. ~otion by Wi±liams and Haddon to approve estimate and instruct Clerk to ~
draw warran~ for same; carried.
Public Utilities Co~muittee reported that Navy Yard Route desired to ~tart an
aut.o ferry service to Seattle and that they would install their own pontoons and
equipment at this end and pay the wharf~ge a~ Seattle and ferry cars for a round
tri~ fare of $4. Motion by Williams and Pittack to refer to Public Utilities
Committee with power to act; carried.
0ouncilman ~illiams reported that care taker at Cemetery desired to have
telephone installed at house in cemetery, f~otion__by Pittack and Williams that
telephone 'be installed; carried.
Councilman Pi~tack reported t~at ~,[r. otevenson desired permission to install
stairway at end of Elizabeth Street. Motion by ~ittaok and ~illia~s that ocr-
mission be granted ~r. ~tevenson to inet;all stairway at bls own expense under the
su~rvision of the Street and Alley Committee; carried.
Clerk reoorted that t[~is was date for opening bids for equipment for Water
De~grtm~ and on motion of Wil=iams and Pittack bids were duly opened and read.
i~o, tion by ~Villiams and Bowdointo accept bids of De Laval Company and Jack Electric
Company; carried on roll call ~ll members voting "AYE".
Councilman Bowdoin reported th.~.t Charleston desired to ~ve larger lights
i~stalled at the corne~'s of Fourth and Fifth on High Street. Motion by Williams
and Pittack that larger lights be installed on the~e corners a~d tl~e City of
~remerton pay hal£ the cost; carried.
Water Superintendent reported that street sprinkler men were not shutting off
the hydrants proper~. ~
Motion by i~illiams and ~:ittac]~ to allow all bills which had been approved by the
Finance Co~mittee; carried.
f~tion by ~illiams a~d Pittack to adjourn; carried.