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Home My WebLink About00474: r322 Upon the Library Fund, to -wits° "" r x Puget Sound Power h Light Co. Light George Clements Express 2.)0 1 Mrs. He L. Brown Vacation help 10. 0 _ p: Lowman & Hanford Co. Hooka 17. B r William Jones Labor and Supplies 4. 8 `•, A. Be Royce Labor on floor k tables 20.00 j Total Library Expenses for Aug .............$ 56.3 N � t Upon the Water Extension Construction Fund, to -wits ( Grace Pitcher, City tress. Labor and Material etc. 40.)0 a } Steve Coyne Labor painting meter Blearwater B. 8yr},E ' ! Jas. H. Coyne Extra Materials City Lake Con. 15.)4 ` ? Al's Service Station h Garage Work on air valves 26.70 Norby Plumbing k Heating Co: Gilv. Iron Pipe 4.50 b G. W. Me Lumber Co. Paint Oil 11. 8 Total Water Extension Expenses for. Aug....$122.70# Upon the Park Fund, to-wit:�x<�`°` Olympic Hdwe k Furn. Co. Supplies 2. 17 a It was moved by Councilman Aldrich and seconded by Councilman Quen ll that the ? ,u i said claims be allowed and that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to draw warrants upon the§r,4 sry proper funds in payment of same. Upon roll call, all six councilmen present voted in the affirmativ and motion.was declared carried. 1 Y UNAPPROVED BILLS ' The following claims were considered separistelys .��,�"�;.� 3 " � �• 'Washington Pulp and Paper Company for a wire screen ........................$16.20. It was moved by Councilman uuenoll and seconded by Counoilman Peael that the saidk�''¢ig "c bill be paid. Upon roll call, all six Councilmen present voted in favor thereof and motion was de- l clared carried. The bill of the Buhler Motor Company in the amount of $5.75 for equipment for the ndw street department truck was read and referred to the Finance Committee.irfil� j REPORTS OF OFFICERS �,1 City attorney - Re: Dog Tax: i `^racy Bpi' Acting City Attorney Daly reporting verbally, on the proposed dog tax, explained to the council the manner of collecting a tax on the dogs and stated that he had an ordinance pre- i pared, of which he would furnish the committee a copy. 1 x V'' Y; 1Y, SY '•+� � B Re: Dr. De Leon Water Bills: 3 With reference to the delinquency of Dr. de Leon in relation to wa cr bills, Mr. I� tiertt,�i fy,4 j Daly reported that he had had a converence with Mr. Packard and Hr. de Leon, when Dr. de Leon claimed discrimination in the matter of penalties, and that he would not pay more thanhe had ten- ^r,�,=+'" { ` dered. Mr. Daly explained that the ordinance authorized the city to shut off the water for non-} 3 payment of bills and Mr. Packard, attorney for Drl de Leon, stated that in such a case, he would institute injunction proceedings to prevent the city from shutting off the water. C - Property for Street:ctSA- ' Mr. Daly reported that he had not had an opportunity to see Mr. Da gardno in re- lation to obtaining additional property for street purposes. The City Clerk added th t he also had ¢ not seen Mr. Dalgardno. Discussion - Re: Unpaid Water Billss-fir, A general discussion was had in relation to delinquent water bills, with a special reference to Dr. de Leon, and 11r. Daly stated the procedure in case of injunction proceedings. No action was taken in the matter. 5. , art Reports by City Clerks A - Proposed Bond Issue: JJ The City Clerk reported that he was not ready to make a final report on the amoun of money that could be raised by general obligation bonds, but that apparently the indebtedness of ` the city already exceeded the legal limit. I, + J i 323 1929 - B - Warrants Issued: The City Clerk reported that he had issued warrants under Emergency Ordinance No. 979 as follows: 8933 C. F. Christian Jr. CURRENT EXPENSE $35.00 8934 J, J. Lafferty 101.00 Total.*.*., ........ *.so .......... $136*00 Aloo, that the regular salary warrants for the month of August, 1929, were issued under date of September late 1929, as follows: Upon the Current %6nee Fund, to -wit: 8936 Grace Pitcher 8100.00 8936 C. F. Christian 100.00 6937 Jae. We Be Scott 100.00 8938 A. C. Alexander 12.00 6939 Elmer Compton 124e77 8940 F. A. Polk 114.77 8941 Re S. Weppner 114.77 8942 LeRoy Seavey 125,00 8943 J. J. Lafferty 15.00 8944 J. R. Pollard 114.00 8945 Rollie Stahl '104e74 Total ...................$1026.29 Upon the Olympic Gravity Water Fund, to -wit: 5299 Ben Green $ 149.77 5300 Oliva F. Pettygrove 60.00 5301 Rita Vautier 15.00 Total..... ............. 2 4. Upon the Library Fund, to -'wit: 1414 Emelie A. nothsohild $ 75.00 1415 LeRoy Porter 17.50 Total.................8 92.50 Upon the Park Fund, to -wit: 29 Hiram We Tucker $ 90.00 C - Letter to A, B. Lowenstein and Reply: The City Clerk reported that# in accordance with the instructions of the City Council, he had written a letter to Mr. A. B..Lowensteian,of the National Paper Products Company, as follows August 22, 1929 Mr. A. Be Lowenstein National Paper Products Co. Port Townsend, Wash. Dear cir: I am instructed by the City Council to advise you that in line with the conference had between yourself- and Councilman Edw. Quenell on the afternoon of July 21, 1929, full control of t h part of the Water Works System covered by the lease existing between the City of Port Townsend and the National Paper Produots company, is formally and officially tendered the company as of August late 1929; all of the &eta of Councilman Quenell at said conference in relation thereto, having been ratified and confirmed by the City Council upon apprbpriate motion duly made and carried. Respectfully yours,' b. F. Christian City Clerk In reply to the said letter, the following communioation was received: August 31, 1929 Office of City Clerk Port Townsend, Washington ' Attention: Mr. C. F. Christian My dear Mr. Christian: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 22nd and confirm our understandix that the National Paper Products Company has taken over the City of Port Townsend Pipe Line, as of August 1st, 1929. Under the terms of our lease with you, dated March 3, 1928, whereby we leased from you all that part of your water works and system lying outside of the city limits of Port Townsend# you were permitted to make only one connection with said water works and system at a point outside the city limits, namely for the purpose of obtaining water to supply Hadlock and Irondale.